6th Science

Week of May 25

Students will be reviewing content standards and science practices.

Week of May 18

  • I can define a solar eclipse

  • I can define a lunar eclipse

  • I can develop and use a model to explain solar and lunar eclipses


Week of May 11

Learning Goals:

  • I can describe the Earth-Sun-Moon system

  • I can describe the 8 phases of the Moon

  • I can develop and use a model to explain lunar phases and how they repeat

  • I can describe the Earth-Sun-Moon system

  • I can describe the 8 phases of the Moon

  • I can develop and use a model to explain lunar phases and how they repeat

  • I can define a solar eclipse

  • I can define a lunar eclipse

  • I can develop and use a model to explain solar and lunar eclipses

Week of May 4th

Learning Goals for Week 4

  • I can explain how Earth’s surface is broken into plates

  • I can compare and contrast

    • fossils found on separate continents

    • landforms found on separate continents

    • Seafloor structures found between and around continents

  • I can use evidence to explain Wegener's theory of Continental Drift


Week of April 27

Learning Goals:

  • I can explain that Earth has layers

  • I can explain how Earth’s surface is broken into plates

  • I can make inferences about how continent shapes may have fit together

  • I can compare and contrast

    • fossils found on separate continents

    • landforms found on separate continents

  • I can use evidence to explain Wegener's theory of Continental Drift


Week of April 13

Students will be able to describe the fossil record, model how different types of fossils are formed, and describe how fossils provide evidence for animal behavior and extinction events.

Week of April 6

Learning Goals

  • I can describe the basic anatomy of organisms

  • I can relate anatomy with adaptation

  • I can describe how fossils provide evidence for physical structure of organisms (anatomy)