AC9S4I03
Year 4
Science
AC9S4I03 | Year 4 Science: Planning and conducting
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor follow procedures to make and record observations, including making formal measurements using familiar scaled instruments and using digital tools as appropriate
Strand
Science inquiry
Substrand
Planning and conducting
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 4 Science. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration identifying animals in field locations using procedures such as direct or virtual observation, call or scat identification or pitfall traps
- • Elaboration using appropriate equipment to make and record observations, such as digital cameras, video, voice recorders and familiar scaled instruments with appropriate increments
- • Elaboration describing how to use rounding up or down when reading scaled instruments, and the effect of the scale size on the accuracy of the measurement
- • Elaboration constructing tables or graphic organisers to record observations
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