Explain the roles and interactions of consumers, producers and decomposers...
explain the roles and interactions of consumers, producers and decomposers within a habitat and how food chains represent feeding relationships
Year 4 Science
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explain the roles and interactions of consumers, producers and decomposers within a habitat and how food chains represent feeding relationships
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
identify how forces can be exerted by one object on another and investigate the effect of frictional, gravitational and magnetic forces on the motion of objects
examine the properties of natural and made materials including fibres, metals, glass and plastics and consider how these properties influence their use
examine how people use data to develop scientific explanations
consider how people use scientific explanations to meet a need or solve a problem
pose questions to explore observed patterns and relationships and make predictions based on observations
use provided scaffolds to plan and conduct investigations to answer questions or test predictions, including identifying the elements of fair tests, and considering the safe use of materials and equipment
follow procedures to make and record observations, including making formal measurements using familiar scaled instruments and using digital tools as appropriate
construct and use representations, including tables, simple column graphs and visual or physical models, to organise data and information, show simple relationships and identify patterns
compare findings with those of others, consider if investigations were fair, identify questions for further investigation and draw conclusions
write and create texts to communicate findings and ideas for identified purposes and audiences, using scientific vocabulary and digital tools as appropriate