Grade 5 Science

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The grade five science curriculum consists of the following topics:

• Electricity and Magnetism
• Mechanisms Using Electricity
• Classroom Chemistry
• Weather Watch
• Wetland Ecosystems

We stock a number of resources that will help you teach this curriculum.  On The Mark Press has created a number of books that are designed to support Alberta’s grade 5 science curriculum.

NEW! Science 5

178 pages, $22.00

Science 5 is completely aligned with the Alberta curriculum! This resource contains worksheets, activities and experiments as well as teaching ideas and what to expect during experiments.  Topics include The Atom and Electricity, Making a Circuit Tester, Investigations of Matter and more.

96 pages, $20.00

Physical Science 5 contains information that supports Classroom Chemistry, Electricity and Mechanisms using Electricity. Topics include Properties of Matter, Chemical or Physical, Simple Machines, Forces on Structures as well as Electricity.

96 pages, $19.00

Electricity includes more than 25 activities and worksheets along with 8 experiments.  Topics include What is Electricity?, What is Electromagnetism?, How is Electricity Generated and more.

96 pages, $20.00

Matter and Materials supports Classroom Chemistry. The book contains activities and experiments on Materials that Transmit, Reflect or Absorb Light as well as Properties of and Changes in Matter.

96 pages, $20.00

The Nature of Matter contains 30 experiments as well as activities and worksheets. Topics include Matter All Around You, That’s Massive!: Mass, Volume and Density, Making a Fire Extinguisher and more.

80 pages, $15.00

Life in a Pond contains over 40 activities that include observations and worksheets. Topics include Pond Brainstorming: Things With a Shell, Pond Creature Cards, Pond Research and more.

104 pages, $20.00

Habitats contains 58 information cards and activities on the topics of Ecology, Food Chains and Biomes.

 

 

102 pages, $20.00

Weather contains more than 40 reproducible worksheets and activities.  Topics include Some Like it Hot, Some Like it Cold (Temperature), The Beaufort Wind Scale (Wind), Sunny Days in One Year in Canadian Cities (Graphing) and more.

 

 

In addition to books, we stock a number of kits that can be used for enrichment.

$45.00

Our Electricity Kit allows students to build their own circuits; it contains everything pictured (more than 30 pieces).

 

$20.00

The Discovery Electricity kit contains 2 battery holders, 2 bulb holders with bulbs, 2 switches, 10 wire connectors and an instructional guide introducing students to switches, circuit drawings, parallel and series circuits and testing circuits.

 

$15.00

The Salt Water Robot is a fun tool to use either when teaching Electricity or Building Devices that move. Just put it together, add salt water to the power compartment and watch it go!

$25.00

The You-Track-It Weather Lab is designed to be used with the Weather unit.  It contains a thermometer, weather vane, rain gauge, anemometer and a wind speed indicator plus a booklet with experiments and information.

$20.00

The Kitchen Science Kit is used when teaching Classroom Chemistry.  It contains items for use in six experiments including using a lemon to generate electricity, creating a baking soda rocket and a tabletop volcano.  The kit includes containers, connectors and instructions.

Please contact a customer service representative at 403-580-2292 or elizebethaberard@gmail.com to place an order or for additional information.