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All 36 weeks of 5th grade science, planned and ready, with the exact topic for every week below. Start with Week 1 free, no card needed.
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Every lesson has an on-page lab or model, diagrams, and a quiz. Grades 6–8 add a full lab notebook: hypothesis, variables, three trials, averages, a chart, and a claim-evidence-reasoning write-up.
Topics and standards come straight from the live course. Standards codes are listed for reference; Life Academy is built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states.
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matter is made of particles | NGSS 5-PS1-1 |
| 2 | Weight vs volume | NGSS 5-PS1-3, 5-PS1-2 connection |
| 3 | Kitchen chemistry: dissolve | NGSS 5-PS1-1, 5-PS1-3, 5-PS1-2 |
| 4 | Mixtures and solutions | NGSS 5-PS1-4 |
| 5 | Chemical vs physical change | NGSS 5-PS1-2 |
| 6 | Conservation of mass (closed bag) | NGSS 5-PS2-1 |
| 7 | Gravity | NGSS 5-ESS1 connection, 5-PS2-1 gravity connection |
| 8 | The solar system | NGSS 5-ESS1-1, 5-ESS2-1 connection |
| 9 | Earth's place among planets | NGSS 5-ESS1-1 |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Stars and galaxies (survey) | NGSS 5-ESS2-1, 3-ESS2-1 connection |
| 11 | Weather systems | NGSS 5-ESS2-1, 5-ESS2-2 |
| 12 | Water cycle energy | NGSS 5-LS2-1, 5-PS3-1 |
| 13 | Food webs | NGSS 5-LS2-1 |
| 14 | Decomposers | NGSS 5-ESS2-1 |
| 15 | Earth's spheres (geo/hydro/atmo/bio) | NGSS 5-ESS3-1 |
| 16 | Human impact: watershed | NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1, 3-5-ETS1-2, 3-5-ETS1-3 |
| 17 | Engineering design process | NGSS 5-PS1-3, 5-PS1-4, 3-5-ETS1-2 |
| 18 | Midyear kitchen-to-design | NGSS 5-LS2-1 connection, health standards |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Useful vs harmful microbes (facts) | NGSS 4-LS1-1 extension, 5-LS1 connection |
| 20 | The respiratory system | NGSS 5-PS3-1, 5-LS1-1 |
| 21 | Photosynthesis as a story | NGSS SEP 4 |
| 22 | Ecosystem disruption | CCSS 5.G.2 connection |
| 23 | Data: line graph | NGSS SEP 3, 5-PS1-4 connection |
| 24 | Variables: independent vs dependent | NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1 to 3, 4-PS3-2 connection |
| 25 | Models of matter | NGSS 5-ESS1-2 |
| 26 | New substances from reactions | NGSS 5-ESS1-2, 1-ESS1-1 connection |
| 27 | Engineering: keep a drink cold | NGSS 3-ESS2-2 extension, 5-ESS2-1 |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Earth's orbit and seasons | NGSS SEP 1-8, 3-5-ETS1-1 to 3 |
| 29 | Moon phases with a model | NGSS 5-PS1-1 to 4, 5-PS2-1, 5-ESS1-1, 5-ESS1-2 |
| 30 | Climate patterns | NGSS 3-5-ETS1-2 |
| 31 | Natural hazards prep | SEP 8 |
| 32 | Capstone: ask, build, improve | CCSS SL.5.4 |
| 33 | Review: matter and space | NGSS SEP 3, 4, 8 |
| 34 | Public demo of a prototype | NGSS grade 5 review |
| 35 | Lab notebook polish | |
| 36 | Grade 5 science portfolio |
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Week 1 is free with no card needed: open the Week 1 science lesson. Weeks 2–36 unlock with a Student plan ($35/month) or a Family plan for up to 4 students ($69/month).
Plan on about 25–40 minutes a day for science. There is one lesson per week of the school year, broken into short daily steps.
No. Life Academy is not accredited. It's built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states, and parents are the school of record. Why that's usually fine.
Yes. Every lesson prints as a worksheet with a separate parent answer key.
Life Academy is a parent-directed online K–12 curriculum, built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states. It is not accredited, and parents issue the homeschool transcript. Nothing here is legal advice. Check your state's law at HSLDA. Questions? Email david.dukes77102@gmail.com.