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Whakairo Rakau The Whakairo Rakau task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and discuss the special features and symbolism of traditional Mäori carvings. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are pictures. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Wharenui The Wharenui task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of cultural heritage. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Identity, Culture, Heritage 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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What Do You Think? The What Do You Think? task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of relationships and bullying. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are three pictures and a recording book. This task is a part of the Relationships with Other People 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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What Eats What? In the What Eats What? task students will learn about the food web by working out what eats what in a cabbage garden. The students will think about what will happen if one of the predators is removed from the food web. Students will be presented with an activity chart and will complete this task working in teams. Resources required for this task are two laminated work sheet, blu-tack, an erasable felt pen, a laminated activity card, pictures of the cabbage community: cabbage, slater, praying mantis, caterpillar, spider, ladybird, snail, worm, cabbage moth, sparrow, thrush, aphid, fly, parasitic wasp. 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. |
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What Happened When? The What Happened When? task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use a computer encyclopedia to find information. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task a laptop computer, the New Zealand Encyclopedia software, a cue card, and a timer. This task is a part of the Finding and Using Information from Non-Book Resources task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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What Is Everybody Searching For? In this task, students will explore how geography and environment influence people's decisions and migration. This task includes: |
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What Next? The What Next? task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of patterns and their relationships using multicolor counters. Students will complete this task working stations. Resources required for this task include a picture, green and yellow pencils, and an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra 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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What Shape is Your Silo? In this task, students will research and submit a blueprint for their farm and calculate if they will be able to make it efficient. This task includes: |
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What Should We Remember? In this task, students will investigate what events are historically significant from the War of 1812 and should be remembered. This task includes: |
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What Was It Like, Grandpa? In this task, students will work in groups to create a video presentation comparing their lives to their ancestors. This task includes: |
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