Science

6th-grade Scientists will..... 

• Investigating puzzling questions about our world through Inquiry

• Modeling to describe the way things work

• Communicating ideas supported with evidence

• Engineering to design solutions to problems

Big Science Questions Explored in Grade 5....

GEOLOGY

• Develops models of cyclical patterns found in earth’s materials.

• Conducts investigations to analyze data to provide evidence of past plate motions.

• Constructs a geoscience explanation based on cause and effect evidence.

FORCE, MOTION & ENERGY

• Conducts investigations to analyze cause and effect relationships within forces.

SOLAR SYSTEM

• Develops models of cyclical patterns found in the solar system.

NATURAL HAZARDS

• Conducts investigations to analyze data on natural hazards.