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Year 5 science

Year 5 science runs to 76 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 9 to 10 in Key Stage 2. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes material, physical properties, transparent, electrical conductor, magnetic, results, suitable, electrical conductivity, thermal insulator, comparative test, variables, conclusion.

These lessons are written by Oak National Academy, the government-funded curriculum body, and are free to anyone. StudyDen sequences them, marks the answers and keeps the record.

Every Year 5 science lesson

In the order they are taught. 76 lessons.

Properties, changes and separating materials

  1. Properties of Materials
  2. Uses of Everyday Materials
  3. Thermal Insulators: Plan Your Investigation
  4. Thermal Insulators: Do and Review
  5. Everyday Uses of Thermal Insulators
  6. Insulating Our Homes and Schools
  7. Soluble and Insoluble: When Solids Vanish into Liquids
  8. Recovering Insoluble Solids
  9. Providing Safe Drinking Water
  10. Separating Soluble Solids from Solutions
  11. Removing Salt from Seawater
  12. Reversible Changes of State
  13. More Reversible Changes: Mixing, Dissolving and Getting It Back
  14. Burning: An Irreversible Change
  15. Burning Plants as Fuel
  16. Greenhouse Gases: How Earth Traps Heat
  17. Bioplastics: The Science of Plastic's Future
  18. Rusting: an Irreversible Change
  19. More Irreversible Changes: Acid and Bicarbonate of Soda
  20. How Scientists Work: Variables and Observations

Forces including simple machines

  1. Introduction to Gravity
  2. Pushes and Pulls: Measuring Forces
  3. Friction: Plan
  4. Friction: Do and Review
  5. Air Resistance: Plan an Investigation
  6. Air Resistance: Do and Review
  7. Water Resistance: Plan an Investigation
  8. Water Resistance: Do and Review
  9. How Levers Can Help Us
  10. How Pulleys Can Help Us
  11. How Gears Can Help Us
  12. Simple Machines: How Six Devices Changed the World
  13. Design and Development of Machines

Earth, Sun and Moon

  1. The Shape of Earth
  2. The Shape of Objects in Space
  3. Observing the Moon
  4. The Relative Sizes of the Earth, Sun and Moon
  5. More about the Sun
  6. Why We Have Day and Night
  7. Why the Sun Appears to Move Across the Sky
  8. The Planets in Our Solar System
  9. The Movement of the Planets around the Sun
  10. Scientific Theories from the Past
  11. How We See the Moon from Earth
  12. The Movement of the Moon

Reproduction and life cycles: plants

  1. Asexual Reproduction in Plants
  2. Plants from Cuttings
  3. Parts of a Flowering Plant and What They Do
  4. Pollinators: Nature's Accidental Gardeners
  5. Dangers to Pollinators
  6. Selective Breeding of Plants
  7. Conservation Using Seed Banks
  8. Plant Life Cycles
  9. Plant Reproduction from Cuttings

Reproduction and life cycles: animals

  1. Animal Groups: Classifying the Natural World
  2. Insects: Six Legs, Three Parts, One Amazing Group
  3. Mammal Life Cycles
  4. Bird Life Cycles
  5. Comparing the life cycles of mammals and birds
  6. Amphibian Life Cycles
  7. Insect Life Cycles
  8. Comparing the Life Cycles of Amphibians and Insects
  9. Endangered Animals and Their Life Cycles
  10. More About Endangered Animals
  11. Animal Gestation Periods

Human development

  1. Changes in Humans Before and After Birth
  2. Changes in Childhood
  3. Changes During Puberty
  4. Changes in Adulthood
  5. Changes in Old Age
  6. Planning Survey Questions About Human Development
  7. Finding Out About Human Height
  8. Representing Data About Human Height
  9. Analysing Data About Human Height
  10. Life Expectancy: How Long Do People Live?
  11. The Impact of Population Growth

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Common questions

What does Year 5 science cover?
Year 5 science runs to 76 lessons across a 36 week year, covering material, physical properties, transparent, electrical conductor, magnetic, results and more.
How many science lessons are in Year 5?
76 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 5?
Children in Year 5 are 9 to 10 years old during the school year in England and Wales.