Saskatchewan · Grade 5
Science, Grade 5
Saskatchewan’s Grade 5 science course, from Life Science — Human Body Systems to Earth and Space Science — Weather.
- Units
- 3
- Lessons
- 12
- Skills
- 31
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, with its official code.
Unit 1 · 8 skills
Life Science — Human Body Systems
Keeping the Body Healthy
The body's defences
I can explain how the body defends itself against germs.
Official code: HB5.1
Diseases and the organs they affect
I can connect a disease to the organ or system it affects.
Official code: HB5.1
Choices for a healthy body
I can name lifestyle choices that keep my body healthy.
Official code: HB5.1
The Body's Systems
Body systems and their organs
I can name a body system, its major organs, and what it does.
Official code: HB5.2
Modelling a body system
I can build and judge a model of a body organ or system.
Official code: HB5.2
Investigating a body system
I can plan and run a fair test about a body system.
Official code: HB5.2
Systems Working Together
Systems that team up
I can explain how body systems work together.
Official code: HB5.3
The nervous system in control
I can explain how the nervous system controls the body and reacts to stimuli.
Official code: HB5.3
The official wording · 8 outcomes
- HB5.1
- the impact of, maintaining a healthy human body
- HB5.1
- maintaining a healthy human body
- HB5.1
- Analyze personal and societal requirements for, and the impact of, maintaining a healthy human body.
- HB5.2
- the structure, function, and major organs of one or more human body systems such as the digestive, excretory, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems
- HB5.2
- the structure, function, and major organs of one or more human body systems
- HB5.2
- Investigate the structure, function, and major organs of one or more human body systems
- HB5.3
- how multiple human body systems function together to enable people to move, grow, and react to stimuli
- HB5.3
- multiple human body systems function together to enable people to move, grow, and react to stimuli
Key ideas
The skin protects the body and helps control heat.
Each body system has a job: the digestive system breaks down food, the respiratory system brings in air, the circulatory system moves blood.
The skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems work together to move the body.
The body has defences against infection — tears, saliva, stomach acid, and certain blood cells fight germs.
Each system has major organs, like the stomach, lungs, and heart.
Watch out for
- Thinking skin is just a covering with no job.
- Thinking all organs belong to one system.
- Thinking each system works completely on its own.
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Unit 2 · 16 skills
Physical Science — Materials, Forces, and Simple Machines
States and Properties of Matter
What matter is
I can explain what matter is and show that it has mass.
Official code: MC5.1
Solids, liquids, and gases
I can classify materials as solids, liquids, or gases.
Official code: MC5.1
Telling materials apart
I can use physical properties to tell materials apart.
Official code: MC5.1
Changing Materials
Reversible and non-reversible changes
I can tell whether a change to a material can be undone.
Official code: MC5.2
The six changes of state
I can name and give examples of the changes of state.
Official code: MC5.2
Fast and slow changes
I can tell fast changes from slow changes and check if mass changes.
Official code: MC5.2
Raw Materials and Products
From raw material to product
I can tell a raw material from a manufactured product.
Official code: MC5.3
Making, using, and throwing away
I can assess how making and disposing of products affects the environment.
Official code: MC5.3
Forces and Motion
Contact and non-contact forces
I can tell contact forces from non-contact forces.
Official code: FM5.1
Balanced and unbalanced forces
I can draw forces as arrows and tell balanced from unbalanced forces.
Official code: FM5.1
Investigating friction
I can test how friction changes on different surfaces.
Official code: FM5.1
Simple Machines
Levers
I can explain how a lever makes lifting easier.
Official code: FM5.2
Wheels, axles, and pulleys
I can explain how wheels, axles, and pulleys help move loads.
Official code: FM5.2
Ramps, screws, wedges, and building a machine
I can explain a ramp and build a simple machine that does a job.
Official code: FM5.2
Machines in Our Lives
Simple machines around us
I can find simple machines in my daily life and tell how they help.
Official code: FM5.3
Complex machines and their impact
I can explain how complex machines are built from simple ones and their effects.
Official code: FM5.3
The official wording · 16 outcomes
- MC5.1
- the characteristics and physical properties of materials in solid, liquid, and gaseous states of matter
- MC5.1
- the characteristics and physical properties of materials in solid, liquid, and gaseous states
- MC5.1
- Investigate the characteristics and physical properties of materials in solid, liquid, and gaseous states of matter.
- MC5.2
- how reversible and non-reversible changes, including changes of state, alter materials
- MC5.2
- reversible and non-reversible changes, including changes of state, alter materials
- MC5.2
- Investigate how reversible and non-reversible changes, including changes of state, alter materials.
