Science, Grade 5

Unit 1: Earth and Space Science: Weather

Investigating weather - the water cycle and measuring conditions with instruments and probeware, including weather-related oral traditions - then how weather impacts daily life for living things and how living things prepare for and respond to it.

• The water cycle
• Measuring weather conditions
• Weather oral traditions

• How weather affects living and non-living things
• How living things prepare for and respond to weather
• Seasonal cycles and natural events

Unit 2: Physical Science: Forces and Simple Machines

Investigating common simple and compound machines and the forces in them, comparing machines used in daily life, and applying these ideas to construct and test effective simple and compound machines.

• Common simple and compound machines
• Machines in daily life
• Forces in simple machines
• Building simple and compound machines
• Testing machines for effectiveness

Unit 3: Life Science: Healthy Body

Analysing how the body functions to meet its needs - the structure and connection of body systems, ways to keep them healthy, how the body protects itself, and measuring vital signs.

• Structure and connection of body systems
• Keeping body systems healthy
• How the body protects itself
• Measuring vital signs

Unit 4: Physical Science: Chemical and Physical Properties

Testing how physical and chemical changes affect the properties of matter - investigating physical and chemical properties, comparing physical and chemical changes, and investigating the conservation of mass.

• Physical and chemical properties of matter
• Comparing physical and chemical changes
• Testing changes in substances
• Conservation of mass