BC - Grade 4 & 5 Science Units - FULL YEAR BUNDLE

FULL YEAR SPLIT GRADE BUNDLE - GRADES 4 & 5! PDF AND GOOGLE SLIDE VERSIONS BOTH INCLUDED! UPDATED IN 2023!

BC Science Curriculum - Grades 4 & 5. This product was created to cover all of the expectations in the BC Science Grades 4 & 5 curriculum.

There are 1050+ activity sheets that cover the learning standards in the science curriculum. This massive unit contains readings, research assignments, diagrams, true/false, and much more!

We have added STEM activities as well as hands on experiments for students to learn the content in the curriculum.

Check out the previews of these units to learn more about how it can benefit your students. We know you will love this no-prep, just print or upload to Google, time-saving resource!

Grade 4 Resources

Product 1: Sensing and Responding: Biomes

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• 5 Senses - Hearing – our ears
• Sound is energy
• Vibrations make sound waves we can hear
• Protecting our ears
• Activity – Guess the Sound
• 5 senses – Smell
• Activity – Smelly Object Race
• Experiment – What’s that Smell?
• Why we need our sense of smell
• Touch – how we feel things
• Activity – Guess the Object
• Seeing – how we use our eyes to see
• Describing things we see using adjectives
• Protecting our eyes
• Activity – making binoculars
• Optical illusions
• Activity – optical illusions tricking us
• Tasting – our tongue and tastebuds
• Experiment – Candy Taste Test
• Five senses – describing objects using our 5 senses
• Differences in our senses – blind, hearing impaired
• Echolocation
• Electromagnetic radiation
• UV sensing by animals – UV sensors
• Story – Hector the Hummingbird
• Magnetoreception – Animals using their internal compass
• Infrared sensing – blood-sucking animals (mosquitos and vampire bats)
• Plants responding to light – phototropism
• Plants responding to touch – Venus Fly Trap
• Plants responding to gravity and water – tallest tree in the world
• Experiment – water travelling through a plant
• Experiment – tasty leaves
• Terrestrial and aquatic biomes
• Terrestrial biome - Deserts
• Terrestrial biome - Grasslands
• Terrestrial biome - Forests
• Aquatic biomes – Oceans (coral reefs and the deep ocean)
• Aquatic biomes – Freshwater lakes, rivers, ponds, streams
• Activities – word search and word scramble
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Product 2: Energy

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is energy?
• Types of energy - potential vs kinetic energy
• Potential energy lab experiment
• Forms of energy – chemical, electrical, thermal, magnetic, mechanical, and nuclear energy
• What is thermal energy?
• Thermal energy experiment
• Nuclear energy – reading, questions
• Nuclear energy accidents – Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima Daiichi
• Chemical energy – food, wood, fireworks, candles
• Electricity – turbines
• Mechanical energy – kinetic + potential energy
• Magnetic energy – reading and questions
• Experiment – using magnetic energy
• Compass – using magnetic energy
• Law of conservation of energy – transforming energy
• Story – Ellie’s Learning Adventure: a story about the Law of Conservation
• Transforming energy – input energy source versus output energy
• Devices that transform energy
• Potential energy that can transform into electrical energy
• Elastic energy – how it transforms
• Experiment – elastic energy (basketball drop)
• Experiment – making a catapult that uses elastic energy to do work
• Renewable and non-renewable energy
• Consequences of energy use
• Renewable energy – Solar, Wind, Hydro
• Energy efficient appliances – Ener guide, insulation
• Coding activities – programming a thermostat to conserve energy
• Energy audit – at home and at school (drafty windows, HVAC systems, insulation, etc.)
• Indigenous communities – conserving energy and resources
• Activities – word search and word scramble
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities
  

