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Natural Sciences — Grade 5

A hands-on, CAPS-aligned Grade 5 Natural Sciences course covering life cycles, the three states of matter, everyday forces, and the Earth's surface and weather. Every idea comes in two modes — a precise Theory explanation and an intuition-first Visual picture — with examples from South African life and plenty of practice with hints and full solutions.

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What you'll learn

  • Describe the life cycles of familiar plants and animals, and explain how complete and incomplete metamorphosis differ
  • Identify the three states of matter by their properties and explain how heating and cooling move matter between states through melting, freezing, evaporation and condensation
  • Recognise everyday forces — pushes and pulls, gravity, friction and magnetism — and describe how they change the movement or shape of objects
  • Describe the Earth's surface of rock, soil, water and landforms, explain how we observe and measure weather, and say why weather and seasons matter to life in South Africa

Before you start

  • Sort objects into living and non-living things and name the basic needs of living things (Grade 4)
  • Recognise everyday materials and describe simple pushes, pulls and movement (Grade 4)
  • Read short instructions and add and subtract whole numbers

Course content

0/32 lessons
1. Life Cycles of Plants and Animals4 lessons
  1. What Is a Life Cycle?Lesson15 min
  2. The Life Cycle of a Flowering PlantLesson18 min
  3. The Life Cycles of AnimalsLesson18 min
  4. Metamorphosis: Complete and IncompleteLesson18 min
2. Matter: Solids, Liquids and Gases3 lessons
  1. The Three States of MatterLesson18 min
  2. Melting and FreezingLesson15 min
  3. Evaporation and CondensationLesson18 min
3. Forces Around Us4 lessons
  1. Pushes and PullsLesson15 min
  2. Gravity: The Pull of the EarthLesson15 min
  3. Friction: A Force That Slows Things DownLesson15 min
  4. Magnets and the Magnetic ForceLesson15 min
4. The Earth's Surface and Weather4 lessons
  1. The Surface of the EarthLesson15 min
  2. Rocks and SoilLesson18 min
  3. Weather and How We Measure ItLesson18 min
  4. Weather, Seasons and UsLesson15 min
5. Extended Study 18 lessons
  1. What Is a Life Cycle?: Concept MapLesson24 min
  2. The Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant: Concept MapLesson24 min
  3. The Life Cycles of Animals: Concept MapLesson24 min
  4. Metamorphosis: Complete and Incomplete: Concept MapLesson24 min
  5. The Three States of Matter: Concept MapLesson24 min
  6. Melting and Freezing: Concept MapLesson24 min
  7. Evaporation and Condensation: Concept MapLesson24 min
  8. Pushes and Pulls: Concept MapLesson24 min
6. Extended Study 28 lessons
  1. Gravity: The Pull of the Earth: Concept MapLesson24 min
  2. Friction: A Force That Slows Things Down: Concept MapLesson24 min
  3. Magnets and the Magnetic Force: Concept MapLesson24 min
  4. The Surface of the Earth: Concept MapLesson24 min
  5. Rocks and Soil: Concept MapLesson24 min
  6. Weather and How We Measure It: Concept MapLesson24 min
  7. Weather, Seasons and Us: Concept MapLesson24 min
  8. What Is a Life Cycle?: MechanismLesson24 min
7. Extended Study 31 lessons
  1. The Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant: MechanismLesson24 min