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Ontario Curriculum

Grade 5 Science

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What your child will learn

Grade 5 Science covers these 14+ core concepts:

Science, Technology, and SocietyEnergy Resources and ConservationProperties of MatterEngineering DesignForces on StructuresHuman Body SystemsStates of Matter and ChangesSustainability and StewardshipScientific InvestigationStructural DesignEnergy Forms and TransformationsClimate Change and EnvironmentCoding in ScienceHeat Transfer

The 5 units of Grade 5 Science

42 lessons total, sequenced in the order students learn them.

STEM Skills and Connections

10 lessons

1.Understanding the Steps of Scientific Investigation

Scientific Investigation

2.Testing Hypotheses Through Controlled Experiments

Scientific InvestigationEngineering Design

3.What Is an Engineering Design Process?

Engineering DesignScience, Technology, and Society

4.Why Safety Rules Are Actually AWESOME

Scientific InvestigationScience, Technology, and Society

5.What Is Scientific Communication?

Scientific InvestigationScience, Technology, and Society

6.Understanding Coding Through Step-by-Step Instructions

Coding in ScienceScientific Investigation

7.Understanding How Coding Controls Technology

Coding in ScienceScience, Technology, and Society

8.Science and Technology in the Real World

Science, Technology, and Society

9.Science + Everything Else? Yes, Really!

Science, Technology, and SocietyEngineering Design

10.Science Belongs to Everyone!

Science, Technology, and SocietyScientific Investigation

Life Systems: Human Organ Systems

7 lessons

11.Your Body and the World Around You

Human Body SystemsScience, Technology, and Society

12.How Technology Affects Our Bodies

Human Body SystemsScience, Technology, and Society

13.What Is Food Literacy?

Human Body SystemsScience, Technology, and Society

14.Your Amazing Body Has Systems!

Human Body Systems

15.Your Amazing Body Has a Team!

Human Body Systems

16.Your Body's Team: How Systems Work Together

Human Body Systems

17.Your Body Has a Defence System — And Sometimes It Needs Help!

Human Body Systems

Matter and Energy: Properties of and Changes in Matter

9 lessons

18.How Making Stuff Affects Our World

Sustainability and StewardshipEnergy Resources and ConservationScience, Technology, and Society

19.Why the Materials We Use Really Matter

Properties of MatterSustainability and StewardshipScience, Technology, and Society

20.Defining Matter: Mass and Volume

Properties of MatterStates of Matter and Changes

21.Exploring the Three States of Matter

States of Matter and ChangesProperties of Matter

22.What Are Changes of State?

States of Matter and ChangesProperties of Matter

23.What Is a Physical Change?

Properties of MatterStates of Matter and Changes

24.What Is a Chemical Change?

States of Matter and ChangesProperties of Matter

25.What Is a Change of State?

States of Matter and ChangesHeat TransferProperties of Matter

26.What Are Physical Properties — And Why Do They Matter?

Properties of MatterStates of Matter and Changes

Structures and Mechanisms: Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms

7 lessons

27.Forces in Our Natural World

Forces on StructuresStructural Design

28.Forces, Nature, and How We Fight Back!

Forces on StructuresStructural DesignEngineering Design

29.What Are Internal Forces?

Forces on StructuresStructural Design

30.What Are External Forces?

Forces on StructuresStructural DesignEngineering Design

31.Forces from Nature and How Structures Fight Back

Forces on StructuresStructural DesignEngineering Design

32.How Living Things Handle Forces

Forces on StructuresAdaptations

33.Forces, Bodies, and Protective Equipment

Forces on StructuresStructural DesignEngineering Design

Earth and Space Systems: Conservation of Energy and Resources

9 lessons

34.How Humans Use Energy and Resources — And Why It Matters!

Energy Resources and ConservationClimate Change and EnvironmentSustainability and Stewardship

35.Energy, Technology, and YOU!

Energy Resources and ConservationScience, Technology, and SocietySustainability and Stewardship

36.What Is Indigenous Knowledge and Why Does It Matter?

Sustainability and StewardshipEnergy Resources and ConservationHeat Transfer

37.What Is Energy?

Energy Forms and TransformationsEnergy Resources and Conservation

38.Energy Can't Disappear — It Just Changes!

Energy Forms and TransformationsEnergy Resources and Conservation

39.Energy That's Waiting to Go!

Energy Forms and TransformationsEnergy Resources and Conservation

40.Energy Transformations and Dissipation

Energy Forms and TransformationsEnergy Resources and ConservationSystems and Efficiency

41.Where Does Our Energy Come From?

Energy Resources and ConservationSustainability and StewardshipEnergy Forms and Transformations

42.What Are Fossil Fuels and Why Do They Matter?

Energy Resources and ConservationClimate Change and EnvironmentSustainability and Stewardship

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