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    The 6th grade physical science curriculum covers units in matter, energy, force and motion, waves, and robotics. Students learn about the characteristics of matter, different forms of energy, how forces affect objects, how sound and light travel, and how to solve problems through engineering. Hands-on experiments are incorporated throughout the curriculum to help students develop abstract understandings of scientific concepts.

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    6thgradePhysicalScience

    6thgradescienceisallaboutexploringthePhysicalWorldandbeginningtounderstandwhat
    makesitwork.Wecoverunitsin:
    Matter
    ~Whatisit?HowDoWeStudyIt?WhataretheCharacteristicsandBehaviorsofIt?
    EssentialSkillswork~Measuring,Graphing,Engineering,Inferring,andtheMetricSystem
    EnergyandAlternativeEnergies
    ~

    Whatisenergy,wheredowefindit,howdoesitchangefromoneformtoanother,andhowdoes
    itaffectoureverydaylives?Whatarethevariousformsofrenewableandnonrenewableenergy?
    Howdoweplanforfutureenergyuse?Whyarescientistslookingatnewsourcesofenergyfor
    thefuture?

    Understandhowmagnetsandelectricityarerelatedandworktogether.
    ForceandMotion~

    Whatisaforce?Howdoesfrictionaffectforce?Howdoforcesaffectobjects?
    Doallobjectsexertgravitationalforce?Whyareweightandmassnotthesamething?
    Waves:
    SoundandLight~

    Wheredowavescomefrom?Howdoyouknowthatwavescarryenergy?Whydosomewaves
    carrymoreenergy?Whatdeterminesthecolorsyousee?Howdosoundandlighttravel?
    Whydoessoundvaryinpitch?
    LegoRobotics~

    HowdoMath,Science,EngineeringandCreativityblendtogethertosolveproblems?Howdoes
    teamworkcontributetosuccess?Howcanclassroomlearninginteractwiththerealworld?
    ThinkingScience
    ~
    Wehavepurchasedaprogramtohelpstudentsbridgefromconcreteunderstandingsoftheir
    worldtomoreabstractunderstandings.Theprogramcontainsawelldesignedprogressionof
    experimentswhichenablestudentstoworkhandsontobuildbetterunderstandingsofhowtheir
    worldworks.Theseexperimentsareworkedinabout15timesthroughoutourstatemandated
    curriculum.Datasuggeststhatstudentswhoreceivethisinstructionperformbetteronthe
    ScienceportionoftheirACTtesting.

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