6th Grade Life Science
Learning Outcomes
Life Science GLE 5 EO a. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. (MS-LS2-1)
Life Science GLE 5 EO b. Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. (MS-LS2-2)
Life Science GLE 6 EO a. Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. (MS-LS2-3)
Life Science GLE 7 EO a. Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. (MS-LS2-4)
Life Science GLE 7 EO b. and Life Science GLE 12 EO a. Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. (MS-LS2-5)
6th Grade Earth and Space Science
Learning Outcomes
Earth and Space Science GLE 6 EO b. Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. (MS-ESS2-4)
Earth and Space Science GLE 8 EO a. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes. (MS-ESS3-1)
6th Grade Physical Science
Learning Outcomes
Physical Science GLE 1 EO a. Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures. (MS PS1-1)
Physical Science GLE 1 EO b. and Physical Science GLE 2 EO a. Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred. (MS-PS1-2)
Physical Science GLE 1 EO c. Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. (MS-PS1-3)
Physical Science GLE 1 EO d. Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed. (MS-PS1-4)
Physical Science GLE 2 EO b. Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. (MS PS 1-5)
Physical Science GLE 2 EO c. Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes. (MS PS1- 6)