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font foreground full stops gender glossary grammar homophones humour ideas identification idiom illustration impact index inference infographic information skills information sources instructions interpretation interviewing irony key competencies key ideas keywords language features layout legend letter library listening comprehension locate information logo main idea matching meaning making message metaphor mind map model construction mood movement moving image narrative native animals news newspaper article note taking nouns onomatopoeia opinion organisation pamphlet paragraphs parts of a book parts of speech peer-assessment personal viewpoint personification perspective persuasion pest photograph play poem point of view possessive pronouns postcard poster prediction prefix prepositions presenting procedure progressive disclosure pronouns proofreading props punctuation puns purpose question marks questions recall recount reference repeated image repetition report research retrieval chart retrieve rhyme root words scaffolding school issue science script self-assessment sentences sequence setting shape shared book short story sign simile skim reading speech bubbles speech marks spelling static image storyboards style superlative supporting ideas symbols syntax synthesis target audience techniques text features thesaurus thought bubbles title tone transactional true using context verbs visual cues visual image visual language visual literacy visualising vocabulary website word parts work samples zoom   CREATING MEANING Junior Journal Key competencies NEMP Narrative National Standards School Journal Writing Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 adjectives advertisement alliteration ambiguity answer phone message argument biography blurb book review capital letters caption categories checklist clarity colour comprehension contact details conversation creating meaning debating description dialogue direct speech discussion drama editing explanation farewell fluency font form grammar haiku headline homophones illustration impromptu speech information skills instructions interpretation introduction invitation key competencies layout learning intentions guide legend letter main idea matching meetings message metaphor mind map narrative news newspaper article note taking nouns opinion opinions organisation peer-assessment personal viewpoint persuasion play plot synopsis poem point of view prepared speech presenting procedure pronouns proofreading proverbs punctuation purpose question marks questions re-telling recount report science script self-assessment sentences sequence show and tell sign simile social speech speech speech bubbles speech marks spelling summary supporting ideas teacher rating techniques verbs visual cues work samples writing             Maths keywords Maths Bank   Number & algebra    Geometry & measurement    Statistics   NUMBER & ALGEBRA KEYWORDS Animal strips Basic facts Cuisenaire rods Equations GST NEMP National Standards PISA Patterns TIMSS abacus addition additive identity algebraic expressions algorithms animation area arithmetic operations arrays basic facts brackets breakeven points calculator capacity change changing subject co-ordinates combinations commutativity compact form concept cartoons conversion of units cubic numbers decimal fractions decimal places decimals direct rule direct rules discount discourse distance-time graphs distances divisibility division dot plots double number lines doubling enlargement equal sharing equal to equality equations equivalent fractions equivalent ratios estimation even numbers expanded form expansion factorisation factors flowcharts forecasting fractions fractions as measures fractions as operators front-end functional rule functional rules gradient graph construction graph interpretation greater than growing patterns halving identity improper fractions index form indices inequations intercepts inverse journalling key competencies length less than line graphs linear equations linear graphs mapping diagrams matching mixed fractions model construction money multiples multiplication negative numbers number lines number machines number pairs number patterns number sentences number sequences numerosity odd numbers order of magnitude order of operations ordered pairs ordering ordering numbers ordinal position part-whole fractions partitioning patterns peer assessment percentages perimeter pie graphs place value place value blocks plotting co-ordinates powers prime numbers problem solving properties of one properties of zero proportions quadratic equation qualitative data quotient quotition rates rational numbers ratios recursive rules relational thinking relationships remainders repeated units repeating patterns rounding rules scale scale factors sequential rules sets significant figures simplest form simplify skip counting slopes spatial patterns speed square numbers square roots standard form story problems