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Tennessee Science Standards

Sixth Grade Science
Middle School Labs | Essential Jefferson County Labs

Sixth Grade Scope and Sequence

TCAP Review materials

Print Copy of Standards

Science State Indicators Checklist, 6^th Grade

Grade 6 : Inquiry

Conceptual Strand Understandings about scientific inquiry and the ability to conduct inquiry are essential for living in the 21st century.

Guiding Question What tools, skills, knowledge, and dispositions are needed to conduct scientific inquiry?

Grade Level Expectations

GLE 0607.Inq.1 Design and conduct open-ended scientific investigations.

Science Fair communications used by sixth grade teachers in Jefferson County Schools

Science Fair project guide for students and parents

Science Project Due Dates, Notification to Parents of missing work, How to write a conclusion,

Science Fair Rubric

GLE 0607.Inq.2 Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret data.

Glencoe Virtual Lab: The Nature of Science: How is a controlled experiment performed?

GLE 0607.Inq.3 Synthesize information to determine cause and effect relationships between evidence and explanations.

GLE 0607.Inq.4 Recognize possible sources of bias and error, alternative explanations, and questions for further exploration.

GLE 0607.Inq.5 Communicate scientific understanding using descriptions, explanations, and models.

Checks for Understanding

0607.Inq.1 Design and conduct an open-ended scientific investigation to answer a question that includes a control and appropriate variables.

0607.Inq.2 Identify tools and techniques needed to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret data collected from a moderately complex scientific investigation.

0607.Inq.3 Use evidence from a dataset to determine cause and effect relationships that explain a phenomenon.

0607.Inq.4 Review an experimental design to determine possible sources of bias or error, state alternative explanations, and identify questions for further investigation.

0607.Inq.5 Design a method to explain the results of an investigation using descriptions, explanations, or models.

Inquiry Activity - Mentos and Coke Lab

State Performance Indicators

SPI 0607.Inq.1 Design a simple experimental procedure with an identified control and appropriate variables.

SPI 0607.Inq.2 Select tools and procedures needed to conduct a moderately complex experiment.

Metric Mania Lessons

SPI 0607.Inq.3 Interpret and translate data into a table, graph, or diagram.

SPI 0607.Inq.4 Draw a conclusion that establishes a cause and effect relationship supported by evidence.

The Mystery Spot

SPI 0607.Inq.5 Identify a faulty interpretation of data that is due to bias or experimental error.

Grade 6 : Technology & Engineering

Conceptual Strand Society benefits when engineers apply scientific discoveries to design materials and processes that develop into enabling technologies.

Deanne Bell believes engineering is for girls

Guiding Question How do science concepts, engineering skills, and applications of technology improve the

quality of life?

Break It Down Interactive

Grade Level Expectations

GLE 0607.T/E.1 Explore how technology responds to social, political, and economic needs.

Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with BUILDING BIG™, a five- part PBS television series and Web site from WGBH Boston.

The Bridge Over the Hellespont

Jean Engineering Podcast

GLE 0607.T/E.2 Know that the engineering design process involves an ongoing series of events that incorporate design constraints, model building, testing, evaluating, modifying, and retesting.

Mousetrap vehicle,

Designing Balloon cars

Exploring Innovation a timeline of life-altering inventions

Invention Playhouse

GLE 0607.T/E.3 Compare the intended benefits with the unintended consequences of a new technology.

GLE 0607.T/E.4 Describe and explain adaptive and assistive bioengineered products.

Checks for Understanding

0607.T/E.1 Use appropriate tools to test for strength, hardness, and flexibility of materials.

0607.T/E.2 Apply the engineering design process to construct a prototype that meets certain specifications.

Wheelchairs - Podcast

0607.T/E.3 Explore how the unintended consequences of new technologies can impact society.

Designing a Space Station

0607.T/E.4 Research bioengineering technologies that advance health and contribute to improvements in our daily lives.

0607.T/E.5 Develop an adaptive design and test its effectiveness.

State Performance Indicators

SPI 0607.T/E.1 Identify the tools and procedures needed to test the design features of a prototype.

SPI 0607.T/E.2 Evaluate a protocol to determine if the engineering design process was successfully applied.

SPI 0607.T/E.3 Distinguish between the intended benefits and the unintended consequences of a new technology.

SPI 0607.T/E.4 Differentiate between adaptive and assistive bioengineered products (e.g., food, biofuels, medicines, integrated pest management).

