Science: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum revision notes

1 Year 5: Living Things & Their Habitats
- 1.1 Asexual Reproduction
  1.1.1 Basics of Asexual Reproduction
  1.1.2 Uses of Asexual Reproduction
- 1.2 Sexual Reproduction
  1.2.1 Basics of Sexual Reproduction
  1.2.2 Reproductive Cells in Animals
  1.2.3 Reproductive Cells in Plants
- 1.3 Fertilisation
  1.3.1 Fertilisation
  1.3.2 Internal Fertilisation - Type 1
  1.3.3 Internal Fertilisation - Type 2
  1.3.4 Internal Fertilisation - Type 3
  1.3.5 External Fertilisation in Water
- 1.4 Reproduction in Plants
  1.4.1 Sexual Reproduction in Plants - Male
  1.4.2 Sexual Reproduction in Plants - Female
  1.4.3 Pollination
- 1.5 Life Cycles in Plants
  1.5.1 Seeds & Germination
  1.5.2 Growth & Pollination
- 1.6 Life Cycles in Mammals
  1.6.1 Gestation & Young Mammals
  1.6.2 Adult Mammals
- 1.7 Life Cycles in Amphibians
  1.7.1 Birth & Young Amphibians
  1.7.2 Adult Amphibians
- 1.8 Life Cycles in Birds
  1.8.1 Birds' Eggs
  1.8.2 Young & Adult Birds
- 1.9 Life Cycles in Insects
  1.9.1 Eggs & Larva
  1.9.2 Pupa & Adults
- 1.10 Understanding the Natural World
  1.10.1 Animal Behaviourists
  1.10.2 Naturalists
2 Year 5: Animals (Including Humans)
- 2.1 Humans Life Cycles
  2.1.1 Fertilisation & Early Development in Humans
  2.1.2 Adolescence & Adult Humans
- 2.2 Gestation
  2.2.1 Early Stages of Gestation
  2.2.2 The Umbilical Cord
  2.2.3 Foetus & Birth
  2.2.4 Comparing Gestation of Animals
3 Year 5: Properties & Changes of Materials
- 3.1 Properties of Materials
  3.1.1 Materials
  3.1.2 Hardness, Solubility, Transparency
  3.1.3 Conductors & Magnetic
  3.1.4 Metals & Wood
  3.1.5 Plastic
- 3.2 Separating Mixtures
  3.2.1 Salt Separation
  3.2.2 Separating Solids from Liquids
  3.2.3 Physical Changes
  3.2.4 Chemical Changes
- 3.3 Experiments
  3.3.1 Conducting Experiments
4 Year 5: Earth & Space
- 4.1 How Do We Have Night & Day?
  4.1.1 The Sun & the Moon
  4.1.2 Earth and Other Planets
  4.1.3 The Solar System
  4.1.4 Planet Features
  4.1.5 Day & Night
  4.1.6 Moons of the Solar System
5 Year 5: Forces
- 5.1 Forces
  5.1.1 What are Forces?
  5.1.2 What do Forces Do?
- 5.2 Forces that Move Objects
  5.2.1 Friction
  5.2.2 Air Resistance
  5.2.3 Reducing Air Resistance
  5.2.4 Water Resistance
  5.2.5 Reducing Water Resistance
  5.2.6 The Discovery of Gravity
  5.2.7 The Force of Gravity
  5.2.8 Gravity & Other Forces
- 5.3 Gears, Levers & Pulleys
  5.3.1 Gears
  5.3.2 Levers
  5.3.3 Pulleys
6 Year 6: Living Things & Their Habitats
- 6.1 Classification of Living Things
  6.1.1 Classification of Living Things
  6.1.2 The Animal Kingdom
  6.1.3 Vertebrates & Invertebrates
  6.1.4 Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles
  6.1.5 Birds & Mammals
  6.1.6 Arthropods, Molluscs, Annelids
  6.1.7 The Plant Kingdom
  6.1.8 Groups of Plants
  6.1.9 Microorganisms & Viruses
  6.1.10 Using Keys to Classify Living Things
7 Year 6: Animals (Including Humans)
- 7.1 The Circulatory System
  7.1.1 Blood Cells
  7.1.2 Substances Transported in the Blood
  7.1.3 Blood Vessels
  7.1.4 Pulmonary Artery & Pulmonary Vein
  7.1.5 The Heart
  7.1.6 Chambers of the Heart
8 Year 6: Evolution & Inheritance
- 8.1 Evolution
  8.1.1 Adaptation to Cold Areas
  8.1.2 Adaptation to Hot Areas
  8.1.3 Variation in Humans
  8.1.4 Variation in Dogs
  8.1.5 Evolution & Mutations
  8.1.6 Examples of Evolution
  8.1.7 Fossils
  8.1.8 Natural Selection
  8.1.9 Darwin & Wallace
9 Year 6: Light
- 9.1 How Do We See?
  9.1.1 Light
  9.1.2 Light & Shadows
  9.1.3 Reflection
  9.1.4 Periscopes
10 Year 6: Electricity
- 10.1 What is Electricity?
  10.1.1 Electricity, Current & Voltage
  10.1.2 Electrical Symbols
  10.1.3 Circuit Diagrams: Lamp
  10.1.4 Circuit Diagrams: Buzzer
  10.1.5 Electrical Safety
11 Year 5 & 6: Working Scientifically
- 11.1 Thinking Scientifically
  11.1.1 Scientific Questions
  11.1.2 Ideas & Evidence
  11.1.3 Punished Scientists:Galileo Galilei
  11.1.4 Evidence is Not Proof
  11.1.5 Hypothesis
  11.1.6 Theory
- 11.2 Scientific Enquiry
  11.2.1 Starting an Enquiry
  11.2.2 Observations & Testing
  11.2.3 Research
  11.2.4 Data Patterns
  11.2.5 Correlations
  11.2.6 Sorting & Classifying
  11.2.7 Tools for Sorting & Classifying
  11.2.8 Variables
- 11.3 Planning an Investigation
  11.3.1 Planning an Investigation: Question
  11.3.2 Planning an Investigation: Equipment
  11.3.3 Planning an Investigation: Equipment (2)
  11.3.4 Planning an Investigation: Measurement
- 11.4 Carrying Out an Investigation
  11.4.1 Health & Safety
  11.4.2 Using Equipment Correctly
  11.4.3 Observing, Measuring & Recording
  11.4.4 Replication & Annomalies
  11.4.5 Recording & Presenting Information
- 11.5 Writing Up an Investigation
  11.5.1 Writing Up an Investigation
  11.5.2 Presenting Data
  11.5.3 Diagrams & Images
- 11.6 Conclusions & Discussions
  11.6.1 Writing a Conclusion
  11.6.2 Finalising Your Conclusion

