Subject: SCIENCE (CLASS 5)

Session: 2023-24

Learning Goals:

1. Attempt is made to link Science with students own life.

2. To make children learn Science through investigation, exploration and observation of the world around them.

3. To stimulate thinking through practical work i.e. learning by doing.

4. To develop a scientific temperament i.e. curiosity, quest for knowledge, systematic reasoning, objectivity, open mindedness.

5. It should encourage children in asking ‘How’ and ‘Why’ certain things happen.

6. To make the children see, feel, smell, hear and taste the subject so that they enjoy studying it.

7. To encourage team work and group learning.

8. To encourage children to explore the net and keep themselves abreast about the latest in the world of Science.

1. Text books: My Vibrant Planet – Part-

5(GeneralScience)(Amity UniversityPress)
2. Science Worksheet Booklet- Part-5

References:

1. Text book of Science 5- By Lakhmir and Manjit Singh

2. Standardized Curriculum - AUP

3. Teachers Activity Manual – AUP

4. Living Science Book 5 –RatnaSagar

5. Cambridge Science book

 Detailed Syllabus:

Month No of Periods Chapter / Topic Sub Topics Activities

T A GA Total • How and why do Interdisciplinary Project Based

March-April UNIT 1 : animals move Learning activity-
3 3 Animal Kingdom • Different movement To create a “Journey Home
6 12
Chapter -1 of animals - flying, Wheel”.
swimming, moving on
Animals on the Move World Wildlife Day 3rd March
land
IPBL World Migratory Day 14th May
Interdisciplinary Project Based
Learning activity –
“MIGRATION”

APRIL 5 3 2 10 Chapter - 2 1. Animals depend on 1. Activity based on the video of

Animal Senses various senses to survive. echolocation
2. Uses of their special World Nature Conservation Day 28th
July
senses. International Tiger Day 29th July
3.Communication in
animals.
5 3 1 9 Chapter - 3 1. Social Ants and their types – 1. Making a 2-D honey comb
Living Together queen , workers, soldiers , 2. To study why hexagonal is the
best shape for a honeycomb.
drones
2. Honeybees and their types.
3.Honeybee’s nest
MAY 6 2 1 9 UNIT IV: Our Body • Blowing air to warm as • To observe the changes in the
Chapter -11 well as cool things chest cavity
Breathe In, Breathe • Breathing organs, nose, while breathing in and breathing
JULY 2 2 1 5 Out skin, gills etc. out using a
• How do we breathe in video and a hands-on activity.
and out? • Respiratory System Model.
• Protecting our lungs • To find out the breathing rate
after an
exercise.
 JULY 8 3 3 14 Chapter -12 • Process of digestion • Making a plasticine model of the
What Happens to • Various parts of the human digestive system.
the Food We Eat? digestive system • Action of Saliva on Bread.

• What are fuels? • Soot Formation

JULY 1 1 2 Chapter-16 • Fossil Fuels- Importance International Energy Day 14th
Fuels and harmful effects. December
AUGUST 6 2 1 9 • Saving fuels. World Sustainable Energy Day
• Alternate Fuels 27th February

AUGUST 6 3 3 12 Chapter - 13 What are waterborne Interdisciplinary Project Based

Prevention of diseases? Learning activity.
diseases. (IBPL) • Discussion of diseases 1)Discuss-
like jaundice, cholera, • What is the importance
dysentery. of personal hygiene and
• Causes and prevention sanitation for good
of waterborne diseases. health?
• Causes, symptoms & 2)To prepare an info graph or
prevention of Malaria. Poster on any one disease
Interdisciplinary Project Based containing following aspects-
Learning activity. “HEALTHY *Causes and effects
CHOICES” *Symptoms
*Ways of detecting the
disease
*Cure
*Preventions
*Household Remedies

World Water Day 22nd March

World Health Day 7th April
 Revision and First term exams
AUGUST-
SEPTEMBER
1. What are Simple Machines 1)To identify various simple
SEPTEMBER- and their types machines used in our daily life.
OCTOBER 7 3 2 12 Chapter - 8 2. Lever , pulley , Wheel and 2)To make a screw with paper.
Simple Machines Axle, inclined plane , Screws , 3)Moving two cars up the inclined
plane.
gears
3. Uses of Simple Mechanism
In daily life.
OCTOBER 6 2 2 10 10.Our Senses 1. Five Senses - touch, smell, 1. Two eyes are better than one.
taste, hearing and sight. 2. Braille script with bindis.
November 2 1 1 4 2. Sense organs
3. Role of brain
4.Visuallychallenged
NOVEMBER- 6 2 1 9 UNIT II: Necessary conditions Interdisciplinary Project Based
Plant Kingdom for germination of seed. Learning activity –
Chapter - 4 • Structure of seed AGRICULTURE
Growing Plants • Storage of food in the
seeds. 1. Make a list of simple
• Dispersal of seeds. machines used in various stages
2 2 1 5 Ch- 5 Growing Food Interdisciplinary Project Based of agriculture.
IPBL Learning. - AGRICULTURE
World Food Day 16th October
DECEMBER 3 4 3 10 Chapter - 6 Food for
Plants Conditions and process To test the presence of starch in a
of photosynthesis potato and
• Leaves-food factory of other food items.
a plant. • Watching videos of carnivorous
• Carnivorous plants. plants.

Interdisciplinary Project Based

3 Chapter - 14 Interdisciplinary Project Based
December- 2 1 6 Learning activity
Balance in nature Learning – Weather Wonders
January Cause & Effect map on Climate
3 (IPBL)
2 1 6 change

International Biodiversity Day

29th December

JANUARY- Revision and final

February exams

• T–teaching A– Activity GA – Guided Assessment

WEIGHTAGE OF MARKS: I - TERM (SCIENCE)

Ch. 1 Animals on the move (IPBL- Migration) 20 Marks

Ch. 2 Animal Senses: 20+5 Marks
Ch. 11 Breathe in, breathe out: 14 Marks
Ch. 12 What happens to the food we eat: 14 Marks
Ch.16 Fuels 7 Marks
Ch. 13 Prevention of Diseases (IPBL- Healthy Choices)
Ch. 3 Living Together (Activity based)

First Term Chapters: 2, 11, 12 & 16

Term Test = 40 Marks +10marks Term activities =50 marks

WEIGHTAGE OF MARKS: II - TERM (SCIENCE)

Ch. 8 Simple machines: 20+9 Marks

Ch. 10 Our Senses: 20+10 Marks
Ch. 4 Growing Plants 12 Marks
Ch. 6 Food for plants: 9 Marks
Ch. 14 Balance in Nature (IPBL- Weather Wonders)
Ch. 5 Growing Food: (IPBL- Agriculture)

Second Term Chapters: 8, 10, 4 and 6

Term Test = 40 Marks+10 marks Term activities =50 marks