Science Resources

Hello Grade 5! 

I hope you are all looking forward to the upcoming school year! Please find the curriculum connections below for science class where you will see what topics we will be covering. The four main strands that will be explored are: Understanding Life Systems: Human Organ Systems, Understanding Structures and Mechanisms: Forces Acting On Structures and Mechanisms, Understanding Matter and Energy: Properties of and Changes in Matter, and Understanding Earth and Space Systems: Convention of Energy and Resources.

Grade 5	Understanding Life Systems: Human Organ Systems		-          Students will learn that organ systems belong to a larger system (of the body), and, these two work together and affect one another -          Students will learn about organ structures and how they are linked to functions -          Students will learn about systems in the body and how they work together to meet bodily needs -          Students will learn about how the choices we make affect our organs and our health
	Understanding Structures and Mechanisms: Forces Acting On Structures and Mechanisms	-          Students will learn about structures and mechanisms and how throughout the environment they have forces that act on and within them -          Students will learn that forces can be measured to determine how they affect structures and mechanisms -          Students will learn that forces resulting from natural phenomena still have effects on society and the environment
	Understanding Matter and Energy: Properties of and Changes in Matter	-          Students will learn the three states of matter -          Students will learn that matter that changes state is still the same -          Students will learn that physical change refers to the fact that a substance can be changed from one form to another -          Students will learn that chemical change implies the formation of a new substance -          Students will learn that the properties of materials determine their use and may have an effect on society and the environment
	Understanding Earth and Space Systems: Conservation of Energy and Resources	-          Students will learn that energy sources are either renewable or non-renewable -          Students will learn that energy cannot be created or destroyed but rather transformed -          Students will learn that choices involving using energy and resources have both immediate and long-term impacts -          Students will learn that conservation is one way to reduce the impacts of using energy and resources