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Year 5 · Your subject space

Science

Ask questions, investigate and explain what you notice.

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How to learn in Year 5 Science

Watch this short guide, then choose a lesson below.

Learn through explanations, worked examples and practice.

Your earlier submitted work and progress are retained in your learning history. These replacement lessons have their own progress.

Life cycles

  1. Compare the stages, not just the names
  2. A young form may look very different
  3. Pollination is one step in reproduction
  4. Some new plants grow without seeds

Human development

  1. Growth continues beyond getting taller
  2. Bodies change at different times

Material properties

  1. Choose a property that matters
  2. Heat and electricity are different tests

Mixtures

  1. The solute has not vanished
  2. Change one relevant condition
  3. Separate by a useful difference
  4. Recover a dissolved solid

Changes

  1. Can the original material be recovered?
  2. Some changes make different substances

Earth and space

  1. Models represent very large objects
  2. Different motions have different periods
  3. Earth turns towards and away from sunlight

Forces

  1. Earth pulls objects towards it
  2. Air can oppose motion
  3. Resistance depends on the situation
  4. A mechanism can change the job

Check your learning

  1. Year 5 Science — course check