INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAMUI

Year 4 Curriculum

Science

Unit 4: Electricity

Learning Objective - S4.1

To identify common appliances that run on electricity.

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Learning Objective - S4.2

To construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers.

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Learning Objective - S4.3

To identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery.

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Learning Objective - S4.4

To recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit.

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Learning Objective - S4.5

To recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors.

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Learning Objective - S4.6

To begin to recognise when and how secondary sources might help to answer questions that cannot be answered through practical investigations.

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Learning Objective - S 4.7

To acknowledge and appreciate the role others play in successful Science work.

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Learning Objective - S4.8

To help make decisions about what observations to make, how long to make them for and the type of simple equipment that might be used.

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Learning Objective - S4.9

To see patterns in my results.

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Learning Objective - S4.10

To set up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests.

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Learning Objective - S4.11

To identify where things did not go as expected or desired in my investigation.

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Learning Objective - S4.12

To record findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labeled diagrams, keys, bar charts and tables.

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Learning Objective - S4.13

To report on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions.

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Learning Objective - S4.14

To identify differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes.

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Learning Objective - S4.15

To use scientific models and diagrams to show and explain my results.

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Learning Objective - S4.16

To answer questions from what I have found out, identifying new questions arising from the data, make new predictions and suggest ways of improving what I have already done.

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Learning Objective - S4.17

To begin to carry out simple research on my own.

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Learning Objective - S4.18

To discuss how Science has made things different in good and bad ways.

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Learning Objective - S4.19

To identify a variety of obvious risks in Science.

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