Grade Six

Guiding Questions for Grade Six:

• What is a system?
• What is the value of a systems model?
• How are living systems and Earth systems alike and different?
• Why is weather so different in different parts of California?
• How do models help us understand the different kinds of weather in California?
• Why is the climate so different in different regions of the planet?
• How do people predict the weather?
• Why are organisms so different in different regions of a planet?
• What makes organisms both so similar to and so different from their parents?
• What makes animals behave the way they do, and how does their behavior affect their survival and reproduction?
• How do human activities affect Earth's systems?
• How do we know our global climate is changing?

You can access the daily slideshow presentations below. These are a great source to access when you are absent from class.