Year 4 Science

Learners will Conduct chance experiments, using small and large numbers of trials, and present and describe the results using the language of probability.

Identify vertebrates as animals with a backbone and invertebrates as animals without a backbone.

Describe some of the important functions of skeletons (limited to protecting and supporting organs, enabling movement and giving shape to the body).

Learners will understand the difference between materials, substances and particles.

Use the particle model to explain the properties of solids and liquids.

Understand that the change of state of a substance is a physical process.

Know that particles are in constant motion, even when in a solid

Know that different animals are found in, and suited to, different habitats.

Know that plants and animals can have infectious diseases, and vaccinations can prevent some infectious diseases of animals.

Describe the importance of movement in maintaining human health.

Learners will describe the model of the structure of the Earth which includes a core, a mantle and a crust

Name the planets in the Solar System.

Describe common features of volcanoes and know they are found at breaks in the Earth’s crust.

Learners will Know that energy is present in all matter and in sound, light and heat Know that energy is required for any movement or action to happen

Know that light travels in straight lines and this can be represented with ray diagrams.

Know that an electrical device will not work if there is a break in the circuit.

Describe how a simple switch is used to open and close a circuit.

Know some materials are good electrical conductors, especially metals, and some are good electrical insulators