MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

PRIMARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME

GRADE FIVE WORKSHEET: TERM 2
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
LESSON: 1 WEEK 9
TOPIC: HOW SOUNDS ARE PRODUCED
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ___________________

FACTS/TIPS

➢ Sounds are made or produced as things move back and forth or

vibrate.
➢ We can sometimes see and feel these vibrations.
➢ Knocking, plucking, and blowing make things vibrate.
➢ The vibrations make the air vibrate to cause sounds which we can
hear.
➢ Knocking drums, plucking guitar strings, and blowing flutes
produce different sounds.
➢ The human ear detects sound waves when vibrating air particles
vibrate small parts within the air.

Plucking guitar strings produce sound

Beating drums can produce sounds

Blowing a flute can produce sound.

OWN YOUR OWN
Provide answers to the following.
1. As things move back and forth, ____________is produced.
2. Sue has a guitar, what must she do to produce sound?
__________________________________________________________
3. Draw an instrument that one must blow to produce sound.

For questions, 4&5 unscramble these words to make sentences

4. sometimes see and feel these vibrations we can
_________________________________________________________
5. back and forth produced sounds are made as things move
_________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK
Draw and write the names of three instruments that can produce
sounds.
Suggest three other ways sounds can be produced.
 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME
GRADE FIVE WORKSHEET: TERM 2
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
LESSON: 2 WEEK 9
TOPIC: HOW WE HEAR
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ___________________

FACTS/TIPS

➢ Sound travels from the source, through a medium to the receiver.

➢ The source is where the sound is produced.
➢ The medium may be a solid, liquid, or gas.
➢ Air is the most common medium.
➢ The receiver is the person or thing that receives the sound, for
example, the ears of animals.

➢ Sound vibrations travel in a wave pattern, and we call these

vibrations sound waves.

Parts of the ear and its functions

➢ The purpose of the pinna is to catch sound waves, amplify them

and send them down the ear canal.
➢ The ear canal functions as an entryway for soundwaves.
➢ The ossicles are three bones that transmit sounds to the oval
window. They are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup.
➢ The eardrum is a thin flap of skin that vibrates when sound hits it.
ON YOUR OWN

Provide answers to the following questions.

1. How does sound travel?

_____________________________________________________________

2. Which part of the ear vibrates when sounds hit it?

____________________________________________________________

3. The smallest bones in the human body are __________________,

___________________and _________________.

4. Tyrel wants to know the fastest medium for which sound travels.
What would you tell him?

_______________________________________________________________

5. The purpose of the pinna is to catch sound waves. (true/false)

HOMEWORK

Create a model of the ear. Write the function of the auditory

nerve, cochlea, and eustachian tube.

In one paragraph state how sound travels.

 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME
GRADE FIVE WORKSHEET: TERM 2
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
WEEK 9 REVIEW
TOPIC: HOW SOUNDS ARE PRODUCED AND HOW WE HEAR
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Provide answers to the following questions.

1. How does sound travel?

________________________________________________________________

2. Plucking a guitar can cause ____________________________________.

3. Two parts of the ear are _________________and___________________.
4. An example of a medium by which sound travel is _______________.
5. Give the name of the part of the human body that detects sound
waves. ______________________________
6. Plucking is to guitar as blowing is to _____________________________.
7. Why is the pinna of the ear important?

________________________________________________________________

8. What will happen if the ear canal is damaged?

________________________________________________________________

9. Suggest one thing a person can do to prevent the ear canal from
damaging.

________________________________________________________________

10. The three small bones found in the ear are _____________________,

______________________and__________________________.
 11. The most common medium by which sound travels is ____________.

Use the picture below to answer questions 12&13.

12. What must be done to the instrument above so that sound can be
produced? _______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
13. Name the musical instrument shown in the picture above.
________________________________________________________________
For questions, 14&15 write T for true and F for false.
14. Cochlea is a part of the human ear. ______________________________
15. The source is where the sound is received. ________________________
 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME
GRADE FIVE WORKSHEET: TERM 2
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
LESSON: 1 WEEK 10
TOPIC: CARE FOR THE EAR
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ___________________

FACTS/TIPS

➢ The ear and its parts are very important; therefore, we must take
good care of them.
➢ Never push things in our ears as this can damage the eardrum
and lead to deafness.
➢ Hairs in the ear keep out dirt. The outer end of the ear canal can
be cleaned by an oil swab or q-tip.
➢ Wax is produced in the ear canal to clean and moisten it. Excess
wax can cause partial deafness or buzzing in the ear and should
be removed by the doctor.
➢ Avoid too loud sounds as they can damage the eardrum and
lead to deafness.

We must take good care of our ears.