1 Year 5: Living Things & Their Habitats

1.1 Asexual Reproduction

1.2 Sexual Reproduction

1.3 Fertilisation

1.4 Reproduction in Plants

1.5 Life Cycles in Plants

1.6 Life Cycles in Mammals

1.7 Life Cycles in Amphibians

1.8 Life Cycles in Birds

1.9 Life Cycles in Insects

1.10 Understanding the Natural World

2 Year 5: Animals (Including Humans)

2.1 Humans Life Cycles

2.2 Gestation

3 Year 5: Properties & Changes of Materials

3.1 Properties of Materials

3.2 Separating Mixtures

3.3 Experiments

4 Year 5: Earth & Space

4.1 How Do We Have Night & Day?

5 Year 5: Forces

5.1 Forces

5.2 Forces that Move Objects

5.3 Gears, Levers & Pulleys

6 Year 6: Living Things & Their Habitats

6.1 Classification of Living Things

7 Year 6: Animals (Including Humans)

7.1 The Circulatory System

8 Year 6: Evolution & Inheritance

8.1 Evolution

9 Year 6: Light

9.1 How Do We See?

10 Year 6: Electricity

10.1 What is Electricity?

11 Year 5 & 6: Working Scientifically

11.1 Thinking Scientifically

11.2 Scientific Enquiry

11.3 Planning an Investigation

11.4 Carrying Out an Investigation

11.5 Writing Up an Investigation

11.6 Conclusions & Discussions