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Structure of the Science Interactive National Curriculum Progress Assessments

The assessments contain questions on levels 1 to 9 of the national curriculum. There is also a Goal level W which is working towards national curriculum level 1.

In general there will be 10 questions at each of three consecutive national curriculum levels. For example there are assessments covering levels 123, levels 234, through to levels 789. The levels WW1 will show as 111 on the teacher’s page.

Each level will have 10 questions, one on each of the topics below on the right. These are referred to as Goal strands. The strands are grouped in the appropriate attainment targets or curriculum areas.

Curriculaum Area

Strand

Sc2 Life processes and living things

(Biology)

Cells and Animals

Cells and Plants

Environment and Inheritance

Sc3 Materials and their properties

(Chemistry)

Classifying Materials

Changing Materials

Patterns of Behaviour

Sc4 Physical processes

(Physics)

Electricity and Magnetism

Forces and Motion

Waves, Radiation and Energy

Sc1 Scientific enquiry

Scientific Investigation

In any assessment there will be three questions on each Goal strand.

Pupils are presented with the 10 questions from the lowest level first. These will be presented in a random order so that no two pupils taking an assessment at the same level will receive the questions in the same order.

The middle level questions are presented next and finally the questions from the highest level.

Teachers can select one of four versions of the assessment.

Questions from the four versions or banks are clones of each other, assessing the same thing in the same way at the same level of difficulty. The four versions are thus equivalent in difficulty. This is different from the multiple choice assessments where each question is selected from one of four banks.

The advantages of having four versions are:

When the teacher selects a different version the questions will all be different.
Two pupils who take, for example a level 234 and a level 345 assessment, will receive the same questions in the levels that are common to the two assessments, in this case levels 3 and 4.

Level W

Question	Description	Goal Strand	Report Statement
1	Identifying types of animal	Cells and Animals	identify different types of animal
2	Identifying parts of a plant	Cells and Plants	identify parts of a plant
3	Identifying environments	Environment and Inheritance	identify different environments
4	Describing materials	Classifying Materials	describe features of materials
5	What bends?	Changing Materials	identify changes in materials
6	What feels soft?	Classifying Materials	identify properties of materials
7	Electricity makes things work	Electricity and Magnetism	identify things that use electricity
8	Pushing down on clay	Forces and Motion	recognise different types of force
9	Looking at the sun	Waves, Radiation and Energy	identify ways of finding things out safely
10	Finding things out	Scientific Investigation	explore in an appropriate and safe way

Level 1

Question	Description	Goal Strand	Report Statement
1	Identifying parts of the body	Cells and Animals	identify parts of the body
2	Identifying plants	Cells and Plants	identify different plants
3	Identifying environments	Environment and Inheritance	identify different environments
4	Describing materials	Classifying Materials	describe materials
5	Changing shapes	Changing Materials	identify changes in materials
6	What bends?	Changing Materials	identify changes in materials
7	Electricity makes things work	Electricity and Magnetism	identify things that use electricity
8	Pulling a toy	Forces and Motion	identify forces that affect objects
9	Source of light	Waves, Radiation and Energy	identify where light comes from
10	Safety in field work	Scientific Investigation	recognise safe ways of finding things out

Level 2

Question	Description	Goal Strand	Report Statement
1	The senses	Cells and Animals	identify the different senses
2	Identifying groups	Cells and Plants	identify similarities and differences
3	Where animals live	Environment and Inheritance	identify differences between environments
4	Identifying materials	Classifying Materials	recognise types of material and their uses
5	Heat and cold	Changing Materials	recognise changes to materials
6	Solids	Patterns of Behaviour	recognise similarities and differences in materials
7	Safety and electricity	Electricity and Magnetism	recognise safe ways of working with electricity
8	Pushes	Forces and Motion	recognise the cause of changes in movement
9	Grouping instruments by their sound	Waves, Radiation and Energy	recognise where sounds come from
10	Measuring mass	Scientific Investigation	make simple comparisons

Level 3

Question	Description	Goal Strand	Report Statement
1	Teeth	Cells and Animals	recognise the functions of different teeth
2	Plant structure	Cells and Plants	recognise parts of a plant and their roles
3	Animal habitats	Environment and Inheritance	understand why different animals live in different places
4	Suitability of materials	Classifying Materials	understand uses for different materials
5	Reversing changes	Changing Materials	understand reversible and non-reversible changes to materials
6	Separating a mixture using a sieve	Patterns of Behaviour	understand how to separate solid particles of different sizes
7	Conductors and insulators in a switch	Electricity and Magnetism	understand how a switch works
8	Direction of forces	Forces and Motion	understand how opposing forces are caused
9	Transparent and opaque materials	Waves, Radiation and Energy	understand that light is reflected from surfaces
10	Fair tests when measuring forces	Scientific Investigation	understand what makes a fair test

