Grade 6 Science Program

Textbooks

•Introduction to Science•Weather and Climate•Inside the Restless Earth•Earth’s Changing Surfaces

On-line textbooks

Units of Study

Grade 6 Science is the study of Environmental Earth Sciences. It is concerned with the relationship between earth’s systems and all living things.

Introduction to Scientific Inquiry

How do scientists use scientific inquiry in search of knowledge?

• Branches of Earth Science• Scientific Methods• Scientific Models• Measurement and Safety

EcologyHow do different factors, including

humans, affect a river basin system?

• The Estuary- River Lab• River Systems

Weather and ClimateHow do external sources of energy

affect the Earth’s systems?

• The Atmosphere• Understanding Weather• Climate

GeologyHow do internal sources of energy

affect the Earth’s systems?

• Maps as models of Earth• Weathering and Soil formation• Agents of Erosion and Deposition• Minerals of the Earth’s Crust• Rocks: Mineral Mixtures• The Rock and Fossil Record• Plate Tectonics• Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Connecticut State Embedded Performance Task

• “Dig In” Students will design an experiment using scientific method.

Focus

• Study Skills• Hands-on Investigative Activities• Vocabulary• Note taking• Projects• Non-fiction Reading Strategies• Knowledge of Content

Science Reporters

• Current Science topics researched

• 2-5 minute report to the class

• Non-fiction reading

• Oral Reporting

• Visual