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6th GRADE SCIENCE
MASTERY CORE OBJECTIVES
CONCEPTS
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY (SA)
AND PROCESS
Process of science
1. Ask questions, predict, observe, describe, measure,
classify, make generalizations, infer, and
communicate
Collaborate to design and conduct simple repeatable
investigations
Videos:
The Three Stages of the Scientific Method
A Brief Introduction to Scientific Inquiry
The Question: the Starting Point for All Scientific Inquiry
The Investigation
Inquiry One: What Are Insects and How Do They Live?
Historical Scientific Inquiry One: Why Do Children Look
Like Their Parents?
Historical Scientific Inquiry Two: Were Dinosaurs WarmBlooded?
Scientific Inquiry: Curiosity and Persistence
2.
Images:
Scientific method
Scientific method
Scientific method
Scientific method
Reading Passage:
Passing Mustard - Er, Muster
Attitudes and approaches to
scientific inquiry
3. Identify and differentiate fact from opinion
Videos:
Fact vs. Opinion
Correspondence Theories & Scientific Realism
Interactions with the
environment provide an
opportunity for understanding
scientific concepts
1. Gather data to build a knowledge base that
contributes to the development of questions about
the local environment (e.g., moose browsing, trail
usage, river erosion) (LOCAL)
Videos:
Interviewing a Veterinarian
Research: Look It Up
Research Skills: The Sky's the Limit
Researching the Brooklyn Bridge
Internet Research
Welcome to Alaska
Alaska's Salmon Run
Big Game Alaska
Denali National Park
Tracking the Moose
PHYSICAL
SCIENCE
Structure and properties of
matter
(SB)
1.
Use models to represent matter as it changes from
one state to another
Videos:
Chapter 1: Solid, Liquid, Gas
Introduction to Phases of Matter
Solids
Liquids
Gases
Plasma
Images:
Weathering; ice weathering rock
States of matter
States of matter; particle-level view
Spider web covered in dew
Skill Builders:
Science Lab: Matter
Reading Passages:
States of Matter: At a Glance
An Almanac of Matter Facts
Earthly Matters
Virtual Voyage
Plasma
What's the Matter
Laughing Matters
Energy can be transformed,
transferred, and conserved
2. Recognize that energy can exist in many forms (i.e.,
heat, light, chemical, electrical, mechanical)
Videos:
Food Chains and Webs
Heat and Other Forms of Energy
Examples of Energy
Energy from the Sun
Kinds and Forms of Energy
What Is Energy?
Forms of Energy
Interactions between matter and
energy and the effects of these
interactions on systems
3. Recognize that most substances can exist as a solid,
liquid, or gas depending on temperature
Videos:
Phase Changes
Solid, Liquid, and Gas
Heat and Matter
Heat and States of Matter: Solid, Liquid, Gas, and Plasma
What Is Matter?
States of Matter
Examples of Solids, Liquids, Gases, and Plasma
Temperature
Characteristics of Solids, Liquids, Gases, and Plasma
The Gaseous State
Images:
Mountain scene; three phases of water
Skill Builders:
States of Matter animations
Reading Passages:
Laughing Matters
Shape Shifter Q&A
Motions, forces, their
characteristics, relationships, and
effects
1. State that every object exerts gravitational force on
every other object
2. Recognize that electric currents and magnets can
exert a force on each other
3. Make waves move through a variety of media
(LOCAL)
Videos:
Introduction to Forces and Gravity
Friction
Gravity in Space
How We Fly
Forces at Work in an Amusement Park
Gravity
Force; common objects in newtons
Origin of tides; gravitational force
About Falling Things
Newton's Three Laws of Motion
Gravity and Buoyancy
Introduction to Forces and Gravity
Magnetism
The Nature of Magnetism
What Is a Magnetic Field?
