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6th Grade Science Syllabus
Text: Life Science, Holt
Other Texts: Sciencesaurus, Great Source
Global Warming and The Greenhouse Effect, LHS GEMS (Kit)
Project Earth Science, Geology, NSTA
Convection, A Current Event, LHS GEMS (Kit)
Earth History, Foss Kit
DRAFT
Course Enduring Understandings
What do we need to know about the following concepts and why are they essential to understanding and “doing” science?
 Inquiry process (GLEs 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.5)
 Problem solving strategies (GLEs 2.1.1, 2.1.3, 2.2.4)
 Problem posing strategies (GLEs 2.1.1,
Sequence/ Duration
Text
Geology/Earth Science Forces in the Earth
4-5 Sessions
Earth History
Investigation 2, Into the
Grand Canyon
4-5 Sessions
Earth History
Investigation 3, Grand
Canyon Rocks
6-9 Sessions
Earth History
Investigation 4, My
Sediments Exactly
4-5 Sessions
Earth History
Investigation 5
Limestone
Teaching & Learning 10/2006
Topics and Concepts
(and essential
questions)
Observe, describe and
compare
Understand how to
generate a question
Understand how to
classify rocks and soils
into groups, explain the
causes of weathering,
erosion and deposition
Weathering, erosion and
deposition
Identify and describe the
processes that create
different types of rock
Weathering, erosion and
deposition
Identify and describe the
Resources
Grade Level
Expectations
Foss Kit
2.1.1
Foss Kit
1.1.5
1.3.4
Sciencesaurus
Minerals, pg. 179
Rocks, pg. 180
Soil, pg. 191
Erosion and Deposition,
pg. 192-193
Foss Kit
1.1.5
1.3.4
1.2.3
1.1.5
6th Grade Science Syllabus
Text: Life Science, Holt
Other Texts: Sciencesaurus, Great Source
Global Warming and The Greenhouse Effect, LHS GEMS (Kit)
Project Earth Science, Geology, NSTA
Convection, A Current Event, LHS GEMS (Kit)
Earth History, Foss Kit
Sequence/ Duration
Text
Topics and Concepts
(and essential
questions)
processes that create
different types of rock
5-6 Sessions
Earth History
Understand how fossils
Investigation 6
and other evidence are
It’s About Time
used to document life
and environmental
changes over time
2-3 Sessions
Earth History
Understand how fossils
Investigation 7
and other evidence are
Fossils and Time
used to document life
Earth History
and environmental
changes over time
4-8 Sessions
Earth History
Investigation 8
One Rock to Another,
Weathering, Soil and
Erosion
Understand the
processes that
continually change the
surface of the earth
2 Sessions
Earth Structure and
Composition
Sciencesaurus, pg. 175178
4 Sessions
Plate-Tectonics and
Mountain Building
Sciencesaurus, pg. 181-
Understand the
components and
interconnections of earth
systems, including the
core and the mantle
Understand the
components and
interconnections of earth
DRAFT
Resources
Grade Level
Expectations
Foss Kit
1.3.8
Sciencesaurus, pg. 194195
Geologic Cross Section,
pg. 196
Fossils, pg. 198-199
Foss Kit
Sciencesaurus, pg. 188192
Geology, Activity 13,
pg. 139-147
Foss Kit
1.3.5
Geology, Activity 2, pg.
31-39
1.2.4
1.3.4
Geology, Activity 3, pg.
41-57
Geology, Activity 4, pg.
1.3.4
1.1.5
1.3.4
Earth Systems
Teaching & Learning 10/2006
6th Grade Science Syllabus
Text: Life Science, Holt
Other Texts: Sciencesaurus, Great Source
Global Warming and The Greenhouse Effect, LHS GEMS (Kit)
Project Earth Science, Geology, NSTA
Convection, A Current Event, LHS GEMS (Kit)
Earth History, Foss Kit
Sequence/ Duration
Text
Topics and Concepts
(and essential
questions)
187
systems, including the
core and the mantle
2 Sessions
Ocean Currents
Explain how ocean
Sciencesaurus, pg. 201- currents influence global
207
atmospheric movement
and how they influence
weather and climate
DRAFT
Resources
Grade Level
Expectations
49-57
1.3.6
2 Sessions
Mountain Building and
Volcanoes
Sciencesaurus, pg. 187
Identify and describe the
effects of volcanic
eruptions on landforms
and the atmosphere
Geology, Activity 9, pg.
107-109
1.3.4
6 Sessions
Earth’s Atmosphere,
Weather and Climate
Sciencesaurus, pg. 212214, pg. 216-226, pg.
227-230
Describe the interactions
of the hydrosphere and
the lithosphere
Compare weather and
climate
Global Warming,
Session 3, The Global
Warming Game, pg. 29
Global Warming,
Session 8, World
Conference on Global
Warming, pg. 119-145
1.3.6
1.2.4
GEMS Book –
Convection – A Current
Event, pg. 29
Describe how
convection currents
beneath earth’s crust
causes volcanoes and the
earthquakes
Geology, Activity 6, pg.
71-80
Geology Activity 6,
Convection, pg. 71-80
1.3.4
2.1.4
Convection
4-6 Sessions
Teaching & Learning 10/2006
6th Grade Science Syllabus
Text: Life Science, Holt
Other Texts: Sciencesaurus, Great Source
Global Warming and The Greenhouse Effect, LHS GEMS (Kit)
Project Earth Science, Geology, NSTA
Convection, A Current Event, LHS GEMS (Kit)
Earth History, Foss Kit
Sequence/ Duration
Text
Topics and Concepts
(and essential
questions)
Describe the role the sun
has on weather and
climate
Chemistry
4 Sessions
Matter and Atoms
Sciencesaurus, pg. 250257
Elements, Molecules
and Compounds
Sciencesaurus, pg. 259262
Global Warming
4 Sessions
Teaching & Learning 10/2006
Understand that all
matter is made up of
atoms and that atoms
may combine to form
molecules
Understand that all
matter is made up of
atoms and that atoms
may combine to form
molecules
Global Warming
Describe the interaction
of the atmosphere and
the hydrosphere
Simple Systems
Identify and understand
how parts or
components of a simple
system interconnect and
influence each other.
DRAFT
Resources
Grade Level
Expectations
1.2.3
1.2.3
2.1.4
Global Warming,
1.3.6
Session 1 & 2, pg. 5-28
2.1.4
Modeling, Sciencesauras
Pg. 18
1.2.1
6th Grade Science Syllabus
Text: Life Science, Holt
Other Texts: Sciencesaurus, Great Source
Global Warming and The Greenhouse Effect, LHS GEMS (Kit)
Project Earth Science, Geology, NSTA
Convection, A Current Event, LHS GEMS (Kit)
Earth History, Foss Kit
Sequence/ Duration
Text
Topics and Concepts
(and essential
questions)
DRAFT
Resources
Grade Level
Expectations
Health/Science Component
15 Sessions
Tissue, Organs and
Systems
Sciencesaurus, pg. 82
Human Body Systems
Sciencesaurus, pg. 82102
Understand human life
functions and the
interconnecting organ
systems: circulatory,
digestive, excretory,
respiratory, and the
muscular-skeletal
system
Understand human life
functions and the
interconnecting organ
systems: circulatory,
digestive, excretory,
respiratory, and the
muscular-skeletal
system
“FLASH” curriculum
1.2.8 (Science)
“FLASH” curriculum
2.1.2 a,b,c
2.2.2 a,b
2.3.2 a,b,c,d,e
Student Investigations – Science Fair
6 Sessions
Teaching & Learning 10/2006
Variable boards
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3