Gather and interpret data resources

Task: Make careful observations of objects in a picture to assess the size of one of the objects.

Task: Make careful observations of a picture to decide what you can see and what you might know but can't see.

Students look closely at a photograph taken on the beach and record their observations. They think and write about the consequences of the things they see.

Students combine their observations with some information provided to complete a story about what might have happened in the photograph.

Task: Sequence drawings of a bean seedling to show order of events during germination. Assessment focus: germination.

In this task students compare two photographs of a river with normal flow and a river in flood. They make inferences based on their observations.

Task: Use information about differences between moths and butterflies to decide which category examples belong to, and identify what evidence was used. Assessment focus: observation, using evidence.

Task: Match birds and nests, and explain why the choice was made. Assessment focus: using environmental cues to make inferences.