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Clay Person The Clay Person task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use the medium of clay to create a three-dimensional form. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are four blocks of clay, four pointed dowel sticks, four desk covers, four white plastic bases, four ice block sticks, four wooden steps, four pieces of paper, four pencils, four cue cards, and four dampened sponges. This task is to be completed in forty minutes. This task is a part of the Making Art task series from 2007. 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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Cleaning Up The Cleaning Up task allows students to investigate and explain the reaction between water, oil, and detergent through an experiment. During this experiment students will answer four questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include water in a jug, two jars, a bottle of cooking oil (liquid 1), a bottle of detergent (liquid 2), three ice block sticks, and two 50ml beakers. This task is a part of the Material World task series from 2007. 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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Clown Show The Clown Show task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify key information in a poster. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a picture and a recording book. This task is a part of the Clarifying Information Needs 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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Coat of Arms The Coat of Arms task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of symbols associated with a national identity. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Culture and Heritage task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Coca Cola The Coca Cola task allows students to demonstrate their ability to think critically about the intentions of visual messages. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a poster and three stickers. This task is a part of the Viewing task series from 1998. 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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Coconuts and Harakeke The Coconuts and Harakeke task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the value of a resource. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a picture and an information card. This task is a part of the Resources and Economic Activities task series from 2005. 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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Color Cat The Color Cat task allows students to demonstrate their ability to understand and follow instructions through a cat coloring sheet. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, colored pencils, and an answer sheet. This task is a part of the Listening task series from 2006. 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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Compost The Compost task allows students to identify biodegradable rubbish. Students will be learn about what compost is and will be presented with pictures of several rubbish items. Then they will be asked to determine which items can and can't go in the compost and explain why. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include fourteen small pictures, one large picture, and a sheet of stickers. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 2007. 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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Computer Chair The Computer Chair task allows students to demonstrate their ability to generate and evaluate possible design solutions. Students will look at a picture of a desk and will design a computer chair that can be used by both adults and children. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Technological Capabilities task series from 2004. 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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Computer Games The Computer Games task allows students to demonstrate their ability to evaluate consequences. Students will discuss good and the bad things about children playing computer games. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are a picture, a Working Together Team card, and a team answer sheet. This task is a part of the Technology & Society task series from 2004 by NEMP. |
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