6th Grade Science
Unit 1: Investigating Chemicals
6.5 Matter and energy. The student knows the differences between elements and compounds.
6.5 (A) know that an element is a pure substance represented by a chemical symbol and that a compound is a pure substance represented by a chemical formula
6.5 (C) identify the formation of a new substance by using the evidence of a possible chemical change such as production of a gas, change in temperature, production of a precipitate, or color change.
6.6 (A) compare metals, nonmetals, and metalloids using physical properties such as luster, conductivity, or malleability
Unit 2: Investigating Properties of Matter
6.6 (A) compare metals, nonmetals, and metalloids using physical properties such as luster, conductivity, or malleability
6.6(B)* calculate density to identify an unknown substance
6.6(C) test the physical properties of minerals, including hardness, color, luster, and streak
Unit 3: Force and Motion
6.6 A compare metals, nonmetals, and metalloids using physical properties such as luster, conductivity, or malleability
6.6 B * calculate density to identify an unknown substance
6.8(A)* compare and contrast potential and kinetic energy
6.8(B) identify and describe the changes in position, direction, and speed of an object when acted upon by unbalanced forces
6.8(C)* calculate average speed using distance and time measurements
6.8(D)* measure and graph changes in motion
6.8(E) investigate how inclined planes can be used to change the amount of force to move an object
Unit 4: Energy Resources and Transformations
6.7 A: Research and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and solar resources.
6.8 A: Compare and contrast potential and kinetic energy
6.9 C: Demonstrate energy transformations such as energy in a flashlight battery changes from chemical energy to electrical energy to light energy.
We will also go back over motion graphs, density, inclined planes and calculating speed.
Unit 5: Thermal Energy
6.9(A) investigate methods of thermal energy transfer, including conduction, convection, and radiation
6.9(B) verify through investigations that thermal energy moves in a predictable pattern from warmer to cooler until all the substances attain the same temperature such as an ice cube melting
6.5(B) recognize that a limited number of the many known elements comprise the largest portion of solid Earth, living matter, oceans, and the atmosphere
6.10(A) build a model to illustrate the compositional and mechanical layers of Earth, including the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, asthenosphere, and lithosphere
Unit 6: Earth's Materials, Rocks and Investigating Plate Tectonics
6.10(A) build a model to illustrate the compositional and mechanical layers of Earth, including the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, asthenosphere, and lithosphere
6.10(B) classify rocks as metamorphic, igneous, or sedimentary by the processes of their formation
6.10(C) identify the major tectonic plates, including Eurasian, African, Indo‐Australian, Pacific, North American, and South American
6.10(D) describe how plate tectonics causes major geological events such as ocean basin formation, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building
Unit 7: Investigating the Solar System
6.11(A) describe the physical properties, locations, and movements of the Sun, planets, moons, meteors, asteroids, and comets
6.11(B)* understand that gravity is the force that governs the motion of our solar system
6.11(C) describe the history and future of space exploration, including the types of equipment and transportation needed for space travel