Year 5 Science

Unit 1 – Life Cycle of Flowering Plants

  1. Habitats and Microhabitats.
  2. Parts of a Plant.
  3. Reproduction in Plants.
  4. Parts of a flower.
  5. Pollination – Fertilisation – Seed dispersal – Germination.
  6. Life cycle diagrams.

Unit 2 – Characteristics of Plants

  1. Growth.
  2. Germination of seeds.
  3. Factors affecting germination.
  4. Stem, roots and leaves.
  5. Factors affecting growth.

Unit 3 – States of Matter

  1. Solids, liquids, gases.
  2. Change of State.
  3. Evaporation and condensation.
  4. Water Vapour.
  5. Solutions – Dissolving and separation.
  6. Factors affecting solution.
  7. Water Cycle.

Unit 4 – The way we see things

  1. Light sources.
  2. Uses of light.
  3. Intensity of light.
  4. Light travels.
  5. Reflection
  6. Mirrors.
  7. Your eyes.

Unit 5 – Shadows

  1. How are shadows formed?
  2. Shadow puppets.
  3. Materials and light.
  4. Changing shadows.
  5. Sun and shadows.
  6. Sundials.

Unit 6 – Earth and Beyond

  1. Earth’s movement – on its axis.
  2. Earth’s movement – around the sun.
  3. Our solar system.
  4. The sun.
  5. The moon and its phases.
  6. Planets.
  7. Constellations.
  8. Galaxies.