Prosthetic Arm Video

Grade 6 : Standard 1 -Cells (Not Addressed at this level)

Conceptual Strand 1 All living things are made of cells that perform functions necessary for life.

Guiding Question 1 How are plant and animals cells organized to carry on the processes of life?

Grade 6 : Standard 2 -Interdependence

Conceptual Strand 2 All life is interdependent and interacts with the environment.

Guiding Question 2 How do living things interact with one another and with the non-living elements of their environment?

Grade Level Expectations

GLE 0607.2.1 Examine the roles of consumers, producers, and decomposers in a biological community.

BBC Schools – Food Chains, Webs, Interactions of organisms

Food Chains and Food Webs

www.iknowthat.com Concentrates on specific biomes. Students must look at a biome and place animal and

plants into the biome correctly based on the biotic and abiotic factors that are present.

Producers, Consumers, Decomposers interactive PowerPoint

GLE 0607.2.2 Describe how matter and energy are transferred through an ecosystem.

GLE 0607.2.3 Draw conclusions from data about interactions between the biotic and abiotic elements of a particular environment.

Glencoe Virtual Labs: The Nonliving Environment: How do organisms react to changes in abiotic factors?

GLE 0607.2.4 Analyze the environments and the interdependence among organisms found in the world’s major biomes.

Checks for Understanding

	0607.2.1 Compare and contrast the different methods used by organisms to obtain nutrition in a biological community.
	0607.2.2 Create a graphic organizer that illustrates how biotic and abiotic elements of an environment interact.
	0607.2.3 Use a food web or energy pyramid to demonstrate the interdependence of organisms within a specific biome.

BBC Schools – Food Chains, Webs, Interactions of organisms

0607.2.4 Create poster presentations to illustrate differences among the world’s major biomes.

Major Biomes Interactive Website

Interactive Biome Video

State Performance Indicators

SPI 0607.2.1 Classify organisms as producers, consumers, scavengers, or decomposers according to their role in a food chain or food web.

SPI 0607.2.2 Interpret how materials and energy are transferred through an ecosystem.

SPI 0607.2.3 Identify the biotic and abiotic elements of the major biomes.

SPI 0607.2.4 Identify the environmental conditions and interdependencies among organisms found in the major biomes.

Biome Video-great information!

Blue Planet Biomes

KidsKonnect Biomes SCROLL DOWN!!!

Glencoe Virtual Labs: Ecosystems: What are the different types of land environment?

Grade 6 : Standard 3 -Flow of Matter and Energy

(Not Addressed at this level)

Conceptual Strand 3 Matter and energy flow through the biosphere.

Guiding Question 3 What scientific information explains how matter and energy flow through the biosphere?

Grade 6 : Standard 4 - Heredity (Not Addressed at this level)

Conceptual Strand 4 Plants and animals reproduce and transmit hereditary information between generations.

Guiding Question 4 What are the principal mechanisms by which living things reproduce and transmit information between parents and offspring?

Grade 6 : Standard 5 -Biodiversity and Change

(Not Addressed at this level)

Conceptual Strand 5 A rich variety of complex organisms have developed in response to a continually changing environment.

Guiding Question 5 How does natural selection explain how organisms have changed over time?

Earth and Space Science

Grade 6 : Standard 6 -The Universe

Conceptual Strand 6 The cosmos is vast and explored well enough to know its basic structure and operational principles.

Guiding Question 6 What big ideas guide human understanding about the origin and structure of the universe, Earth’s place in the cosmos, and observable motions and patterns in the sky?

Grade Level Expectations

GLE 0607.6.1 Analyze information about the major components of the universe.

Exploring planets in the classroom

The Nine Best Planets

The Ten Best of the Nine Best Planets

Planetary Adventure

Glencoe Virtual Labs, Exploring Space: How does artificial satellite stay in orbit?

Labeling Solar System Flipchart

GLE 0607.6.2 Describe the relative distance of objects in the solar system from earth.

GLE 0607.6.3 Explain how the positional relationships among the earth, moon, and sun control the length of the day, lunar cycle, and year.

Yahoo planet games

Super Cool Space Tools

The Constellations and the Stars

GLE 0607.6.4 Describe the different stages in the lunar cycle.

Oreo Moon Phases Lab

Oreo Moon Phases- Lab Sheet for Students

Brain Pop, Moon

Phases of Moon Flip Chart

GLE 0607.6.5 Produce a model to demonstrate how the moon produces tides.

