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Year 5 · Key Stage 2

Science

Working scientifically across biology, chemistry, and physics.

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  1. Life Cycles of Plants and AnimalsStudents explore and compare the life cycles of mammals, amphibians, insects and birds, discover how plants and animals reproduce sexually and asexually, and learn how metamorphosis works and why different life cycles suit different environments.
  2. Growing Up: Changes in HumansExplores the key stages of human life from birth to old age, examines the physical changes of puberty, and compares human development with that of other animals — building scientific vocabulary and observation skills throughout.
  3. Earth, Space and the Solar SystemAn engaging lesson exploring the solar system, Earth's rotation causing day and night, and the orbits of Earth and the Moon. Pupils name and order the planets, explain why we have day and night, and understand what creates a year and a month.
  4. Properties and Changes of MaterialsStudents explore the properties of materials and discover how dissolving, mixing, heating and cooling can change them — learning to tell reversible changes apart from irreversible ones using evidence and precise scientific vocabulary.
  5. Forces: Gravity, Resistance and MechanismsAn engaging Year 5 lesson exploring gravity, air resistance, water resistance, friction, levers, pulleys and gears. Pupils discover why objects fall, how resistance forces slow movement, and how simple machines multiply force.