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

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

Elaboration (4) ACSSU017

exploring how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ observations of external features of living things are mimicked and replicated in traditional dance (OI.5)

Elaboration (4) | ACSSU017 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSSU020

comparing sounds made by musical instruments using characteristics such as loudness, pitch and actions used to make the sound

Elaboration (4) | ACSSU020 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSHE022

identifying ways that science knowledge is used in the care of the local environment such as animal habitats, and suggesting changes to parks and gardens to better meet the needs of native animals

Elaboration (4) | ACSHE022 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSSU031

investigating the ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples combine different materials to produce utensils (hafting, weaving, sewing and gluing) (OI.2, OI.5)

Elaboration (4) | ACSSU031 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSSU032

considering how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples live in regions with scarce resources or in sensitive environments (OI.2, OI.5)

Elaboration (4) | ACSSU032 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSSU033

investigating the push and pull movements of traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s instructive toys (OI.5)

Elaboration (4) | ACSSU033 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSHE035

recognising that many living things rely on resources that may be threatened, and that science understanding can contribute to the preservation of such resources

Elaboration (4) | ACSHE035 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSSU044

investigating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ systems of classifying living things and how these systems differ from those used by contemporary science (OI.2, OI.3, OI.5)

Elaboration (4) | ACSSU044 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSSU048

exploring how cultural stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples explain the cyclic phenomena involving sun, moon and stars and how those explanations differ from contemporary science understanding (OI.3, OI.5)

Elaboration (4) | ACSSU048 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSSU049

investigating the production and transfer of heat in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ methods of cooking, such as the use of ground ovens (OI.5)

Elaboration (4) | ACSSU049 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSHE051

researching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ knowledge of the local natural environment, such as the characteristics of plants and animals (OI.2, OI.3, OI.5)

Elaboration (4) | ACSHE051 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSIS053

consulting with and using existing knowledge held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to guide the formulation of investigable questions regarding invasive species

Elaboration (4) | ACSIS053 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSIS060

acknowledging and exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ ways of communicating information about anatomical features of organisms

Elaboration (4) | ACSIS060 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSSU072

investigating how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples understand and utilise the life cycles of certain species (OI.2, OI.3, OI.5)

Elaboration (4) | ACSSU072 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (4) ACSSU073

recognising that interactions between living things may be competitive or mutually beneficial

Elaboration (4) | ACSSU073 | 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

Elaboration (4) ACSSU075

considering the effect of events such as floods and extreme weather on the landscape, both in Australia and in the Asia region

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

Elaboration (4) ACSSU076

exploring the forces of attraction and repulsion between magnets

Elaboration (4) | ACSSU076 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum