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Science Year Four Planning
Discover schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in science for Year Four in Key Stage Two covering habitats, food digestion, states of matter, sound and electricity
Digestion
Identify and describe the functions of some of the different parts of the digestive system and the importance of eating foods as part of a healthy lifestyle
Teeth
Name, locate and explain the function of different types of teeth that are used in the initial digestion of food inside the human mouth
Electricity
Identify and record how to build a range of electrical series circuits to control and manage devices and components for different functions and outputs
Sound
Identify how sounds are made by vibration, investigate ways of changing pitch and volume and test how some materials can be used for soundproofing
States of Matter
Explore, test and explain how a range of different materials can change their states between solids, liquids and gases by conducting a series of fair tests
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Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
Explore how and why the Ancient Egyptians constructed and used different pyramids and tombs to reflect their beliefs about the afterlife
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Earthquakes
Investigate and record some of the different causes and effects of earthquakes on locations around the world
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Shape Locations
Explain and model how to record and change the co-ordinate positions of some different geometric shapes using translation and reflection movements in the first quadrant.
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Shape Symmetry
Explore, record and compare the matching lines of symmetry that can be found in a range of different geometric shapes as part of their individual properties