The depth layer of the Grades 4–6 science spiral. The same seven units the student met in Grade 4, revisited one level deeper — hypothesis and experiment design, the rock cycle, atoms and elements, classification and ecosystems, energy and machines, and the scholars of the Golden Age.
Pacing: one lesson per week, 18 weeks.
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Course Instructor
Unit 1: Inquiry & Signs
Designing a Fair Test — Variables, Controls, and Tawakkul
Data, Graphs, and Patterns — Reading What Allah Wrote
Unit 2: Earth & Space
Plate Tectonics — The Moving Earth Beneath Our Feet
The Atmosphere — Layers, Climate Systems, and the Roof of the World
Oceans and Tides — The Meeting of Two Seas
Unit 3: Chemistry Intro
The Periodic Table — Every Element, Ordered and Named
Chemical Reactions — Bonds Breaking, Bonds Forming
Unit 4: Life Science
Body Systems — The Integrated Machine Allah Built
Reproduction and Life Cycles — Allah’s Plan for Continuity
The Immune System — Allah’s Army Within
Growing Up — What Changes at Puberty, and Why
Food as Fuel — What the Body Actually Needs
Unit 5: Ecology & Green Tech
Biomes of the World — Allah’s Diverse Gardens
Pollution and Its Effects — Fasad in Water, Air, and Soil
Unit 6: Physics Intro
Simple Machines — Al-Jazari’s Legacy
Electricity and Circuits — Hidden Forces, Visible Light
Heat and Temperature — Thermal Energy and Balance
Unit 7: Legacy & Capstone
From Baghdad to Bologna — How Islamic Science Lit Europe
My Year 2 Investigation — A Deeper Question
Year 2 Portfolio and Legacy Statement — What I Know Now
