Tests are taken in sections matched
to curriculum strands, to complement
lessons; confirm progress and facilitate future lesson
planning.
Dedicated teacher notes for each
question enable the tests to be reviewed once
completed with individual children or in groups and methodology
discussed.
Results are reported directly against the objectives measured,
providing a readily available means of tracking and recording
progress for each child.
Key Stage 2 - Science
Year 4 - Objectives measured:
There is a separate test for each unit of the QCA Scheme
of Work, which are delivered to measure the specific objectives
listed below. These can be taken separately and in any
order, to coincide with when the particular test is most
appropriate for each individual child.
Unit 4A Moving
and growing
No.
of
Questions
No.
Children
should learn:
1
that human skeletons are internal and grow as
humans grow
2
2
that humans (and some other animals) have bony
skeletons inside their bodies and to raise questions
about different bony skeletons
1
3
that the skeleton supports the body
1
4
that animals with skeletons have muscles attached
to the body
1
5
that a muscle has to contract (shorten) to make
a bone move
1
6
that when someone is exercising or moving fast,
the muscles work hard
1
7
that muscles act in pairs
1
8
to make and record relevant observations of bones
and skeletons
1
9
to make observations and comparisons of relevant
features
1
Total number of questions
in this section
10
Unit 4B Habitats
No.
of
Questions
No.
Children
should learn:
1
that different animals are found in different
habitats
1
2
to identify different types of habitat
1
3
to make predictions of organisms that will be
found in a habitat
1
4
that animals are suited to the environment in
which they are found
1
5
that most food chains start with a green plant
1
6
to recognise ways in which living things and the
environment need protection
1
7
to identify the structure of a food chain in a
specific habitat
1
8
to group organisms according to observable features
1
9
to make reliable observations of organisms
1
10
that animals are suited to the habitat in which
they are found
1
Total number of questions
in this section
10
Unit 4C Keeping
warm
No.
of
Questions
No.
Children
should learn:
1
that good thermal insulators keep cold objects
cold and warm objects warm
1
2
that metals are not good thermal insulators but
the wood and plastic are
1
3
to explain temperature and temperature changes
using scientific knowledge and understanding
1
4
that temperature is a measure of how hot or cold
things are and that something hot will cool down
and something cold will warm up until it is the
same temperature as its surroundings
1
5
that the sense of touch is not an accurate way
of judging temperature
1
6
to plan a fair test deciding what to change, what
to keep the same and what to measure
1
7
that materials such as metals that are good electrical
conductors are often good thermal conductors
1
8
to recognise a range of uses of thermal insulators
1
9
to turn an idea about how to keep things cold
into a form that can be investigated
1
10
to use a thermometer to make careful measurements
of temperature using standard measures
1
Total number of questions
in this section
10
Unit 4D Solids,
liquids and how they can be separated
No.
of
Questions
No.
Children
should learn:
1
to identify solids and liquids
1
2
that liquids do not change in volume when they
are poured into a different container
1
3
that a solid can be changed to a liquid by heating
and this is melting
1
4
that different solids melt at different temperatures
1
5
that liquids can be changed to a solid by cooling
and this is freezing or solidifying
1
6
that when solids do not dissolve or react with
the water they can be separated by filtering
1
7
to choose apparatus to separate an undissolved
solid from a liquid
1
8
that melting and solidifying or freezing are changes
that can be reversed and are the reverse of each
other
1
9
that some solids dissolve in water to form solutions
and that although the solid cannot be seen it is
still present
1
10
to predict whether salt or sugar can be separated
from a solution by filtering and to test the prediction
to see if it was correct
1
Total number of questions
in this section
10
Unit 4E Friction
No.
of
Questions
No.
Children
should learn:
1
that there is a force between an object and a
surface which may prevent the object moving
1
2
that the force between two moving surfaces in
contact is called friction
1
3
that air resistance is a force that slows objects
moving through the air
2
4
to predict what they think will happen and plan
a fair test
1
5
to decide what evidence to collect
1
6
that 'newton' is the unit of force
1
7
that water resistance slows an object moving through
water
1
8
to explain what evidence is to be collected and
decide whether the test is fair
1
9
that friction can be useful
1
10
to explain conclusions in terms of the roughness
or smoothness of the surfaces
1
Total number of questions
in this section
10
Unit 4F Circuits
and conductors
No.
of
Questions
No.
Children
should learn:
1
that a circuit needs a power source
1
2
that circuits powered by batteries can be used
for investigation and experiment, appliances connected
to the mains must not
1
3
how to find out which materials allow electricity
to pass through them
1
4
that a switch can be used to make or break a circuit
to turn things on or off (using both batteries or
mains)
1
5
that a complete circuit is needed for a device
to work
1
6
how to change the brightness of bulbs and the
speed of a motor in a circuit
1
7
that some materials are better conductors of electricity
than others
1
8
to make predictions about the effects of including
additional batteries in a circuit
1
9
that metals are good conductors of electricity,
most other materials are not and that metals are
used for cables and wires, plastics are used to
cover wires and as covers for plugs and switches
