Interpret representations resources

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about moa.

Task: Students classify each of six drawn whales as either toothed or baleen whales. They then divide each group further by using a key. Assessment focus: Interpreting representations.

Task: use a key to identify a fish, then complete a key to identify shellfish. Assessment focus: Interpreting representations - classification keys.

Task: Answer questions about a monarch butterfly's life cycle. Assessment focus: insect life cycle. This resource includes an interactive infographic. You will need Adobe Flash Player to view it.

Students use circuit diagrams to answer three questions about switches and which lamps will light up.

Students interpret a circuit diagram to decide whether a bulb will glow with different settings of two switches.

Task: Answer 2 multiple choice questions about how we would see Moon from Earth if its orbit changed. Assessment focus: relationship of Sun, Earth, and Moon.

Students interpret distance-time graphs for a number of scenarios.

Task: Answer a multiple choice question and explain the reason for choice. Assessment focus: simple circuits and switches.

Task: Use data in a table to construct a graph and answer questions about the patterns. Assessment focus: interpreting tables and graphs.

Students answer five questions interpreting data on temperature decrease in three different types of cups.

For this practical task students investigate the magnetic fields that exist around a horseshoe magnet. Students then use two bar magnets to investigate what happens when similar and unlike poles are facing each other.

Three key variables related to high altitude flight are displayed graphically. Students use the information provided to answer a series of questions about flight.

Students match each of seven circuit symbols provided to its respective name. Then the students use the symbols to complete the simple circuit diagram as described.

Identify from four circuit diagrams which bulbs will light up. Assessment focus: electrical circuits.

Students read a map of a new school, and answer questions about the placement of some trees. They are assessed on their ability to suggest the trees' impact on the school environment.

Students indicate whether a series of statements apply to lunar eclipses, solar eclipses, or both.

This practical resource requires students to demonstrate some phases of the Moon.

This practical task requires students to use a simple star map to point out the apparent location of stars or star groups during daylight hours. Students also use the star map to show where the Southern Cross would be situated at different times of an evening.

Task: Investigate the length of shadows in relationship to the sun's position. Assessment focus: interpreting a model.

Task: Complete a diagram of the length and position of a shadow of a flagpole. Assessment focus: shadows in relation to sun's position.

Task: Answer questions about the temperature and brightness of types of stars. Assessment focus: interpreting a graph.

Task: Answer questions about types of solar eclipse. Assessment focus: interpreting diagrams.

Students use provided data on the time of day and the length of the shadow to construct a line graph. Students interpret their graph to answer three questions.

A diagram showing the position of Earth in each of the four seasons has been provided. Students use this diagram to identify the season we would experience in New Zealand at each of the numbered places.