Unit One: Land Beneath Our Feet
6.E.2.1- Summarize the structure of the earth, including the layers, the mantle and core based on the relative position, composition and density.
6.E.2.2- Explain how crustal plates and ocean basins are formed, move, and interact using earthquakes, heat flow, and volcanoes to reflect forces within the earth.
6.E.2.3- Explain how the formation of soil is related to the parent rock type and the environment in which it develops.
6.E.2.4- Conclude that the good health of humans requires: monitoring the lithosphere, maintaining soil quality and stewardship.
6.E.2.2- Explain how crustal plates and ocean basins are formed, move, and interact using earthquakes, heat flow, and volcanoes to reflect forces within the earth.
6.E.2.3- Explain how the formation of soil is related to the parent rock type and the environment in which it develops.
6.E.2.4- Conclude that the good health of humans requires: monitoring the lithosphere, maintaining soil quality and stewardship.
"Learning Checks" Questions Parents Can Use to Assess Understanding:
- How does the Earth stack up?
- Why are Earth’s layers in this order?
- How does the inside of Earth affect the outer layer of Earth?
- What is the relationship between rocks, soil, and the environment?
- How does soil quality affect humans and how do humans affect soil quality?
Unit TWO: Growing and Flowing
6.L.1.1- Summarize the basic structures and functions of flowering plants required for survival, reproduction and defense.
6.L.1.2- Explain the significance of the processes of photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration to the survival of green plants and other organisms.
6.L.2.1- Summarize how energy derived from the sun is used by plants to produce sugars (photosynthesis) and is transferred within food chains and food webs (terrestrial and aquatic) from producers to consumers to decomposers.
6.L.2.2- Explain how plants respond to external stimuli (including dormancy and forms of tropism) to enhance survival in the environment.
6.L.2.3- Summarize how the abiotic factors (such as temperature, water, sunlight, and soil quality) of biomes (freshwater, marine, forest, grassland, desert, Tundra) affect the ability of organisms to grow, survive and/or create their own food through photosynthesis.
6.L.1.2- Explain the significance of the processes of photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration to the survival of green plants and other organisms.
6.L.2.1- Summarize how energy derived from the sun is used by plants to produce sugars (photosynthesis) and is transferred within food chains and food webs (terrestrial and aquatic) from producers to consumers to decomposers.
6.L.2.2- Explain how plants respond to external stimuli (including dormancy and forms of tropism) to enhance survival in the environment.
6.L.2.3- Summarize how the abiotic factors (such as temperature, water, sunlight, and soil quality) of biomes (freshwater, marine, forest, grassland, desert, Tundra) affect the ability of organisms to grow, survive and/or create their own food through photosynthesis.
"Learning Checks" Questions Parents Can Use to Assess Understanding
1. How do flowering plants survive, reproduce, and defend themselves?
2. How do the processes of photosynthesis, transpiration, and respiration allow organisms to survive?
3. How does energy cycle through organisms on Earth?
4. How is the Sun connected to life on Earth?
5. How do plants survive in harsh or changing environments?
6. How do abiotic factors affect organisms?
7. How do different organisms survive in different biomes?
1. How do flowering plants survive, reproduce, and defend themselves?
2. How do the processes of photosynthesis, transpiration, and respiration allow organisms to survive?
3. How does energy cycle through organisms on Earth?
4. How is the Sun connected to life on Earth?
5. How do plants survive in harsh or changing environments?
6. How do abiotic factors affect organisms?
7. How do different organisms survive in different biomes?
Unit three: What's the Matter
Objective: 6.P.2.1- Recognize that all matter is made up of atoms and atoms of the same element are alike, but are different from the atoms of other elements.
Objective: 6.P.2.2- Explain the effect of heat on the motion of atoms through a description of what happens to particles during a change in phase.
Objective: 6.P.2.3- Compare the physical properties of pure substances that are independent of the amount of matter present including density, melting point, boiling point, and solubility to properties that are dependent on the amount of matter present to include volume, mass, and weight.
