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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Science Grade Level 3, 7	Weather Map The Weather Map task allows students to understand weather map symbols. The will look at two weather maps and answer four questions about the weather and map symbols. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a picture of a boat and two weather maps. 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.
Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Science Grade Level 3	What a Muddle The What a Muddle task allows students to investigate the properties of materials and classify them. Students will be given a bag with twenty different items in it and asked to sort them into five groups. Students will complete this task working in teams. Resources required for this task include an instruction card, a recording sheet, eight meat trays, two magnets, two jugs of water, two bags of twenty different materials: a bag tie, a blue card, a cork, an eraser, foam, a foil case, netting, a paper clip, a plastic bag, polystyrene, a rubber band, a sample cup, a shell, a spoon, steel wool, a stone, a string, tin foil, a walnut, and a washer. 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.
Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Science Grade Level 3, 7	Whats the Difference The Whats the Difference task allows students to sort typical kitchen items into liquids and Solids and decide which of these substances can be made into solutions. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include five wine beakers, a jug of water, a spoon, spatulas, a clock, orange drink powder, vinegar, salt, cooking oil, rice, and a laminated chart. This task is a part of the Material World task series from 1995 by NEMP
Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand) Subject Science Grade Level 3, 7	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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National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
3, 7

Weather Map

The Weather Map task allows students to understand weather map symbols. The will look at two weather maps and answer four questions about the weather and map symbols. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a picture of a boat and two weather maps.

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.

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

Subject
Science

Grade Level
3

What a Muddle

The What a Muddle task allows students to investigate the properties of materials and classify them. Students will be given a bag with twenty different items in it and asked to sort them into five groups. Students will complete this task working in teams. Resources required for this task include an instruction card, a recording sheet, eight meat trays, two magnets, two jugs of water,
two bags of twenty different materials: a bag tie, a blue card, a cork, an eraser, foam, a foil case, netting, a paper clip, a plastic bag, polystyrene, a rubber band, a sample cup, a shell, a spoon, steel wool, a stone, a string, tin foil, a walnut, and a washer.

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.

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

Subject
Science

Grade Level
3, 7

Whats the Difference

The Whats the Difference task allows students to sort typical kitchen items into liquids and Solids and decide which of these substances can be made into solutions. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include five wine beakers, a jug of water, a spoon, spatulas, a clock, orange drink powder, vinegar, salt, cooking oil, rice, and a laminated chart.

This task is a part of the Material World task series from 1995 by NEMP

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

Subject
Science

Grade Level
3, 7

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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