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Material World

• A Matter

  • A.1 Properties and characteristics of matter

    • A.1.i Explains the buoyancy of a substance in another substance, using their respective densities (relative density)

    • A.1.j Describes various other physical properties of an object, a substance or a material (e.g. elasticity, hardness, solubility)

    • A.1.k Recognizes the materials of which an object is made

  • A.5 Changes in matter

    • A.5.b Demonstrates that chemical changes (e.g. cooking, combustion, oxidation, acid-base reactions) change the properties of matter

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

    • A.5.c Explains how certain household products are made (e.g. soap, paper)

• B Energy

  • B.1 Forms of energy

    • B.1.b Identifies sources of energy in his/her environment (e.g. moving water, chemical reaction in a battery, sunlight)

  • B.2 Transmission of energy

    • B.2.a Distinguishes between substances that are thermal conductors and those that are thermal insulators

    • B.2.b Distinguishes between substances that are electrical conductors and those that are electrical insulators

      • Conductors and insulators (6-G.3)

    • B.2.c Identifies the components of a simple electric circuit (wire, source, light bulb, switch)

      • Electric circuits (6-G.2)

    • B.2.d Describes the functions of the components of a simple electric circuit (conductor, insulator, energy source, light bulb, switch)

      • Electric circuits (6-G.2)

    • B.2.f Describes the behaviour of light rays (reflection, refraction)

      • How does light travel and interact with matter? (5-G.1)

  • B.3 Transformation of energy

    • B.3.a Describes situations in which human beings consume energy (e.g. heating, transportation, food consumption, recreation)

      • Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels (6-S.2)

    • B.3.c Explains the insulating properties of various substances (e.g. polystyrene, mineral wool, straw)

    • B.3.e Recognizes the transformations of energy from one form to another in various devices (e.g. flashlight: chemical to light; electric kettle: electrical to heat)

      • Energy transformation (5-F.1)
      • Explore energy transformations: bike ride (5-F.2)
      • Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride (5-F.4)

• C Forces and motion

  • C.2 Magnetism and electromagnetism

    • C.2.c Distinguishes between a magnet and an electromagnet

    • C.2.d Identifies objects that use the principles of electromagnetism (e.g. electromagnetic crane, fire door)

  • C.3 Gravitational attraction on an object

    • C.3.a Describes the effect of gravitational attraction on an object (e.g. free fall)

      • Identify changes in gravitational potential energy (6-F.1)

  • C.4 Pressure

    • C.4.a Recognizes various manifestations of pressure (e.g. inflatable balloon, atmospheric pressure, airplane wing)

    • C.4.b Describes the effects of pressure on an object (e.g. compression, displacement, increase in temperature)

  • C.7 Combined effects of several forces on an object

    • C.7.a Predicts the combined effect of several forces on an object at rest or an object moving in a straight line (e.g. reinforcement, opposition)

      • Identify directions of forces (5-I.1)
      • How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion? (5-I.2)
      • Predict forces using Newton's third law (6-E.8)
      • Balanced and unbalanced forces (6-E.9)
      • Collisions and car safety features (6-E.10)

• D Systems and interaction

  • D.3 Other machines

    • D.3.a Identifies the main function of some complex machines (e.g. cart, waterwheel, wind turbine)

  • D.4 How manufactured objects work

    • D.4.a Identifies the mechanical parts (e.g. gears, cams, springs, simple machines, connecting rods)

    • D.4.b Recognizes two types of motion (rotation and translation)

    • D.4.c Describes a simple sequence of mechanical parts in motion

  • D.5 Servomechanism and robots

    • D.5.a Recognizes robotic structures that use a servomechanism

  • D.6 Transportation technology (e.g. car, airplane, boat)

    • D.6.a Recognizes the influence and impact of transportation technology on people's way of life and surroundings

  • D.7 Electron technology

    • D.7.a Recognizes the influence and the impact of electric appliances on people's way of life and surroundings (e.g. telephone, radio, television, computer)

• E Techniques and instrumentation

  • E.1 Use of simple measuring instruments

    • E.1.a Appropriately uses simple measuring instruments (rulers, dropper, graduated cylinder, balance, thermometer, chronometer)

  • E.2 Use of simple machines

    • E.2.a Appropriately uses simple machines (lever, inclined plane, screw, pulley, winch, wheel)

  • E.3 Use of tools

    • E.3.a Appropriately and safely uses tools (e.g. pliers, screwdriver, hammer, wrench, simple template)

  • E.4 Design and manufacture of instruments, tools, machines, structures (e.g. bridges, towers), devices (e.g. water filtration device), models (e.g. glider) and simple circuits

    • E.4.a Knows the symbols associated with types of motion, electrical components and mechanical parts

    • E.4.b Interprets a diagram or a plan containing symbols

    • E.4.c Uses symbols associated with mechanical parts and electrical components in a diagram or drawing

    • E.4.d Draws and cuts parts out of various materials using appropriate tools

    • E.4.e Uses appropriate assembling methods (e.g. screws, glue, nails, tacks, nuts)

    • E.4.f Uses appropriate tools for proper finishing work

    • E.4.g Uses simple machines, mechanisms or electrical components to design or make an object

• F Appropriate language

  • F.1 Terminology related to an understanding of the material world

    • F.1.a Appropriately uses terminology related to the material world

    • F.1.b Distinguishes between the meaning of a term used in a scientific or technological context and its meaning in everyday language (e.g. source, matter, body, energy, machine)

  • F.2 Conventions and types of representations specific to the concepts studied

    • F.2.a Communicates using appropriate types of representations that reflect the rules and conventions of science and technology (e.g. symbols, graphs, tables, drawings, sketches, norms and standardization)

Earth and Space

• A Matter

  • A.1 Properties and characteristics of matter on Earth

    • A.1.d Distinguishes between a rock and a mineral

      • Identify rocks and minerals (5-M.1)

    • A.1.e Classifies rocks (presence of strata, size of the crystals) and minerals (colour, texture, lustre, hardness) according to their properties

      • Identify minerals using properties (4-K.3)
      • Identify rocks using properties (4-K.4)
      • Identify rocks and minerals (5-M.1)

  • A.2 Organization of matter

    • A.2.b Describes the main structures on the Earth's surface (e.g. continents, oceans, ice caps, mountains, volcanoes)

      • Identify Earth's land features using photographs (5-O.1)
      • Identify Earth's land features using satellite images (5-O.2)

  • A.3 Transformation of matter

    • A.3.d Describes certain natural phenomena (e.g. erosion, lightning, tornado, hurricane)

      • Changes to Earth's surface: erosion (4-K.2)

    • A.3.e Describes the impact of certain natural phenomena on the environment or on the well-being of individuals

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

• B Energy

  • B.1 Sources of energy

    • B.1.c Identifies fossil fuel-based energy (e.g. oil, coal, natural gas)

  • B.2 Transmission of energy

    • B.2.a Describes methods for transmitting thermal energy (e.g. radiation, convection, conduction)

  • B.3 Transformation of energy

    • B.3.d Describes what nonrenewable energy is

    • B.3.e Explains that fossil fuels are nonrenewable sources of energy

      • Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels (6-S.2)

    • B.3.f Names fuels derived from petroleum (e.g. gasoline, propane, butane, fuel oil, natural gas)

• C Forces and motion

  • C.2 The tides

    • C.2.a Describes the ebb and flow of the tides (rise and fall of sea levels)

• D Systems and interaction

  • D.3 Solar system

    • D.3.a Recognizes the main components of the solar system (sun, planets, natural satellites)

      • Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system (6-V.2)
      • Identify the planets in the solar system (6-V.8)

    • D.3.b Describes the characteristics of the main components of the solar system (e.g. composition, size, orbit, temperature)

      • Day and night (5-P.3)
      • Earth’s rotation and orbit (6-V.1)
      • Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system (6-V.2)
      • Identify phases of the Moon (6-V.4)
      • Analyze data to compare properties of planets (6-V.9)

  • D.4 Seasons

    • D.4.c Associates the changing of the seasons with the revolution and tilt of the Earth

      • What causes the seasons on Earth? (6-V.7)

  • D.5 Stars and the Galaxies

    • D.5.b Distinguishes between stars, constellations and galaxies

      • Identify constellations (6-V.10)
      • Structure of the universe (6-V.11)

  • D.6 Meteorological systems and climates

    • D.6.b Associates the average amount of precipitation with the climate of a region (dry, humid)

      • Collect and graph temperature data (5-N.1)
      • Use climate data to make predictions (5-N.5)
      • Use data to describe climates (6-U.3)

    • D.6.c Associates the average temperature with the climate of a region (polar, cold, temperate, mild, hot)

      • Use climate data to make predictions (5-N.5)
      • Use data to describe climates (6-U.3)

  • D.7 Technologies related to the Earth, the atmosphere and outer space

    • D.7.a Recognizes the influence and the impact of technologies related to the Earth, the atmosphere and outer space on people's way of life and surroundings (e.g. prospecting equipment, meteorological instruments, seismograph, telescope, satellite, space station)

      • Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! (6-C.4)

• E Techniques and instrumentation

  • E.1 Use of simple observational instruments

    • E.1.a Appropriately uses simple observational instruments (e.g. magnifying glass, binoculars)

  • E.2 Use of simple measuring instruments

    • E.2.a Appropriately uses simple measuring instruments (e.g. rulers, dropper, graduated cylinder, balance, thermometer, wind vane, barometer, anemometer, hygrometer)

  • E.3 Design and manufacture of measuring instruments and prototypes

    • E.3.a Designs and manufactures measuring instruments and prototypes

• F Appropriate language

  • F.1 Terminology related to an understanding of the Earth and the universe

    • F.1.a Appropriately uses terminology related to an understanding of the Earth and the universe

    • F.1.b Distinguishes between the meaning of a term used in a scientific or technological context and its meaning in everyday language (e.g. space, revolution)

  • F.2 Conventions and types of representations specific to the concepts studied

    • F.2.a Communicates using appropriate types of representations that reflect the rules and conventions of science and technology (e.g. symbols, graphs, tables, drawings, sketches)

      • Collect and graph temperature data (5-N.1)
      • Use data to describe climates (6-U.3)

Living Things

• A Matter

  • A.1 Characteristics of living things

    • A.1.b Describes activities connected to the metabolism of living things (transformation of energy, growth, maintenance of systems and body temperature)

    • A.1.d Describes the types of sexual reproduction in animals (roles of the male and the female)

    • A.1.f Describes types of asexual reproduction in plants (e.g. budding, propagation by cuttings, formation of rootstocks and tubers)

  • A.2 Organization of living things

    • A.2.i Describes the anatomy and the function of the main organs of the female and male reproductive systems

  • A.3 Transformations of living things

    • A.3.d Describes the changes in appearance of animals that undergo a metamorphosis (e.g. butterfly, frog)

      • Read and construct animal life cycle diagrams (6-L.1)
      • Compare animal life cycles (6-L.2)

    • A.3.e Explains the stages of growth and development in humans

    • A.3.f Describes the physical changes that take place during puberty

    • A.3.g Describes the main stages of the evolution of life forms

• B Energy

  • B.1 Sources of energy for living things

    • B.1.d Describes how photosynthesis works

      • How do plants use and change energy? (6-P.1)

    • B.1.e Distinguishes between photosynthesis and respiration

    • B.1.f Explains how water, light, mineral salts and carbon dioxide are essential to plants

      • How do plants use and change energy? (6-P.1)

    • B.1.g Describes agricultural and food technologies (e.g. crossbreeding of plants and their propagation by cuttings, selection and breeding of animals, food production, pasteurization)

  • B.2 Transformation of energy in living things

    • B.2.b Describes an ecological pyramid of a given environment

• C Forces and motion

  • C.2 Motion in plants

    • C.2.a Distinguishes among the three types of motion in plants (geotropism, hydrotropism, phototropism)

    • C.2.b Explains how the types of motion in plants enable them to meet their basic needs

• D Systems and interaction

  • D.3 Interaction between humans and their environment

    • D.3.a Describes the impact of human activity on the environment (e.g. use of resources, pollution, waste management, land use, urbanization, agriculture)

      • Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem (6-R.1)
      • Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions (6-R.2)
      • Evaluate claims about natural resource use: groundwater (6-S.1)
      • Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels (6-S.2)

  • D.5 Environmental technologies

    • D.5.a Explains the scientific and technological concepts associated with recycling and composting (e.g. properties of matter, phase changes, physical changes, chemical changes, food chain, energy)

• E Techniques and instrumentation

  • E.1 Use of simple observational instruments

    • E.1.a Appropriately uses simple observational instruments (e.g. magnifying glass, binoculars)

  • E.2 Use of simple measuring instruments

    • E.2.a Appropriately uses simple measuring instruments (e.g. rulers, dropper, graduated cylinder, balance, thermometer)

  • E.3 Design and manufacture of environments

    • E.3.a Designs and manufactures environments (e.g. aquarium, terrarium, incubator, greenhouse)

• F Appropriate language

  • F.1 Terminology related to an understanding of living things

    • F.1.a Appropriately uses terminology related to an understanding of living things

    • F.1.b Distinguishes between the meaning of a term used in a scientific or technological context and its meaning in everyday language (e.g. habitat, metamorphosis)

  • F.2 Conventions and types of representations specific to the concepts studied

    • F.2.a Communicates using appropriate types of representations that reflect the rules and conventions of science and technology (e.g. symbols, graphs, tables, drawings, sketches)