Topic outline
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YEAR 4 - EARTH'S SURFACE
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An introduction to the Year 4 package and its links to the Australian Curriculum.
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Students interpret a range of photographs to work out what the fossils are telling us about past environments.
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Students interpret a story of landscape change.
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A take home activity to examine changes in landscapes that family members have noticed.
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A series of activities, listening to podcasts, interpreting photographs, etc. to examine changes in local landforms.
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Students examine change represented in peteroglyphs.
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An activity to create a timeline of cultural history.
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A simple investigation to examine the power of water to weather, when frozen.
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Student investigate the impact of acid rain on various rock types and materials.
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Students examine a series of photos to consider the impact of oxidation on a range of materials.
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A great Science meets Art activity to examine biological weathering.
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A simple experiment to examine the erosive power of wind and water.
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Students examine scenarios where rain water has caused issues around homes and then test a rain chain.
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Students investigate the importance of considered road design.
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Students consider the design of city lanes.
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Students create a poster on erosion caused by humans.
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Students conduct a field study to examine landscape changes.
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Students examine the difference between soil, dirt and dust.
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Students learn about soil profiles through examining photos and their local soils.
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Students match soils to their parent rock using photographs and clues provided to them.
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Students undertake a series of short investigations to discover what soil is made up of.
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Students examine soils and classify their components as living or non-living.
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Students measure the air within non-compacted soils versus that within compacted soils and consider the consequences of soil compaction.
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In this STEAM activity (Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics) students design, build and test a rain chain.