strategies substitution subtraction table interpretation tens frames time time series time-series tripling unitising units of measurement venn diagrams weight whole numbers work samples   GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT KEYWORDS 2-dimensional shapes 24-hour time 3 dimensional shapes 3-dimensional objects 3-dimensional shapes Area Capacity NEMP National Standards PISA Pythagoras theorem a.m. acute addition adjacent angles alternate angles analogue time angle bisectors angle of rotation angle properties angles anticlockwise arc area calendar interpretation capacity centre of enlargement centre of rotation circles circumcentre circumference clockwise co-interior angles co-ordinates comparison compass compass bearings composite shapes cone conversion of units conversions of units corners cosine cross-sections cubes cuboids cylinder cylinders date days decimals diameter digital time direction distances distortion division double number lines drawing edges enlargement equal to equilateral estimation exterior angles faces factors folding graph construction greater than grid references grids hectares height hexagonal prisms horizontal hours interior angles invariant properties isometric drawings isosceles left length less than line segments linear scales lines litres location locus maps mass matching measurement measuring millilitres minutes model construction model drawings models pyramids money months multiplication negative numbers nets non standard units non-linear scales obtuse opposite angles order of symmetry ordering ordering numbers p.m. parallel lines parallelograms patterns peer assessment perimeter perpendicular perpendicular bisectors plans plotting scales polygons prediction prisms pyramids quadrilaterals radius rates ratios reading scales rectangles rectangular prisms reflection reflex regular polygons relationships repeated units right right angle triangles right angles rotation rounding ruler scale scale factors scalene seconds sectors self-assessment shortest paths sides similar triangles sine slopes speed spheres squares straight subtraction surface area symmetry table interpretation tangents tangrams temperature tessellations tetrahedrons time time lines time-zones transformations translation triangles triangular prisms trigonometry unit squares unitising units units of measure units of measurement units of measurement, National Standards vectors vertical vertices views volume weeks weight work samples years   STATISTICS KEYWORDS Bi-variate data NEMP National Standards angles animation back-to-back stem-and-leaf graphs bar graphs bi-variate bi-variate data bias box-and-whisker graphs combinations composite graphs continuous data cycle data collection data interpretation data tables discrete data distribution dot plots equivalent fractions experiments fair games fair testing fractions frequency tables graph construction graph interpretation histograms independence line graphs long-run relative frequency long-run relative probability matching mean measurement median mode multivariate data outliers peer review percentages pictographs pie graphs planning investigations plotting scales predict observe explain predict-observe-explain prediction probability qualitative data qualitative probability quartile range reading scales sampling scale science context selecting variables self assessment slopes spinners stem-and-leaf graphs strip graphs surveys table construction table interpretation tally charts time-series tree diagrams trend variation website work examples work samples       Science keywords Science Bank    Understanding about science    Investigating in science    Communicating in science    Participating & contributing    Knowledge UNDERSTANDING ABOUT SCIENCE KEYWORDS Beaufort scale Earth systems Gondwanaland Mars PISA acid-base reactions adaptation animals astronomical systems banding birds candles carnivores changes chemical properties chemistry and society classification conservation continental drift dinosaurs disease ecology endangered species energy evidence evolution explanations extinction forces fossils friction group assessment heating herbivores inference interacting systems investigation investigations kaka key competencies kiwi life processes linear scales mass matching measurement melting point micro-organisms moa motion native birds oral assessment physical concepts physical properties physics concepts pikao pingao plastics properties range reptiles scales scatter graphs scientists self assessment skulls smell society sound sound transmission space exploration sustainability teeth thermometers thinking using physics velociraptors vocabulary volume weather wind   INVESTIGATING IN SCIENCE KEYWORDS Earth systems Earth's rotation Life processes Modified Mercalli intensity scale Moon Moon surface NEMP National Standards PISA Physical inquiry Southern Cross Sun acceleration acid rain acids adaptation air air pressure air resistance alkalis ammeters animals animation astronomical systems