Product 3: Matter Changing Phases

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is matter?
• Particle theory of matter
• All about liquids – physical properties
• Liquids used at home
• Flowing liquids
• Experiment – testing the rate of flow for different liquids
• Using liquids – hydraulic systems
• All about solids – physical properties
• Using solids – strong solids
• Experiment – weight of solids versus liquids
• All about gases – physical properties
• Experiment - does air have any weight?
• All about air – composition of air in our atmosphere
• Using gases – compressed air
• Chemical vs physical changes
• Change in phase – physical changes involving heat
• Melting point
• Experiment – investigating melting points
• Boiling point
• Freezing point
• Freezing rain – real-world application of freezing points
• Cryosphere – glaciers on Earth
• Evaporation – reading and examples
• Experiment – evaporation
• Condensation – reading and examples
• Experiment – condensation
• Sublimation – process of solids changing into a gas
• Deposition – Process of a gas turning into a solid
• Water cycle – examples of evaporation and condensation in our environment
• Experiment – water cycle demonstration
• Activities – word search and word scramble
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Product 4: The Earth, Sun, and Moon - Axis, Rotation, and Orbit

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Effects of the Earth’s Axis
• Day and night
• Experiment – Rotating Earth
• Activity – Temperature during the morning, day, and night
• Nocturnal animals versus Diurnal animals
• Shadows caused by blocking the Sun’s light
• Experiment – making a sundial
• Seasons – Earth’s Orbit
• Experiment – A model of the Earth’s orbit
• Earth’s rotation and revolution
• Daylight saving time
• Research – daylength
• Story – 24-Hour Darkness
• Seasons – cycles
• Summer season in British Columbia – wildfires
• Fall season in BC – animal adaptations: migration, storing food, etc.
• Experiment – Animal adaptation – Flight and Migration
• Story – Losing My Leaves
• Adaptation – Plants going dormant
• Winter Season in BC – Adaptations: hibernation, storing food, growing thicker fur
• Animals that hibernate
• Spring in BC – position of the Sun compared to the Earth
• Comparing seasons
• Phases of the moon
• Experiment – Moon phases
• Lunar Eclipse vs Solar Eclipse
• Types of eclipses
• Ocean tides
• Haida Lunar Cycle
• Haida Teachings – The Sun and the Moon
• Haida Storytelling – Brothers in the Sky
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Grade 5 Resources

Product 1: The Rock Cycle

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is geology?
• Rocks vs minerals
• Classifying rocks and minerals
• Mineral composition of certain rocks – granite, gneiss, limestone, conglomerate, etc.
• The rock cycle – reading and diagram
• Experiment – creating a model of the rock cycle
• Geological processes that create metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous rock
• Physical properties of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rock
• Identifying metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous rocks
• Describing rocks/minerals using their properties – lustre, hardness, colour, texture, transparency
• Science experiment – testing the hardness of rocks
• Earth’s processes – compacting, cementing, cooling, heating, pressure, erosion, etc.
• Science experiment - mixing earth’s materials
• Everyday uses of rocks
• Research activity – how rocks are used in different industries
• Soil – different types of soil (sandy, silt, clay, and loam soils)
• Experiment – soil composition test
• Activity – investigating the components of soil
• Regions of Canada map
• The Western Cordillera Region – climate, landforms, natural resources, economic activity
• Canada’s Boreal Forest – natural resources in BC
• Natural resources in Canada and British Columbia
• Mining in British Columbia
• Impact of Mining on the Environment
• Mining Town – Mirny, Russia
• What is sustainability?
• How can we use sustainable practices when mining?
• Land reclamation and precision mining (keyhole mining)
• First Peoples interconnectedness with the environment
• Indigenous groups promoting sustainability
• Seventh Generation Principle – Indigenous Sustainability Teachings
• Land claims – Unceded land
• Coastal GasLink Pipeline - Wet’suwet’en’s First Nation
• Indigenous use of rocks – Inukshuks, flint, and paint
• Underground mining technologies – STEM Assignment
• Activity – creating a clay Inukshuk
• Activities – word search and word scramble
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Product 2: Solutions and Solubility