Objective: 6.P.2.2- Explain the effect of heat on the motion of atoms through a description of what happens to particles during a change in phase.
Objective: 6.P.2.3- Compare the physical properties of pure substances that are independent of the amount of matter present including density, melting point, boiling point, and solubility to properties that are dependent on the amount of matter present to include volume, mass, and weight.
Unit four: Catch a Wave!
Objective: 6.P.1.1- Compare the properties of waves to the wavelike property of energy in earthquakes, light, and sound.
Objective: 6.P.1.3- Explain the relationship among the rate of vibration, the medium through which vibrations travel, sound, and hearing.
Objective: 6.P.1.2- Explain the relationship among visible light, the electromagnetic spectrum and sight.
Objective: 6.P.3.1- Illustrate the transfer of heat energy from warmer objects to cooler ones using examples of conduction, radiation, and convection.
Objective 6.P.3.2- Explain the effects of electromagnetic waves on various materials to include absorption, scattering, and change in temperature.
Objective 6.P.3.3- Explain the suitability of materials for use in technological design based on a response to heat (to include conduction, expansion, and contraction) and electrical energy (conductors and insulators).
"Learning Checks" Questions Parents Can Use to Assess Understanding:
1. How is energy like a wave?
2. What are the similarities and differences between the waves that produce earthquakes, light, and sound?
3. What is the nature of sound?
4. How do we hear sound?
5. How can you see different colors?
6. What is the relationship between light and sound?
7. How does heat travel?
8. What are the effects of heat transfer?
9. What are the similarities and differences between conduction, convection, and radiation?
10. How do electromagnetic waves interact with/affect different types of matter?
11. How are materials chosen for different technological design projects?
Objective: 6.P.1.3- Explain the relationship among the rate of vibration, the medium through which vibrations travel, sound, and hearing.
Objective: 6.P.1.2- Explain the relationship among visible light, the electromagnetic spectrum and sight.
Objective: 6.P.3.1- Illustrate the transfer of heat energy from warmer objects to cooler ones using examples of conduction, radiation, and convection.
Objective 6.P.3.2- Explain the effects of electromagnetic waves on various materials to include absorption, scattering, and change in temperature.
Objective 6.P.3.3- Explain the suitability of materials for use in technological design based on a response to heat (to include conduction, expansion, and contraction) and electrical energy (conductors and insulators).
"Learning Checks" Questions Parents Can Use to Assess Understanding:
1. How is energy like a wave?
2. What are the similarities and differences between the waves that produce earthquakes, light, and sound?
3. What is the nature of sound?
4. How do we hear sound?
5. How can you see different colors?
6. What is the relationship between light and sound?
7. How does heat travel?
8. What are the effects of heat transfer?
9. What are the similarities and differences between conduction, convection, and radiation?
10. How do electromagnetic waves interact with/affect different types of matter?
11. How are materials chosen for different technological design projects?
Unit five: Space Invaders!
6.E.1.1- Explain how the relative motion and relative position of the sun, Earth and moon affect the seasons, tides, phases of the moon, and eclipses.
6.E.1.2- Explain why Earth sustains life while other planets do not based on their properties (including types of surface, atmosphere and gravitational force) and location to the Sun.
6.E.1.3- Summarize space exploration and the understandings gained from them.
6.E.1.2- Explain why Earth sustains life while other planets do not based on their properties (including types of surface, atmosphere and gravitational force) and location to the Sun.
6.E.1.3- Summarize space exploration and the understandings gained from them.
"Learning Checks" Questions Parents Can Use to Assess Understanding
1. What is affected by the relative motion and position of the Earth, Moon, and Sun?
2. How is Earth able to sustain life while other planets do not appear to be able to sustain life?
3. What is the link between technology and our ability to explore and travel into space?
1. What is affected by the relative motion and position of the Earth, Moon, and Sun?
2. How is Earth able to sustain life while other planets do not appear to be able to sustain life?
3. What is the link between technology and our ability to explore and travel into space?