Grade Six
Initial Understanding
Define abiotic and biotic
Define producers, consumers and decomposers
Define food chains and food web
Define community, population, habitat, ecosystems, and niches
Identify abiotic and biotic factors in the environment
Explain each level of the environmental organizational chart
Compare the flow of energy through an ecosystem
Define the major characteristics that define the various biomes
Describe how producers, consumers (herbivores, carnivores, and
scavengers), and decomposers are linked in a food web
Describe the relationships between organismsÕ adaptations and
their particular biome
Construct a food chain and a food web
Defend how the elimination of one organism could affect the food
chain/web
Matter and Energy in Ecosystems II
Define the term ÒPlantÓ and list the plant parts
Define the process of photosynthesis
Illustrate the parts of a plant cell
Construct a model of a flowering plant
Illustrate the life cycle of a flowering plant
Explain the role of photosynthesis as it relates to the oxygen and
carbon dioxide cycle
Explain the symbiotic relationship between insects and flowering
plants
Defend the need to protect and conserve groundwater.
Defend the need to protect and conserve tropical rainforests and
other unique biomes.
Define ÔmatterÕ and then list the states of matter
Define and label the parts of an atom
Define the term ÔelementÕ
Define the Periodic Table
Illustrate the states of matter
Construct a model of an atom
Illustrate the use of common elements from the Periodic Table in
everyday life
Advocate for or against the use of renewable energy
Describe
the properties of an atom.
Describe
the properties of common elements such as oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, iron and
aluminum.
Describe
how the properties of simple compounds, such as water and table salt, are
different from the properties of the elements of which they are made.
Explain
how mixtures can be separated by using the properties of the substances from
which they are made, such as particle size, density, solubility and boiling
point.
Design a model of an atom
Design a model of a molecule
Discuss the difference between a molecule and an atom
Evaluate how the structure of matter affects the properties and
uses of materials of a Styrofoam cup.
Define force, distance,
and work
Demonstrate how simple machines such as inclined planes, pulleys and levers are used to create mechanical advantage.
Define potential energy
Define kinetic energy
Explain the relationship
between force, distance and work, and use the relationship (W=F x D) to calculate work done in
lifting heavy objects.
Compare how different types of stored (potential)
energy can be used to make objects move.
Design simple machines such as inclined planes, pulleys and levers
Design a roller coaster to demonstrate potential and kinetic
energy
Judge the best design for a ramp for handicap access.
Define average speed
Define force
Define mass
Define inertia
Define
NewtonÕs 3 laws of motion
Compare mass and weight
Compare distance over time as it applies to rate
Predict, based on NewtonÕs laws, the outcome of a
Design a catapult to
show NewtonÕs laws of motion
Discuss the amount of
force needed for a car, a human, and a cheetah to move one mile.
Discuss inertia as it
applies to a moving car as hitting a stationary wall.
Advocate for or against the mandatory use of seatbelts in cars.