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• States of matter – solids, liquids, gases
• Mixtures – homogeneous versus heterogeneous mixtures
• Solutions versus mechanical mixtures
• Experiment – making homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures
• Solutions
• Solutes versus solvents
• Universal solvent – water
• Factors affecting solubility
• Experiment – testing the dissolving process
• Solubility of solids and examples of solid solutions
• Solubility of liquids and examples of liquid solutions
• Solubility of gases and examples of gas solutions
• Producing carbon dioxide in a solution
• Experiment – making a solution with carbon dioxide
• Types of solutions – solids, liquids, and gases
• Properties of solutions – concentration, pH level, and colour
• Concentration of solutions and dilution
• Experiment – testing the pH levels of water
• STEM – water testing technologies
• STEM – creating a water testing invention
• Kinetic energy in solutions
• Substances that dissolve
• Saturation of solutions – unsaturated solutions, saturated solutions, and supersaturated solutions
• Experiment – making a crystal
• Separating mixtures – paper chromatography, filtration, evaporation, distillation
• Desalinization – distillation technique
• Experiment – desalinating salt water
• Environmental impact of separating mixtures - maple syrup
• Solutions – forming water pollution (pesticides, fertilizers, runoff, discharge)
• Acid rain – solutions in our environment
• Experiment – effects of acid rain on plants
• Chemistry and automation – STEM activity
• STEM assignment – making cough medicine
• Activities – word search and word scramble
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Product 3: Human Body Systems

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Introduction to body systems
• Circulatory system – reading and questions
• Heart disease – causes, symptoms and questions
• What is cardiac arrest?
• CPR
• Experiment – testing heart rate before and after activity
• STEM assignment – pacemakers
• Coding – writing code for a pacemaker
• Respiratory system – reading and questions
• Respiratory system – activities: matching, diagram, fill in the blanks
• Activity – Paper bag lungs
• Common disease – asthma
• Digestive system – reading and questions
• Digestive system – diagram and wordsearch
• Experiment – making a model digestive system
• Skeletal system – reading and questions
• Skeletal system – matching and diagram
• Skeletal disease – osteoporosis
• Experiment – demonstrating osteoporosis using vinegar and eggs
• Muscular system – reading and questions
• Muscular system – diagrams and matching
• Life systems – overview
• Vital signs – body temperature, heart rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure
• Interrelations between systems
• Story – Body systems working together: “Jack the Future Olympian”
• Smoking – Effects on Health
• The Sun – Effects on Health
• Health and Technology – Playing video games
• Robotic surgery – future of healthcare
• STEM Assignment – creating a robot surgeon
• Activities – word search and word scramble
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Product 4: Simple Machines

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What are machines?
• Simple machines – wedge, lever, inclined plane, screw, pulley, and wheel and axle
• Roller vs wheel – sliding friction
• Wheel and axle – mechanical advantage
• Experiment – Creating a clothespin car and a balloon car
• Gears – spur gear, idle gear, bevel gear and worm gear
• Bicycles – using gears
• Gear trains and gear ratios – mechanical advantages
• Gears – changing planes (horizontal vs vertical)
• Gears - rotary motion vs linear motion
• Pulleys – fixed pulley, moveable pulley and complex pulley
• Pulleys - calculating mechanical advantage
• Pulleys – changing direction of force
• Pulley systems in our everyday lives
• Experiment – creating a pulley system
• Levers – types (class 1, class 2, class 3)
• Levers in our everyday lives
• Labelling levers by their type/class
• Experiment – creating a lever system
• Calculating the mechanical advantage of levers
• Inclined planes – mechanical advantage
• Everyday uses of inclined planes
• Calculating the mechanical advantage of inclined planes
• Wedges – everyday uses and diagram
• Screw – everyday uses and diagram
• Identifying simple machines in your life
• Complex machines – scissors, wheelbarrow
• Natural versus human-made complex machines
• Muscular-skeletal system – levers in our bodies
• Importance of machines in our lives – backhoe
• Calculating work in Joules – force times distance
• Calculating power in Watts – work divided by time
• Horsepower versus torque in vehicles
• Researching vehicles – horsepower, torque, fuel economy, towing capacity
• Electric vs fuel burning vehicles (machines) – effects on the environment
• Activities – word search and word scramble
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

*** Answer pages are included for all sheets. There is a unit test for each unit as well.

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