Latest resources Choose one of the banks below, to see what new resources have been added.  Click on the underlined resource number to access the resource. NOTE: This page is updated regularly. Reload (CTR - R) this page to make sure that you are seeing the latest resources. English bank     Mathematics bank      Science bank ENGLISH BANK Updated: 15/06/2010 Code Strand Mode Level Resource Type Description / Keywords VL4153 Making meaning Reading 5 bcr Cinderella This task requires students to do a visual character analysis from an image out of Cinderella: An Art Deco Love Story, retold by Lynn Roberts and illustrated by David Roberts. Due to the pervasive nature of the story of Cinderella and the complexity of the imagery from this particular book, it is expected that students will draw on both their previous knowledge of the fairytale and the descriptive elements of the illustration to make a subjective, but valid, interpretation of character. Keywords (visual literacy; analysis; interpretation; meaning making;) Publication date (14/06/2010) WL2662 Making meaning  Viewing 5 bcr Once Were Warriors: visual analysis Assessment focus: ability to critically analyse and interpret a visual text, based on individual perception and the use of descriptors (visual/verbal/sound etc) to illustrate interpretation. Keywords (visual literacy; analysis; interpretation; meaning making;) Publication date (11/12/2009) WL2661 Making meaning Viewing 5 bcr Dancing Cossacks Assessment focus: ability of students to use both knowledge acquired from the text and their own backgrounds. This task assesses students' ability to critically engage with media texts. Keywords (visual literacy; analysis; interpretation; meaning making;) Publication date (11/12/2009) WL2660 Making meaning Viewing 5 bcr Kiwiburger: advertisement analysis Assessment focus: ability to interpret visual texts though deconstructing messages to access multiple layers of meaning, by drawing on both the text and previous knowledge and experiences. Keywords (visual literacy; analysis; interpretation; meaning making;) Publication date (11/12/2009) WL2659 Making meaning Viewing 5 bcr Hugo Assessment focus: ability to deconstruct and interpret messages in advertising, so that students can understand meaning making processes in the construction of imagery. Keywords (visual literacy; analysis; interpretation; meaning making;) Publication date (11/12/2009) WL2657 Making meaning Reading 3 bcr Nippers: "awkward" Assessment focus: ability to use contextual clues to infer meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Task Administration section of the teacher information pages.) Keywords (vocabulary; School Journal;) Publication date (17/09/2009) WL2656 Making meaning Reading 3 bcr Nippers: "spectators" Assessment focus: ability to use contextual clues to infer meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Task Administration section of the teacher information pages.) Keywords (vocabulary; School Journal;) Publication date (17/09/2009)    MATHEMATICS BANK Updated: 14/06/2010 Code Strand Achievement Objective Level Resource Type Description / Keywords NM1325 Number and Algebra Number strategies / Number knowledge 5 - Dividing fractions Students calculate fraction division problems and show their working. Keywords (fractions; mixed fractions; division;) Publication date (11/06/2010) NM1324 Number and Algebra Number strategies / Number knowledge 5 lcr What's the whole unit? Students answer questions about fractions of different wholes (units). Keywords (fractions; part-whole fractions; unitising;) Publication date (11/06/2010) NM1317 Number and Algebra Number strategies / Number knowledge 5 lcr Travel posters Students work out the missing dimension on a rectangle and show how they obtained it using proportional reasoning. Keywords (ratios; enlargement; scale factors; work samples;) Publication date (11/06/2010) MS2183 Geometry and Measurement Measurement 5 lcr Painting a water tank Students calculate the surface area of the sides and top of a cylinder, showing their working. Keywords (area; surface area; cylinder; circumference; work samples;) Publication date (11/06/2010) ST8762 Statistics Statistical literacy 4 lcr Streets or roads Students decide if a graph is suitable to display category data and explain the reasons. Keywords (graph interpretation; line graphs;) Publication date (31/03/2010) ST8761 Statistics Statistical literacy 5 lcr Website hits Students identify true and false statements, and provide a description of the most important