Achievement Standard Science Year 4

By the end of Year 4, students apply the observable properties of materials to explain how objects and materials can be used. They describe how contact and non-contact forces affect interactions between objects. They discuss how natural processes and …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS216

Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSIS216 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Year 4 Science

The science inquiry skills and science as a human endeavour strands are described across a two-year band. In their planning, schools and teachers refer to the expectations outlined in the achievement standard and also to the content of the science understanding …

Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSHE061

exploring ways in which scientists gather evidence for their ideas and develop explanations

Elaboration | ACSHE061 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSHE061

Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSHE061 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS068

Use a range of methods including tables and simple column graphs to represent data and to identify patterns and trends

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSIS068 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS064

With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on prior knowledge

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSIS064 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSSU074

Natural and processed materials have a range of physical properties that can influence their use

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU074 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS065

With guidance, plan and conduct scientific investigations to find answers to questions, considering the safe use of appropriate materials and equipment

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSIS065 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSIS066

Consider the elements of fair tests and use formal measurements and digital technologies as appropriate, to make and record observations accurately

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSIS066 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSIS064

reflecting on familiar situations to make predictions with teacher guidance

Elaboration (1) | ACSIS064 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSIS216

discussing how well predictions matched results from an investigation and proposing reasons for findings

Elaboration | ACSIS216 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSSU075

collecting evidence of change from local landforms, rocks or fossils

Elaboration | ACSSU075 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACSIS071

using simple explanations and arguments, reports or graphical representations to communicate ideas to other students

Elaboration (1) | ACSIS071 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSIS068

identifying and discussing numerical and visual patterns in data collected from students' investigations and from other sources

Elaboration | ACSIS068 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSIS068

discussing with teacher guidance which graphic organisers will be most useful in sorting or organising data arising from investigations

Elaboration (2) | ACSIS068 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACSHE062

investigating how a range of people, such as clothing designers, builders or engineers use science to select appropriate materials for their work

Elaboration | ACSHE062 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSSU074

considering how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples use natural and processed materials for different purposes, such as tools, clothing and shelter, based on their properties (OI.5)

Elaboration (4) | ACSSU074 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum