AC9S4I02
Official content description
use 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
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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 AC9S4I02
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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
- AC9S4I01pose questions to explore observed patterns and relationships and make predictions based on observations
- 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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