features of a time series graph. Keywords (time series; graph interpretation; trend; cycle;) Publication date (29/03/2010) GM4185 Geometry and Measurement Shape 5 sr View from a different angle II Students identify which shapes are identical to a given shape. Keywords (3-dimensional shapes; views;) Publication date (26/03/2010) GM4184 Geometry and Measurement Shape 4 sr Net of an open box Students identify which nets can be folded to make an open box shape. Keywords (nets; cubes; National Standards;) Publication date (26/03/2010) AL6175 Number and Algebra Patterns and relationships 4 lcr Stick patterns and rules Students describe a functional rule for two spatial patterns. Keywords (spatial patterns; functional rules; National Standards;) Publication date (23/03/2010) NM1316 Number and Algebra  Number strategies / Number knowledge  4 lcr Left over toys Students show how to divide 3-digit whole numbers into equal sized groups and identify any remainder. Keywords (division; partitioning; equal sharing;) Publication date (23/03/2010) NM0188 Number and Algebra Number strategies / Number knowledge 4 bcr Close to a half Students identify fractions that are greater than a half and explain their reasoning. They also identify how far from half some fractions are and name a fraction closer to half than one given. Keywords (fractions; ordering; rational number; peer assessment;) Publication date (15/03/2010) NM0187 Number and Algebra Number strategies / Number knowledge 4 lcr Parts, wholes, and other parts Students show that given a fractional part they can show the whole shape or another factional part. Keywords (fractions; part-whole fractions; unitising; key competencies;) Publication date (15/03/2010) ST9426 Statistics Probability 2 lcr Spinner probabilities Students decide which arrow on three spinners is most likely to point to white, and explain their reasons. Keywords (probability; spinners;) Publication date (14/12/2009) ST8760 Statistics Statistical literacy 2 lcr Colour of lunch boxes Students decide which statement about a dot plot is incorrect and explain their reasoning. Keywords (graph interpretation; distribution; dot plot;) Publication date (14/12/2009) AL7146 Number and Algebra Number and Algebra 2 bcr Commutative number lines Students use number lines to show their understanding of commutativity. Keywords (spatial patterns; growing patterns; rules; functional rules; recursive rules;) Publication date (15/12/2009) AL7145 Number and Algebra Equations and expressions 2 bcr Different subtraction number sentences Students solve different forms of subtraction equations. Keywords (number sentences; equations; subtraction; equality;) Publication date (11/12/2009) AL7144 Number and Algebra Equations and expressions 2 bcr Different addition number sentences Students solve different forms of addition equations. Keywords (number sentences; equations; addition; equality;) Publication date (11/12/2009) AL6174 Number and Algebra Patterns and relationships 2 lcr Continue the shape patterns Students find the next three shapes in several growing shape patterns and explain how they worked out the shapes. Keywords (spatial patterns; growing patterns; rules; functional rules; recursive rules;) Publication date (01/06/2001) AL7142 Number and Algebra Equations and expressions  2 bcr  Tens frames to twenty Students use tens frames to show how to add and take away numbers to 20. Keywords (addition; subtraction; tens frames;) Publication date (08/12/2009) AL6173 Number and Algebra Patterns and relationships 2 bcr Machine rules II Students use given numbers to work out rules for number machines. Keywords (rules; addition; multiplication;) Publication date (08/12/2009      Science Bank Updated: 03/09/2010 Code Code Contextual Strand Level Resource Type Description / Keywords MW5142 Communicating in science Material world 3/4/5 bcr Baked Alaska Task: Use knowledge of insulation to answer questions about baked Alaska dessert, and how it compares to a chilly bin. Assessment focus: Interpreting diagrams, interpreting analogies, and using knowledge of insulation. Keywords (chemistry and society; insulation; heat; analogies; diagrams; interpreting diagrams) Publication date (10/08/2010) PW3043 Understanding about science Physical world 2 Prac Ideas about rolling Task: Choose which toy vehicle will roll further, and explain why. The two vehicles are set up under different conditions (ramps at different slopes, rolling onto different surfaces at the bottom). Assessment focus: science explanations using ideas