baking soda bases batteries beaks beans beech forest behavioural adaptation birds boiling butterflies cabbage tree moths camouflage carbonates centre of gravity changes changes of matter characteristics chemical change circuits classification cliffs cloning collection methods colour colouration comets concave concept cartoons condensation conduction continental drift controlling variables convection convex crabs craters crustaceans current data gathering data interpretation day and night decay deciduous trees decomposition density descriptions detergents developing systems diffusion dinosaurs displacement dissolving ducks earthquakes ecology eggs electricity energy energy transfer epicentre erosion evaluation evaporation evolution experimental design explanations exploring fabrics fair testing fair tests features feet fingerprints fish flight flotation flowchart construction food food chains forces freezing friction gas genetic control genetics germination graph construction gravity green planthoppers group assessment group investigations growth gum emperor moths habitat hardness harrier hawks heat heat absorption heat retention hokey pokey household technology ice identification images inference information gathering insecticides insects insulation interacting systems interdependence interpretation interpreting data investigation investigations iron kakapo kakariki key competencies kinetic energy landforms leaves lenses levers life cycle life processes light liquids magnetic fields magnetism magnets mammals marbles mass matching measurement melting metals microwave ovens mirrors mixtures models monarch butterflies moths native birds neutralisation night sky non-metals observation observations oral assessment orbits paper parachutes parakeets pattern seeking peer assessment permanent changes phases of the Moon photosynthesis physical changes physical inquiry physical properties physics concepts planning plant parts plants plastics plate tectonics popcorn predict observe explain predictions properties pulleys pulse rate questions rates of reactions reflection refraction rivers rocks rust seasons self assessment separation of mixtures sequencing shadows simple circuits slaters slope society soil solar energy solids solubility solvents sound sound waves south celestial pole south pole spiders starch test stars static electricity stick insects storage organs sugar sundials surface area surfaces survival table construction table interpretation tables temperature tests thermometers torches transpiration trees using physics variables variation vinegar viscosity vocabulary volcanic eruption volcanoes voltage volume warning colouration water water cycle water level water pressure water transport weta wood woodlice xylem   COMMUNICATING IN SCIENCE KEYWORDS ESOL Earth Earth systems Earth's interior Earth's rotation Earth's tilt Moon NEMP National Standards PISA Sun UV radiation Venn diagrams Venus acids adaptation alkalis analogies astronomical systems atmosphere atmospheric pressure atomic number atomic structure atoms balance bases bats batteries beech behavioural adaptation biodiversity birds black robins blood body temperature boiling point burning carbohydrates carbon dioxide carnivores cats changes changes of matter changes of state chart interpretation chemical change chemical formulae chemical symbols chemistry and society circuit diagrams circuit symbols circuits circulation classification cliffs climate clouds comets competition compounds concept map conservation convection cooling corrosion data interpretation day and night decomposition definitions density diagram construction diagrams diet dispersion dissolving distances dolphins drawing ear lobes earthquakes eclipses ecology ecosystems eggs elasticity electricity elements endangered species energy energy transfer environment enzymes equations erosion eruptions evaporation evolution explanations extinction fabrics fair testing family trees fantails farming fats fault lines faulting fish flowchart construction fog food food chains food preservation food webs forces forecasting formulae fossil fuels fossils friction functions game gas gases genetics geological time scale glass global warming graph construction graph interpretation graphs gravity greenhouse effect greenhouse gases habitat heat herbivores hot water cylinder hydrocarbons ice identification insects insulation integrating systems interacting systems interdependence interpreting data interpreting diagrams interpreting tables interpreting text invertebrates isobars kakapo key key competencies keys kingfishers landforms leaves levers life processes light liquid liquids lizards magnetism magnets mammals map interpretation mass matching materials measurement melting metals methane micro-organisms milk minerals mixtures model construction models molecular models molecules molluscs monohybrid cross mountains native animals native birds native bush native trees natural disasters natural events nature of matter neutralisation night