Saskatchewan Grade 5 science curriculum
The Grade 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.
Saskatchewan Science curricula, Kindergarten to Grade 9. Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Forces and Simple Machines
FM5.1 Analyze the effects of gravitational, magnetic, and mechanical forces, including friction, on the movement of objects. (partial: the lessons look at push, pull and gravity on dropped and thrown objects).
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
Materials and Changes
MC5.1 Investigate the characteristics and physical properties of materials in solid, liquid, and gaseous states of matter.
Lessons: Solids, Liquids and Gases (Where does a puddle go?, Why does ice float?)
Practice: Solids, Liquids and Gases workbook · Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook · Clean Water Challenge: Mixtures, Dissolving and Separating workbook · Grade 4 Rocks and Minerals
MC5.2 Investigate how reversible and non-reversible changes, including changes of state, alter materials. (volcano and invisible ink lessons).
Lessons: Kitchen Chemistry for Families · Winter Science at Home (Can you make frost in a can?, Why does salt melt ice?, What's inside a snowflake?) · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm · Solids, Liquids and Gases (Where does a puddle go?, Why does ice float?)
Practice: Winter Science at Home workbook · Earth and Sky at Home workbook
MC5.3 Assess how the production, use, and disposal of raw materials and manufactured products affects self, society, and the environment. (classroom garbage sort; partial).
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
Weather
WE5.1 Measure and represent local weather, including temperature, wind speed and direction, amount of sunlight, precipitation, relative humidity, and cloud cover. (wind sock and rain gauge; an early start on Grade 5).
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?) · Weather Watchers: What Will the Sky Do Today? (What's the weather like today?, Which way is the wind blowing?, How much rain fell?)
Practice: Weather Detectives workbook
WE5.2 Investigate local, national, and global weather conditions, including the role of air movement and solar energy transfer. (chinook and moving air).
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?)
Practice: Weather Detectives workbook
WE5.3 Analyze the impact of weather on society and the environment, including technologies that help humans address weather conditions. (frost and farming).
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?)
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