about forces and energy. Keywords (physics concepts; forces, energy, motion; explanations; oral assessment;) Publication date (25/08/2010) PW3042 Understanding about science Physical world 3/4/5 lcr Ideas about forces and energy Task: Explain what affects the distance travelled by toy cars, and why they eventually stop. Assessment focus: science explanations using ideas about forces and energy. Keywords (physical concepts; forces; energy; friction; group assessment) Publication date (30/08/2010) PW3040 Communicating in science Physical world 3/4/5 bcr Lighting Task: Answer questions about a table comparing the energy usage and lifespan of different sorts of lights, and use this information to complete a second table to describe advantages and disadvantages of each. Assessment focus: reading a technical table. Keywords (physics concepts; energy; electricity; light; heat; table interpretation;) Publication date (10/08/2010) PW3039 Communicating in science Physical world 2 bcr Lighting Shane's bedroom Task: Answer questions about a table comparing the energy usage and lifespan of different sorts of lights, and use this information to complete a second table to describe advantages and disadvantages of each. Assessment focus: reading a technical table. Keywords (physics concepts; energy; electricity; light; heat; table interpretation;) Publication date (10/08/2010) LW0521 Investigating in science Living world 2 bcr Insect protection Task: Match insects to their adaptations for protection against enemies, and infer two ways stick insects are adapted for their protection against predators. Assessment focus: using observations to make suggestions about survival methods. Keywords (ecology; adaptation; survival; camouflage; colouration; insects; butterflies; moths; stick insects; monarch butterflies; gum emperor moths; cabbage tree moths; green planthoppers; observation; inference;) Publication date (10/06/2010) PW3038 Investigating in science Physical world 5 lcr Bendy ruler Task: Decide if a described investigation is a fair test, and explain the decision. Assessment focus: identifying fair testing. Keywords (physical inquiry; forces; fair testing;) Publication date (10/06/2010) LW2072 Communicating in science Living world 4 Prac Moa This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about moa. The task is essentially a literacy task in the context of scientific writing, and can also be accessed from the English Bank (WL2653). Keywords (ecology; science reports; ESOL; key competencies; National Standards;) Publication date (11/06/2010) LW2071 Communicating in science Living world 4 Prac Variable Oystercatchers This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about one of our native birds. The task is essentially a literacy task in the context of scientific writing, and can also be accessed from the English Bank (WL2654). Keywords (ecology; science reports; ESOL; key competencies; National Standards;) Publication date (11/06/2010) MW5141 Communicating in science Material world 4 Prac Changes of state This task assesses student ability to find the text features of an explanation of a scientific idea. The task is essentially a literacy task in the context of scientific writing, and can also be accessed from the English Bank (WL2655). Keywords (Change; scientific explanations; vocabulary; ESOL; key competencies; National Standards;) Publication date (01/06/2010) LW0051 Understanding about science  Living world  3/4 lcr What makes a reptile a reptile? Task: Decide whether the photographed animals are reptiles or not, and justify responses. (A fact file giving the features of reptiles is given.) Answer a question about why scientists have an agreed way of grouping living things. Assessment focus: using science-based classifications. Keywords (evolution; classification; animals; reptiles; key competencies;) Publication date (04/03/2010) MW6346 Communicating in science  Material world 3/4/5 - Melting and dissolving Task: Answer two questions about melting and two questions about dissolving. Assessment focus: describe and explain melting and dissolving. Keywords (changes of matter; structure of matter; particle theory; physical change; melting; dissolving; key competencies; peer assessment;) Publication date (26/02/2010)    ARB Home    Please Note: ARB material may be reproduced for school-based assessment purposes, not for sale or other purposes.   The ARBs   Assessment information   Support materials   Help   Contact us   Site map

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