Gizmos for Newfoundland and Labrador - Science: 5th Grade (Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum adopted 2009)

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

1: : Meeting Basic Needs and Maintaining a Healthy Body

1.1: : Growth and Development

1.1.2: : relate bodily changes, such as acne on the skin and growth of body hair, to growth and development

1.1.3: : describe the role played by body systems in helping humans and other animals to grow and reproduce and to meet their basic needs

1.3: : The Respiratory and Circulatory Systems

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

1.3.4: : 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

1.5: : Body Systems

1.5.2: : identify problems and work cooperatively with other students to refine their design of a model of an organ or system

2: : Properties and Changes in Materials

2.1: : Properties of Materials

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

2.3: : Chemical Changes

2.3.1: : describe chemical changes that occur when materials interact with each other to form totally new materials, including those that result in the production of a gas

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: : Forces and Simple Machines

3.1: : Forces and their Effects

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

3.4: : Simple Machinesâ??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 Machinesâ??Pulleys, Systems of Machines

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

4: : Weather

4.1: : Measuring and Describing Weather

4.1.6: : use a variety of sources to gather information to describe the key features of a variety of weather systems

4.3: : Properties of Air

4.3.1: : describe situations demonstrating that air takes up space, has weight, and expands when heated

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

Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020

Newfoundland and Labrador - Science: 5th Grade

Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum | Adopted: 2009

1: : Meeting Basic Needs and Maintaining a Healthy Body

2: : Properties and Changes in Materials

3: : Forces and Simple Machines

4: : Weather