Grade 6 - Science

Science

Matter: Understandings of the physical world are deepened by investigating matter and energy.

Energy: Understandings of the physical world are deepened by investigating matter and energy.

Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.

Living Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.

Space: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.

Computer Science: Problem solving and scientific inquiry are developed through the knowledgeable application of creativity, design, and computational thinking.

Scientific Methods: Investigation of the physical world is enhanced through the use of scientific methods that attempt to remove human biases and increase objectivity.

How can the particles of matter be influenced by heating or cooling?

In what ways can interactions lead to physical change?

How are energy resources used?

What relationships exist between climate and changes on Earth?

In what ways are ecosystems complex?

In what ways can the solar system be explored?

In what ways are abstraction, design, and coding related?

What is the purpose of scientific explanations?

Students investigate how particles of matter behave when heated or cooled and analyze effects on solids, liquids, and gases.

Students analyze forces and relate them to interactions between objects.

Students investigate energy resources and explain factors that influence their use.

Students investigate climate, changes in climate, and the impact of climate change on Earth.

Students investigate the characteristics and components of and interactions within ecosystems.

Students analyze and represent celestial bodies of the solar system.

Students examine abstraction in relation to design and coding, and describe impacts of technologies.

Students investigate and describe the role of explanation in science.