Science 6

Space Systems

• Effects of the Sun & the Moon on Earth

• Phases of the Moon & Eclipses

• Seasons

• Gravity & Orbital Motion

Waves & Electromagnetic Radiation (Sound & Waves)

• Properties of Waves

• How Waves Interact

• Sound, Seismic & Ocean Waves

• EM Waves and Energy Transfer

• How Materials affect Light

• Technological Applications of Waves

Weather & Climate

• Uneven heating 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

• Rock Strata; Telling Geological Time

• Rock Cycle

• Fracking; Human Impact

• Volcanoes

• Plate Tectonics