AC9S4H01
Year 4
Science
AC9S4H01 | Year 4 Science: Nature and development of science
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor examine how people use data to develop scientific explanations
Strand
Science as a human endeavour
Substrand
Nature and development of science
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 4 Science. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration examining age-appropriate scientific journal articles, identifying common text features and exploring why the scientific community might have conventions for sharing information about data and explanations
- • Elaboration viewing or listening to documentaries or news reports that feature researchers and identifying how they talk about their area of research, particularly references to observations, data and evidence
- • Elaboration investigating how ecologists use food chain data to develop explanations for population decline of native species such as the Richmond birdwing butterfly, and to develop strategies to increase their population
- • Elaboration explore how hydrologists use rainfall and water use data to explain the amount of water flowing in rivers and why this changes over time
- • Elaboration investigating how First Nations Australians test predictions and gather data in the development of technologies and processes
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