Level 4

 

At Level 4 the student is able to:

 

Biological science

 

Living together: past, present and future

SCBS0401

Identify relationships between living things which help them survive in their habitat.

 

This is evident when the student is able to:

·           draw simple food chains

·           relate feeding relationships, for example, predator/prey and producer/consumer, to survival

·           relate survival of animals and plants to their dependence on each other in a variety of ways

·           identify interdependent relationships within a group of animals.

 

Structure and function

SCBS0402

Describe how selected systems of plants and animals function.

 

This is evident when the student is able to:

·           describe the features of the main parts of plant systems, that help them carry out their functions

·           explain how particular systems of plants and animals carry out their function

·           describe the features of the main parts of animal systems, that help them carry out their functions.

 

Chemical science

 

Substances: structure, properties and uses

SCCS0401

Relate properties of common substances to their suitability for particular use.

 

This is evident when the student is able to:

·           compare observable physical properties of common substances

·           describe the properties of everyday materials

·           link the properties of substances to their suitability for particular uses.

 

Chemical reactions

SCCS0402

Distinguish between physical and chemical change.

 

·           identify characteristics of physical change, including change of state, mixing (not reacting) and reversibility

·           identify chemical change by observing the presence of new substances during reactions

·           describe physical and chemical changes in substances that are encountered in everyday life

·           demonstrate the difficulty of reversing a chemical change compared to reversing a physical change.

 

Earth and space sciences

 

The changing Earth

SCES0401

Relate the occurrence of natural events to atmospheric changes and movements of the Earth's crust and mantle.

 

This is evident when the student is able to:

·           identify layers within the Earth and the atmosphere

·           describe natural events and their association with atmospheric changes

·           describe natural events and their association with movements of the Earth’s crust and mantle.

 

Our place in space

SCES0402

Compare characteristics of members of our solar system.

 

This is evident when the student is able to:

·           name the planets of our solar system

·           describe the relative sizes of planets and their relative distances from the sun

·           describe planets in terms of their distinguishing features.

 

Physical science

 

Energy and its uses

SCPS0401

Design, build and describe the operation of simple devices that transfer or transform energy.

 

This is evident when the student is able to:

·           describe the operation of simple devices that transfer or transform energy

·           distinguish between simple examples of energy transfer and energy transformation

·           choose and organise materials to produce a working model that transfers or transforms energy

·           describe the operation of the produced working model in terms of energy transfer or transformation.

 

Forces and their effects

SCPS0402

Describe the motion of objects in terms of simple combinations of forces.

 

This is evident when the student is able to:

·           describe the effect of two forces acting on an object in the same straight line

·           describe the effects of magnetic attraction/repulsion forces on an object

·           describe common forms of motion, and the effects of smooth and rough surfaces on the motion of an object

·           describe combinations of forces which maintain a floating object in equilibrium.

 

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