Basic 5
Basic 5 Science Notes
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Living and Non-Living Things
- Life Processes of Living ThingsIn this topic you will learn the life processes that all living things carry out, focusing on growth, sensitivity, respiration and excretion.
- Living, Dead and Never AliveIn this topic you will compare things that are living, things that are dead and things that have never been alive.
Materials
- Classifying Materials by Their PropertiesIn this topic you will classify everyday materials such as wood, metal, plastic, glass and fabric according to their properties.
- Reversible and Irreversible ChangesIn this topic you will learn that some changes to materials can be reversed while others cannot.
- Forming and Separating MixturesIn this topic you will form solid-liquid and liquid-liquid mixtures and use methods such as filtration, decanting and separating funnels to separate them.
Earth Science
- How Day and Night Are FormedIn this topic you will learn how the rotation of the earth on its axis causes day and night.
- Benefits of the Sun to the EarthIn this topic you will describe the benefits of the sun to plants, animals and people on the earth.
- Evaporation and Condensation in the Water CycleIn this topic you will demonstrate evaporation and condensation and explain their roles in the water cycle.
- Carbon Dioxide: Uses and EffectsIn this topic you will describe the uses of carbon dioxide and its effects on humans and life on earth.
- Keeping Water and Air CleanIn this topic you will identify human activities that pollute water and learn how to make and keep the air clean.