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Sweet Stall The Sweet Stall task allows students to demonstrate their ability to evaluate a visual resource. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Viewing task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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Swimathon The Swimathon task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use a distance key on a map. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a map and ruler. This task is a part of the Interpretations of Graphs, Tables, and Maps 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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Swimming The Swimming task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of rules for swimming safety. Students will complete this task working stations. The resources required for this task are pictures in an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development task series from 2002. 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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Swimming Pool Timetable The Swimming Pool Timetable task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a table. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a swimming pool timetable. This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps 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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Symbols of New Zealand The Symbols of New Zealand task allows students to demonstrate their ability to relate symbols to things that are special to New Zealand. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are eight stickers (farming, trawler, sheep, logging, fern, Parliament, settlers/discovery, city of sails). This task is a part of the Culture and Heritage task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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TV Commercials The TV Commercials task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of persuasive techniques in television advertisements. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are two television advertisements and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Viewing task series from 2002. 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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TV Watching The TV Watching task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a timetable. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a TV timetable. This task is a part of the Interpretations of Graphs, Tables, and Maps 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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Taisho Koto In the Taisho Koto task, students will explore the harmonies from Taisho Koto, a traditional Japanese instrument. They will learn about musical traditions and gain an appreciation of diverse musical traditions. |
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Taking Care The Taking Care task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of safety rules when using a craft knife, a stove, and a hot glue gun. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are three pictures This task is a part of the Technological Knowledge & Understanding task series from 2000 by NEMP. |
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Talking Kites Around the World In the Talking Kites Around the World task, students will be learning about children' rights, learning about Korczak as a writer, and learning about Korczak's philosophy. They will make and fly a kite with their thoughts, fears, dreams, and/or hopes on them. The main outcome is the enhancement of important values, such as tolerance, acceptance of the "other", co-existence, listening, choosing dialog over force, universal solidarity etc. |
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