Year 5 science

IXL offers dozens of year 5 science skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalised Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, territory curriculum, or standardised test.

IXL offers dozens of year 5 science skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalised Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, territory curriculum, or standardised test.

B. Lab tools and equipment

  1. 1
    Identify laboratory tools

C. Materials

  1. 1
    Compare properties of objects

E. Mixtures

  1. 1
    Identify mixtures

F. Force and motion

  1. 1
    Identify directions of forces
  2. 2
    How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion?

G. Magnets

  1. 1
    Identify magnets that attract or repel
  2. 2
    Label magnets that attract or repel
  3. 3
    Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces

H. Energy transformation

  1. 1
    Energy transformation

I. Electricity

  1. 1
    Electric circuits
  2. •
    New! Conductors and insulators

J. Light

  1. 1
    How do we see objects?
  2. 2
    How does light travel and interact with matter?

L. Plants

  1. 1
    Classify fruits and vegetables as plant parts
  2. 2
    Identify plant parts and their functions
  3. 3
    Identify flower parts and their functions

M. Adaptations

  1. 1
    Introduction to adaptations
  2. 2
    Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths and necks
  3. 3
    Animal adaptations: feet and limbs
  4. 4
    Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings

O. Ecosystems

  1. 1
    Identify ecosystems
  2. 2
    Describe ecosystems

P. Conservation

  1. 1
    Science literacy: how can a community protect sea turtles?

Q. Earth's features

  1. 1
    Identify Earth's land features using photographs
  2. 2
    Identify Earth's land features using satellite images

R. Earth events

  1. 1
    Changes to Earth's surface: earthquakes
  2. 2
    Changes to Earth's surface: volcanic eruptions
  3. 3
    Changes to Earth's surface: erosion

T. Engineering practices

  1. 1
    Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding

U. Units and measurement

  1. 1
    Choose units of distance
  2. 2
    Choose units of mass
  3. 3
    Choose units of volume
  4. 4
    Abbreviate mass, volume and temperature units