Year+5+Program+Ideas


 * Year 5 Science **

// By the end of Year 5, students begin to pose meaningful questions through teacher guidance that can be investigated and become aware of different inquiry methods, such as fair tests, surveys and secondary sources. They use scaffolded planning sheets to help recognise that changing, measuring and keeping some variables the same are part of a fair test. They observe, measure and record data in teacher created tables and begin to use tools, such as tape measures and thermometers, to make observations and measurements. They summarise their results and with assistance, they reflect on broad aspects of their investigation process and comment on what worked and what didn’t. //
 * __ Science Inquiry Skills: Investigating (C Grade Descriptor) __**


 * __ Investigation suggestions (Yr 5 Inquiry Skills) __**
 * Melting ice
 * Cooling cool drinks
 * Making crystals
 * Plastic bags around leaves to investigate transpiration
 * Coloured water rising up celery
 * Osmosis using a potato
 * Oil wicks
 * Coke bottle rockets
 * Sea breeze Pt 1a Does earth heat faster than water? Trays of sand and water
 * Sea breeze Pt 1b Does earth heat faster than water? Balloons with water and sand over candles.
 * Sea breeze Pt 2 Does hot air expand? (use balloon and hot water in test tube)
 * Sea breeze Pt 3a Does expanding air create low pressure (jar and candle)
 * Sea breeze Pt 3b Does expanding air create low pressure (Can crush)
 * Sea breeze Pt 3c Does expanding air create low pressure (candle and funnel)
 * Sea breeze Pt 4: Does air have force? CD hovercraft (http://www.ehow.com/video_4416766_gluing-balloon-hovercraft.html)
 * Making a weather vane (use a cotton reel as a spindle)
 * Using air: Wind powered land yachts
 * Water cycle
 * Chemical energy – lemon battery
 * Teabag rockets – which work, which don’t and why?
 * Balloon powered rockets

// Students recognise, describe and give simple explanations for a range of cause-and-effect relationships in what they observe. //
 * __ Science Understandings __****__ (YR 5 C Grade Descriptors in italics) __**

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// They relate properties of an object to those of the material of which it is made. They describe physical changes in materials such as an ice block melting ////. //// Students explain that materials can undergo change. They identify properties such as flexibility and strength of familiar materials and relate these to their uses. //
 * Natural and Processed Materials **


 * __ Available Primary Connections Resource(s): __**
 * [|**Material world**]

// They describe types, uses and sources of energy such as light, sound, heat or movement, and explore how energy can be transferred. They classify objects as sources or receivers of energy. //
 * Energy and Change **


 * __ Available Primary Connections Resource(s): __**
 * [|**Smooth moves**]
 * [|**Light fantastic**]

// They describe the way the Earth’s resources such as water are used. They observe and describe movements of the Earth and Moon in space during night and day and identify common constellations of the night sky. //
 * Earth and Beyond **


 * __ Available Primary Connections Resource(s): __**
 * [|**Spinning in space**]

// They describe the structure and function of living things and can identify feeding relationships and interactions between living things and their environment. //
 * Life and Living **


 * __ Available Primary Connections Resource(s): __**
 * [|**Plants in action**]