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Knowing New Zealand The Knowing New Zealand task allows students to demonstrate their factual knowledge about New Zealand. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Place and Environment 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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Knowing New Zealand The Knowing New Zealand task allows students to demonstrate their factual understanding of New Zealand. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Knowledge task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Knowing the World The Knowing the World task allows students to demonstrate their factual understanding of the world. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Knowledge task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Landscapes The Landscapes task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify aspects shown on a relatively simple topographical map, and to interpret these in making decisions about the most appropriate location of a number of features. Students will complete this task working in one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a topographical map and name stickers. This task is a part of the Knowledge task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Leaders The Leaders task allows students to demonstrate their ability to describe the ways people become leaders. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are four pictures. This task is a part of the Social Organization task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Legends The Legends task allows students to demonstrate their ability to understand, interpret, and explain the underlying meanings in legends and proverbs. Students will complete this task working in one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video, five proverb cards, and four pictures. This task is a part of the Interaction and Change task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Lucky Dip Stall The Lucky Dip Stall task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of teamwork qualities and rules for working together. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are four individual answer sheets, a team answer sheet, and a highlighter. This task is a part of the Social Organization 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. |
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MP The MP task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of how MPs are selected and what they do. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are three photographs. This task is a part of the Social Organization task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Manda The Manda task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the way people's activities are influenced by their environment. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are two pictures. 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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Marae The Marae task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of marae buildings and welcomes. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video and two name cards. This task is a part of the Identity and Heritage task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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