ON YOUR OWN
Provide answers to the following questions.
1. What can happen if we push things in our ears?
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
2. Why are the hairs in the ear important?
________________________________________________________________
3. State one effect a loud sound can have on the ear?
_________________________________________________________________
4. State one way by which we can care for the ear.
_________________________________________________________________
5. How can we clean the outer ear?
_________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK
Write a letter to a friend telling him or her about how they can take
care of their ears.
 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME
GRADE FIVE WORKSHEET: TERM 2
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
LESSON: 2 WEEK 10
TOPIC: HOW SOUND TRAVELS
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ___________________

FACTS/TIPS

➢ Sound travels in all directions; out to the side, down, and up.
➢ Sound travels better and faster through solids and liquids than
through the air.
➢ The person or thing will receive the sound.
➢ Unlike light energy, sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum.
➢ Sound waves need a form of matter to travel through.
➢ The sound waves move from the source through the medium to
the receiver.
➢ Volume is the measurement of how soft or low a sound is.
➢ Sound can be hard, soft, high, or low.
ON YOUR OWN
Provide answers to these questions.
1. Sound waves cannot travel through a___________________________.
2. How do sound waves move?
__________________________________________________________________
3. What will happen to the sound produced by a radio if the volume is
turned up?
____________________________________________________________________
4. Sue wants to know the best way sound can travel. What would you
tell her?
____________________________________________________________________
5.What advice would you give to someone who loves to listen to loud
music?
____________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK
Make a string telephone using two cups
and a piece of string twice your length.

Ask someone to speak through one cup

while you listen. Record your findings.

Place one ear against an empty bucket and hit the bucket with three
small stones. Record your findings.
 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME
GRADE FIVE WORKSHEET: TERM 2
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
WEEK 10 REVIEW
TOPICS: HOW SOUND TRAVELS AND CARE FOR THE EAR.
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Provide answers to the following questions.

1. Two types of sounds are _________________ and _______________.
2. State in one sentence how sound travels.
______________________________________________________________
3. The headteacher wants to address the pupils of your school at
assembly. Suggest one instrument she can use to make her voice
sound louder. _________________________________________________

Use the picture below to answer questions 4&5.

4.Write two ways we can take care of the organ above.

_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
5.What can happen to this organ if excess wax is present in it?
 ______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
For questions, 6-10 write T for true and F for false.
6. The outer end of the ear canal can be cleaned by an oil swab.
______
7. Soft sounds can damage the eardrum. _______
8. Sound can be hard, soft, high, or low. _______
9. Sound cannot travel through a vacuum. ______
10. Sound waves do not need a form of matter to travel through. __

Use the diagram below to answer questions 11-13.

11. Jane received a telephone call from her aunt in Trinidad. State the
order by which the sound waves travel.
____________________________________________________________________
12. Name the source of the call.
____________________________________________________________________
13. The medium that was used to transmit the soundwave in the case
above is_______________________.
14. The loudness and softness of a sound is referred to as ______________
15. What kind of sound would you get from beating a drum with all your
strength?
_____________________________________________________________________
 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME
GRADE FIVE WORKSHEET: TERM 2
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
LESSON: 1 WEEK 11
TOPIC: HOW WE SEE
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ___________________

FACTS/TIPS

➢ The eye is shaped like a ball.

➢ Light passes through the part of the eye called the pupil.
➢ The light is focused by the lens onto the back of the eye to form
an image.
➢ The image causes messages to be sent along a nerve to the brain.
➢ The brain interprets the messages and we see the object we are
looking at.

Diagram of the eye

ON YOUR OWN
Provide answers to the following questions.
1. Why is light important to our eyes?
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
2. Elizabeth’s youngest sister wants to draw the eye. What shape
would you tell her is the eye?
___________________________________________________________
3. The pupil is a part of the eye. State in one sentence the function of
the pupil.
____________________________________________________________
4. Two other parts of the eye are _________________________and
____________________________.
5. What role does the brain play in helping us to see light?
____________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK
Make a model of the eye. Writer in one paragraph how the eyes work.
 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME
GRADE FIVE WORKSHEET: TERM 2
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
LESSON: 2 WEEK 11
TOPIC: CARE OF THE EYES
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ___________________

FACTS/TIPS

➢ Our eyes are very important to us; therefore, we need to:

➢ Never push things into the eyes.
➢ Never rub eyes with hands.
➢ In very bright light, protect eyes with sunglasses.
➢ Wash hands with clean water.
➢ If you cannot see things clearly, have the doctor test your eyes.
➢ If the eyes are red and itchy, go to the clinic or doctor.
➢ Do not strain eyes by working in dim light.
➢ Do not look at welding flashes or the sun with your naked eyes.

We should always take care of our eyes.

