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Life processes
data gathering
plants
Students compare drawings of a healthy and unhealthy plant and decide which quantitative and/or qualitative data distinguishes them. This is a mathematics/science resource.
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Life processes
body temperature
graph interpretation
Task: Students interpret a graph to answer questions, and use background knowledge to justify their responses. Assessment focus: control of body temperature in different types of animals.
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Life processes
functions
key competencies
models
roots
trees
Task: Students apply both their knowledge of the functions of roots and information from a model to explain why care is needed when transplanting trees. Assessment focus: interpreting diagrams.
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Life processes
fish
marine mammals
respiration
Task: complete two multiple choice questions. Assessment focus: respiration of marine mammals and fish.
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Life processes
adaptation
noxious weeds
plant pests
plants
Task: Use written text and pictures to explain how the special features of Old Man's Beard help it survive. Assessment focus: identifying how the special features help this plant to survive.
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Life processes
adaptation
dinosaurs
evidence
inference
science capabilities
velociraptors
Task: Use features of velociraptors to make inferences about their life style. Assessment focus: using evidence to make inferences.
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Life processes
graphs
native trees
Students are provided with an unfinished graph and asked to identify what three things are needed so that the graph is then complete. Students are also asked to identify the type of graph.
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Life processes
kakapo
life cycles
native birds
observations
sequencing
This practical requires students to place four photographs of kākāpo at different times in their life cycle in order from youngest to oldest. Students describe how the kākāpo changes from each part of the life cycle to the next. NOTE: This resource is intended to be used in colour.
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Life processes
photosynthesis
plants
Task: Students draw a labelled diagram of a plant indicating how it gets its energy. Assessment focus: photosynthesis.
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Life processes
adaptation
birds
decision-making
ecology
interdependence
kereru
native birds
native bush
seed dispersal
Task: Identify how the kererū's adaptations contribute to its interactions with its ecosystem, and how knowing about kererū's' adaptations can benefit both it and people. Assessment focus: using understandings about adaptations to consider actions affecting the kererū.
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Life processes
germination
seeds
Task: Sequence drawings of a bean seedling to show order of events during germination. Assessment focus: germination.
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Life processes
plant parts
plants
On a diagram of a flowering plant, students write in the name of each of the indicated plant parts. They are then asked to name the part that makes seeds, and makes food.
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Life processes
asexual reproduction
Students read about sexual and asexual reproduction in plants, identify an asexual plant by budding characteristics and answer two questions on the advantages of asexual reproduction.
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Life processes
nutrients
placenta
waste products
Students answer questions about the materials that pass through the placenta between the mother and the baby.
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Life processes
leaves
photosynthesis
starch test
Students are provided with some information about testing leaves for starch. They are required to match the steps in the process with their purpose, and to explain what substance is present that turns iodine blue-black.
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Life processes
eyes
reflexes
sun protection
technology
ultraviolet light
Task: Demonstrate understanding of the pupil reflex of the eye, and apply this to answering questions about sunglasses safety. Extension questions probe understanding of who decides on and applies safety standards. Assessment focus: effect of UV light on the eyes and how it can be mediated by simple sunglasses technology.
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Life processes
ecology
leaves
nemp
oral
roots
survival
trees
For this NEMP task students show their understanding of the life cycle, functions and parts of a tree.
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Life processes
plants
table interpretation
tables
Students compare drawings of a healthy and unhealthy plant and decide which quantitative and/or qualitative data distinguishes them. They draw conclusions from the data. This is a mathematics/science resource.
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Life processes
conservation
endangered species
kaitiakitanga
Students give reasons for and against saving endangered animals or plants.
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Life processes
cats
conservation
graph interpretation
kaitiakitanga
science capabilities
Students answer three questions about data contained in pie graphs about the food wild cats eat.
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Keywords:
Life processes
adaptation
birds
penguins
Task: Use understandings about heat energy and insulation to describe how adaptations help Emperor penguins survive in Antarctica. Assessment focus: adaptations for keeping warm in cold conditions.