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Québec · Grade 5

Science and Technology

Proposing explanations or solutions to scientific and technological problems; using tools and procedures; communicating in the language of science

Content is set for the two-year cycle; schools choose the order of topics.

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

MWMaterial World

Mixtures and changes of state, conductors and insulators, electricity, light and sound, transformations of energy, mechanical parts and technical objects

ESEarth and Space

Weather, climate, renewable and nonrenewable energy, solar system, lunar phases, seasons, stars and galaxies

LTLiving Things

Classification of living things, human body systems, puberty, photosynthesis, adaptation, ecosystems and human impact on the environment