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TITLE
Science 6
TEXTBOOK
Discover Science, Scott Foresman and Company, 1991.
DESCRIPTION
Science 6 is a year long course required for all sixth grade students. The
course is designed to give students an overall view of several areas of science.
Classes meet three times weekly for 68 minutes per session. Main topics in
biology are plant and animal behavior, reproduction, genetics, and changes over
time. Health main topics include studies of the human nervous and endocrine
systems and health responsibilities of the individual, family, and community.
Changes in the earth’s crust is the main topic in earth science. .
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Students will identify steps of scientific method in labs and activities.
(8.2.1)
2. Students will be able to identify parts of plant and animal cells. (8.4.1)
3. Students will compare sexual and asexual cell reproduction.(8.4.2)
4. Students will predict the expression of dominant and recessive genes in
offspring
(8.4.2)
5. Students will explain how fossils are formed.
6. Students will describe the use of index fossils in dating rock layers.
(8.5.2)
7. Students will deduce how organisms have changed over time and are constantly
Changing (8.4.3)
8. Students will infer dinosaur traits based on available evidence. (8.8.2)
9. Students will differentiate behavioral and physiological plant and animal
adaptations (8.4.3)
10. Students will identify instinctive behaviors in animals.
11. Students will differentiate between selective breeding and natural
selection.(8.4.2)
12. Students will analyze reasons for mutations. (8.4.5)
13. Students will propose possible reasons for extinctions of species. (8.2.1)
14. Students will explain the function of hormones in plant responses. (8.4.3)
15. Students will differentiate between positive and negative tropisms. (8.4.1)
16. Students will analyze plant responses to light. (8.4.3)
17. Students will explain that flowering times of plants is adaptive behavior.
(8.4.3)
18. Students will identify matter as the substance of which everything is made.
(8.3.1)
19. Students will list the three states of matter. (8.3.1)
20. Students will summarize the differences between physical and chemical
changes (8.3.1)
21. Students will differentiate between physical and chemical changes. (8.1.3)
22. Students will identify the parts of an atom on a model. (12.1.2)
23. Students will recognize that chemical bonds hold atoms together. (12.3.1)
24. Students will use the Periodic Table to describe properties of elements.
(12.1.1)
25. Students will sort resources into renewable and nonrenewable resources.
(8.7.2)
26. Students will identify fossil fuels. (8.7.2)
27. Students will enumerate resources from air, land, salt water, and fresh
water.
(8.7.2)
28. Students will analyze methods to protect resources. (8.7.2)
29. Students will relate evidences of continental drift. (8.5.1)
30. Students will translate effects of continental drift on lives of humans.
(8.7.3)
31. Students will use data from each of the main topics to create graphs and
chart (8.1.2)
WRITING ACTIVITIES
1. Students will write at least one paragraph per semester on topical subjects.
(8.2.2)
2. Students will write answers to essay questions using complete sentences.
(8.2.2)
3. Students will write short reports using complete sentences. (8.2.2)
MULTICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
1. Students will learn about scientists from various ethnic groups who have
contributed to the field of science. (8.8.1)
