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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Science in Year 5

This term we are learningabout Properties and Changes of Materials.

We will be covering Properties of Materials, Conductors and Insulators, Keeping Cool, Dissolving, Separating mixtures and Irreversible changes.

We will doing lots of exciting experiments testing different materials, keeping things cool, dissolving different solids into liquids, separating mixtures and much more!

Here are some useful web links:

http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/moon/full_moon_names.html

(moon names in other cultures and legends)

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/moon/phases.html

(moon phases and explanation)

http://kids.nineplanets.org/mars.htm

(general basic information)

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/
earthandbeyond/

(animations/simulations of Earth, moon, Sun, shadow and day length. Very useful explanations.)

http://www.astronomy-for-kids-online.com/famousastronomer.html

http://science.discovery.com/famous-scientists-discoveries/7-famous-astronomers-you-should-know.htm

(astronomers)

The website link below is useful to help with your understanding of the topic.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science

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