NEW 2022 Curriculum! Ontario - Grade 5 & 6 Science Units - FULL YEAR BUNDLE

FULL YEAR SPLIT GRADE BUNDLE - GRADES 5 & 6!

NEWLY UPDATED IN 2022! BOTH GOOGLE AND PDF VERSIONS INCLUDED!

This bundle covers all expectations New Ontario 2022 Science Curriculum - Grades 5 & 6.

***Strand A: STEM/Coding has been added to this unit at no extra charge!

These massive units contains readings, diagrams, experiments, true/false, and much more!

Most importantly, we have made cross-curriculum connections to the grades 5 and 6 language program. Students will practice reading comprehension strategies (making connections, questioning, visualizing, and inferencing) as they work through this unit.

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 5

Unit 1 - Human Health and Body Systems

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Introduction to body systems
• Nervous system – diagrams, reading and questions
• Circulatory system – diagrams, reading and questions
• Circulatory system experiment – testing heart rate and exercise
• Respiratory system – diagrams, reading and questions
• Respiratory system experiment – making lungs
• Digestive system – diagrams, reading and questions
• Digestive system experiment – creating a model digestive system
• Skeletal system - diagrams, reading and questions
• Types of bones
• Muscular system - diagrams, reading and questions
• Body systems – review
• Diseases – Stroke, Asthma, Celiac, and Epilepsy – Readings and questions for all four
• Vital signs – how vital signs help diagnose diseases
• Interrelationship between body systems
• Circulatory system relationship with other body system
• Integumentary system – reading, diagram, and questions
• Immune system – reading, diagram, and questions
• Execratory system – reading, diagram, and questions
• Smoking – Effects on health
• The Sun – Effects on health
• Creating a plan to limit sun exposure
• Food literacy – effects on mental and physical health
• Macronutrients – when and why we eat proteins, carbohydrates, and fats
• Reading nutrition labels and ingredient lists
• STEM Activities
• Hands on Experiments
• Building models, systems, or structures
• Writing code
• Reading code
• STEM Assignment – Building a Health Care Machine
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Unit 2 - Properties of and Changes in Matter

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is matter?
• Particle theory of matter
• All about solids – physical properties
• All about liquids – physical properties
• All about gases – physical properties
• Changing states – evaporation, condensation, melting, freezing, sublimation, deposition
• Evaporation and condensation in our homes, community, and environment
• Changes in state – physical changes involving thermal (heat) energy
• Chemical vs physical changes
• Evidence of chemical change – colour change, bubbles, odour, change in temperature, precipitate formation
• Experiment – demonstrating chemical change
• Experiment – weight of solids versus liquids
• Using solids in our everyday lives – rigid with fixed shape
• Using liquids in our everyday lives – hydraulics and lubricants
• Using gases in our everyday lives – hairspray, compressed air, air compressor, soda
• Food production effects on the environment
• The effects of creating materials like plastic on the environment
• The chemical change involved in creating plastic
• Waste in our world
• Packaging choices – choosing environmentally friendly packaging
• Decreasing our waste – the three R’s
• Beyond the three R’s (rot, refuse, repair, regift)
• STEM Activities
• Hands on Experiments
• Building models, systems, or structures
• Writing code
• Reading code
• STEM Assignment – Writing Weather App
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Unit 3 - Conservation of 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, mechanical, and nuclear energy
• What is thermal energy?
• Thermal energy from chemical reactions
• Thermal energy experiment
• Nuclear energy – reading, questions
• Nuclear energy accidents – Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima Daiichi
• Law of conservation of energy – transforming energy
• Chemical energy – food, wood, fireworks, candles
• Electricity – turbines
• Potential energy that can transform into electrical energy
• Renewable and non-renewable energy
• Consequences of energy use
• Fossil fuel drawbacks
• Gasoline energy – survey – do you waste gasoline?
• Air pollution infographics
• Renewable energy – Solar, Wind, Hydro
• Effects of using energy
• Climate change – greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect
• Carbon cycle – increasing carbon emissions and the greenhouse effect
• Energy efficient appliances – Ener guide, insulation
• Insulation lab experiment
• Energy audit – at home and at school (drafty windows, HVAC systems, insulation, etc.)
• Indigenous communities – conserving energy and resources
• Indigenous organizations against climate change – Indigenous Clean Energy and Indigenous Resistance Against Carbon
• Coastal GasLink Pipeline – Indigenous fighting against fossil fuels
• STEM Activities
• Hands on experiments
• Building models, systems, and structures
• Reading and writing code
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Unit 4 - Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What are structures?
• External forces – dead and live loads
• Forces – push and pull
• External forces – contact and non-contact forces
• Centre of gravity – strong and stable structures
• The Great Pyramid of Giza – low centre of gravity
• Leaning Tower of Pisa – centre of gravity
• Lightning – non-contact force acting on structures
• Environmental external forces – wind and water
• Tsunamis and Tornados – external forces
• Tropical storms – hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones
• How to build structures strong enough to withstand natural phenomenon
• Storm shutters, houses build on pillars, storm windows
• Natural phenomenon – evacuation orders
• Properties of materials – concrete and other materials
• Assignment – infographic about building materials
• Assignment – natural forces (natural phenomenon)
• Internal forces – tension, compression, shear, bending, torsion
• Internal forces acting on structures – real-life examples
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse – Internal and external forcing acting on the bridge
• Beams and trusses
• Experiment – building a truss
• Experiment – building H, I, and X beams
• Forces in sports – protective equipment
• Plants and animals - physical properties that protect them from forces
• Cats survive high falls – physical properties of cats
• Sunflowers and Hyperion Tree grow tall – physical properties of plants
• Armadillo – physical properties protecting them from forces (shell)
• STEM Activities
• Hands on experiments
• Building models, systems, or structures
• Writing, reading, and storing code
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Grade 6