and day night sky noxious weeds nutritional information octane opaque orbits oystercatchers ozone ozone layer pH scale paper parallel participating and contributing particle nature of matter particle size particle theory particles peer assessment pekapeka periodic table permanent changes pests photosynthesis physical changes physical inquiry physical properties physics concepts planets plant pests plants plastics plate tectonics possums precipitates producers properties proteins pure substances rabbits rainfall rats recycling reflection refraction rennet report writing representations reptiles respiration rivers rock layers rock pools rocky shore roots rubbish scales science reports scientific explanations seasons sedimentation self assessment sequencing series shadows sharks soil soil animals solid solids solubility solutions speed spiders stars states of matter stopping distances streams stretch structure of matter survival switches symbols systems systems thinking table construction table interpretation tables tectonic plates temperature temporary changes thermometers tidal zones tilting time torches translucency transparency trees tuatara using physics variation vitamins vocabulary volcanic ash volcanoes water water cycle water use waterways weather weather maps weta whales wind wood   No keywords found PARTICIPATING & CONTRIBUTING KEYWORDS   KNOWLEDGE KEYWORDS Earth Earth systems Earth's rotation Earths interior Earths rotation Earths tilt Mars Moa Moon NEMP PISA Southern Cross Sun TIMSS absorption acid rain acids adaptation air air currents air pressure air resistance alkalis altitude aluminium amphibians animal pests animals animation annelids arachnids arthropods asexual reproduction astronomical systems atmosphere atoms bacteria balance bases bats beaks bees bicycles birds blood boats body functions body parts body temperature breathing bulbs buoyancy burning butterflies calculations carbon dioxide carnivores carnivorous plants cars cats cells centre of gravity changes changes of matter changes of state chemical change chemical properties chemical reactions chemistry and society chitons circuit diagrams circuits circulation classification climate climate changes clothing clouds colour combustion compasses compounds concentration condensation conduction conductors conservation contour map convection copper copper sulphate corrosion cotton crabs cyclones data interpretation day day and night decomposition defence density diagrams digestion dinosaurs dissolving distances distillation dogs drawing ducks ears earthquakes echoes eclipses ecology ecosystems effort eggs electrical circuits electricity elements energy energy conservation energy sources energy transformation environment equations erosion eruptions evaporation evidence evolution expansion experimental design eyes fabrics fair testing fault lines feet filtration fins fish flexibility flight flotation flowers food food preservation footprints force fields forces fossil fuels fossils foxes freezing friction frogs frost fuels fulcrums functions gardens gas gears genetics germination geysers glaciers glass global warming graph interpretation gravity greenhouse effect group assessment growth habitat habitat destruction hardness hazards heart rate hearts heat heat absorption heat conduction heat transfer herbivores hibernation horses household chemicals humans humidity hydrocarbons ice ice caps image insects insulation insulators interacting systems interpretation interpreting diagrams invertebrates ions kangaroo kereru key competencies kidneys lakes landforms landslips leaves lenses levers life cycle life processes light light sources lightning liquid lizards load lungs magnetic fields magnetism magnets mammals map interpretation marine marine mammals mass matching material use materials measurement melting metals minerals mirrors mixtures moa model construction molecules molluscs monohybrid cross mosquito motion mountains movement musical instruments native birds native bush navigation neutralisation night night sky north pole nutrients nutrition observation omnivore oral oral assessment orbits oxygen ozone pH scale paint paper parallel participating and contributing particle nature of matter peer assessment penguins pens periodic table permanent changes perspiration phases of the Moon photosynthesis physical changes physical inquiry physical properties physics concepts pivots placenta planets plant parts plant pests plants plastics plate tectonics platypus pollination pollution possums potential energy praying mantis prisms properties protection proteins pulleys radiation rainbows rainforests ramps recycling reflection refraction reproduction reptiles reserves respiration rhizomes rivers rock layers rockets rocky shore roots rubbish rust rust prevention safety salt sand saturated solution screws sea-lions seasons seed dispersal seeds self assessment senses separation of mixtures sequencing series shadows sharks simple 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