AC9S4U02 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.

identify sources of water and describe key processes in the water cycle, including movement of water through the sky, landscape and ocean; precipitation; evaporation; and condensation

Elaborations

• 1 identifying everyday examples of precipitation (rain or snow), evaporation (wet washing or paint drying) and condensation of water (water droplets on a cold water bottle)
• 2 identifying local water sources and exploring how they change over time, such as rain puddles that evaporate or a local creek that flows faster after rain
• 3 exploring where tap water comes from and predicting what happens to water that goes down the drain
• 4 exploring a game or simulation of the water cycle, identifying key processes and creating their own representation of the water cycle
• 5 recognising that clouds are tiny water droplets suspended in air, observing a ‘cloud in a bottle’ demonstrated by a teacher and discussing what conditions are needed for clouds to form and for rain or snow to fall
• 6 exploring First Nations Australians’ connections with and valuing of water and water resource management
• 7 recognising First Nations Australians’ knowledges and understandings of evaporation and how the effect of evaporation can be reduced to conserve water, such as by covering surfaces
• 8 considering why we are encouraged to save and recycle water, and actions people can take to reduce water consumption and waste

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