IXL Skill Plan | Nova Scotia Curriculum: Primary

Nova Scotia Curriculum: Primary

Skills available for Nova Scotia Primary science standards

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Life Science
Physical Science

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Life Science
Learners will compare living things through the senses.
Investigate living and nonliving things		1. The five senses 2. Identify living and nonliving things
Investigate living and nonliving things
1. The five senses 2. Identify living and nonliving things

Investigate change in living things		1. Compare young living things to their parents 2. Match animals to their parents 3. Match plants to their parents
Investigate change in living things
1. Compare young living things to their parents 2. Match animals to their parents 3. Match plants to their parents

Classify living things		1. Compare plants and animals
Classify living things
1. Compare plants and animals

Physical Science
Learners will investigate sand and water through the senses.
Investigate the properties of sand and water
Investigate the properties of sand and water


Investigate floating and sinking
Investigate floating and sinking


Investigate capacity of various containers to hold sand and water
Investigate capacity of various containers to hold sand and water


Investigate how water interacts with a variety of materials
Investigate how water interacts with a variety of materials

Learners will investigate materials through the senses.
Investigate properties of materials		Shape 1. Sort objects by two-dimensional shape 2. Sort objects by three-dimensional shape Colour 3. Sort objects by colour Texture 4. Sort objects by texture Material 5. Sort objects by material Objects 6. Describe objects 7. What objects can a magnet pull? Temperature 8. Hot and cold
Investigate properties of materials
Shape 1. Sort objects by two-dimensional shape 2. Sort objects by three-dimensional shape Colour 3. Sort objects by colour Texture 4. Sort objects by texture Material 5. Sort objects by material Objects 6. Describe objects 7. What objects can a magnet pull? Temperature 8. Hot and cold

Investigate classification of materials		1. Classify objects by two-dimensional shape 2. Classify objects by three-dimensional shape 3. Classify objects by colour 4. Classify objects by texture 5. Classify objects by material 6. Classify objects by shape, colour, material and texture
Investigate classification of materials
1. Classify objects by two-dimensional shape 2. Classify objects by three-dimensional shape 3. Classify objects by colour 4. Classify objects by texture 5. Classify objects by material 6. Classify objects by shape, colour, material and texture

Investigate change in materials		1. Changes caused by heating and cooling
Investigate change in materials
1. Changes caused by heating and cooling
Learners will test movement of objects.
Investigate types of movement		1. Fast and slow 2. Push and pull 3. Investigate pushes and pulls 4. The ways things move
Investigate types of movement
1. Fast and slow 2. Push and pull 3. Investigate pushes and pulls 4. The ways things move

Test properties of objects that affect sliding and rolling
Test properties of objects that affect sliding and rolling


Test properties of ramps that affect movement		1. Design a race car track
Test properties of ramps that affect movement
1. Design a race car track

Investigate balance
Investigate balance