Prince Edward Island Grade 5 science curriculum

300-13 Describe weather in terms of temperature, wind speed and direction, precipitation, and cloud cover.

Lessons: Weather Detectives (Why does a chinook feel like spring in January?, Is it hotter by the slide?, Why do farmers care about the last frost?)

301-13 Relate the constant circulation of water on Earth to the processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation (partial: the cloud jar).

Lessons: Earth and Sky at Home (Where do rainbows come from?, How do crystals grow?, How does a cloud form?) · Our Living Planet (Can a jar keep itself alive?, Where does rain come from?)

301-14 Describe and predict patterns of change in local weather conditions (partial; only weather, and the climate idea is not explicit).

Lessons: Weather Detectives (Why does a chinook feel like spring in January?, Is it hotter by the slide?, Why do farmers care about the last frost?) · Climate Clues (Is this winter colder than when your grandparents were kids?, What can a tree ring tell us?, What's the difference between weather and climate?)

301-10 Identify and describe some changes to materials that are reversible and some that are not (melting and freezing).

Lessons: Winter Science at Home (Can you make frost in a can?, Why does salt melt ice?, What's inside a snowflake?)

301-11 Describe changes that occur in the properties of materials when they interact with each other (a lower-grade match).

Lessons: Kitchen Chemistry for Families · Kitchen Chemistry (Is it a new substance?, Where does the mass go?, Can red cabbage tell acid from base?)

301-12 Describe examples of interactions between materials that result in the production of a gas.

Lessons: Kitchen Chemistry for Families

302-5e Describe the structure and function of the major organs (brain, spinal cord and nerves) of the nervous system (an adjacent-grade, partial match).

Lessons: Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know?

303-14 Demonstrate and describe the effect of increasing and decreasing the amount of force applied to an object (balloon size and throw strength).

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?)

303-15 Investigate and compare the effect of friction on the movement of an object over a variety of surfaces (an adjacent-grade match: the rolling-ball lesson).

Lessons: Pushes, Pulls and Magnets (Why does a ball stop rolling?, Can a magnet work through a table?, How far will a paper clip jump?)