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This sample assessment is based on previous versions of the Australian Curriculum.
The force of friction
Description
This assessment requires students to explore the force of friction. In Section 1 they investigate how far a toy car will travel across different surfaces and explain their observations using their knowledge of friction. In Section 2 students apply their knowledge of friction to a real-life scenario.
The assessment provides opportunities for students to demonstrate science inquiry skills. They will:
- make predictions
- discuss how to make an investigation fair
- conduct an investigation
- record results
- identify patterns in their results
- draw a conclusion
- apply their science knowledge to a real-life situation.
Written: Experimental investigation
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines
- Student booklet
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Sample response
- Assessment resource: Scientific concepts and student's prior understandings
- Assessment resource: Scientific inquiry process
Download the full assessment (contains the documents as Word files):
Sample student response