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Wheel Race The Wheel Race task allows students to co–operatively plan, carry out and report on an experiment involving the effects of mass and rotational inertia on the acceleration of a wheel. Students will complete this task working in teams. Resources required for this task include two wheel cases, eight washers, 2cm blutak, a test track, a cork, a red pen, a blue pen, a large piece of paper (for planning), a stop watch, and an instruction card. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Where in the Library The Where in the Library task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify appropriate resources in a library. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Where in the World The Where in the World task allows students to demonstrate their ability to represent the general configuration of the map of New Zealand by drawing a sketch map unaided, followed by marking their own home town or city on their map Students will complete this task working in one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a list of place names, a pencil, and a marker pen. This task is a part of the Knowledge task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Where in the World Are We? The Where in the World Are We? task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of locations on a world map. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a laptop computer and a computer program. This task is a part of the Place and Environment task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Whereabouts The Whereabouts task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify appropriate sources of information. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using Information task series from 2001. 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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Whetu's Frame The Whetu's Frame task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of edges and corners of 3D objects. Students will answer questions about a cube shaped frame. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Geometry task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Which Book (Y4) The Which Book (Y4) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to choosing appropriate reference books for a task. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are front covers of a dictionary, an atlas, and an encyclopedia. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using Information task series from 2001. 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.v |
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Which Book (Y8) The Which Book (Y8) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to choosing appropriate reference books for a task. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are front covers of a dictionary, a thesaurus, an atlas, and an encyclopedia. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using Information task series from 2001. 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.v |
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Which Direction? The Which Direction? task allows students to explore magnetic north using a compass, a magnet, and a nail floating on a raft in water. Students will answer a series of seven questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a magnet, a compass, a nail, a bowl of water, and a polystyrene raft. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 2007. |
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Which Unit? The Which Unit? task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of appropriate units of measurement. Students will be given a set of objects and distances and will then choose the best unit for their weight or distance. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Measurement task series from 2009. 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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