The Science & Technology curriculum in 5e
While French takes up 4h30 of the lessons given each week to a 5e student, science & technology takes up just as much, split between Life and Earth Sciences, physical sciences and technology. Note that mathematics lessons last 3h30, history-geography, 3h, and modern languages, 5h30.
Life and Earth Sciences in detail
In SVT, the 5e curriculum is organised around three main strands, with an emphasis on respiration:
- Living environments: respiration, occupation and distribution of living things;
- The human body: functioning, energy needs, study of muscles, respiration, digestion and blood circulation;
- The evolution of land landscapes: erosion, the formation of new sedimentary rocks and fossilisation.
Physical Sciences in detail
In physics-chemistry, 5e lessons are divided into 3 main themes:
- Water in our environment (mixtures, changes in the state of water, water as a solvent…)
- Direct current electrical circuits (series circuits and circuits with a branch)
- Light (sources and rectilinear propagation)
Technology in detail
In technology, 5e students will study:
- The technical object: function, technical solutions, constraints, context, representation and modelling
- Energies involved: energy chain, energy saving
- Materials used: properties of materials, structures and origin of raw materials
