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    The 6th grade science curriculum covers various units from August 2015 through June 2016 related to engineering design, motion and forces, earth systems, weather, cells and organisms. Key topics include the scientific method, Newton's laws, plate tectonics, weathering and erosion, the atmosphere, weather, cell structures, and human body systems. Students will apply their learning through a final project related to motion and forces in June.

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    The 6th grade science curriculum covers various units from August 2015 through June 2016 related to engineering design, motion and forces, earth systems, weather, cells and organisms. Key topics include the scientific method, Newton's laws, plate tectonics, weathering and erosion, the atmosphere, weather, cell structures, and human body systems. Students will apply their learning through a final project related to motion and forces in June.

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    Month

    August

    th
    6
    Grade Science Curriculum 2015-2016
    Unit of Study
    NGSS
    Essential Topics
    Engineering
    Design:
    -Scientific
    Method,
    Experimental
    Design and Analysis
    Scientific Method
    MS-ETS1-1
    -Lab
    Safety
    and Process Skills

    September

    Motion, Force, and


    Energy

    Octo
    ber

    Motion, Force, and


    Energy

    MS-ETS1-2
    MS-ETS1-3
    MS-ETS1-4
    (Continued throughout
    year in labs and
    projects)
    Motion and Stability:
    Forces and Interactions
    MS-PS2-1
    MS-PS2-2
    Energy MS-PS3-1
    MS-PS3-2

    Plate Tectonics

    Earths Systems
    MS-ESS2-3

    November

    Hazards:
    Earthquakes and
    Volcanoes

    Earth and Human


    Activity
    MS-ESS3-1
    MS-ESS3-2

    December

    Hazards:
    Earthquakes and
    Volcanoes

    Earth and Human


    Activity
    MS-ESS3-1
    MS-ESS3-2

    January

    Changing Earths
    Surface:
    Weathering,

    Earths Systems
    MS-ESS2-1
    MS-ESS2-2

    -Measurement

    -Newtons Laws
    -Speed, Velocity, Acceleration
    -Friction and Gravity

    -Potential and Kinetic Energy


    -Earths Structure
    -Continental Drift
    -Fossils
    -Sea-floor Spreading
    -Convection
    -motion*
    -Causes of hazards
    -monitoring and measuring
    -effects and preventing hazards
    -designing solutions
    -forces and energy*
    Causes of hazards
    -monitoring and measuring
    -effects and preventing hazards
    -designing solutions
    -forces and energy*
    -Soil Formation
    -Mechanical vs. Chemical Weathering
    -Causes and effects of erosion

    Erosion, and
    Deposition
    February

    Atmosphere and
    Weather

    March

    Atmosphere and
    Weather

    April

    Living Things:
    Cells and
    Organelles

    May

    Living Things:
    Levels of
    Organization, Body
    Systems

    June

    Final Project

    Earth and Human


    Activity
    MS-ESS3-1
    Earths Systems
    MS-ESS2-4
    MS-ESS2-5
    MS-ESS2-6
    Earths Systems
    MS-ESS2-4
    MS-ESS2-5
    MS-ESS2-6
    From Molecules to
    Organisms: Structures
    and Processes
    MS-LS1-1
    MS-LS1-2
    From Molecules to
    Organisms: Structures
    and Processes
    MS-LS1-3
    Motion and Stability:
    Forces and Interactions
    MS-PS2-2

    -Large vs. small changes

    -Layers of the Atmosphere


    -Air pressure*
    -Heat transfer
    -Convection
    -Winds
    -Water cycle
    -Air Masses and Fronts
    -Severe weather
    -Making Predictions
    -Characteristics of Living Things
    Cell Theory
    -Structure and Function (organelles)

    -Levels of Organization in Living Things


    -Body Systems Skeletal and Muscular
    -Biomechanics

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