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Fifth and Sixth Classes PRIMARY
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Fifth and Sixth Classes
OUTCOME LINKED
Human life
Plant and animal life
Light
Sound
Heat
Magnetism and electricity
Forces
Properties and characteristics of materials
Materials and change
Environmental awareness
Science and the environment
Caring for the environment
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Teacher information .......................................................... ii iii
Suggestions for teaching science .............................................. iv
Meeting the needs of pupils ..................................................... v
Series overview ...................................................................... vi
Resources ............................................................................. vii
Assessment Objectives ....................................................... viii
Assessment proforma .............................................................. ix
Assessment proforma Working scientifically ............................ x
Assessment proforma Designing and making ......................... x
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Living things
Human life
The structure of the ear ................................................ 2 3
Our circulatory system ................................................. 4 5
Your teeth ................................................................... 6 7
Keeping healthy .......................................................... 8 9
Physical changes ................................................... 10 11
The lungs and breathing .......................................... 12 13
Fighting disease ..................................................... 14 15
Plant and animal life
Animals of your ecosystem ...................................... 18 19
Plants of your ecosystem ......................................... 20 21
Research an ecosystem ........................................... 22 23
Food chains ........................................................... 24 25
Adaptations ............................................................ 26 27
Endangered and extinct species ................................ 28 29
Fungi ..................................................................... 30 31
Classifying animals ................................................. 32 33
Animal senses ........................................................ 34 35
The cycle of a flower ............................................... 36 37
Plant growth ........................................................... 38 39
Seed dispersal ........................................................ 40 41
Energy and forces
Light
Light ...................................................................... 44 45
Refraction .............................................................. 46 47
Reflection ............................................................... 48 49
Light and lenses ..................................................... 50 51
Made with sunlight .................................................. 52 53
Sound
Noise control! ......................................................... 56 57
Design a wind instrument ........................................ 58 59
Sound and hearing ................................................. 60 61
Foreword
Primary Science Fifth and Sixth Classes is one of a series of four copymasters written for use in Irish primary schools. Each book covers the four
strands of the Science subject of the Social, Environmental and Scientific Education (SESE) area of the Irish curriculum: living things, energy and
forces, materials and environmental awareness and care.
Comprehensive teachers notes accompany each activity. Concepts, knowledge and skills share an equal emphasis in each unit, along with
developing positive attitudes to science and exploring designing and making skills.
Primary Science gives pupils the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of the
world around them and to engage in collaborative learning that makes science
interesting and exciting.
The activities in Primary Science have been designed to complement the Science
SESE Irish curriculum.
Contents
Titles in this series are:
Primary Science Junior/Senior Infants
Primary Science First and Second Classes
Primary Science Third and Fourth Classes
Primary Science Fifth and Sixth Classes
Heat
Heat ...................................................................... 64 65
Transferring heat ..................................................... 66 67
Magnetism and electricity
Magnetic strength ................................................... 70 71
Making magnets ..................................................... 72 73
Switches ................................................................ 74 75
Electrical energy ..................................................... 76 77
Forces
Lifting loads ........................................................... 80 81
Test for water pressure ............................................. 82 83
Friction .................................................................. 84 85
Gravity ................................................................... 86 87
Simple machines .................................................... 88 89
Materials
Properties and characteristics of materials
Solids, liquids and gases ......................................... 92 93
Fabrics .................................................................. 94 95
Design brief ............................................................ 96 97
Growing moulds ..................................................... 98 99
What makes up the Earth? ................................... 100 101
Bridge building ................................................... 102 103
Its just a gas! ..................................................... 104 105
Changing matter ................................................. 106 107
Materials and change
Mixing mystery powders ...................................... 110 111
Rust .................................................................. 112 113
Designing a separating experiment ....................... 114 115
Turning up the heat ............................................. 116 117
Conductors and insulators ................................... 118 119
Preserving food .................................................. 120 121
Environmental awareness and care
Environmental awareness
Our resources ..................................................... 124 125
Can we fix it? ..................................................... 126 127
Natural and built environments ............................. 128 129
Sharing the environment ...................................... 130 131
Science and the environment
Science today ..................................................... 134 135
A community debate ........................................... 136 137
Caring for the environment
Getting your hands dirty ....................................... 140 141
Environmental issues .......................................... 142 143 vi
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Series overview
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