Unit 1 - Biodiversity

• What is biodiversity?
• Difference between organisms, species, and communities
• Biodiversity around the world – Canada vs Amazon Rainforest
• Altering the food chain – effects on biodiversity
• Classification systems
• 5 kingdoms of living things – plants, animals, fungi, protists, monerans
• Microscopic organisms
• Animal classifications – vertebrates and invertebrates
• Mammals – primates
• Consumers and producers – herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores
• Classifying animals
• Plants – seed plants vs bulb plants
• Flowering plants vs non-flowering plants
• Vascular plants vs non-vascular plants
• Biodiversity within species – brown organisms versus white
• Adapting species – white rabbits vs brown rabbits in the arctic
• Darwin’s finches – natural selection causing adaptations
• Genetic variation – Black Peppered Moth and White Peppered Moth
• Biodiversity between species – 8 species of bears
• Biodiversity between species – bats (microbats and megabats)
• Relationships within species – wolf pack
• Symbiotic relationships – communalism, mutualism, parasitism
• Invasive species – Zebra Mussels (animals) and Phragmites (plants)
• Climate change – biodiversity
• Effects of melting glaciers on biodiversity
• Biodiversity and Indigenous communities
• Biodiversity and agriculture – soil, livestock, and crops
• Benefitting from biodiversity
• Biodiversity in our community
• STEM Activities
• Hands on Experiments
• Building models, systems, or structures
• Reading and writing code
• Coding – Creating models to map invasive species
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Unit 2 - Flight

• History of aviation
• Properties of air related to flight
• Air is a fluid
• Science experiment - power of air pressure
• Science experiment – air compression
• Four forces of flight – drag, thrust, lift, weight (gravity)
• Lift – Bernoulli’s Principle and Newton’s Third Law of Motion
• Angle of Attack – generating lift
• Drag – aerodynamics
• Science experiment – creating a paper airplane (testing drag)
• Weight/Gravity – effect on flight (luggage)
• Mass vs weight – reading, activity, and experiment
• Thrust (propulsion) – reading, activity
• Science experiment – building a propeller
• Control surfaces of a plane – parts of a plane and how they balance the plane
• How animals fly
• Animal adaptations – dolphins and swallows
• Design features of flying devices and flying organisms – adapting drag
• Race cars using spoilers to prevent lift
• Aircrafts versus spacecrafts
• Parachutes – how they use air resistance (drag) to slow down aircrafts/people
• Science experiment – building and testing a parachute
• Lighter-than-air flying devices
• Science experiment - making a glider
• Benefits and drawbacks of aviation
• Assignment – creating an infographic about aviation
• STEM Activities
• Hands on experiments
• Building models, systems, and structures
• Reading and writing code
• Autopilot – using code to fly planes
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Unit 3 - Electricity

• Forms of energy
• What is electricity?
• Electrical devices we use
• Electrostatic force
• Static electricity and current electricity
• Dangers of static electricity and current electricity
• How electricity works
• Dangers of short circuits
• Generating electricity – turbines and generators
• Conducting materials and insulating materials
• Lab experiment – conductors vs insulators
• Simple electrical circuits
• Reading circuit diagrams
• Drawing circuit diagrams
• Components of simple electrical circuits
• Series vs parallel circuits
• Electromagnetic forces
• Lab experiment – creating an electromagnet
• Transforming electricity into other forms of energy (heat, sound, and mechanical energy)
• Transforming electricity – the electric bell
• Electromagnetism and turbines (mechanical energy)
• Renewable vs non-renewable forms of energy
• Impacts of using electricity – downsides of different sources of electricity (solar, nuclear, wind, hydro, geothermal)
• How solar, nuclear, wind, and hydro energy transform into electricity
• Research assignment – the James Bay Hydroelectric Project
• Measuring electricity in our homes
• Reading energy efficient labels – household appliances
• Evaluating your use of electricity – making a plan to reduce usage
• STEM Activities
• Hands on Experiments
• Building models, systems, or structures
• Reading and writing code
• Binary code – computer language for electronics
• Remote controls using binary code
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Unit 4 - Space

• The Universe, Solar System, Galaxies, Planets
• Diagram of our Solar System
• Size of the Universe, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy
• Assignment – planet profile
• Natural Satellites – moons
• Asteroids and the Asteroid Belt
• Meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids
• Identifying celestial bodies
• Gravity – reading and science experiment
• Mass versus weight – activity, reading, and experiment
• Celestial bodies that reflect or emit light
• Constellations – stars in our galaxy
• Experiment – creating constellations on geoboards
• Conception of the Earth – Flat Earth, Geo-Centred Theory, and Sun-Centred Theory
• Day and night – Earth’s axis and rotation
• Day and night around the world – research assignment
• Experiment – making a sundial
• Seasons – Earth’s orbit around the Sun
• Moons in our solar system – research assignment
• Phases of the moons – reading and experiment
• Ocean tides – lunar and solar tides
• Celestial objects visible in the night sky
• Canada and space exploration – technologies created by Canadians
• Space – extreme environment – temperature, zero gravity, air pressure
• Surviving in space – technologies needed
• Benefits of space exploration – using satellites
• Understanding climate change using space technologies – satellite images
• Mars Rovers – reading and research activity
• Controversy of space travel – downsides (dangerous and costly)
• Unit test
• STEM Activities
• Hands on Experiments
• Building models, systems, or structures
• Reading and writing code
• Coding – Creating models to investigate planets
• Answer pages for all activities

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