Grade6-PhysicalScience_000(1)

8/13/2019 Grade6-PhysicalScience_000(1)

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Month Content/Topic Skill Standard Assessment

September Nature of Science

What is Matter

Matter and

Atoms

- The student will describe how

science is a way of knowing

about the world that is

characterized by experimentation

and observation.

- The student will give detailshow science is a way of knowing


characterized by skeptical

review.

- The student will

describe how scientific

inquiry is used insystematic ways by

investigating the

natural world around

them.

-The student will list the steps of

the scientific method and use it

during class experiments.

-Students will understand and

use measurement and safety in

science by being actively

involved in lab activities.

1A The student willunderstand that science is

a way of knowing about

the world that is

characterized by

empirical criteria, logical

argument and skeptical

review.

1BThe student will

understand that scientific

inquiry is used in

systematic ways to

investigate the natural

world.

Worksheets, quizzes, Ch

1 Test, Flash cards, lab

reports, models,

Scientific Method

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2/5

October Elements

and Types ofMatter

The student will define matter as

being made of small particles

Students will define, compare

and contrast facts, scientific laws

and scientific theories.

Students will demonstrate by

design their own atom to identify

the parts and the empty space

between their particles.

2A The student will

understand that matteris made of small

particles and this

explains the properties

of matter.

Models, Chapter 8 test.,

Balloon lab, Water Lab,Chapter Review, element

flash cards and role

playing/periodic table of

elements.

November Properties and Changes

Physical andchemical properties

Physical and chemical

changes

-The student will characterize

the physical properties of matterduring class experiments.

-The student will identify

chemical properties of matter.

-The student will identify and

describe chemical changes.

-The student will list common

physical changes.

- The students will be able toidentify volume and mass and

use this data to calculate the

density of an object in lab

activities.

- Students will list the

comparisons and contrasts of

elements, mixtures and

compounds.

2A The student will

understand that matteris made of small

particles and this

explains the properties

of matter.

2B The student will

differentiate between

chemical and physicalchanges.

Identifying physical

changes activity, Densitylab, acid/base lab, road

salt demonstration,

Sunset in a Bag lab,

worksheets, use

diagrams to

compare/contrast.


3/5

December Mystery Powder

investigation

Electricity and

magnetism

Same as November

-Students will explain that

electric currents and magnets can

exert a force on certain objects

and each other through an essay

question.

-Students will recognize that

there are positive and negative

charges and that like charges

repel one another and opposites

attract through a lab activity.

2E The student will

understand that avariety of forces govern

the structure and

motion of objects in the

universe.

Lab Report

Worksheets, Lab,

activities, tests and

quizzes, review balloon

activity.


4/5

January Electricity and

Magnetism

Midterm

Review/Scientific

Method

See December

-The student will describe how

scientific inquiry is used in

systematic ways by investigating

the natural world around them.

-The student will list the steps of

the scientific method and use it

during class experiments.

-Students will understand and

use measurement and safety in

science by being actively

involved in lab activities.

1B The student will

understand thatscientific inquiry is

used in systematic

ways to investigate the

natural world.

Tests, quizzes, lab

Quiz, Individual Lab and

Review Test

February Force in Motion

Newtons Laws

-The student will describe

the motion of objects in

reference to speed, acceleration

and Newtons 3 Laws of Motion.

-The student will label a

variety of forces that govern the

structure of objects in theuniverse.

- The student will describe

how a variety of forces of govern

the motion of objects in the

universe.

2D The student will

describe the motion of

objects.

Lab Activities, tests,

quizzes, mass and weight

activity, timed trials lab,

rocket races,


5/5

March Energy

Changes andForms

-The student will classify the

different forms of energy thatexist.

-The student will identify and

diagram energy can change form

and be transferred in many ways

during class investigation.

1A The student will

understand that scienceis a way of knowing


characterized by

empirical criteria,

logical argument and

skeptical review.

2C The student will

understand that energy

exists in many forms

and can be transferred

in many ways.

Various Lab Activities,

Tests and Quizzes

April/May Waves, Light and

Sound

-The students will demonstrate

that light is made up of a mixture

of many different colors of lightby use of color wheels and

ROY-G-BIV.

-Students will observe and

record the relationship between

light and heat.

-Students will describe waves in

terms of speed frequency and

wavelength.-Students will identify that

vibrations such as sound and

earthquakes move in waves

through demonstrations.

- Students will identify that

waves move at different speeds

in different material through useof those materials and sound.

1A, The student will

understand that science

is a way of knowingabout the world that is

characterized by

empirical criteria,

logical argument and

skeptical review.

2C The student will

understand that energy

exists in many formsand can be transferred

in many ways.

Various Lab Activities,

Tests and Quizzes.

Documents

Grade6-PhysicalScience_000(1)