6th+Grade+Science

= = Grade 6 Pacing Calendar/ Curriculum Map for Science


 * __ Unit 1- Simple and Complex Machines __**
 * How does Energy play a role in our lives? How do machines impact our lives?**
 * //Beginning of school year to the second week in November//

Goal - By the second week of November, students shall gain a comprehensive understanding of how energy and machines impact our lives, with 75% acuracy as evidenced by classroom tests, hw, projects and labs.**
 * **Potential and kinetic energy (ch 2, sec 1) (2-4 periods) **
 * **Mechanical energy (ch 2, sec 1) (1-2 periods) **
 * **Machines can affect the magnitude or direction of a force required to do work, or the distance over which that force is applied. (ch 3, sec 1&2) (2-3 pers.) **
 * **Simple machines include the lever, the pulley, the wheel and axel, and the inclined plane (ch 3, sec 3 ) (4-6 pers.) **
 * **Complex machines ( ch 3, sec 3 ) (1-2 periods) **
 * **Transformation of energy within simple and complex machines (ch 3, sec 3) (2-4 periods) **
 * **Principle of the conservation of energy (ch 2, sec 2) (2 periods) **
 * **Friction and machines ( ch 3, sec 2) (2 pers.) **

**Suggested labs as per performance objectives**

Energy transformation Measuring force/ gravity Simple machines Complex machines** [|**http://www.compadre.org/psrc/items/detail.cfm?ID=6226**] **-Virtual potential energy lab** [|**http://dev.physicslab.org/Document.aspx?doctype=3&filename=WorkEnergy_MechanicalEnergy.xml**]
 * Lab safety


 * Quarter project as per goal**

__ **Unit 2 Weather** __ //Middle of November to the end of January//
 * How do matter and energy interact to produce weather patterns?

Goal - Students will demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of how matter and energy interact to produce weather patterns by the end of january with 75 % acuracy, as demonstrated by tests, hw, projects and labs**

8-10 periods **
 * Properties of matter
 * **Matter is anything that takes up space and has mass (ch 4, sec 1) **
 * **Solids, liquids and gases (ch4, sec 1) **
 * **Relationship between phases of matter and particle motion (ch 5, sec 2) **
 * **Density (ch 3, p.123) **

**6-8 periods**
 * Heating and cooling events **
 * **Principle of conservation of energy ( ch 2, sec 2) **
 * **Transfer of heat : radiation, convection, and conduction ( ch5, sec 2) **
 * **Heat and its realtionship to phase changes (ch 4, sec 2) **
 * **Expansion and contraction (ch 4, sec 1) **

**11-13 periods**
 * Weather **
 * ** Weather is the result of complex interactions of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere; all weather is caused by unequal heating of earth's surface. (ch 6, sec 2) **
 * **Light energy vs. heat energy (ch 5, sec 1&2) **
 * **Hydrosphere/ atmosphere interactions: water cycle, precipitation. (ch 6, sec 1&2) **
 * **Weather factors: pressure, realtive humidity, temperature, wind. (ch 6, sec 1&3, ch 7, sec 1) **
 * **Air masses and fronts (ch 7, sec 2) **
 * **Extreme weather events : Hurricanes, tornafos, blizzards, and droughts. (ch 7, sec 2) **

**Suggested labs as per performance objectives** Longitude and Latitude of weather events Predicting Weather Interpretating weather maps Condensation and Precipitation (the water cycle)** [|**http://www.noaa.gov/**] [|**http://www.weather.com/**]
 * Weather variables/instruments


 * __ Unit 3- Diversity of Life __**
 * How does the transfer of matter and energy through biological communities support the diversity of living things?**

//**End of January to the end of February**//


 * Goal- Students will demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of how the transfer of matter and energy through biological communities support the diversity of living things, with 75 % acuracy, as demonstrated by tests, hw, projects and labs.

Kingdoms of Life (6-8 periods) **
 * **What makes something alive? (ch 8, sec 1) **
 * **The cell is a basic unit of structure and function of living things. (ch 8, sec 2) **
 * **Unicellular vs. multicellular organisms (ch 8, sec 3) **
 * **Biological classification of systems (ch 8, sec 2) **

(10-12 periods) **
 * Food chains and Food Webs
 * **Principle of the conservation of energy (ch 2, sec 2) **
 * **Flow of energy and matter through food chains and food webs (ch 3, sec 3) **
 * **Method of obtaining nutrients (ch9, sec 3) **
 * **The role of producers (ch 9, sec 3) **
 * **The role(s) of consumers : idea of respiration/ recycling; herbivores/ carnivores/ omnoivores (ch 9, sec 3) **
 * **The role of decomposers (ch 9, sec 3) **

Food chain/ web Microscopy- Preparing a stained slide (cheek cell) Preparing and viewing a plant cell slide (onion skin) Symbiotic relationships
 * Suggested labs


 * Project as per goal**


 * Unit- 4 Interdependence **
 * How is interdependence** **essential in maintaining life on earth?**

//**Beginning of March to the middle of June**//


 * Goal- students will demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of how interdependence is essential in maintaining life on earth by the middle of June, with 75% acuracy, as demonstrated by tests, hw, labs and projects.

Climate and Biomes ( 8-10 periods ) **


 * ** Climatic r egions (ch 10, sec 1) **
 * **Biomes : tundra, tropical rain forest, temperate forest, grasslands, desserts (ch 11, sec 2) **
 * **Seasonal variations ( cover on own, Math lab p. 17) **
 * **Effects of elevation (ch10, sec 1) **
 * **Global warming : natural cycles vs. human impact (ch 11, sec 1) **

(10-12 periods) **
 * Ecosystems and interdependence
 * **Population and definition of species (ch 8, sec 2, ch 9, sec 1) **
 * **Communities (ch 9, sec 1) **
 * **ecosystems (including basic abiotic factors such as water, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and oxygen) (ch 10, sec 1&2) **
 * **Factors affecting the population growth of organisms- Predators/prey relationships (ch 9, sec2) **
 * **Relationships among organisms: beneficial and harmful (ch 9, sec 3) **
 * **Effects of environmental changes on humans and other populations (ch 10, sec 2) **

(2-4) ** Classification Population ecology lab** [|**http://www2.fiu.edu/~seagrass/class/pcb3043/lab4.html**] Predator prey (card game) lab Biomes**
 * Adaptaptions for survival
 * **Thermoregulation in plants and animals ( on own, nothing in text) **
 * **locomotion ( on own) **
 * Suggested labs as per performance objectives
 * Modeling global warming
 * Project as per goal**