Science
P5 · Northern Ireland Curriculum
P5 World Around Us studies living things and their habitats using classification keys, food chains, and the effects of environmental change. Human biology focuses on the digestive system and teeth.
States of matter are covered properly: solids, liquids and gases, melting, freezing, evaporation, condensation and the water cycle. Sound work covers vibration, pitch and volume, and electricity introduces simple series circuits, conductors, insulators and switches.
Pupils plan investigations more independently, choose their own equipment, and present findings in bar charts and line graphs rather than in writing alone.
Curriculum Breakdown
Important Topics
- Living Things & HabitatsClassification keys, food chains and how environmental change affects habitats.
- The Human BodyThe digestive system, types of teeth and their functions.
- States of MatterSolids, liquids and gases, changes of state and the water cycle.
- SoundHow sound is made and travels, and what changes pitch and volume.
- ElectricitySimple series circuits, switches, conductors and insulators.
- Scientific EnquiryPlanning investigations, choosing equipment and presenting results graphically.
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