Science: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum

Primary Courses

1

Year 5: Living Things & Their Habitats

1.1

Asexual Reproduction

1.1.1Basics of Asexual Reproduction 1.1.2Uses of Asexual Reproduction

1.2

Sexual Reproduction

1.2.1Basics of Sexual Reproduction 1.2.2Reproductive Cells in Animals 1.2.3Reproductive Cells in Plants

1.3

Fertilisation

1.3.1Fertilisation 1.3.2Internal Fertilisation - Type 1 1.3.3Internal Fertilisation - Type 2 1.3.4Internal Fertilisation - Type 3 1.3.5External Fertilisation in Water

1.4

Reproduction in Plants

1.4.1Sexual Reproduction in Plants - Male 1.4.2Sexual Reproduction in Plants - Female 1.4.3Pollination

1.5

Life Cycles in Plants

1.5.1Seeds & Germination 1.5.2Growth & Pollination

1.6

Life Cycles in Mammals

1.6.1Gestation & Young Mammals 1.6.2Adult Mammals

1.7

Life Cycles in Amphibians

1.7.1Birth & Young Amphibians 1.7.2Adult Amphibians

1.8

Life Cycles in Birds

1.8.1Birds' Eggs 1.8.2Young & Adult Birds

1.9

Life Cycles in Insects

1.9.1Eggs & Larva 1.9.2Pupa & Adults

1.10

Understanding the Natural World

1.10.1Animal Behaviourists 1.10.2Naturalists

2

Year 5: Animals (Including Humans)

2.1

Humans Life Cycles

2.1.1Fertilisation & Early Development in Humans 2.1.2Adolescence & Adult Humans

2.2

Gestation

2.2.1Early Stages of Gestation 2.2.2The Umbilical Cord 2.2.3Foetus & Birth 2.2.4Comparing Gestation of Animals

3

Year 5: Properties & Changes of Materials

3.1

Properties of Materials

3.1.1Materials 3.1.2Hardness, Solubility, Transparency 3.1.3Conductors & Magnetic 3.1.4Metals & Wood 3.1.5Plastic

3.2

Separating Mixtures

3.2.1Salt Separation 3.2.2Separating Solids from Liquids 3.2.3Physical Changes 3.2.4Chemical Changes

3.3

Experiments

3.3.1Conducting Experiments

4

Year 5: Earth & Space

4.1

How Do We Have Night & Day?

4.1.1The Sun & the Moon 4.1.2Earth and Other Planets 4.1.3The Solar System 4.1.4Planet Features 4.1.5Day & Night 4.1.6Moons of the Solar System

5

Year 5: Forces

5.1

Forces

5.1.1What are Forces?5.1.2What do Forces Do?

5.2

Forces that Move Objects

5.2.1Friction 5.2.2Air Resistance 5.2.3Reducing Air Resistance 5.2.4Water Resistance 5.2.5Reducing Water Resistance 5.2.6The Discovery of Gravity 5.2.7The Force of Gravity 5.2.8Gravity & Other Forces

5.3

Gears, Levers & Pulleys

5.3.1Gears 5.3.2Levers 5.3.3Pulleys

6

Year 6: Living Things & Their Habitats

6.1

Classification of Living Things

6.1.1Classification of Living Things 6.1.2The Animal Kingdom 6.1.3Vertebrates & Invertebrates 6.1.4Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles 6.1.5Birds & Mammals 6.1.6Arthropods, Molluscs, Annelids 6.1.7The Plant Kingdom 6.1.8Groups of Plants 6.1.9Microorganisms & Viruses 6.1.10Using Keys to Classify Living Things

7

Year 6: Animals (Including Humans)

7.1

The Circulatory System

7.1.1Blood Cells 7.1.2Substances Transported in the Blood 7.1.3Blood Vessels 7.1.4Pulmonary Artery & Pulmonary Vein 7.1.5The Heart 7.1.6Chambers of the Heart

8

Year 6: Evolution & Inheritance

8.1

Evolution

8.1.1Adaptation to Cold Areas 8.1.2Adaptation to Hot Areas 8.1.3Variation in Humans 8.1.4Variation in Dogs 8.1.5Evolution & Mutations 8.1.6Examples of Evolution 8.1.7Fossils 8.1.8Natural Selection 8.1.9Darwin & Wallace

9

Year 6: Light

9.1

How Do We See?

9.1.1Light 9.1.2Light & Shadows 9.1.3Reflection 9.1.4Periscopes

10

Year 6: Electricity

10.1

What is Electricity?

10.1.1Electricity, Current & Voltage 10.1.2Electrical Symbols 10.1.3Circuit Diagrams: Lamp 10.1.4Circuit Diagrams: Buzzer 10.1.5Electrical Safety

11

Year 5 & 6: Working Scientifically

11.1

Thinking Scientifically

11.1.1Scientific Questions 11.1.2Ideas & Evidence 11.1.3Punished Scientists:Galileo Galilei 11.1.4Evidence is Not Proof 11.1.5Hypothesis 11.1.6Theory

11.2

Scientific Enquiry

11.2.1Starting an Enquiry 11.2.2Observations & Testing 11.2.3Research 11.2.4Data Patterns 11.2.5Correlations 11.2.6Sorting & Classifying 11.2.7Tools for Sorting & Classifying 11.2.8Variables

11.3

Planning an Investigation

11.3.1Planning an Investigation: Question 11.3.2Planning an Investigation: Equipment 11.3.3Planning an Investigation: Equipment (2)11.3.4Planning an Investigation: Measurement

11.4

Carrying Out an Investigation

11.4.1Health & Safety 11.4.2Using Equipment Correctly 11.4.3Observing, Measuring & Recording 11.4.4Replication & Annomalies 11.4.5Recording & Presenting Information

11.5

Writing Up an Investigation

11.5.1Writing Up an Investigation 11.5.2Presenting Data 11.5.3Diagrams & Images

11.6

Conclusions & Discussions

11.6.1Writing a Conclusion 11.6.2Finalising Your Conclusion