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Source Cambridge Assessments (UK) Subject Science Grade Level 5	2014 Primary Science Specimen Paper 2 The 2014 Primary Science Specimen Paper 2 is a released assessment from the Cambridge Primary Checkpoint and provides comprehensive feedback on students' strengths and weaknesses in the subject. This assessment contains a combination of free-response and non free-response questions. The Cambridge Primary Science assessment covers four content areas or ‘strands’ and further subdivided into ‘sub-strands’. These are: Scientific enquiry (Ideas and evidence, Plan investigative work, Obtain and present evidence, Consider evidence and approach) Biology (Plants, Living things in their environment, Humans and animals) Chemistry (Material properties, Material changes, States of matter) Physics (Forces, Light and dark, Electricity, The Earth and beyond, Sound Scientific enquiry) This assessment includes: 11 free-response style questions Scoring Guidelines Curriculum Frameworks
Source Cambridge Assessments (UK) Subject Science Grade Level 9, 10	2016 Biology Specimen Paper 1 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2016 Biology Specimen Paper 1 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations. This assessment includes: Scoring Guide
Source Cambridge Assessments (UK) Subject Science Grade Level 9, 10	2016 Biology Specimen Paper 2 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2016 Biology Specimen Paper 2 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations. This assessment includes: Scoring Guide
Source Cambridge Assessments (UK) Subject Science Grade Level 9, 10	2016 Biology Specimen Paper 3 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2016 Biology Specimen Paper 3 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations. This assessment includes: 11 free-response style questions Scoring Guide
Source Cambridge Assessments (UK) Subject Science Grade Level 9, 10	2016 Biology Specimen Paper 4 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2016 Biology Specimen Paper 4 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations. This assessment includes: 6 free-response style questions Scoring Guide
Source Cambridge Assessments (UK) Subject Science Grade Level 9, 10	2016 Biology Specimen Paper 5 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2016 Biology Specimen Paper 5 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations. This assessment includes: 2 free-response style questions Scoring Guide Instructions
Source Cambridge Assessments (UK) Subject Science Grade Level 9, 10	2016 Biology Specimen Paper 6 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2016 Biology Specimen Paper 6 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations. This assessment includes: 2 free-response style questions Scoring Guide
Source Cambridge Assessments (UK) Subject Science Grade Level 9, 10	2016 Chemistry Specimen Paper 2 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2016 Chemistry Specimen Paper 2 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations. This assessment includes: Scoring Guide
Source Cambridge Assessments (UK) Subject Science Grade Level 9, 10	2016 Chemistry Specimen Paper 3 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2016 Chemistry Specimen Paper 3 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills and contains free-response questions. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations. This assessment includes: 8 free-response style questions Scoring Guide
Source Cambridge Assessments (UK) Subject Science Grade Level 9, 10	2016 Chemistry Specimen Paper 4 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2016 Chemistry Specimen Paper 4 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills and contains free-response questions. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations. This assessment includes: 9 free-response style questions Scoring Guide

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Task

Source
Cambridge Assessments (UK)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
5

2014 Primary Science Specimen Paper 2

The 2014 Primary Science Specimen Paper 2 is a released assessment from the Cambridge Primary Checkpoint and provides comprehensive feedback on students' strengths and weaknesses in the subject. This assessment contains a combination of free-response and non free-response questions. The Cambridge Primary Science assessment covers four content areas or ‘strands’ and further subdivided into ‘sub-strands’. These are:

Scientific enquiry (Ideas and evidence, Plan investigative work, Obtain and present evidence, Consider evidence and approach)
Biology (Plants, Living things in their environment, Humans and animals)
Chemistry (Material properties, Material changes, States of matter)
Physics (Forces, Light and dark, Electricity, The Earth and beyond, Sound Scientific enquiry)

This assessment includes:

11 free-response style questions
Scoring Guidelines
Curriculum Frameworks

Source
Cambridge Assessments (UK)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10

2016 Biology Specimen Paper 1 (Cambridge IQCSE)

The 2016 Biology Specimen Paper 1 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations.

This assessment includes:

Scoring Guide

Source
Cambridge Assessments (UK)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10

2016 Biology Specimen Paper 2 (Cambridge IQCSE)

The 2016 Biology Specimen Paper 2 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations.

This assessment includes:

Scoring Guide

Source
Cambridge Assessments (UK)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10

2016 Biology Specimen Paper 3 (Cambridge IQCSE)

The 2016 Biology Specimen Paper 3 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations.

This assessment includes:

11 free-response style questions
Scoring Guide

Source
Cambridge Assessments (UK)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10

2016 Biology Specimen Paper 4 (Cambridge IQCSE)

The 2016 Biology Specimen Paper 4 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations.

This assessment includes:

6 free-response style questions
Scoring Guide

Source
Cambridge Assessments (UK)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10

2016 Biology Specimen Paper 5 (Cambridge IQCSE)

The 2016 Biology Specimen Paper 5 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations.

This assessment includes:

2 free-response style questions
Scoring Guide
Instructions

Source
Cambridge Assessments (UK)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10

2016 Biology Specimen Paper 6 (Cambridge IQCSE)

The 2016 Biology Specimen Paper 6 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations.

This assessment includes:

2 free-response style questions
Scoring Guide

Source
Cambridge Assessments (UK)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10

2016 Chemistry Specimen Paper 2 (Cambridge IQCSE)

The 2016 Chemistry Specimen Paper 2 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations.

This assessment includes:

Scoring Guide

Source
Cambridge Assessments (UK)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10

2016 Chemistry Specimen Paper 3 (Cambridge IQCSE)

The 2016 Chemistry Specimen Paper 3 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills and contains free-response questions. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations.

This assessment includes:

8 free-response style questions
Scoring Guide

Source
Cambridge Assessments (UK)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
9, 10

2016 Chemistry Specimen Paper 4 (Cambridge IQCSE)

The 2016 Chemistry Specimen Paper 4 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills and contains free-response questions. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge and understanding, (2) handling information and problem solving, and (3) experimental skills and investigations.

This assessment includes:

9 free-response style questions
Scoring Guide

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