2025 Reach Assessments - Science INT
Reach Science:
Key Scientific Skills
Students are assessed across the following key scientific skills:
- Observing and measuring: identify features of living and non-living objects and phenomena; make measurements of length, volume, time, etc.
- Interpreting: understand diagrams, tables, and graphs; locate information within them
- Predicting and concluding: infer information from various types of data; make predictions
- Investigating: plan experiments; understand different types of variables and the concept of a ‘fair test’
- Reasoning and problem solving: analyse information to relate cause and effect; draw logical conclusions to solve problems
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)