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Science - Annotated Exemplars
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An annotated exemplar is an extract of student evidence, with a commentary, to explain key aspects of the standard. It assists teachers to make assessment judgements at the grade boundaries.
The material in these exemplars cannot be used (either in part or in full) for internal or external assessments submitted for any form of grading.
Level 1
Exemplars of student work or expected student responses have been developed for the standards listed below that have been identified by the Ministry of Education as new or significantly changed:
- AS90941 - Investigate the implication of electricity and magnetism in everyday life (1.2)
- AS90942 - Investigate implications of wave behaviour for everyday life (1.3)
- AS90943 - Investigate the implication of heat in everyday life (1.4)
- AS90945 - Investigate the implications of the use of carbon compounds as fuels (1.6)
- AS90946 - Investigate the implications of the properties of metals to their use in society (1.7)
- AS90947 - Investigate selected chemical reactions (1.8)
- AS90949 - Investigate life processes and environmental factors fhat affect them (1.10)
- AS90950 - Investigate interactions between humans and micro-organisms (1.11)
- AS90951 - Investigate the biological impact of an event on a New Zealand ecosystem (1.12)
- AS90952 - Demonstrate understanding of formation of surface features in New Zealand (1.13)
- AS90953 - Demonstrate understanding of carbon cycling (1.14)
- AS90954 - Demonstrate understanding of the effect on planet Earth of astronomical cycles (1.15)
- AS90955 - Investigate an astronomical or earth science event (1.16)