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, national 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, national curriculum, or standardised test.

A. Materials

  1. 1
    Identify properties of an object
  2. 2
    Compare properties of objects
  3. 3
    Compare properties of materials

B. Matter and mass

  1. 1
    Understand conservation of matter using graphs

C. States of matter

  1. 1
    Identify and sort solids, liquids and gases
  2. 2
    Change of state diagrams: solid, liquid and gas
  3. 3
    Heating, cooling and changes of state

D. Physical and chemical change

  1. 1
    Identify physical and chemical changes
  2. 2
    Compare physical and chemical changes

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 strengths of magnetic forces

H. Energy transformation

  1. 1
    Energy transformation

I. Electricity

  1. 1
    Introduction to static electricity and charged objects
  2. 2
    Electric circuits
  3. 3
    Conductors and insulators

J. Light

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

L. Animals

  1. 1
    Read and construct animal life cycle diagrams
  2. 2
    Compare animal life cycles

O. 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

Q. Ecosystems

  1. 1
    Identify ecosystems
  2. 2
    Describe ecosystems
  3. 3
    Identify roles in food chains
  4. 4
    How does matter move in food chains?
  5. 5
    Interpret food webs

R. Conservation and natural resources

  1. 1
    Science literacy: how can a community protect sea turtles?
  2. 2
    Evaluate natural energy sources

S. Rocks and minerals

  1. 1
    Identify minerals using properties
  2. 2
    Identify rocks using properties

T. Temperature

  1. 1
    Read a thermometer
  2. 2
    Compare temperatures on thermometers
  3. 3
    Collect and graph temperature data

U. Water cycle

  1. 1
    Label parts of water cycle diagrams
  2. 2
    Select parts of water cycle diagrams

W. Units and measurement

  1. 1
    Choose units of distance
  2. 2
    Choose units of mass
  3. 3
    Choose units of volume

X. Science practices and tools

  1. 1
    Identify laboratory tools

Y. Engineering practices

  1. 1
    Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent erosion