Nova Scotia

Earth and Space Science

• Learners will investigate weather.

  • Investigate the water cycle

    • Label parts of water cycle diagrams (5)
    • Select parts of water cycle diagrams (5)

  • Measure weather conditions using instruments and probeware

    • Collect and graph temperature data (5-N.1)

  • Investigate weather-related oral traditions, including Mi'kmaw oral traditions

• Learners will investigate how weather impacts daily life.

  • Investigate how weather affects living and non-living things in a local environment

  • Investigate how living things prepare for and respond to weather

    • Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding (5-Q.1)
    • Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage (5-Q.2)

  • Investigate the significance of seasonal cycles and natural seasonal events

Physical Science

• Learners will construct effective simple and compound machines.

  • Investigate common simple and compound machines

  • Compare machines used in daily life

  • Investigate forces in simple machines

  • Apply concepts of simple machines in the construction of simple and compound machines

  • Test constructed machines for effectiveness

Life Science

• Learners will analyse how the body functions to meet its needs.

  • Investigate the function and structure of body systems and how they are interconnected

    • Human organs and their functions (5-J.1)
    • Body systems: circulation and respiration (5-J.2)
    • Body systems: digestion (5-J.3)
    • Body systems: removing waste (5-J.4)
    • Body systems: perception and motion (5-J.5)

  • Analyse ways to maintain health body systems

  • Investigate the ways the body protects itself

  • Measure vital signs

• Learners will test how physical and chemical changes affect the properties of matter.

  • Investigate physical and chemical properties of matter

    • Identify and sort solids, liquids, and gases (5-D.1)

  • Compare physical and chemical changes

    • Compare physical and chemical changes (5-E.1)

  • Test physical and chemical changes of various substances

  • Investigate the conservation of mass in physical and chemical changes

    • Understand conservation of matter using graphs (5-C.2)