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The official New Brunswick Science, Grade 5 curriculum
New Brunswick defines Science, Grade 5 by strands and outcomes. MapleMind teaches the same curriculum reorganized for one-skill-at-a-time tutoring — the table shows exactly where every official strand lands, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit below.
Official source New Brunswick's official K-12 education resourcesRead it on the government site — www2.gnb.ca ↗| Official strand | Outcomes | Where MapleMind teaches it |
|---|---|---|
| Strand 1 | 6 | People |
| Strand 2 | 8 | Simple Machines |
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How MapleMind teaches Science, Grade 5 — every unit, lesson, and skill
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Unit 1PeopleOfficial strand · Strand 1
The human body as a set of interacting systems: the five major body systems and their functions, how the body changes and maintains balance, how systems connect, and what the body needs to stay healthy.
The Body's Major Systems
- The five major body systemssci5.C1 — Identify the five major systems of the human body: digestive, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, and musculoskeletal.
- What each system doessci5.C2 — Describe the general function of each of the five major body systems.
- How the body changes over timesci5.C3 — Describe how the human body grows and changes over a person's lifetime.
Systems Working Together and Staying Healthy
- Systems interacting to stay in balancesci5.C4 — Investigate how the major body systems work together to keep the body in balance (homeostasis).
- How the systems connectsci5.C5 — Explore how the body systems are interconnected through bones and joints, blood and circulation, and muscles and movement.
- What the body needs to stay healthysci5.C6 — Determine what the body needs to stay healthy, including environmental and physical factors and defence against disease.
The official wording — 6 outcomes in this unit
- sci5.C1
Identify the major system including: Digestive, Respiratory, Circulatory, Nervous and Musculoskeletal
- sci5.C2
Describe the general functions of the major systems of the human body
- sci5.C3
Describe how the human body changes over time
- sci5.C4
Investigate ways the major systems of the human body interact to optimal functioning or maintain balance (homeostasis)
- sci5.C5
Explore how the different body systems are interconnected Bones and joints Blood and circulation Muscles and movement
- sci5.C6
Determine what the body needs to be healthy and functional Effect of environmental and physical factors Defense and protection from disease
Unit 2Simple MachinesOfficial strand · Strand 2
Machines, forces, and structures: common simple machines, the different kinds of forces including friction and gravity, Newton's 2nd and 3rd laws at an introductory level, the internal and external forces acting on structures, and the human body as a machine.
Machines and Forces
- Common simple machinessci5.C7 — Identify common simple machines and how they make work easier.
- Different types of forcessci5.C8 — Explore different types of forces - magnetic, mechanical, and gravitational - that move objects or hold them in place.
- Frictionsci5.C9 — Investigate friction as a force that resists motion and varies with the surface.
- Newton's 2nd and 3rd lawssci5.C10 — Introduce Newton's 2nd and 3rd laws of motion at a concrete, everyday level.
Structures and the Body as a Machine
- Internal forces on a structuresci5.C11 — Identify internal forces acting on a structure - tension, compression, torsion, and shear - and their effects.
- External forces on a structuresci5.C12 — Identify external forces acting on a structure - gravity, symmetry, and load - and their effects.
- The body as a machinesci5.C13 — Explore the human body as a machine in which bones act as levers and joints as fulcrums.
- Designing prostheticssci5.C14 — Consider the engineering design that goes into developing quality prosthetics.
The official wording — 8 outcomes in this unit
- sci5.C7
Common simple machines
- sci5.C8
Different types of forces Forces move objects or hold the object in place. Examples: magnetic, mechanical, gravitational
- sci5.C9
Friction: resistance to motion varies based on surface
- sci5.C10
Newton’s Laws 2nd and 3rd
- sci5.C11
Identify internal forces acting on a structure and describe their effects on the structure: tension, compression, torsion or torque, and shear
- sci5.C12
Identify external forces acting on a structure and describe their effects on the structure: Gravity, Symmetry, and Load
- sci5.C13
Human body as a machine: bones act as levers, joints as the fulcrum. Mechanical advantage applies to the musculoskeletal system
- sci5.C14
Engineering design considerations that go into developing quality prostheses
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Built from the same official curriculum as this page. Before and after each skill above, your student colours in how sure they feel — so the two of you can see, on one page, what's clicking and what needs another look. It's a quiet way to follow how the year is really going.
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Can MapleMind help my child with Science, Grade 5?
Yes. MapleMind's AI tutor covers all 14 skills in New Brunswick's Science, Grade 5 — your child picks the exact skill, and the tutor teaches it step by step: a short lesson, a worked example, solving together, then a skill check to show it stuck.
Is MapleMind aligned to New Brunswick's official curriculum?
Yes. Every skill in this course maps to an official outcome code from New Brunswick's Grade 5 Science curriculum, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit on this page — with the official government source linked so you can check it yourself.
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Does MapleMind work in French or other languages?
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Where can I see the official New Brunswick curriculum for Science, Grade 5?
The official source is linked on this page — New Brunswick's official K-12 education resources. The outline here follows it: every MapleMind skill carries its official outcome code, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit.
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