Electric Current & Magnetic Fields
The Importance of Magnetism: A Miracle Discovery
The Earth as a Giant Magnet
The Role of Geomagnetism
The Role of Biomagnetism
Linking Electricity and Magnetism
New Uses for Magnetism
Electricity
Magnetism
Magnetic Chaos
Electromagnetics in Use
Experimenting with Magnetism, Forces, and Electricity
Creating More Powerful Magnetic Forces and Looking
at Magnetic Poles
Lines of Force Generated by Magnets and Coils
Levitating Frogs
Toy Mystery
Images:
Force; common objects in newtons
Origin of tides; gravitational force
Magnetic field shown by iron filings around bar magnet
Magnetic field; field lines
Earth's interior; magnetic field
Magnetic field; effect on compass
Waves; electromagnetic; types
Sound waves in fluid
Wave tank
Waves; types
Waves, radial; water
Waves; electromagnetic; types
Water waves; properties
Wave tank
Waves; electromagnetic; types
Parts of a wave
Skill Builders:
Magnetic Fields
Explorations:
Makin' Waves
LIFE SCIENCE
Science explains changes in
life forms over time,
including genetics, heredity,
the process of natural
selection and biological
evolution
(SC)
1. Recognize sexual and asexual reproduction
2. Recognize that species survive by adapting to changes
in their environment
Videos:
Biology: The Science of Life: Making New Life: The Basics
of Reproduction
Mitosis: Cell Reproduction
The Asexual Reproduction of the Hydra
Sexual Reproduction
Asexual & Sexual Reproduction
Sexual Reproduction: Mitosis in Animal and Plant Cells
Sexual Reproduction: Meiosis
Organisms That Carry Out Both Sexual and Asexual
Reproduction
Seed Production in Plants
Egg Fertilization in Amphibians
Reproduction of All Organisms
Introduction to Cell Division
Asexual Reproduction
Sexual Reproduction
Chromosomes and Genes: How Cells Differentiate Into
Tissues and Organ
Mitosis
Meiosis
A Review of Cell Division
Camouflage
Coloration
Symbiosis and Schooling
Venom and Armor for Defense
Nocturnal Feeding and Food Choice
Forest Rhythms: Adapting to a Shifting Environment
A Closer Look at Adaptation
Impact of Habitat Changes on Animals
Forms of Habitat Changes
Forms of Animal Adaptation
Adaptation and Natural Selection
Polar Bear: Surviving in a Changing Environment
Earth's Changing Climates
Living Things Can Undergo Change over Time
Behavior
Prey Animals: Their Adaptations for Survival
The Predators: Their Adaptations for Hunting
Animal Communication
Leaf Mimic
Images:
Grasshopper, Stick
Frog, Striped Tree
Reading Passages:
Animal Adaptations
Mean and Green
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Change is Good
Will Hunt for Food
Evolution
The Best Defense is a Weird Offense
Odds & Ends
Structure, function, behavior,
development, life cycles, and
diversity of living organisms
Explorations:
Moth of a Different Color
3. Use a dichotomous key to classify animals and plants
into groups using external or internal features
4. Identify basic behaviors (e.g., migration,
communication, hibernation) used by organisms to
meet the requirements of life
Videos:
Marine Migration
Hibernation and Homing
Parenting Primates
Animals in Winter
Migration, Feeding, & Swimming
Dinosaur Migration
Identifying New Creatures
Classifying Plants
Classifying Animals
Introduction
System of Classification
The Five Kingdoms
Moneran Kingdom
Protists
Fungi
Plant Kingdom
Introduction: How Scientists Classify the Variety of Species:
Kingdom, Division/Phylum, Class, Order, Family,
Genus, and Species
The Five Kingdoms
Taxonomy
Five Kingdoms
Classifying Plants and Animals: Challenges
Classification System
Classification of a Horse
Introduction to Classification
The Five Kingdoms of Life
Classification Into Smaller Sub-Groups
Classification of Organisms
Characteristics of the Five Kingdoms of Living Things
Animals: All About...Animal Migration
Habitat & Hibernation
Bat Hibernation
Frog Hibernation
Frog Hibernation: A Time for Rest
A Year in the Life of the Timber Rattlesnake
Grizzly Bears and Winter
Adaptation Discovered: Hibernating Timimus
Animal Communication
Biological Communities: Interactions Among Species in the
Desert Ecosystem
Explorations:
Oddballs
All organisms are linked to
each other and their physical
environments through the
transfer and transformation of
matter and energy
5. Recognize that organisms can cause physical and
chemical changes (e.g., digestion, growth, respiration,
photosynthesis) to matter and recognize the
importance of energy transfer in these changes
6. Organize a food web using familiar plants and animals
Videos:
Definition
Food Web
Biomes
Food Chains and Food Webs
Serengeti Food Web
Food Chains in Riparian Systems
Producers, Consumers, & Decomposers
Food Chain
Relationships
The Diversity of Life Within Ecosystems
Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus: Nutrients Cycle Through
Ecosystems to Sustain Life
The Flow of Energy through Ecosystems
The Flow of Energy in the Temperate Deciduous Forest
Introduction to the Flow of Matter and Energy
Photosynthesis
Carbon Cycles: Photosynthesis and Respiration
Carbon Cycles: Photosynthesis and Respiration under Water;
Conversion into Oil
Cycles and Energy Flows
The Food Chain: A Flow of Energy
Images:
Food web
Food web; example
Stream food web
Rocky bottom food web
Polar food web (Antarctic)
Lake food web
Sandy shore food web
Coral reef food web
Energy flow in a food chain
Audio:
Introducing Oceanography: The Food Web
Reading Passages:
An Almanac of Food Webs
World Wide Web
Explorations:
Energy Transfer and the Water Cycle
EARTH SCIENCE
(SD)
Geochemical cycles
1. Explore the rock cycle and its relationship to igneous,
metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks
2. Identify the physical properties of water within the
stages of the water cycle
3. Explain the water cycle’s connection to changes in the
Earth’s surface
4. Apply knowledge of the water cycle to explain
changes in the Earth’s surface
Videos:
Three Types of Rocks
The Rock Cycle
Three Categories of Sedimentary Rock
Different Types of Sedimentary Rock
Types of Rocks
Igneous Rock Formation
Intrusive Igneous Rocks
Extrusive Igneous Rocks
Intrusive versus Extrusive Rocks
Sedimentary Rock & Layering
Finding the Age of Fossils
Sedimentary Rock Review
The Rock Cycle
Three Types of Rocks
The Rock Cycle
The Water Cycle
Chemical Properties of Water
Other Materials in Ocean Water
Measuring Salinity, Density, and Temperature
Water Circulation
Oceans, Carbon, and Climate Change
The Hydrologic Cycle
The Importance of Water
Fresh versus Salt Water
Where Does Fresh Water Come From?
Fluvial Processes: The Eroding Powers of Streams and
Rivers
The Hydrolic Cycle and Flowing Water
Streams and Sediment Beds
Drainage Systems
Shoreline Systems
Ocean Waves
Glacial Movement and Erosion
Effects of Glacial Movement
Fresh Water's Journey
The Water Cycle: Liquid, Vapor, and Ice on Earth
The Water Cycle
The Water Cycle
Images:
Rock cycle, definition
Water cycle
Water cycle
Water cycle
Evaporation of water from earth's surface
Evaporation and condensation of water from earth's surface
Water splashing on rocks
Water cycle stages
Hydrologic cycle
Hydrologic cycle of Earth
Hydrologic cycle of Earth
Hydrologic cycle
Audio:
Understanding Weather & Climate: Water Cycle & Humidity
Skill Builders:
The Water Cycle
Reading Passages:
Rockin' Cycle
We Need Water!
Water-Drop Odyssey
Explorations:
Energy Transfer and the Water Cycle
Forces that shape Earth
5. Describe the formation and composition (i.e., sand,
silt, clay, organics) of soils
6. Identify strategies (e.g., reforestation, dikes, wind
breaks, off road activity guidelines) for minimizing
erosion
7. Identify and describe its layers (i.e., crust, mantle,
core)
Videos:
Soil: The Skin of the Earth
How Soil Is Formed
Classification of Soil
Weathering & Erosion
Soil Properties & Vegetative Regimes
Soil Conservation
The Living Soil: Shaped By the Elements of Nature
Soil: The Source and Product of Life and Decay
The Many Inhabitants of Soil: Earthworms and Other
Insects
Soils
Soil Formation in America's Prairies
Conserving Prairie Soil
Prairie Ecosystem
The Melting of the Arctic Permafrost: An Environmental
Time Bomb
How a Forest Begins: Soil Formation, New Plant Growth,
and Seed Dispersion
Fire in the Forest: Its Role in the Ecosystem
Inside Our Planet
Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
A Rock's Susceptibility to Weathering
Agents of Erosion and Review
Earth Science for Students: Weathering and Erosion
Erosion
Conservation
The Forces of Wind and Water: Weathering and Erosion
The Earth's Structure
Earth's Layers
Oil, Water, and Lava: From Deep Within the Earth
How Do Scientists Know What's Inside the Earth?
The Four Layers of the Earth's Interior: Inner Core, Outer
Core, Mantle, and Crust
The Structure of the Earth
Images:
Erosion, soil
Soil formation; ice crystals
Soil; sandy
Soil; peat
Soil formation; humus
Soil types; major
Soil formation; humus
Soil types; major
Soil types; major
Soil profile
Soil; subsoil
Soil mover; gopher
Soil; topsoil
Earth's interior; structure
Internal structure of Earth
Internal structure of Earth
Audio:
The Earth: Structure of the Earth
Reading Passages:
Soil Conservation
The Dirt on Soil
Explorations:
What's the Dirt on Soil
Cycles influenced by energy
from the sun and by Earth’s
position and motion in our
solar system
8. Connect the water cycle to weather phenomena
9. Identify that energy transfer is affected by surface
conditions (e.g., snow cover, asphalt, vegetation) and
that this affects weather
Videos:
Earth's Atmosphere
Weather, Seasons, Climates
Oceans
Global Climate Zones
The Effects of Local Conditions on Weather
Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Tornadoes
Air Currents
Hurricane Tracking
Introduction
The Atmosphere
Weather Conditions
Clouds & Storms
Climate
North American Biomes
Types of Climates
Meteorology & Climatology: The Study of Weather &
Climate
Population & Climate
Three Basic Ingredients of Storms
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Tornadoes' and Hurricanes' Roles in Nature
Introduction: The Weather Machine
Introduction: Hurricane
Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones
Hurricanes and Humans
Storm Chasers and the Vortex Project
Tornadoes and Humans
Tornado Research: A Risky Business
Reading Passages:
Weather and Climate
Theories regarding the origin
and evolution of the universe
10. Compare and contrast characteristics of planets and
stars (i.e., light reflecting, light emitting, orbiting,
orbited, composition)
11. Create models of the solar system illustrating size,
location/position, composition, moons/rings, and
conditions (LOCAL)
Videos:
Formation of the Solar System
The Light-Year
The Sun
The Inner Planets
Mercury
Venus
Earth
The Moon
Mars
The Asteroid Belt
A Scale Model of the Solar System
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Comets
Space Exploration
Origins of the Solar System
Earth
Earth's Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars & Its Moons
The Asteroid Belt & Meteors
Jupiter & Its Moons
Saturn & Its Moons
Uranus & Its Moons
Neptune & Its Moons
Pluto
What Makes the Outer Planets So Special?
Why Are Rocky Planets Close to the Sun and Gas Giants
Far Away?
The Outer Planets
What Makes the Inner Planets So Special?
What Are Stars?
Life Cycle of a Small Star
Life Cycle of a Large Star
On a Clear Night, You Can See Lots and Lots of Stars!
What's in the Light Years of Space Between Stars?
How Stars Form
Part 1: Characteristics of Stars and the Sun
Part 2: Structure of the Sun
Part 3: The Sun's Energy and the Solar Wind
Life Cycle of Stars
Images:
Stellar evolution; heavyweight stars
Open star cluster and dust cloud
Binary star system; orbits
Globular star cluster M5
Birth of a star
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram; brightest stars
Star size; white dwarf vs. neutron star
Stellar evolution; lightweight stars
Planet Earth
Planets; diameter, mass, densities
Planets of the solar system; atmospheres
Planets of the solar system; atmospheres
Planets of the solar system; atmospheres
Planets of the solar system; atmospheres
Planets of the solar system; atmospheres
Planets of the solar system; atmospheres
Planets of the solar system; atmospheres
Planets of the solar system; atmospheres
Orbital characteristics of the planets
Planet data
Planet data
Planet data
Planet data
Planet data
Planet data
Planet data
Planet data
Planet data
Reading Passages:
Seeing Stars
Wish Upon a Star
And Now...The Lives of the Stars
Star Gazers
As Inconstant as the North Star?
Star Burst!
A Star Is Born?
Scientists Spot Planets in the Making
Is Pluto a Puny Planet?
Explorations:
Planets of the Solar System
SCIENCE &
(SE)
TECHNOLOGY
Integrate scientific knowledge
and technology to address
problems
1. Recognize that technology cannot always provide
successful solutions for problems or fulfill every
human need
Videos:
Part 1: Telescopes
Part 2: Solving Problems Through Technology
Part One: The Clone Age
Part Two: The Clone Age
Before You Know It: Household Technology
GPS Technology: The Creation of Accurate Maps
Roller Coaster Physics
Preventing Disaster
The Planet Electric
Constant Motion
Super Sonar
Sound or Silence: Cochlear Implants
Seeing the Light: The Eye
Lost and Found: Comparing GPS Technology With
Traditional Navigation Tools
Bot Battles: Robot Design
Mathematics and Motorcycles
Part 1: Telescopes
Part 2: Solving Problems Through Technology
Reading Passages:
Science and Technology: Breaking the Sound Barrier;
Speed of Sound
Science & Technology: Light; Colors of the Spectrum
Solving problems involves
different ways of thinking
2. Identify and design a solution to a problem
3. Compare the student’s work to the work of peers in
order to identify multiple paths that can be used to
investigate a question or problem (LOCAL)
Videos:
Introduction
How Climate & Geography Affected the Evolution of
Society
Industrialization & Population Shifts
The Atmosphere & the Burning of Hydrocarbons
Global Warming
Clear-cutting of Rain Forests
Changes in the Ozone Layer
Distribution & Preservation of Water Resources
Acid Rain & Snow
Changes in Ecosystems
Apollo 12 Mission
Preparing for Apollo 13
The Beginning of a Perfect Mission
Apollo 13 Encounters a Problem
Moving to the Lunar Capsule
A Second Close Call
Joyful Homecoming
Scientific discoveries and
technological innovations affect
our lives and society
4. Describe the various effects of an innovation on a
global level
Videos:
Fossil Fuels
Internal Combustion
Electricity
Hydroelectric
Nuclear Power
Biosphere: Irene Curie
Solar Power
Student Inventor: Solar-powered House
Wind Power
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Before Your Know It: Energy Innovations
Innovations in Physiology
Innovations in Medical Technology
Innovations in Health Treatment
Alphabet and Written Language
Printing Press
Transistors
Telephone
Computers, Internet, and Fiberoptics
Student Inventor: Studying Interference
Radio
Television
Before You Know It: Communications Technology
Roads and Highways
Water and Sewer Systems
Tunnels
Bridges
Student Inventor: Testing Bridge Strength
Canals
Dams
Skyscrapers
Biosphere: Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio
Before You Know It: Advances in Engineering
Audio:
Thomas Edison speaks on the future of Electricity
c.1908 (Audio Only)
CULTURAL, SOCIAL,
PERSONAL
PERSPECTIVES &
SCIENCE
(SF)
Dynamic relationships among
scientific, cultural, social, and
personal perspectives
1. Tell a local of traditional story that explains a
natural event (e.g., animal adaptation, weather,
rapid changes to Earth’s surface) and relate it to a
scientific explanation (LOCAL)
HISTORY & NATURE
OF SCIENCE
(SG)
Bases of the advancement of
scientific knowledge
1. Recognize differences in results of repeated
experiments
Videos:
Faulty Arguments, Errors, and Misleading Presentation