Science resources

Task: Identify which actions would make it easier to attract a paper clip. Assessment focus: magnetism.

Task: Complete two sentences. Assessment focus: definitions of permanent and temporary change.

Students are provided with a diagram of a moa and asked if each of seven sentences about moa is correct or incorrect.

For this practical students make observations on water flow from three holes set at different heights in a container. They also investigate the effect on water flow if the top is on or off the container.

Students are given two equations describing the burning of petrol. Students identify each as either complete or incomplete combustion and then describe two disadvantages of incomplete combustion.

The resource consists of two multiple-choice questions about solubility and saturated solutions.

Students consider the potential for chemical change when a range of everyday substances are mixed. They use logical reasoning to work out the consequences of four pairs of reactions.

Students identify in which order candles will go out and explain their answer. Assessment focus: the role of oxygen in combustion.

Task: Decide whether described situations are examples of melting or dissolving, provide further examples, and describe what happens when something melts, and when something dissolves. Assessment focus: definitions of melting and dissolving.

Students explain why the metal where some lemon juice had been spilt appears shiny.

Students answer two multiple-choice questions on pH.

Students decide if a statement is correct and then give a reason for their answer. Assessment focus: Using science ideas to explain a view.

Students write down three features of plastic that makes it useful in the home.

Students state if each of four jars containing different substances would sink or float.

Students answer three multiple-choice questions about atoms, elements, and atomic number.

Students explain two things a baby animal needs from its mother. Students then describe how a human changes as it grows up and becomes an adult.

Task: complete two multiple choice questions. Assessment focus: respiration of marine mammals and fish.

Task: Answer questions about making a bike go faster. Assessment focus: friction; gearing.

Task: Identify seasons from events described. Assessment focus: seasons.

Students answer three questions about the Hubble Space Telescope.

From a collection of familiar objects, students identify all those that can act as sources of light.

Students answer two questions about preventing erosion and flooding by a river.

Students use a diagram that shows a proposed site for a town that has a river running through it. Students identify where it would be best to collect drinking water, and how town planners could stop the town from flooding.

Students answer three questions about air pressure in balloons, why helium balloons float, and why a popped balloon makes a noise.

Task: Describe what happens to water on black plastic and explain why. Assessment focus: effect of colour on heat retention.