AC9S4I01
Official content description
pose questions to explore observed patterns and relationships and make predictions based on observations
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What Year 4 Science students should achieve
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- They identify forces acting on objects and describe their effect.
- They relate the uses of materials to their properties.
- They identify solutions based on scientific explanations and describe the needs these meet.
- They explain the role of data in science inquiry.
- They identify key processes in the water cycle and describe how water cycles through the environment.
- By the end of Year 4 students identify the roles of organisms in a habitat and construct food chains.
The Science inquiry progression either side of AC9S4I01
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Taught before · Year 3
- AC9S3I01pose questions to explore observed patterns and relationships and make predictions based on observations
- AC9S3I02use provided scaffolds to plan and conduct investigations to answer questions or test predictions, including identifying the elements of fair tests, and considering the safe use of materials and equipment
- AC9S3I03follow procedures to make and record observations, including making formal measurements using familiar scaled instruments and using digital tools as appropriate
Builds towards · Year 5
- AC9S5I01pose investigable questions to identify patterns and test relationships and make reasoned predictions
- AC9S5I02plan and conduct repeatable investigations to answer questions, including, as appropriate, deciding the variables to be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests; describing potential risks; planning for the safe use of equipment and materials; and identifying required permissions to conduct investigations on Country/Place
- AC9S5I03use equipment to observe, measure and record data with reasonable precision, using digital tools as appropriate
Other Year 4 Science inquiry codes
- AC9S4I02use provided scaffolds to plan and conduct investigations to answer questions or test predictions, including identifying the elements of fair tests, and considering the safe use of materials and equipment
- AC9S4I03follow procedures to make and record observations, including making formal measurements using familiar scaled instruments and using digital tools as appropriate
- AC9S4I04construct and use representations, including tables, simple column graphs and visual or physical models, to organise data and information, show simple relationships and identify patterns
- AC9S4I05compare findings with those of others, consider if investigations were fair, identify questions for further investigation and draw conclusions
- AC9S4I06write and create texts to communicate findings and ideas for identified purposes and audiences, using scientific vocabulary and digital tools as appropriate
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