Curriculum Overview Revised 8/8/2009

SCIENCE 6 CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

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Biology
(Diversity of Life)
Physics
(Simple Machines)
Chemistry
(Properties of Matter)

Environmental Science
(Earths History)

Curriculum Overview Revised 8/8/2009

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Living and Non-Living
Classification and Taxonomy
Microscope Use
Kingdoms of Life
Sexual Verses Asexual Reproduction
Seed Dispersal
Cellular Structure and Performance
The Simple Machines: (Lever,
Pulley, Inclined Plane, Wheel
and Axle, Screw)
Measuring effort and
resulting force
Simple Machines in our Daily
Lives
States of Matter
Physical and Chemical Changes
Mixtures and Solutions
Solutes and Solvents
Compounds and Mixtures

Erosion and Weathering
Earths interior
Types of Rocks
Plate Tectonics
Using index fossils
Evolution of living things on earth

Performance Assessment: Investigating
Amphibians

Summative Lab: Design your own experiment
to learn about a living thing.
Performance Assessment: Design
and build a Rube Goldberg
machine.

Summative Lab: Creating a
machine to make work easier.
Performance Assessment: International Boiling
Point Project (Purifying Water to Help the Poor)

Summative Lab: Designing your own chemistry
experiment
Performance Assessment: Research and chronicle a time in
earths history and make a movie of it!

Summative Lab: Creating a field guide for rock
identification