Machine Readable Australian Curriculum

Year 4

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http://rdf.australiancurriculum.edu.au/elements/2018/05/561cd0fa-da95-420a-99a6-9e4600a2dbb1
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Year level
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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 strand for the relevant year level to ensure that these two strands are addressed over the two-year period. The three strands of the curriculum are interrelated and their content is taught in an integrated way. The order and detail in which the content descriptions are organised into teaching and learning programs are decisions to be made by the teacher.

Incorporating the key ideas of science

Over Years 3 to 6, students develop their understanding of a range of systems operating at different time and geographic scales.

In Year 4, students broaden their understanding of classification and form and function through an exploration of the properties of natural and processed materials. They learn that forces include non-contact forces and begin to appreciate that some interactions result from phenomena that can’t be seen with the naked eye. They begin to appreciate that current systems, such as Earth’s surface, have characteristics that have resulted from past changes and that living things form part of systems. They understand that some systems change in predictable ways, such as through cycles. They apply their knowledge to make predictions based on interactions within systems, including those involving the actions of humans.

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Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
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http://vocabulary.curriculum.edu.au/framework/S
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http://rdf.australiancurriculum.edu.au/elements/2018/05/593bf494-a404-4057-8cb2-9e4600a2dba8
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Last modified:
2018-02-23T01:18:05+00:00

About this record:

http://rdf.australiancurriculum.edu.au/elements/2018/05/561cd0fa-da95-420a-99a6-9e4600a2dbb1.rdf
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Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
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Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
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http://rdf.australiancurriculum.edu.au/elements/2018/05/561cd0fa-da95-420a-99a6-9e4600a2dbb1
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Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/au/
Last modified:
2019-03-03T10:36:32+00:00