Primary Science - Curriculum links

Australian Curriculum Learning Area : Science Year: 4 NOTE: Links used in forward planning document
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Strand Sub Strand Content Descriptions Achievement Standard
 Living things have life cycles (ACSSU072)
Biological sciences  Living things, including plants and animals, depend on each other and the environment to
survive (ACSSU073)

 Natural and processed materials have a range of physical properties; These properties can
influence their use (ACSSU074)
Elaborations At Standard, students describe how materials
- describing a range of common materials, such as metals or plastics, and their uses can be used and relate this to their observable
- investigating a particular property across a range of materials properties. They describe how contact and non-
Chemical sciences - selecting materials for uses based on their properties contact forces affect interactions between
Science - considering how the properties of materials affect the management of waste or can lead to objects. Students discuss how natural processes
Understanding pollution
and human activity cause changes to Earth’s
- considering how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples use natural materials for
surface. They describe relationships that assist
different purposes, such as tools, clothing and shelter, based on their properties
- considering how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ knowledge of natural the survival of living things and sequence key
materials informs the preparation of effective, vibrant and long-lasting paints stages in the life cycle of a plant or animal.
 Earth’s surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity
Earth and space sciences (ACSSU075)

 Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance
Physical sciences (ACSSU076)
 Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships (ACSHE061)
Science as Nature and development of
science Students identify that science is used to
Human
understand the world around them.
Endeavour  Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions (ACSHE062)
Use and influence of science
 With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically Students follow instructions to identify
Questioning and predicting and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge (ACSIS064) investigable questions about familiar contexts
 Suggest ways to plan and conduct investigations to find answers to questions (ACSIS065) and make predictions based on prior knowledge.
 Safely use appropriate materials, tools or equipment to make and record observations, using They describe ways to conduct investigations
Planning and conducting
formal measurements and digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS066) and safely use equipment to make and record
observations. Students use provided tables and
Science Enquiry  Use a range of methods including tables and simple column graphs to represent data and to
construct column graphs to organise data and
Skills Processing and analysing identify patterns and trends (ACSIS068)
identify patterns. They suggest explanations for
data and information  Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings (ACSIS216)
observations and compare their findings with
 Reflect on the investigation, including whether a test was fair or not (ACSIS069) their predictions. Students suggest reasons why
Evaluating
a test was fair or not. They use formal and
 Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways such as diagrams, informal ways to communicate their
Communicating physical representations and simple reports (ACSIS071)
observations and findings.