Science · Year 5 road map
Western Australian Curriculum · 40 weeks · 8 chapters
🔒 Science lessons for Year 5 are not open yet. This page shows the plan for the year.
How we check learning
📝Quiz after every lesson
🔁Review quiz every week
🏁Test after every chapter
🏆Term and year tests
🔎 Science skills in every chapter
Ask testable questions, run fair and repeatable tests, graph the results and write scientific reports.
Term 1
Weeks 1–1012345678910
| When | Chapter | What you learn |
|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1–5 | Earth, Sun and PlanetsEarth and space sciences | |
| Weeks 6–9 | Cycles in the SkyEarth and space sciences |
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| Week 10 | 🏆 Term 1 test everything from this term | |
Term 2
Weeks 11–2011121314151617181920
| When | Chapter | What you learn |
|---|---|---|
| Weeks 11–15 | Light TravelsPhysical sciences |
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| Weeks 16–19 | Bending LightPhysical sciences |
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| Week 20 | 🏆 Term 2 test everything from this term | |
Term 3
Weeks 21–3021222324252627282930
| When | Chapter | What you learn |
|---|---|---|
| Weeks 21–25 | Solids, Liquids, GasesChemical sciences |
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| Weeks 26–29 | Particle ModelsChemical sciences |
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| Week 30 | 🏆 Term 3 test everything from this term | |
Term 4
Weeks 31–4031323334353637383940
| When | Chapter | What you learn |
|---|---|---|
| Weeks 31–35 | Built to SurviveBiological sciences |
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| Weeks 36–39 | Adapt or StruggleBiological sciences |
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| Week 40 | 🏆 Term 4 test everything from this term | |
| Week 40 | 🎓 Year 5 final test everything from this year | |
Colour key
Earth and space sciences (9 weeks)Physical sciences (9 weeks)Chemical sciences (9 weeks)Biological sciences (9 weeks)Test week (4 weeks)
Lessons marked ▶ are open now. Lessons marked 🔒 are locked. The rest are planned and will be added week by week.