Interpret representations resources

For this task students understanding of tides is explored. Students are asked to identify where high tides occur when the Moon is in a certain position and how often high tides occur.

Students answer two multiple-choice questions about full Moon and lunar eclipses.

Students view four sequential diagrams on fossilisation, and then write explanations about this process using the diagrams and their own knowledge.

Students are provided with a diagram showing rock layers. Students use this diagram to answer a number of questions.

Students are provided with a geological time scale which they use to interpret and answer a number of questions.

Students answer questions about major natural events that happened on the Earth in one week by interpreting a diagram showing these.

On a diagram students indicate how a cliff face might look different in 100 years from now, and explain the probable cause of this.

Students use a diagram of a cutting showing exposed rock layers to answer questions about their formation, age, and geological history.

Task: Complete a diagram of part of the water cycle and answer a question about rain. Assessment focus: Question a) – the water cycle and conventions of diagrams; question b) – evaporation of a solution.

From a given list students select the correct name for each of four labelled features on a weather map. They then identify a pattern to name a pressure reading number.

Students are provided with a graph showing the average rainfall and temperatures for Tokyo, Los Angeles, and Perth. Students interpret this graph to answer a number of questions.

Students are provided with a map of NZ showing the average annual rainfall in different areas. Students interpret this information to answer three short answer questions, and then construct a bar graph that shows the rainfall for nine North Island locations.

Students are provided with a weather map for the North Island of NZ and interpret this information to answer three short answer questions.

Task: Match the parts of a water cycle to the parts represented in a model of the water cycle and compare how they are the same and different. Assessment focus: interpreting a model.

For this task students identify what may cause clouds to be at different heights and then interpret weather information to answer a multiple-choice question about fog.

Students are provided with a map showing wind speed and direction over some landforms. Students explain two ways that mountains affect the wind.

Students are provided with a weather map showing the lower North Island of NZ. Students are required to interpret this map to answer three short answer questions.

Answer questions about rubbish picked up on a beach, and suggest reasons why plastic is the most common rubbish.

Task: Answer questions about what happens to water in open and closed containers and compare to the water cycle. Assessment focus: evaporation, the water cycle.

Students construct a line graph from provided data, and then write a summary about the data.

Task: Students draw to show their ideas about what happens when a puddle dries up. Assessment focus: evaporation.

Task: Draw what happens when sugar is added to a cup of coffee. Assessment focus: dissolving.

Students are provided with nutritional information on three different types of milk. Students use this information to answer a number of questions.

Students use information on the properties of five different drinks in order to place them correctly into a key.

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about one of our native birds. The task is essentially a literacy task in the context of scientific writing, and can also be accessed from the English Bank.