- MC5.3
- the production, use, and disposal of raw materials and manufactured products affects self, society, and the environment
- MC5.3
- Assess how the production, use, and disposal of raw materials and manufactured products affects self, society, and the environment.
- FM5.1
- the effects of gravitational, magnetic, and mechanical forces, including friction, on the movement of objects
- FM5.1
- the effects of gravitational, magnetic, and mechanical forces, including friction
- FM5.1
- Analyze the effects of gravitational, magnetic, and mechanical forces, including friction, on the movement of objects.
- FM5.2
- characteristics of simple machines, including levers, wheels and axles, pulleys, inclined planes, screws, and wedges, for moving and lifting loads
- FM5.2
- characteristics of simple machines, including levers, wheels and axles, pulleys
- FM5.2
- Investigate characteristics of simple machines, including levers, wheels and axles, pulleys, inclined planes, screws, and wedges, for moving and lifting loads.
- FM5.3
- how natural and man-made forces and simple machines affect individuals, society, and the environment
- FM5.3
- Assess how natural and man-made forces and simple machines affect individuals, society, and the environment.
Key ideas
Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.
A reversible change can be undone, like melting ice, which can freeze again.
A raw material comes from nature, like wood, oil, or ore.
Contact forces act by touching, like a push, a pull, or friction.
A lever is a bar that turns on a fixed point called the fulcrum.
Watch out for
- Thinking gases are not matter because they are invisible.
- Thinking all changes can be undone.
- Thinking all products come ready-made from nature.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 7 skills
Earth and Space Science — Weather
Measuring the Weather
Weather instruments
I can name weather instruments and tell what each measures.
Official code: WE5.1
Recording and mapping weather
I can record weather over time and show it on a map.
Official code: WE5.1
What Drives the Weather
Moving air and pressure
I can explain how air moves to make wind.
Official code: WE5.2
The sun heats the Earth
I can explain how the sun heats different surfaces differently.
Official code: WE5.2
Severe weather
I can describe severe weather and what causes it.
Official code: WE5.2
Weather and People
Forecasts and weather's effects
I can explain how forecasts help people and how weather affects daily life.
Official code: WE5.3
Technologies for coping with weather
I can name technologies that help people deal with weather.
Official code: WE5.3
The official wording · 7 outcomes
- WE5.1
- local weather, including temperature, wind speed and direction, amount of sunlight, precipitation, relative humidity, and cloud cover
- WE5.1
- Measure and represent local weather, including temperature, wind speed and direction, amount of sunlight, precipitation, relative humidity, and cloud cover.
- WE5.2
- local, national, and global weather conditions, including the role of air movement and solar energy transfer
- WE5.2
- the role of air movement and solar energy transfer
- WE5.2
- Investigate local, national, and global weather conditions, including the role of air movement and solar energy transfer.
- WE5.3
- the impact of weather on society and the environment, including technologies that help humans address weather conditions
- WE5.3
- Analyze the impact of weather on society and the environment, including technologies that help humans address weather conditions.
Key ideas
Weather instruments measure different things: a thermometer measures temperature, a rain gauge measures precipitation, a wind vane shows wind direction.
Air takes up space, has weight, and exerts pressure.
Forecasters use maps, radar, and warnings to predict weather so people can prepare.
We can build simple versions of these instruments.
Warm air rises, and air moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure, which makes wind.
Watch out for
- Thinking one instrument measures everything.
- Thinking air has no weight.
- Thinking forecasts are just guesses with no data.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
The official curriculum
This page follows Saskatchewan’s own curriculum for Science, Grade 5.
Textbooks
The textbooks Saskatchewan Ministry of Education lists for Science, Grade 5:
- Pearson Saskatchewan Science 5
From core resources, read October 27, 2026. curriculum.gov.sk.ca
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Questions about Science, Grade 5
What is Science, Grade 5?
Saskatchewan’s Grade 5 science course: 3 units and 31 skills, from Life Science — Human Body Systems to Earth and Space Science — Weather.
What units are in Science, Grade 5?
1. Life Science — Human Body Systems, 2. Physical Science — Materials, Forces, and Simple Machines and 3. Earth and Space Science — Weather.
Is there a provincial exam for Science, Grade 5?
No. Saskatchewan gives no provincial exam for Science, Grade 5.
What textbook does Science, Grade 5 use?
The textbooks Saskatchewan Ministry of Education lists for Science, Grade 5: Pearson Saskatchewan Science 5.
What comes after Science, Grade 5?
Science, Grade 6.
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