Science – Primary Grade 5

Course highlights

• Describe how bones and muscles work together to support and move the body, the structure of bones and the whole skeleton, and compare with animal bodies
• Describe how plants and animals change through the year and how animals respond to temperature
• Identify the parts of a seed and show with fair tests that germination needs water, air and a suitable temperature
• Show with fair tests that sunlight and fertiliser affect plant growth
• Describe the parts of a flower (luffa), use a microscope correctly, and explain pollination and how fruits form
• Describe the stages of human growth, similarities between parents and children, and the conditions for healthy growth
• Compare animals that give birth with animals that lay eggs and explain how animals preserve their species
• Relate clouds to weather, track cloud movement and make a simple weather forecast
• Explain evaporation, water vapour in the air and condensation, and trace where water goes in the water cycle
• Show with a syringe that air can be compressed and pushes back while water cannot be compressed, and give uses of compressed air (t2, provisional)
• Show that solids, liquids and air expand when heated and contract when cooled, and describe how heat travels through metal (conduction) and through water and air (convection) (t2, provisional)
• Observe and record the changing shape of the moon and its movement across the sky, and describe stars by brightness and colour and star patterns (t2, provisional)
• Measure the time of 10 swings of a pendulum and show with fair tests that the time depends on the length, not on the mass (t2, provisional)
• Show that a dissolved substance is still there (mass is conserved), that only a limited amount dissolves, and that temperature and stirring affect dissolving (t2, provisional)

Course content

• 16units
• 38sessions
• 15quizzes

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