Year 4 science lesson plans (national curriculum)

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asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them

Taught across Years 3 and 4

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setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests

Taught across Years 3 and 4

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making systematic and careful observations and, where appropriate, taking accurate measurements using standard units, using a range of equipment, including thermometers and data loggers

Taught across Years 3 and 4

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gathering, recording, classifying and presenting data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions

Taught across Years 3 and 4

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recording findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables

Taught across Years 3 and 4

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reporting on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions

Taught across Years 3 and 4

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using results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions for new values, suggest improvements and raise further questions

Taught across Years 3 and 4

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identifying differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes

Taught across Years 3 and 4

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using straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings.

Taught across Years 3 and 4

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recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways

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explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment

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recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things

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describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans

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identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions

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construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey

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compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases

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observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C)

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identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature

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identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating

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recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear

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find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it

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find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it

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recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases

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identify common appliances that run on electricity

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construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers

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identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery

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recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit

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recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors