England Year 5 science curriculum
The Year 5 science outcomes we teach, in the curriculum's own words, with the lessons and practice pages for each. Pick an outcome code for the full list of lessons and printables.
National curriculum in England: science programmes of study, Key Stages 1–3. Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Forces
Outcome Identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces. Taught in lessons 1 and 2, air resistance.
Lessons: Build It, Launch It (Can you drop an egg without breaking it?, What makes a paper plane fly farthest?, How does a rocket push itself into space?)
Practice: Build It, Launch It workbook · Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook · Forces at Work: Gravity, Resistance, Levers and Pulleys workbook
Properties and changes of materials
Outcome Know that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution. Taught in lesson 2, growing crystals.
Lessons: Earth and Sky at Home (Where do rainbows come from?, How do crystals grow?, How does a cloud form?)
Practice: Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook · Clean Water Challenge: Mixtures, Dissolving and Separating workbook · Solids, Liquids and Gases workbook · Grade 4 Rocks and Minerals
Outcome Explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda. Taught in lesson 3, the vinegar and bicarbonate volcano.
Lessons: Kitchen Chemistry for Families
Practice: Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook
Outcome Compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets. Taught in lessons 2 and 4, thermal insulation.
Lessons: Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm
Practice: Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook
Outcome Compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets. Taught in the felt insulation test, thermal only.
Lessons: Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe (How does a felt yurt keep a family warm at −30 °C?)
Practice: Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook
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