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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 ElectricityHow Does Electricity Travel?Electricity in the HomeTopic B: Mechanisms Using ElectricityHow Do We Use Electricity?SwitchesLights in Electrical CircuitsBuilding with Electricity - Motors, Cars, Alarm SystemsTopic C: Classroom ChemistryStates of MatterProperties of Water, Mixtures and Solutions, Growing CrystalsCarbon DioxideThe Acid / Base TestTopic D: Weather WatchWeather PatternsPrecipitation, Clouds, and the Water CycleMeasuring Precipitation, Measuring Temperature, and Reading the WeatherThe Energy of the SunClimateDressing for the WeatherTopic E: Wetland EcosystemsTypes of WetlandsAdaptations and Life Cycles in the WetlandsRoles, Food Chains, and Food Webs in the WetlandsHuman Beings and the Wetlands Ecosystem