Level 4

Question	Description	Goal Strand	Report Statement
1	Pulse and heart rates	Cells and Animals	understand effects of exercise on pulse rate
2	Plant growth	Cells and Plants	understand the needs of plants for growth
3	Food chains	Environment and Inheritance	understand food chain and feeding relationships
4	Conductors and insulators	Classifying Materials	understand materials as conductors and insulators
5	Properties of water	Changing Materials	understand evaporation and condensation in the water cycle
6	Separating mixtures using filtration	Patterns of Behaviour	understand how to separate solids from liquids by filtration
7	Circuits	Electricity and Magnetism	understand effects of changing components on a series circuit
8	Air resistance	Forces and Motion	understand how friction slows down the movement of objects
9	Vibration and sound	Waves, Radiation and Energy	recognise that sounds are made when objects vibrate
10	Exercise and heart rate	Scientific Investigation	draw conclusions from and explain data

Level 5

Question	Description	Goal Strand	Report Statement
1	Healthy food	Cells and Animals	identify types of food and sources of nutrition
2	Plant fertilisation	Cells and Plants	understand fertilisation process in plants
3	Variation and classification	Environment and Inheritance	classify different animals
4	Recrystallisation	Changing Materials	explain how crystals are formed
5	Metal or non-metal	Classifying Materials	understand classification of metals and non-metals
6	Use of indicator	Patterns of Behaviour	classify solutions on the pH scale
7	Ammeters in a series circuit	Electricity and Magnetism	understand what affects current in a series circuit
8	Earth’s orbit and seasons	Forces and Motion	understand the Earth’s movement around the Sun
9	Fossil fuels	Waves, Radiation and Energy	understand different sources of energy
10	Graphs from results	Scientific Investigation	understand appropriate methods for showing data

Level 6

Question	Description	Goal Strand	Report Statement
1	Labelling parts of cells	Cells and Plants	understand structure of plant cells
2	Respiration	Cells and Animals	understand what happens in the process of respiration
3	Pyramid of numbers	Environment and Inheritance	understand how food chains can be measured using pyramids of numbers
4	Particle arrangement	Classifying Materials	understand how the arrangement of particles explains the properties of materials
5	Combustion	Changing Materials	understand how to summarise chemical reactions
6	Formation of salts	Patterns of Behaviour	understand how metals react with an acid
7	Measuring volts and amps	Electricity and Magnetism	understand how to measure current and voltage
8	Forces on a sailboard	Forces and Motion	understand the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces
9	Reflection of light from a moon	Waves, Radiation and Energy	understand that some bodies reflect light
10	Drawing graphs from results	Scientific Investigation	understand how to present evidence

Level 7

Question	Description	Goal Strand	Report Statement
1	Arm movement	Cells and Animals	understand the roles of skeleton, joints and muscles in movement
2	Photosynthesis	Cells and Plants	understand the process of photosynthesis
3	Keeping genes in cuttings	Environment and Inheritance	understand requirements of plants for growth
4	Formula of an element	Classifying Materials	understand the classification of elements
5	Cooling curve	Changing Materials	relate changes of state to energy transfers
6	Sedimentary rock cycle	Patterns of Behaviour	understand the processes involved rock formation rocks
7	Conduction and convection	Electricity and Magnetism	understand how energy is transferred
8	Unit of pressure	Forces and Motion	understand how forces are measured
9	Colours in coloured light	Waves, Radiation and Energy	understand the effects of coloured light on objects
10	Controlling variables with precision	Scientific Investigation	aware of the factors involved when collecting evidence

Level 8

Question	Description	Goal Strand	Report Statement
1	Smoking and its effects	Cells and Animals	understand the effects of smoking on the lung structure
2	Plant chemical requirements	Cells and Plants	understand elements essential for plant growth
3	Photosynthesis and respiration balance	Environment and Inheritance	understand the requirements for photosynthesis and respiration in plants
4	Balancing equations (KS4)	Classifying Materials	use balanced equations to show chemical reactions
5	Neutralisation and combustion reactions	Changing Materials	recognise and understand patterns in chemical reactions
6	Finding reactivity series	Patterns of Behaviour	determine a reactivity series of metals from given reactions
7	Electromagnetism	Electricity and Magnetism	understand electromagnets and electromagnetism
8	Moments on a see-saw	Forces and Motion	understand the principle of moments and its action on a pivot
9	Refraction of light	Waves, Radiation and Energy	understand how light is refracted
10	Precision of magnetism	Scientific Investigation	recognise an appropriate level of precision when recording an experiment

Level 9

Question	Description	Goal Strand	Report Statement
1	The circulatory system and heart	Cells and Animals	understand the role of lung structure
2	Reflex arc	Cells and Animals	understand the reflex arc and neural pathways
3	Chromosomes and gametes	Environment and Inheritance	understand how the sex of offspring is determined
4	Structure of atoms and ions	Classifying Materials	understand the relative masses of protons, electrons and neutrons
5	Balancing complex equations	Changing Materials	use balanced equations to show chemical reactions
6	Rates of reaction	Patterns of Behaviour	understand how rates of chemical reaction can be altered
7	Transfer of energy in a generator	Electricity and Magnetism	understand how energy can be transferred and dissipated
8	Velocity-time graphs	Forces and Motion	understand the relationship between speed, distance and time
9	Phases of Venus	Waves, Radiation and Energy	understand the movements of the planets around the Sun
10	Conflicting theories of evolution	Scientific Investigation	understand the development of scientific theories from observed evidence

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