Earth, Sun and Moon
The child explains day and night with Earth's rotation, the year with its orbit, the Moon's phases, and the order and features of the planets; they link seasons to Earth's tilt.
Grade 5 Science
Grade 5 Science features matter and its interactions, Earth's spheres, space systems, food webs, and scientific modeling.
Grade 5 Science topics
Food Chains and Food Webs
The child sorts living things into producers, consumers and decomposers, builds food chains and simple food webs, and explains that plants make food using sunlight.
Gravity, Friction and Air Resistance
The child explains that unsupported objects fall because of gravity, tells mass from weight, measures forces in newtons and investigates air resistance, water resistance and friction.
Puberty and Life Stages
The child describes the stages of human life from baby to old age and the body changes of puberty, with accurate vocabulary and reassurance that timing varies.
Dissolving and Separating Mixtures
The child compares materials by hardness, solubility, transparency and conductivity, uses a simple particle idea to explain dissolving and states, and separates mixtures by sieving, filtering and evaporating.
Fair Tests
The child plans a fair test, decides what to change, measure and keep the same, takes repeat readings, and presents results in tables, bar charts and line graphs to draw a conclusion.
States of Matter and the Water Cycle
The child sorts materials as solids, liquids or gases, measures the temperatures at which water changes state, and explains evaporation and condensation in the water cycle.
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