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What's the Time? The What's the Time? task allows students to demonstrate their ability to read clocks by matching the selecting the analogue and digital clacks that show the same time. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for the task. This task is a part of the Measurement 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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Whats Plays What? The Whats Plays What? task allows students to demonstrate their ability to listen to and recognize different instruments. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are audio tracks on laptop computer. This task is a part of the Knowing and Responding: Interpreting, Moving, Analyzing, Appreciating task series from 2008. 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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Whats for Lunch The Whats for Lunch task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a bar graph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a bar graph. This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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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 |
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Wheel Race The Wheel Race task allows students to co–operatively plan, carry out and report on an experiment involving the effects of mass and rotational inertia on the acceleration of a wheel. Students will complete this task working in teams. Resources required for this task include two wheel cases, eight washers, 2cm blutak, a test track, a cork, a red pen, a blue pen, a large piece of paper (for planning), a stop watch, and an instruction card. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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When Two Worlds Collide In this task, students will individually create a piece of artwork that fuses two artists work from different eras. They will then collaborate in putting together an exhibit for their art pieces. This task includes: |
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Where News Happens In this task, students will use multimedia to investigate and present their research on public opinion of the news. This task includes: |
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Where Rubber Meets Road In this task, students will experiment with the amount of force needed to begin two blocks moving on a strip of asphalt. This task includes: |
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Where in the Library The Where in the Library task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify appropriate resources in a library. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Where in the World The Where in the World task allows students to demonstrate their ability to represent the general configuration of the map of New Zealand by drawing a sketch map unaided, followed by marking their own home town or city on their map Students will complete this task working in one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a list of place names, a pencil, and a marker pen. This task is a part of the Knowledge task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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