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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Science Grade Level 3, 7	Planet Earth and Beyond The Planet Earth and Beyond task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding about ecological, geological and astronomical phenomena by answering three questions. Students will complete this task working independently. This task requires no resources. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond 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.
Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Science Grade Level 3, 7	Planets The Planets task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of our solar system by looking at a picture and answering six questions. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include a picture and a recording book. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 2003 by NEMP.
Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Technology Grade Level 3, 7	Planning a Class Event In the Planning a Class Event task, students will be asked to plan a lunch for sixty people. They will be given a prompt sheet listing everything they will need to do and think about. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are a prompt sheet, A3 answer sheet, and marker pens. This task is a part of the Design from 1996 by NEMP.
Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Science Grade Level 3, 7	Planting Seeds In the Planting Seeds task students will watch a short video and then design an experiment to find out if the amount of water the seeds get makes a difference to how well they grow. The students will be presented with the idea of a fair test before they design their experiment. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a video (1 minute long) showing plants growing, empty pots, a choice of planting mixes, choice of seeds, and a jug of water. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 1995. 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.
Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Science Grade Level 3, 7	Plants The Plants task focuses on plant identification. Students will match pictures of plants to their names and mark which plants they think are native. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task are eight pictures of plants. 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.
Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Science Grade Level 3, 7	Plants Experiment The Plants Experiment task allows students to explore the growth requirements for plants. Students will begin by making a list of things that help plants to survive and grow. Next, they will design their own experiment to find out if plants do or don't need sunlight to stay healthy. Students will complete this task working in teams. Resources required for this task are a photo of plants, team instructions, a "working together" guide, and answer sheets. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 2003 by NEMP.
Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Information Skills Grade Level 3, 7	Platypus The Platypus task allows students to demonstrate their ability to find information in a reference text. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are an information card and an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information 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.
Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Music Grade Level 3, 7	Play It Again The Play It Again task allows students to demonstrate their ability to echo pitch. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are an audio tracks on laptop computer, chime bars C, D, E, F, G, and a beater. This task is a part of the Knowing and Making: Creating, Playing Singing task series from 2008. 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.
Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Graphs, Tables, and Maps Grade Level 3, 7	Playground Map The Playground Map task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a map. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a red pen and a map in a recording book. This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps 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.
Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Health and Physical Education Grade Level 3, 7	Playground Rules The Playground Rules task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of community rules. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Healthy Communities & Environments 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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Task

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
3, 7

Planet Earth and Beyond

The Planet Earth and Beyond task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding about ecological, geological and astronomical phenomena by answering three questions. Students will complete this task working independently. This task requires no resources.

This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
3, 7

Planets

The Planets task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of our solar system by looking at a picture and answering six questions. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include a picture and a recording book.

This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond task series from 2003 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Technology

Grade Level
3, 7

Planning a Class Event

In the Planning a Class Event task, students will be asked to plan a lunch for sixty people. They will be given a prompt sheet listing everything they will need to do and think about. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are a prompt sheet, A3 answer sheet, and marker pens.

This task is a part of the Design from 1996 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
3, 7

Planting Seeds

In the Planting Seeds task students will watch a short video and then design an experiment to find out if the amount of water the seeds get makes a difference to how well they grow. The students will be presented with the idea of a fair test before they design their experiment. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a video (1 minute long) showing plants growing, empty pots, a choice of planting mixes, choice of seeds, and a jug of water.

This task is a part of the Living World task series from 1995. 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
3, 7

Plants

The Plants task focuses on plant identification. Students will match pictures of plants to their names and mark which plants they think are native. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task are eight pictures of plants.

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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
3, 7

Plants Experiment

The Plants Experiment task allows students to explore the growth requirements for plants. Students will begin by making a list of things that help plants to survive and grow. Next, they will design their own experiment to find out if plants do or don't need sunlight to stay healthy.

Students will complete this task working in teams. Resources required for this task are a photo of plants, team instructions, a "working together" guide, and answer sheets.

This task is a part of the Living World task series from 2003 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Information Skills

Grade Level
3, 7

Platypus

The Platypus task allows students to demonstrate their ability to find information in a reference text. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are an information card and an answer booklet.

This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Music

Grade Level
3, 7

Play It Again

The Play It Again task allows students to demonstrate their ability to echo pitch. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are an audio tracks on laptop computer, chime bars C, D, E, F, G, and a beater.

This task is a part of the Knowing and Making: Creating, Playing Singing task series from 2008. 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Playground Map

The Playground Map task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a map. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a red pen and a map in a recording book.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Health and Physical Education

Grade Level
3, 7

Playground Rules

The Playground Rules task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of community rules. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture.

This task is a part of the Healthy Communities & Environments 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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