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Acid or Base The Acid or Base? task allows students to test if five solutions to see if they are acids or bases using litmus paper. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include five small sample cups with solution in each (orange juice, cleaner, vinegar, water, baking soda), a layout sheet, six teaspoons, This task is a part of the Material World task series from 2003. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Acids Around the Home The Acids Around the Home task allows students to test and sort household substances by whether they are acids, bases, or neither. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include lemon juice, vinegar, baking soda, orange drink, water, a water jug, five spoons, five spatulas, litmus paper blue & pink, five small containers, paper towels, a results sheet, and an A4 laminated layout sheet. This task is a part of the Material World task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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Animal Adaptation - Spider In the Animal Adaptation - Spider task, students will look at a picture of a spider and describe the parts of the spider that help it to survive. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task are a picture of a spider and a recording book. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 2003. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Animal Adaptations - Praying Mantis The Animal Adaptations - Praying Mantis task allows students to observe and describe the structural features of a praying mantis that are considered to be adaptive features with survival value. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture of a praying mantis. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Animal Adaptations - Snail The Animal Adaptations - Snail task allows students to observe and describe the structural features of a snail that are considered to be adaptive features with survival value. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture of a snail. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Animal Families The Animal Families task allows students to recognize common characteristics of mammals. Students will revise, apply and justify a simple classification for a small sample of animals. Students will complete this task working in teams. Resources required for this task are three sets of cards: SET 1— dog, horse, baby; SET 2— birds and insects (eight cards); SET 3— mouse, spider, seal, weta. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Balancing Balloons The Balancing Balloons task allows students to understanding that air has mass, takes up space, and is more dense when compressed. Students will watch a video and answer seven questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a video showing steps of the experiment. This task is a part of the Material World task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Ball Bounce The Ball Bounce task allows students to plan, carry out and report results for an experiment involving measuring the bounciness of balls. Students will then extrapolate and interpret their results. Students will complete this task working in teams. Resources required for this task include a tennis ball (yellow), a small rubber ball, a rubber ball (mottled), a soft foam ball (pink), a table tennis ball (white), a squash ball (black), a one meter folding ruler, an activity card, and a results sheet. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 1999. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Banjo Boxes The Banjo Boxes task allows students to investigate sound generation and transmission. In this task students students will experiment with a simple, teacher made "banjo box" and answer seven questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a “Banjo box”, colored and brown rubber bands, two pieces of dowel, and a picture. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 2003. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Batteries The Batteries task allows students to explore circuits and electricity flow through the correct arrangement of batteries in a flashlight. Students also show problem solving skills by determining and testing which batteries are charged and which are flat. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a flashlight, two good batteries labelled A and D, and two flat batteries labelled B and C. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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