

Unit Overview
Key Inquiry Question
How can matter change?
Curriculum Links
ENGLAND – Year 5 Science
Properties of everyday materials and reversible change
- demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and change of state are reversible changes
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND – 5th/6th Class ~ Science
Materials
- recognise that materials can be solid, liquid or gaseous
- explore the effects of heating and cooling on a range of liquids, solids and gases
Vocabulary
starting state, changed state, process, solid, liquid, gas, melting, freezing, condensation, evaporation
Assessment
Lessons
Lesson 1
What is the difference between a solid, a liquid and a gas?
Lesson 3
Can we mix different states of matter?