AC9S4H02 Year 4 Science

This Content Descriptor from Year 4 Science provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

consider how people use scientific explanations to meet a need or solve a problem

Elaborations

• 1 investigating how knowledge of the role of decomposers has helped people design industrial composting systems to manage plant and animal waste
• 2 investigating how First Nations Australians of arid regions of Australia use scientific knowledge to manage precious water resources
• 3 considering how knowledges of plant biology enable First Nations Australians to sustainably harvest and use plants to make tools and weapons, musical instruments, clothing, cosmetics and artworks
• 4 exploring how knowledge of the properties of plastic has influenced people to change how they purchase, use and dispose of plastic products
• 5 examining how people use knowledge of friction to improve car or bicycle safety on slippery surfaces such as wet or icy roads
• 6 investigating how knowledge of magnetic force is used to sort metals in recycling, mining and food processing

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