Moon Phases – The Moon Internet Activity Sheet including info from NIEHS, NASA, ZOOM Astronomy

The Evergreen Project

Gravity – Calculations of weight on planets, moons, and stars. Complete descriptions of mass, weight, and gravity.

Terry Sams Moon – Info about many aspects of the moon.

GLE 0607.6.6 Illustrate the relationship between the seasons and the earth-sun system.

GLE 0607.6.7 Describe the causes of lunar and solar eclipses.

Scholastic: Moon Shadow: What Causes a Solar Eclipse? This is an interactive site.

Lunar and Solar Eclipses - This site had 3D simulations of lunar eclipses, solar eclipses, and Moon phases.

Lunar Eclipse Cycle interactive game

Harcourt School Moon Phase website

Solar and Lunar Eclipses Flipchart

Checks for Understanding

0607.6.1 Use data to draw conclusions about the major components of the universe.

Solar System Trading Cards—Trading cards to use with students

Planet Pursuit Game—Wonderful game that teaches planet facts and quizzes students

Exploring planets in the classroom

The Ten Best of the Nine Best Planets

Planetary Adventure

Moon Phases

Wonderville Science

Orchard- Earth Science Concepts 102SC

The Planets PowerPoint

0607.6.2 Construct a model of the solar system showing accurate positional relationships and relative distances.

The First Annual Planet Awards

Exploring Planets in the Classroom - Hands on Activities

Your Weight on Other Worlds Ever wonder what you might weigh on Mars or The Moon?

0607.6.3 Investigate how the earth, sun, and moon are responsible for a day, lunar cycle, and year.

Orchard- Earth Science Concepts 102SC

0607.6.4 Explain why the positions of the earth, moon, and sun were used to develop calendars and clocks.

0607.6.5 Illustrate the positions of the earth, moon, and sun during specific tidal conditions.

0607.6.6 Diagram the relationship of the earth and sun that accounts for the seasons.

Orchard- Earth Science Concepts 102SC

0607.6.7 Model the positions of the earth, moon, and sun during solar and lunar eclipses.

Lunar and Solar Eclipses - This site had 3D simulations of lunar eclipses, solar eclipses, and Moon phases.

Lunar Eclipse Cycle interactive game

Harcourt School Moon Phase website

Orchard- Earth Science Concepts 102SC

State Performance Indicators

SPI 0607.6.1 Use data to draw conclusions about the major components of the universe.

SPI 0607.6.2 Explain how the relative distance of objects from the earth affects how they appear.

SPI 0607.6.3 Distinguish among a day, lunar cycle, and year based on the movements of the earth, sun, and moon.

SPI 0607.6.4 Explain the different phases of the moon using a model of the earth, moon, and sun.

SPI 0607.6.5 Predict the types of tides that occur when the earth and moon occupy various positions.

SPI 0607.6.6 Use a diagram that shows the positions of the earth and sun to explain the four seasons.

SPI 0607.6.7 Explain the difference between a solar and a lunar eclipse.

Grade 6 : Standard 7 – The Earth (Not Addressed at this level)

Conceptual Strand 7 Major geologic events that occur over eons or brief moments in time continually shape and reshape the surface of the Earth, resulting in continuous global change.

Guiding Question 7 How is the earth affected by long-term and short term geological cycles and the influence of man?

Grade 6 : Standard 8 -The Atmosphere

Conceptual Strand 8 The earth is surrounded by an active atmosphere and an energy system that controls the distribution life, local weather, climate, and global temperature.

Guiding Question 8 How do the physical characteristics and the chemical makeup of the atmosphere influence surface processes and life on Earth?

Grade Level Expectations

GLE 0607.8.1 Design and conduct an investigation to determine how the sun drives atmospheric convection.

GLE 0607.8.2 Describe how the sun’s energy produces the wind.

GLE 0607.8.2 Investigate the relationship between currents and oceanic temperature differences.

GLE 0607.8.4 Analyze meteorological data to predict weather conditions.

Weather lessons from NOAA

Interactive Weather

Checks for Understanding

0607.8.1 Recognize how convection currents in the atmosphere produce wind.

Exploring Oceans - interactive site exploring waves and wind

0607.8.2 Design an experiment to investigate differences in the amount of the sun’s energy absorbed by a variety of surface materials.

