6th Grade Science Curriculum

Space Systems

• Effects of the Sun & the Moon on Earth

• Phases of the Moon & Eclipses

• Seasons

• Gravity & Orbital Motion

Weather & Climate

• Heating (uneven) of the Earth’s Surface

• Convection Currents

• Air Pressure and Density

• Water Cycle

• Weather Fronts

• Coriolis Effect

• Ocean currents and global climate

• Climate Change; natural processes & human interaction 

Earth's History & Earth's Systems

• Weather & Erosion

• Volcanoes

• Plate Tectonics

• Earthquake waves (Earthquake proof house project)

• Rock Strata; Telling Geological Time

• Rock Cycle

• Human Impact