Year 5 - Science
Greenhouse gases (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)
Properties, changes and separating materials
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Unit Summary
This unit explores the properties of everyday materials, including hardness, solubility, and conductivity. It covers reversible changes like dissolving and mixing, and irreversible changes such as burning. Emphasis is on scientific enquiries, data recording, and presenting findings with evidence.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe how greenhouse gases trap heat around Earth.
Key Notes
- The atmosphere is a mixture of gases around Earth.
- Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that makes up about 0.04% of the atmosphere and is released when we burn fuels.
- Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trap heat that warms Earth.
- Increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere raises average temperatures on Earth.
- Temperature data shows evidence of Earth warming up more quickly in the last 50 years.
Vocabulary To Learn
- carbon dioxide: Carbon dioxide is a type of gas found in Earth's atmosphere.
- greenhouse gases: Gases which contribute towards global warming are called greenhouse gases.
- temperature: Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is.
- evidence: Evidence is information which helps us to prove that something is true or not true.
- climate change: Climate change is when the long-term weather patterns change.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils often think that global warming means that the weather is getting warmer everywhere.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.
The atmosphere is a mixture of gases around Earth. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that makes up about 0.04% of the atmosphere and is released when we burn fuels.
2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'carbon dioxide'
Carbon dioxide is a type of gas found in Earth's atmosphere. Include the word in a full scientific explanation, not as a single label.
3. Correct this common scientific misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils often think that global warming means that the weather is getting warmer everywhere. Correction: Emphasise that not everywhere gets warmer all the time. Some places might experience colder weather, more storms, or other changes in climate.
More Lessons In This Unit
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- Burning plants as fuel (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- Burning: an irreversible change Study Guide
- Everyday uses of thermal insulators Study Guide
- How scientists work Study Guide
- Insulating our homes and schools (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- More irreversible changes Study Guide
- More reversible changes Study Guide
- Properties of materials Study Guide
- Providing safe drinking water (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- Recovering insoluble solids Study Guide
- Removing salt from seawater (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Reversible changes of state Study Guide
- Rusting: an irreversible change Study Guide
- Separating soluble solids from solutions Study Guide
- Soluble and insoluble Study Guide
- Thermal insulators: do and review Study Guide
- Thermal insulators: plan Study Guide
- Uses of everyday materials Study Guide
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