Grade 5 - BC Science Full Year Bundle - NEWLY UPDATED!

PDF AND GOOGLE SLIDE VERSIONS BOTH INCLUDED! UPDATED IN 2023!

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

There are 540+ 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!

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.

This is a comprehensive bundle that will save you hours of planning! It has been tested and found effective in helping students learn the big ideas in the curriculum.

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