Australian Curriculum Year 4 Science Sample assessment | Task-specific standards — matrix

The force of friction Name

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Purpose of assessment: To conduct fair tests about friction.

A B C D E
Section 2: Applying Application of science Application of science Application of science Application of science Statement of isolated
Science Understanding

your science knowledge to provide a knowledge to provide knowledge to provide knowledge to provide a science facts about
knowledge reasoned explanation an informed an explanation of why partial explanation of friction.
Understanding

Application of of why friction is an explanation of why friction is an advantage why friction is an

knowledge about advantage or a friction is an advantage or a disadvantage in advantage or a
forces and friction to disadvantage in the or a disadvantage in the chosen situation. disadvantage in the
an everyday scenario. chosen situation. the chosen situation. chosen situation.

Section 1: Prediction Reasoned prediction Informed prediction Plausible prediction Prediction about the Restatement of the
Questionin

predicting

about the distance about the distance about the distance distance travelled by investigation question.
g and

Prediction about the

effect of friction. travelled by the toy travelled by the toy travelled by the toy the toy car.
car. car. car.

Section 1: Results Accurate collection Collection and Collection and Collection and partial Listing of observations
Collection and and recording of recording of relevant recording of data in the recording of data in the about friction and
Planning and

reliable data in the data in the table and table and use of this table and use of this distance travelled.
conducting

recording of data in the

Skills dimension

results table and use table and use of this use of this data to data to draw a column data to draw a column
of this data to draw a data to accurately draw a column graph graph to compare the graph to compare the
column graph. draw a column graph to compare the distance travelled over distance travelled over
to compare the distance travelled over different surfaces. different surfaces.
distance travelled over different surfaces.
different surfaces
Section 1: Use of the data in the Use of the data in the Use of the data in the Use of given data to Completion of the
and information
Processing and
analysing data

Discussion results table and results table and results table and identify obvious results tables.
Use of the data in the patterns in the column patterns in the column patterns in the column patterns about the
results table and graph to explain with graph to explain why graph to describe the distance travelled by
column graph to justification why the toy the toy car travelled distances travelled by the toy car over
explain findings. car travelled different different distances the toy car over different surfaces.
distances over over different surfaces. different surfaces.
different surfaces.

Australian Curriculum
The force of friction Task-specific standards — matrix
Year 4 Science
 A B C D E
Section 1 : Keeping No opportunity in this assessment for students to Identification of factors Identification of Listing of given factors
demonstrate an A or B standard. that make the obvious factors that that make the

Evaluating
the investigation fair
Identification of factors investigation fair. make the investigation investigation fair.
that need to be fair.
Skills dimension

considered to make
the investigation fair.
Communicating

Sections 1 and 2 Clear and purposeful Clear communication Communication of Narrow communication Use of given
Communication of communication of of ideas and findings ideas and findings of ideas and findings representations to
ideas and findings in a ideas and findings about the force of about the force of about the force of communicate ideas
variety of ways (short about the force of friction. friction. friction. and findings about the
responses, tables, friction. force of friction.
column graph).

Australian Curriculum
The force of friction Task-specific standards — matrix
Year 4 Science