Grade 5 — Science

NGSS Aligned

Grade 5 — Science

Grade 5 Science explores ecosystems and food webs, properties and changes of matter, and Earth's place in the solar system — aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.

Units & Topics Covered

3 units  ·  18 topics

Life Science: Ecosystems

  • Energy flow through food chains and food webs
  • Producers, consumers, and decomposers
  • How matter cycles through an ecosystem
  • The role of decomposers in nutrient cycling
  • Biodiversity and ecosystem stability
  • Human impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity

Physical Science: Matter

  • Properties of matter: mass, volume, density, temperature
  • Physical changes: cutting, bending, dissolving
  • Chemical changes: burning, rusting, cooking
  • Evidence of a chemical change: colour change, gas produced, heat released
  • Mixtures and solutions; separation techniques
  • Conservation of matter: mass is conserved during physical and chemical changes

Earth & Space Science

  • The water cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection
  • Earth's four systems: geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere
  • How Earth's systems interact
  • The solar system: planets, moons, asteroids, and comets
  • How gravity affects motion in the solar system
  • Earth's position in the Milky Way galaxy
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