Year 4 Science

Topics

*Circuits and Conductors

*Solids and Liquids

*Keeping Things Warm

*Friction

*Moving and Growing

*Habitats

Circuits and Conductors

*Power sources

*Creating circuits with more than 1 component

*Using correct circuit symbols

*Insulators and conductors

*Electrical safety

Solids and Liquids

*Differences between solids and liquids

*Measuring liquids

*Separating solids and liquids

*Separating mixtures-filtering

*Dissolving

*Reversible and irreversible changes

Keeping Things Warm

*Materials which are thermal conductors and insulators

*Suitability of different materials for different purposes

*Investigating insulators and conductors

*Measuring temperature using a thermometer

Friction

*Review forces- push, pull

*Gravity

*Friction- air, water resistance, surface friction

*Effects of friction on moving objects

*Measuring force with a newton metre

Moving and Growing

*Importance of a healthy and adequate diet

*Differences between living and non living things

*Name and identify location of major bones in the body

*Purpose of a skeleton and muscles

Habitats

*Identify different types of habitats

*Investigating habitats

*Grouping and classifying organisms

*Food chains

*Life cycle of a plant

At Home

*Learn new vocabulary – use it in context

*Practical activities – cooking, gardening, nature walks, investigating

*Talk – questioning, thinking, reasoning, explaining

*Research – library, internet

*Science Museum

Investigations

*Aim – what are we trying to find out?

*Equipment

*Method – what are we going to do?

*Prediction – what do you think will happen? Why?

*Results – tables, charts

*Conclusion – what happened and why?