Analyze and interpret data to describe the properties and compare sources of different forms of energy (including mechanical, electrical, chemical, radiant, and thermal).

6.P.3A.2

Depth 1

Develop and use models to exemplify the conservation of energy as it is transformed from kinetic to potential (gravitational and elastic) and vice versa.

6.P.3A.3

Depth 1

Construct explanations for how energy is conserved as it is transferred and transformed in electrical circuits

6.P.3A.4

Depth 1

Develop and use models to exemplify how magnetic fields produced by electrical energy flow in a circuit is interrelated in electromagnets, generators, and simple electrical motors.

6.P.3A.5

Depth 1

Develop and use models to describe and compare the directional transfer of heat through convection, radiation, and conduction.

6.P.3A.6

Depth 1

Design and test devices that minimize or maximize heat transfer by conduction, convection, or radiation.

6.P.3B.1

Depth 1

Plan and conduct controlled scientific investigations to provide evidence for how the design of simple machines (including levers, pulleys, inclined planes) helps transfer mechanical energy by reducing the amount of force required to do work.

6.P.3B.2

Depth 1

Design and test solutions that improve the efficiency of a machine by reducing the input energy (effort) or the amount of energy transferred to the surrounding environment as it moves an object.

6.E.2A.1

Depth 1

Develop and use models to exemplify the properties of the atmosphere (including the gases, temperature and pressure differences, and altitude changes) and the relative scale in relation to the size of Earth.

6.E.2A.2

Depth 1

Critically analyze scientific arguments based on evidence for and against how different phenomena (natural and human induced) may contribute to the composition of Earth’s atmosphere.

6.E.2A.3

Depth 1

Construct explanations of the processes involved in the cycling of water through Earth’s systems (including transpiration, evaporation, condensation and crystallization, precipitation, and downhill flow of water on land).

6.E.2B.1

Depth 1

Analyze and interpret data from weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, air temperature, humidity, cloud types, and air pressure), weather maps, satellites, and radar to predict local weather patterns and conditions.

6.E.2B.2

Depth 1

Develop and use models to explain how relationships between the movement and interactions of air masses, high and low pressure systems, and frontal boundaries result in weather conditions and storms (including thunderstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes).

6.E.2B.3

Depth 1

Develop and use models to represent how solar energy and convection impact Earth’s weather patterns and climate conditions (including global winds, the jet stream, and ocean currents).

6.E.2B.4

Depth 1

Construct explanations for how climate is determined in an area (including latitude, elevation, shape of the land, distance from water, global winds, and ocean currents).

6.L.4A.1

Depth 1

Obtain and communicate information to support claims that living organisms (1) obtain and use resources for energy, (2) respond to stimuli, (3) reproduce, and (4) grow and develop.

6.L.4A.2

Depth 1

Develop and use models to classify organisms based on the current hierarchical taxonomic structure (including the kingdoms of protists, plants, fungi, and animals).

6.L.5A.1

Depth 1

Analyze and interpret data from observations to compare how the structures of protists (including euglena, paramecium, and amoeba) and fungi allow them to obtain energy and explore their environment.

6.L.5A.2

Depth 1

Analyze and interpret data to describe how fungi respond to external stimuli (including temperature, light, touch, water, and gravity).

6.L.5B.1

Depth 1

Construct explanations of how the internal structures of vascular and nonvascular plants transport food and water.

6.L.5B.2

Depth 1

Analyze and interpret data to explain how the processes of photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration work together to meet the needs of plants

6.L.5B.3

Depth 1

Develop and use models to compare structural adaptations and processes that flowering plants use for defense, survival and reproduction.

6.L.5B.4

Depth 1

Plan and conduct controlled scientific investigations to determine how changes in environmental factors (such as air, water, light, minerals, or space) affect the growth and development of a flowering plant.

6.L.5B.5

Depth 1

Analyze and interpret data to describe how plants respond to external stimuli (including temperature, light, touch, water, and gravity)

6.L.4A.1

Depth 1

Obtain and communicate information to support claims that living organisms (1) obtain and use resources for energy, (2) respond to stimuli, (3) reproduce, and (4) grow and develop

6.L.4A.2

Depth 1

Develop and use models to classify organisms based on the current hierarchical taxonomic structure (including the kingdoms of protists, plants, fungi, and animals).

6.L.4B.1

Depth 1

Analyze and interpret data related to the diversity of animals to support claims that all animals (vertebrates and invertebrates) share common characteristics.

6.L.4B.2

Depth 1

Obtain and communicate information to explain how the structural adaptations and processes of animals allow for defense, movement, or resource obtainment.

6.L.4B.3

Depth 1

Construct explanations of how animal responses (including hibernation, migration, grouping, and courtship) to environmental stimuli allow them to survive and reproduce.

6.L.4B.4

Depth 1

Obtain and communicate information to compare and classify innate and learned behaviors in animals

6.L.4B.5

Depth 1

Analyze and interpret data to compare how endothermic and ectothermic animals respond to changes in environmental temperature

6.E.2A.2

Depth 1

Critically analyze scientific arguments based on evidence for and against how different phenomena (natural and human induced) may contribute to the composition of Earth’s atmosphere.

6.E.2A.3

Depth 1

7.E.%A.2

Depth 1

Construct explanations of how soil quality (including composition, texture, particle size, permeability, and pH) affects the characteristics of an ecosystem using evidence from soil profiles.

7.E.5A.3

Depth 1

Analyze and interpret data to predict changes in the number of organisms within a population when certain changes occur to the physical environment (such as changes due to natural hazards or limiting factors).

7.E.5B.3

Depth 1

Analyze and interpret data to predict how changes in the number of organisms of one species affects the balance of an ecosystem

7.E.5B.4

Depth 1

Define problems caused by the introduction of a new species in an environment and design devices or solutions to minimize the impact(s) to the balance of an ecosystem.

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