ISAT Science Grade 5 study plan

Classify twenty everyday materials by measurable properties (mass, volume, magnetism, electrical and thermal conductivity, solubility) and record the specific evidence behind each classification

Measure and compare mass, volume, and temperature with a balance, graduated container, and thermometer, writing results in correct metric units

Draw particle-level diagrams for solids, liquids, and gases and use them to explain why gases compress while liquids do not

Distinguish physical from chemical changes across twelve examples by citing four kinds of evidence: new gas, heat or light released, unexpected color change, and formation of a solid in a liquid

Predict and then test how balanced and unbalanced forces change an object's speed or direction, and record whether each prediction held

Compare the motion of two objects using distance-time data and describe the pattern in words

Trace energy transfers in three systems (battery to lamp, food to moving body, sunlight to growing plant) and label every input, transfer, and output

Explain reflection, refraction, vibration, pitch, and volume in terms of how light and sound travel and behave

Diagram the water cycle and label each process along with the energy source that drives it

Separate weather from climate by comparing temperature and precipitation data for two locations over a month

Sort twelve rock samples or rock descriptions into igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic groups and justify each placement by how it formed

Interpret a layered fossil diagram to sequence geologic events from oldest to youngest and state the reasoning used

Describe how water, wind, and ice erosion reshape landforms and match each agent to a landform it produces

Model Earth's rotation and revolution and use the model to explain day and night, the length of a year, and the cause of seasons

Sequence the eight moon phases and explain what causes the changing shape we see from Earth

Compare planets in the solar system using a self-built data table of size, distance from the Sun, and composition

Explain how gravity keeps planets in orbit and how it differs from magnetism

Identify the order of the planets and one distinguishing feature of each from memory

Build a food web from a described habitat and predict the short-term and long-term effects of removing one species

Distinguish inherited traits from learned behaviors across fifteen examples and explain the difference in one sentence

Relate plant and animal structures (roots, leaves, beaks, limbs, camouflage) to the survival function each performs

Compare the life cycles of a plant and an animal and identify the stages that are similar and different

Match each major organ system to its function and to one way it interacts with another system

Explain how specific organisms meet their needs for air, water, food, and shelter in a named environment

Classify eight organisms with a dichotomous key you build yourself, checking that every branch produces one clear answer

Describe one adaptation and explain what evidence supports the idea that organisms change over long periods of time

Define the problem, constraints, and at least three success criteria for two different design scenarios

Compare two competing solutions with a decision matrix and justify the chosen one in writing

Plan a fair test of a prototype, naming the variable changed, the variable measured, and the variables held constant

Identify two likely failure points in a design and describe the specific revision each would require

Evaluate a finished design against its original criteria and state whether it succeeds and why

Complete two timed 40-question mixed mocks under exam conditions with no notes

Rewrite every missed question as a rule, diagram, or flashcard and re-test on those items two days later

Re-teach the three weakest sub-topics from the error log using self-explanation aloud, then answer ten new questions on each

Assemble a single one-page summary sheet of key diagrams, cycles, and definitions and recall it from memory