Grade 5 Science
6 units matched to the BC Curriculum.
Big Ideas
- Multicellular organisms have organ systems that enable them to survive and interact within their environment.
- Solutions are homogeneous.
- Machines are devices that transfer force and energy.
- Earth materials change as they move through the rock cycle and can be used as natural resources.
Units
Unit 1
Digestion & Breathing
How food travels through the digestive system and air through the respiratory system, plus reading a breathing-rate table.
Learning standard: Basic structures and functions of body systems: digestive and respiratory
Unit 2
Heart, Bones & Muscles
The heart and blood vessels, bones, joints, muscles and tendons, how body systems work together, and heart-rate data.
Learning standard: Basic structures and functions of body systems: circulatory and musculoskeletal
Unit 3
Solutions & Mixtures
Solutions versus mechanical mixtures, solutes and solvents, what affects dissolving, and ways to separate mixtures (filtering, evaporation, magnets, chromatography).
Learning standard: Solutions and solubility; mixtures and separation techniques
Unit 4
Simple Machines
The six simple machines, how machines trade force for distance, compound machines, and reading data from a ramp experiment.
Learning standard: Simple machines (lever, wedge, pulley, wheel and axle, inclined plane, screw) and how they make work easier
Unit 5
The Rock Cycle
How igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks form and change into one another, weathering and erosion, and a short reading passage.
Learning standard: Local types of earth materials; the rock cycle (igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock)
Unit 6
Natural Resources
Renewable and non-renewable resources, Earth materials we use, responsible use (including First Peoples' sustainable practices), and a school waste-audit graph.
Learning standard: Earth's natural resources (renewable and non-renewable); sustainable practices, including First Peoples knowledge
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