ON YOUR OWN
Provide answers to the following questions.
1.Why should you take care of your eyes?
_____________________________________________________________________
2. Two things we can do to take care of our eyes are
__________________________ and______________________.
3.Your teacher has developed redness in her left eye. What advice
would you give to her?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
4. If you cannot see things clearly, what should you do?
___________________________________________________________________
5. What will likely happen if you look at a welding torch with your naked
eyes.
_____________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK
On a sheet of cardboard write six ways in which we can take care of
our eyes. Be very creative.
 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME
GRADE FIVE WORKSHEET: TERM 2
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
WEEK 11 REVIEW.
TOPIC: CARE OF THE EYES
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: __________________

Provide answers to the following questions.

1. Write the names of any three parts of the eye.
______________________, _____________________and________________
2. What is formed when the light comes into the eye?
________________________________________________________________
Use the diagram below to answer questions 3-7

3. Shade the part of the eye that allows light to enter.

4. Mark an x on the part that is connected to the brain.
5. Write one reason why the eye is important.
______________________________________________________________
6. State one way in which we can take care of this organ.
______________________________________________________________
7. What happens to the eye when there is total darkness?
 ______________________________________________________________
For questions 8-11 fill in the blanks.
8. Our eyes must be washed with _______________water.
9. Light passes through the part of the eye called the ____________
10. The _________________interprets messages sent by eye nerves.
11. The eye has a shape like a ________________________.
Use the picture below to answer questions 12-15.

12. What do you think the children are looking at?

_____________________________________________________________
13. Why is it necessary for them to wear sunglasses?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
14. What should they do if something accidently goes into their eyes?
________________________________________________________________
15. Name the part of the eye that would send a message to the brain.
__________________________________________________________________
 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME
GRADE FIVE WORKSHEET: TERM 2
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
LESSON: 1 WEEK 12
TOPIC: MEASURING FORCES
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ___________________

FACTS/TIPS

➢ Forces are measured using a force meter. It is also called a

newton meter.
➢ Force meters contain a spring connected to a metal hook.
➢ The spring stretches when a force is applied to the hook.
➢ The bigger the force applied, the longer the spring stretches and
the bigger the reading.
➢ They are expressed in Newtons.
➢ Scales and balances can also be used, but the measured mass
must be converted to force(weight).
➢ 1kilogram (kg) is 10 newtons(N)
➢ A mass of 1kg exerts a force of ten 10 newtons

Diagram of a Spring Balance

ON YOUR OWN
Provide answers to the following questions.
1. Force is measured in _____________________________
2. Name the instrument that is designed to measure force.
____________________________________________________
3. What would likely happen when bigger force is applied to a spring
balance?
________________________________________________________________
4. State the effect force would have on the spring of the balance.
______________________________________________________________
5. Jane has no spring balance to measure force(weight). What can
she use instead?______________________________________________

HOMEWORK
Draw a spring balance and label the parts.
 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME
GRADE FIVE WORKSHEET
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
LESSON: 2 WEEK 12
TOPIC: EFFECTS OF FRICTION
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ___________________

FACTS/TIPS

➢ Forces can push, pull, twist and turn things

➢ An increase in forces can cause an increase in motion.
➢ A decrease in force would result in a decrease in motion.
➢ Whenever one object moves over another, friction tries to stop the
movement.
➢ Friction occurs when two objects are rubbed against each other.
➢ If the surface is rough the friction will be greater.
 ON YOUR OWN

Provide answers to the following questions.

1.What can happen to an object if more force is applied?

____________________________________________________________

2.When does friction occur?

____________________________________________________________

3. Kathy pulled a box on a rough floor but did not reach a far

way. What prevented the box from moving freely?

For questions, 4&5 write T for true and F for false

4. Forces can push, pull, twist, and turn an object. ______________

5. Friction occurs when objects do not rub against each other.

_________________________.

HOMEWORK

Draw a diagram to show friction at work. Suggest three ways we can

lessen friction.
 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME
GRADE FIVE WORKSHEET: TERM 2
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
WEEK 12 REVIEW
TOPIC: EFFECTS OF FRICTION AND MEASURING FORCES
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Provide answers to the following questions.

1. Forces are measured using a _________________________________.
2. What happens when force is applied to the hook?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
3. Name a substitute that can be used to measure force.
_____________________________________________________________
Use the picture below to answer questions 4&5.

4. The diagram above most likely represents a _____________________

5. Mark an ‘x’ on the area where force is applied.
6. What will likely happen to the spring if plenty of force is applied?

_____________________________________________________________
 7. How many newtons can we get from 3kg?

____________________________________________________________

8. Name two things forces can do to objects.

_____________________________________________________________

9. A man rubbed two objects together in the palm of his hands.

What will likely be the result of his action?

For questions, 10-13 write T for truth and F for false.

10. Force meters contain a spring attached to a metal hook.

______________________.

11. A decrease in force can result in decrease in motion.

______________________

12. Twenty kilogram when converted is three newtons. ______________.

13. Forces cannot push or pull things. ___________________________

14. When will greater friction occur?

__________________________________________________________________

15. Another name for force meter is _________________________________.