Gizmos for Nova Scotia - Science: 5th Grade (Nova Scotia Curriculum adopted 1998)

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this province's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

1: : Life Science: Meeting Basic Needs and Maintaining a Healthy Body

1.2: : The Respiratory and Circulation Systems

1.2.2: : describe the structure and function of the major organs of the circulatory system

1.2.4: : carry out procedures, making sure to control variables, to investigate the factors affecting breathing and heartbeat rate, and compile and display data from these investigations in a graph

2: : Physical Science: Properties and Changes in Materials

2.1: : Physical Science: Properties and Changes in Materials

2.1.1: : identify properties that allow materials to be distinguished from one another

2.4: : Sources / Masses of Materials in Objects

2.4.1: : follow a given set of procedures to relate the mass of a whole object to the sum of the mass of its parts, and suggest possible explanations for variations in the results

3: : Physical Science: Forces and Simple Machines

3.1: : Forces and their Effects

3.1.1: : observe, investigate, and describe how forces can act directly or from a distance to cause objects to move or hold then in place

3.1.2: : describe forces as contact or non-contact forces

3.2: : Friction

3.2.2: : investigate and compare the effect of friction on the movement of objects over a variety of surfaces

3.3: : Simple Machines: An Introduction

3.3.1: : use simple machines to reduce effort or increase the distance an object moves

3.3.2: : compare the force needed to lift or move a load manually with the effort required to lift it using a simple machine

3.4: : Simple Machines: Levers

3.4.1: : differentiate between the position of the fulcrum, the load, and the effort force when using a lever to accomplish a particular task

3.4.2: : design the most efficient lever to accomplish a given task

3.5: : Simple Machines: Pulleys, Systems of Machines

3.5.1: : compare the force needed to lift a load using a pulley system with that needed to lift it using a multiple pulley system, and predict the effect of adding another pulley on load-lifting capacity

3.5.2: : describe examples of how simple machines have improved living conditions

4: : Earth and Space Science: Weather

4.3: : Properties of Air

4.3.2: : draw a conclusion, based on evidence gathered through research and observation, about the patterns of air and/or water flow that result when two air or water masses of different temperature meet

4.4: : Movement of Air and Water

4.4.2: : relate the constant circulation of water on Earth to the processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation

4.5: : Predicting the Weather

4.5.1: : compile and display weather data collected over a period of time in table and/or graph format, and identify and suggest explanations for patterns or discrepancies in the data

Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020

Nova Scotia - Science: 5th Grade

Nova Scotia Curriculum | Adopted: 1998

1: : Life Science: Meeting Basic Needs and Maintaining a Healthy Body

2: : Physical Science: Properties and Changes in Materials

3: : Physical Science: Forces and Simple Machines

4: : Earth and Space Science: Weather