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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