6^th Grade Science Curriculum and Resources

PHYSICAL

• Scientific Method
• Safety
• Metric System—Mass, Volume, Length, Density
• Matter—Properties, Changes (Physical/Chemical), Solids, Liquids, Gases
• Chemistry—Atoms, Elements, Periodic Table, Molecules, Compounds
• Energy Forms

Materials Used:

HOLT: Introduction to Matter—Chapters 1, 2, 3 (except mixtures), 4, and 5

HOLT: Forces, Motion, and Energy (Chapter 5 pgs 114-139)

Bill Nye DVD: Atoms Chemical Reactions, Phases of Matter

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EARTH

• Rocks and Minerals
• Fossils
• Geological Time
• Layers of the Earth
• Plate Tectonics
• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes

Materials Used:

HOLT: Inside the Restless Earth—Chapters 1-6

PREMIER: Biography of the Earth—Inquiries 1-8

Bill Nye DVD: Earth’s Crust, Soil and Rocks

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LIFE

• Difference between Living and Non-Living
• Cell Structure and Function
• Cells make up Tissues, Organs, and Systems of the Body
• Microorganisms

Materials Used:

HOLT Cells, Heredity, Classification—pgs 2-25

GLENCOE: From Bacteria to Plants—Chapters 1 and 2

Bill Nye DVD: Cells and Germs

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Last updated: 10/03/2007