Australia Year 5 science curriculum

AC9S5H02 Investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions. Taught in lessons 1 to 4, the school audit.

Lessons: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better

Practice: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook

AC9S5I02 Plan and conduct repeatable investigations to answer questions, including, as appropriate, deciding the variables to be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests; describing potential risks; planning for the safe use of equipment and materials; and identifying required permissions to conduct investigations on Country/Place. Taught in lesson 1, does salt make water boil faster.

Lessons: Evidence Lab (How do you know a fact is true?, Why do scientists repeat their tests?) · Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers (Does salt make water boil faster?, Is that AI answer true?, Which source should we trust?)

Practice: Evidence Lab workbook · Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers workbook · Build It, Launch It workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Think Like a Scientist: The Scientific Method workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá workbook

AC9S5I05 Compare methods and findings with those of others, recognise possible sources of error, pose questions for further investigation and select evidence to draw reasoned conclusions. Taught in lessons 1 and 2.

Lessons: Evidence Lab (How do you know a fact is true?, Why do scientists repeat their tests?)

Practice: Evidence Lab workbook · Build It, Launch It workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Think Like a Scientist: The Scientific Method workbook · Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá workbook

AC9S5U01 Examine how particular structural features and behaviours of living things enable their survival in specific habitats. Taught in lesson 3, animals in the cold.

Lessons: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm

Practice: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: How Plants Make More Plants workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Groundhog Day Shadow Science

AC9S5U02 Describe how weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition cause slow or rapid change to Earth’s surface. Taught in lessons 2 to 4.

Lessons: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape

Practice: Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook

AC9S5U03 Identify sources of light, recognise that light travels in a straight path and describe how shadows are formed and light can be reflected and refracted. Taught in lessons 1 to 3: light sources, straight paths and shadows (not reflection or refraction).

Lessons: Earth and Sky at Home (Where do rainbows come from?, How do crystals grow?, How does a cloud form?) · Light and Shadows (Why does my shadow follow me?, Why is my shadow long in the morning?, What can light go through?)

Practice: Grade 4 Light and Colour

AC9S5U04 Explain observable properties of solids, liquids and gases by modelling the motion and arrangement of particles. Taught in lessons 1 and 2.

Lessons: Solids, Liquids and Gases (Where does a puddle go?, Why does ice float?)

Practice: Solids, Liquids and Gases workbook · Earth and Sky at Home workbook · Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook · Winter Science at Home workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook