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Anchoring
Phenomenon
Core Ideas
GSE Sixth Grade Earth Science Curriculum Map
These are bundles of core ideas from the Georgia Standards of Excellence related to an anchoring phenomenon.
This document is part of a framework that includes lessons and resources.
Solar System and
Earth-Moon-Sun
Earth’s
Water in
Climate and
Beyond
Changing
Earth’s
Weather
Landscape
Processes
8 weeks
4 weeks
7 weeks
7 weeks
7 weeks
• Cause and effect
• Cause and effect
• Cause and
• Cause and
• Cause and effect
effect
effect
• Systems and system
• Systems and system
• Matter and
• Matter and
• Matter and
models
models
energy
energy
energy
• Scale, proportion, and
• Patterns
• Patterns
quantity
• Patterns
• Patterns
• Systems and
• Stability and
system models
change
• Stability and
change
Celestial objects from
• A Total Eclipse in
• Georgia’s
• A study of
• Georgia
different perspectives
Georgia
landscape
water on Earth
weather/climate
patterns
• Tides on the
• Ellison’s Cave: • Photo of
• Thunder and
Georgia Coast
GPB: Georgia
snowcapped
Rocks!
mountains
lightning
• What to wear
• Weathering and • Barrier Islands
• Tornado visuals
• Seasonal data
erosion photos
of Georgia
• Origins of the universe
• Eclipses
• Geologic time
• Water cycle
• Ocean and
scale
atmosphere
• Milky Way galaxy
• Day/night
• Thermal energy
patterns
•
Plate
tectonics
transfer
• Gravity
• Seasons
• Water cycle
• Rock cycle
• Weathering
• Inertia
• Elliptical orbit
• Air masses
• Mineral
• Erosion
• Formation and structure • Tilt of the Earth
• Unequal heating
formation
of solar system
• Deposition
• Direct/indirect
of Earth
• Land feature
sunlight
• Waves, currents
•
Natural hazards
•
Catastrophic
• Gravity
• Sunlight
events
• Global climate
• Tides
• Temperature
change
• Weathering
• Earth’s surface
• Erosion
Georgia Department of Education
Human Energy
Needs
3 weeks
• Cause and
effect
• Matter and
energy
• Stability and
change
• Systems and
system models
• Solar panels
• Living in a
solar house
• Renewable and
non-renewable
resources
• Global climate
change
Science and
Engineering
Practices
• Asking questions and
defining problems
• Developing and using
models
• Analyzing and
interpreting data
• Developing and
using models
• Constructing
explanations
• Analyzing and
interpreting data
• Asking questions
and defining
problems
GSE
S6E1 a,b,c,d,e
S6E2 a,b,c; S6E3 d;
S6E5 d
• Asking
questions and
defining
problems
• Planning and
carrying out
investigations
• Constructing
explanations
• Developing and
using models
• Engaging in
argument from
evidence
S6E5
a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h
Georgia Department of Education
• Asking
questions and
defining
problems
• Developing and
using models
• Asking
questions and
defining
problems
• Planning and
carrying out
investigations
• Analyzing and
interpreting data
S6E5 d,e
S6E3 a,b,c,d;
S6E4 a,b,c,d,e
• Asking
questions and
defining
problems
• Constructing
explanations
and designing
solutions
• Engaging in
argument from
evidence
S6E6 a,b,c