Science · Year 4 road map

Western Australian Curriculum · 40 weeks · 8 chapters

🔒 Science lessons for Year 4 are not open yet. This page shows the plan for the year.

How we check learning

📝Quiz after every lesson

🔁Review quiz every week

🏁Test after every chapter

🏆Term and year tests

Ask questions, plan safe investigations with fair-test ideas, measure with scaled instruments, and draw tables and column graphs.

Weeks 1–10

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When	Chapter	What you learn
Weeks 1–5	Food ChainsBiological sciences	🔒 Producers, consumers and decomposers 🔒 Drawing food chains Who eats whom in WA Energy from the Sun
Weeks 6–9	EcosystemsBiological sciences	Living things depend on each other What if one link is lost? Decomposers at work
Week 10	🏆 Term 1 test everything from this term

Weeks 11–20

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When	Chapter	What you learn
Weeks 11–15	Raw to UsefulChemical sciences	Raw and processed materials Wool to fibre Ore to metal Sand to glass, oil to plastic
Weeks 16–19	Materials at WorkChemical sciences	Physical properties Choosing by properties Fair tests of materials
Week 20	🏆 Term 2 test everything from this term

Weeks 21–30

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When	Chapter	What you learn
Weeks 21–25	Earth Changes SlowlyEarth and space sciences	Weathering Erosion Transportation Deposition
Weeks 26–29	Shaping the LandEarth and space sciences	Slow and rapid change Water, wind and ice Protecting coasts and soil
Week 30	🏆 Term 3 test everything from this term

Weeks 31–40

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When	Chapter	What you learn
Weeks 31–35	Forces in ContactPhysical sciences	Pushes and pulls Friction Measuring forces Testing surfaces
Weeks 36–39	Forces at a DistancePhysical sciences	Magnetism Gravity Force diagrams
Week 40	🏆 Term 4 test everything from this term
Week 40	🎓 Year 4 final test everything from this year

Biological sciences (9 weeks)Chemical sciences (9 weeks)Earth and space sciences (9 weeks)Physical sciences (9 weeks)Test week (4 weeks)

Lessons marked ▶ are open now. Lessons marked 🔒 are locked. The rest are planned and will be added week by week.