0607.8.3 Design an experiment to demonstrate how ocean currents are associated with the sun’s energy.

0607.8.4 Analyze ocean temperature data to demonstrate how these conditions affect the weather in nearby land masses.

0607.8.5 Interpret data found on ocean current maps.

0607.8.6 Use data collected from instruments such as a barometer, thermometer, psychrometer, and anemometer to describe local weather conditions.

Edheads- Weather Forcasting

State Performance Indicators

SPI 0607.8.1 Analyze data to identify events associated with heat convection in the atmosphere.
SPI 0607.8.2 Recognize the connection between the sun’s energy and the wind.

BrainPop on wind
SPI 0607.8.3 Describe how temperature differences in the ocean account for currents.

Ocean currents
SPI 0607.8.4 Interpret meteorological data to make predictions about the weather.

Grade 6 : Standard 9 -Matter (Not Addressed at this level)

Conceptual Strand 9 The composition and structure of matter is known, and it behaves according to principles that are generally understood.

Guiding Question 9 How does the structure of matter influence its physical and chemical behavior?

Grade 6 : Standard 10 -Energy

Conceptual Strand 10 Various forms of energy are constantly being transformed into other types without any net loss of energy from the system.

Energy Kid's Page

Guiding Question 10 What basic energy related ideas are essential for understanding the dependency of the natural and man-made worlds on energy?

The Energy Story

Interactive Energy Games

Grade Level Expectations

GLE 0607.10.1 Compare and contrast the three forms of potential energy.

GLE 0607.10.2 Analyze various types of energy transformations

Energy in a High Tech World

GLE 0607.10.3 Explain the principles underlying the Law of Conservation of Energy.

Checks for Understanding

0607.10.1 Compare potential and kinetic energy.

The Bouncing Ball Activity

The Mummy's Tomb: Building a Better Pyramid

The Mummy's Tomb -Raceway interactive game

0607.10.2 Create a poster that illustrates different forms of potential energy.

0607.10.3 Design a model that demonstrates a specific energy transformation.

Energy Transfer includes background information for teachers and activities

Transforming Energy - lesson plan

0607.10.4 Explain why a variety of energy transformations illustrate the Law of Conservation of Energy.

BrainPop Tips for Conservation

Sources of Energy

First Energy :What is Energy Students learn all about energy resources; interactive games

State Performance Indicators

SPI 0607.10.1 Distinguish among gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy, and chemical potential energy.

SPI 0607.10.2 Interpret the relationship between potential and kinetic energy.

SPI 0607.10.3 Recognize that energy can be transformed from one type to another.

SPI 0607.10.4 Explain the Law of Conservation of Energy using data from a variety of energy transformations.

Grade 6 : Standard 11 -Motion (Not Addressed at this level)

Conceptual Strand 11 Objects move in ways that can be observed, described, predicted, and measured. .

Guiding Question 11 What causes objects to move differently under different circumstances?

Grade 6: Standard 12 -Forces in Nature

Conceptual Strand 12 Everything in the universe exerts a gravitational force on everything else; there is an interplay between magnetic fields and electrical currents.

Guiding Question 12 What are the scientific principles that explain gravity and electromagnetism?

Grade Level Expectations

GLE 0607.12.1 Describe how simple circuits are associated with the transfer of electrical energy.

Frequently Asked Questions About Electricity

Science Fair Projects / Electricity

GLE 0607.12.2 Explain how simple electrical circuits can be used to determine which materials conduct electricity.

Checks for Understanding

0607.12.1 Prepare a poster that illustrates how electricity passes though a simple circuit to produce heat, light, or sound.

Watts, Ohms, Amps

Light – covers many areas of what is needed for this chapter.

What Is Light – Basic introduction to all sections of Ch.17

Magic Light – Very elementary. Good to use with lower ability group, also can be translated.

Light and Optics – Reflection/refraction – good visuals

Light – covers many areas of what is needed for this chapter.

0607.12.2 Determine a material’s electrical conductivity by testing it with a simple battery/bulb circuit.

. Charging Up A Light Bulb

0607.12.3 Compare and contrast the characteristics of objects and materials that conduct electricity with those that are electrical insulators.

Conductors and Electricity

State Performance Indicators

SPI 0607.12.1 Identify how simple circuits are associated with the transfer of electrical energy when heat, light, sound, and chemical changes are produced.

Electrical Circuits

AC/DC What’s the Difference

The Blobz guide to Electrical Circuits

. Charging Up A Light Bulb

SPI 0607.12.2 Identify materials that can conduct electricity.

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