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

ACSSU072

Living things have life cycles

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU072 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

ACSSU073

Living things depend on each other and the environment to survive

Elaborations ScOT Terms

ACSSU073 | Content Descriptions | 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 ACSSU072

making and recording observations of living things as they develop through their life cycles

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

Elaboration (1) ACSSU073

investigating the roles of living things in a habitat, for instance producers, consumers or decomposers

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU073 | 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 (1) ACSSU072

describing the stages of life cycles of different living things such as insects, birds, frogs and flowering plants

Elaboration (1) | ACSSU072 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACSSU073

predicting the effects when living things in feeding relationships are removed or die out in an area

Elaboration (3) | ACSSU073 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACSHE062

exploring how science has contributed to a discussion about an issue such as loss of habitat for living things or how human activity has changed the local environment

Elaboration (2) | ACSHE062 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum