Alberta Grade 5 Science Curriculum

The lessons and experiments in this book fall under 5 main topics that relate to the Alberta curriculum for Grade 5 Science.
In each lesson, you will find teacher notes designed to provide you guidance with the learning intentions, the success criteria, materials needed, a lesson outline, as well as provide some insight on what results to expect when the experiments are conducted.
Suggestions for differentiation or accommodation are also included so that all students can be successful in the learning environment.
Topic A: Electricity and MagnetismWhat is Electricity?
Investigating Electricity
How Does Electricity Travel?
Electricity in the Home

Topic B: Mechanisms Using ElectricityHow Do We Use Electricity?
Switches
Lights in Electrical Circuits
Building with Electricity - Motors, Cars, Alarm Systems

Topic C: Classroom ChemistryStates of Matter
Properties of Water, Mixtures and Solutions, Growing Crystals
Carbon Dioxide
The Acid / Base Test

Topic D: Weather WatchWeather Patterns
Precipitation, Clouds, and the Water Cycle
Measuring Precipitation, Measuring Temperature, and Reading the Weather
The Energy of the Sun
Climate
Dressing for the Weather

Topic E: Wetland EcosystemsTypes of Wetlands
Adaptations and Life Cycles in the Wetlands
Roles, Food Chains, and Food Webs in the Wetlands
Human Beings and the Wetlands Ecosystem