Australian Curriculum: Science (Year 4)

Sub-strands Content Descriptions Achievement Standard

Biological  Living things have life cycles (ACSSU072) By the end of Year 4, students
sciences  Living things, including plants and animals, depend on each other and the environment to apply the observable properties
survive (ACSSU073) of materials to explain how
objects and materials can be
used. They use contact and

Science understanding

Chemical Natural and processed materials have a range of physical properties; These properties can non-contact forces to describe
sciences influence their use (ACSSU074) interactions between objects.
They discuss how natural and
Earth and space  Earth’s surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity human processes cause
sciences (ACSSU075) changes to the Earth’s surface.
They describe relationships that
Physical  Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance assist the survival of living
sciences (ACSSU076) things and sequence key stages
in the life cycle of a plant or
 Science involves making predictions and describing patterns and relationships (ACSHE061) animal. They identify when
Nature and science is used to ask questions
3-4) as a human

development of
science and make predictions. They
describe situations where
science understanding can
influence their own and others’
 Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions (ACSHE062)
Science

Use and actions.

influence of
endeavour (Year

science Students follow instructions to

identify investigable questions
about familiar contexts and
predict likely outcomes from
investigations. They discuss
 Australian Curriculum: Science (Year 4)
Sub-strands Content Descriptions Achievement Standard
Questioning  With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated ways to conduct investigations
and predicting scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge (ACSIS064) and safely use equipment to
make and record observations.
Planning and  Suggest ways to plan and conduct investigations to find answers to questions (ACSIS065) They use provided tables and
conducting  Safely use appropriate materials, tools or equipment to make and record observations, simple column graphs to
using formal measurements and digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS066) organise their data and identify
Science inquiry skills (Year 3-4)

patterns in data. Students

Processing and  Use a range of methods including tables and simple column graphs to represent data and suggest explanations for
analysing data to identify patterns and trends (ACSIS068) observations and compare their
and  Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings (ACSIS216) findings with their predictions.
information They suggest reasons why their
Evaluating  Reflect on the investigation, including whether a test was fair or not (ACSIS069) methods were fair or not. They
complete simple reports to
communicate their methods
Communicating  Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways such as diagrams, and findings.
physical representations and simple reports (ACSIS071)

General Capabilities Cross Curriculum Priorities Notes:

 Literacy  Aboriginal and Torres Strait
 Numeracy
Islander histories and cultures
 Information and communication
technology (ICT) competence  Asia and Australia’s engagement
 Critical and creative thinking
with Asia
 Ethical behaviour
 Personal and social competence  Sustainability
 Intercultural understanding