2024 Reach Assessments - Science NZL
Reach Science
Students are assessed across the key scientific skills of:
- Observing and measuring: identify features of living and non-living objects and phenomena; make measurements of length, volume and time etc.
- Interpreting: understand diagrams, tables and graphs as well as locate information in them
- Predicting and concluding: infer information from various types of data; make predictions
- Investigating: plan experiments; understand different types of variables and the notion of ‘fair test’
- Reasoning and problem solving: analyse information to relate cause and effect; draw logical conclusion to solve problems.
Test Content
The tests cover content on:
- Earth and Beyond (incorporating Earth Sciences and Astronomy)
- Energy and Change (incorporating Physics)
- Life and Living (incorporating Biology and Ecology)
- Natural and Processed Materials (incorporating Chemistry)