Science Assessment Map – Sample at 3.5
Samples are available for the following tasks:
Sound
The students were asked to investigate how sounds are produced using a variety of examples. Students used a variety of musical instruments, household items and their own voices to observe the effects of vibration.
The elements of the Science knowledge and understanding standard addressed by the task are:
(Students) explain change in terms of cause and effect.
Students use everyday examples to illustrate the transforming and transferring of energy.
The element of the Science at work standard addressed by the task is:
(Students) use diagrams and symbols … when reporting on their investigations.
Sample
The following work samples, and the related Science 3.5 progression point examples, illustrate the kinds of responses that students produce as they progress towards the Level 4 standard.
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Science knowledge and understanding – 3.5
A. Notes transferring of energy and sound waves.
B. Explains, with some understanding, the cause and its effect.
Science at work – 3.5
C. Produces a simple diagram which shows the setting up of the experiment.
The students were asked to investigate how the ear processes sounds so that we can hear them. They were asked to produce a report and explain how sounds are heard as a result of vibrations travelling through the air, reaching the ear and being converted to nerve signals which are then interpreted by the brain.
The element of the Science knowledge and understanding standard addressed by the task is:
(Students) identify and explain the connections between systems in the human body and their various functions.
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Science knowledge and understanding – 3.5
A. Makes use of a Lotus diagram to connect the paths that sound travels within the ear in a limited way, the explanation lacks detail.
B. Notes that sounds are produced by energy and vibrations travel through the air.
C. Mentions sound waves.
Sample 2
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Science knowledge and understanding – 3.5
D. Explains some of the process but lacks detail in how the signals progress past the eardrum.
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