6th+Grade+Science

=__**North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Resources**__=

NC Essential Standards
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/new-standards/#science

Crosswalks
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/support-tools/#crscience

Unpacking Documents
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/support-tools/#unscience

=__ 6th Grade Comprehensive Curriculum Guide: __=

http://www.gamequarium.com -- this is a great website that has all the Bill Nye videos and other videos as well!

[[file:6th Grade Science Curriculum Guide.pdf]] Entire 6th Grade Science Curriculum
=__ 6th Grade Unit Curriculum Guides & Resources: __=

__* Resources/Documents for Scientific Inquiry:__
BrainPop Scientific Inquiry Lesson MythBusters episodes on Discovery Ed - Powerpoint with definitions and examples of observations and inferences

- A "Murder Mystery" that can be used to demonstrate lab skills and inquiry - An experiment that can be used to identify and control for variables - Worksheet that explains constants and variables, gives an example, has two student problems

__* Resources/Documents for Matter:__
Interactive Periodic Table Chem4Kids Discovery Education Virtual Lab - Atoms BrainPop Lessons Matter and Chemistry The Atoms Family - Color coding the periodic table - Student groups report on one family of the periodic table - Quiz of vocabulary relating to matter - Test for 6.P.2.1 Enchanted Learning Phases of Matter Worksheets Scholastic.com Site for Video, Song, Quiz, etc on state changes Discovery Education Virtual Lab on Changes of States of Matter [|4 States of Matter Song] [|States of Matter Videos & Review Games - NeoK12] - Article describing states of matter - Another article about matter - Thought provoking questions about matter - Directions for a poster project about states of matter - An at-home activity about ice melting - Quiz of vocabulary relating to changing states of matter - Test of 6.P.2.2 SAS Virtual Lab about Density Reeko's mad Scientist Lab on Density Interactive Melting and Boiling Points - Students rotate through stations making measurements - Color-coding thermometers to show melting and boiling points - Students mix various solvent and solutes - Review (or intro) of basic chemistry concepts - Review (or intro) of how density is calculated - A project to summarize understanding of the matter unit - Test of 6.P.2

__* Resources/Documents for Energy:__
Energy Kids website Energy Resource Website BrainPop Lessons on Energy "Too Hot To Handle" Virtual Lab - Student magazine with articles about energy - An at-home project about insulators - Smart Board Lesson from the SmartExchange - Review game: cut the first two pages apart into cards - Quiz of vocabulary relating to energy - cut apart flash cards - Online calculation of carbon footprints - Online scavenger hunt about energy resources

__* Resources/Documents for Waves:__
Classzone Simulation of Forces and Waves Classzone - Wave Graphing BrainPop Video on Waves Bill Nye Videos Interactives and Visuals of Waves - Smart Notebook lesson about types of waves - Smart Notebook lesson about waves - Measuring the properties of wave graphs Interactive Sound Tool Discovery Education Virtual Lab - Sound Classzone Visual - How Sound Travels Blue Man Group BrainPop Lesson on Sound Interactive for Changing Pitch and Volume [|Video of the Doppler Effect] - Powerpoint review of sound - Student magazine with articles about sound BrainPop Lesson on Refraction and Diffraction Light Bending Simulation Classzone - the Sun at Different Wavelengths Discovery Education Virtual Lab - Vision BrainPop Lessons - Light and EM Spectrum - Interactive sorting activity about EM waves (Smart Notebook) - Activities about color, light and optics - Comparison of energy efficiency of lightbulbs - Assignment for 5-paragraph report on EM waves - A project to summarize energy and waves

__* Resources/Documents for Plants:__
Interactive Plant Diagram BrainPop Lesson - Plant Growth - Student magazine with articles about plants Carbon Cycle Virtual Lab - Smart notebook lesson about photosynthesis Tropism Experiments Tropism Videos - Smart notebook lesson about tropisms - Vocabulary quiz of terms relating to plants - Test of 6.L.1 - A project to summarize plants & ecosystems

__* Resources/Documents for Ecosystems:__
BrainPop Lesson - Food Chains Interactive Food Chain Classzone - Nitrogen Cycle BrainPop Lesson - Ecosystems Discovery Education Simulation - Ponder This Discovery Education Simulation - Organism Needs - Interactive sorting activity of biotic and abiotic factors (Smart notebook) - Student groups create a project about an assigned biome

__* Resources/Documents for Earth Systems:__
__USGS Website__ BrainPop Lessons on Earth's Structure Online Exploration of Earth's Layers BrainPop Lesson - Plate Tectonics Classzone - Breakup of Pangaea - Smart Notebook lesson about plate tectonics Earthquake Virtual Lab BrainPop Lesson - Earthquakes - Smart notebook lesson about earthquake damage - Smart Notebook review of earthquakes Volcano Virtual Lab BrainPop Lesson - Volcanoes Volcanoes Teacher Packet - Student magazine with articles about plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes - Assignment created for use with magazine above - Student magazine about rocks and minerals - Smart Notebook lesson about identifying minerals - Activity for growing crystals - Smart Notebook lesson about weathering and soil formation - Testing properties of different types of soil - Show changes on Earth's surface: can relate to stewardship, remote sensing

__* Resources/Documents for Earth/Universe:__
Classzone - Moon Phases Moon Phases and Eclipses Interactive Moon Phases BrainPop Lesson - Moon Phases Eclipse interactive - Students use flashlights and styrofoam balls to model moon phases - An at-home observation sheet - Quiz of vocabulary from 6.E.1.1 - Smart Notebook review of moon phases, eclipses, seasons, tides - Test of 6.E.1.1

Solar System WebQuest BrainPop Lesson - Earth NOVA - Hunt for Alien Life Discovery Education Virtual Lab - Solar System Interactive Video - Inner Planets Parts of the Solar System - NASA lessons about the geology of other planets - Activities to compare Earth and Mars - Students work through activities to understand the classification of dwarf planets - Teacher guide for above activities - Students make a scale model of the solar system on adding machine paper - Assignment for students to make a create brochure about a planet - Creative project for students to design a non-existent planet - Group project about an assigned planet - Quiz on planets of our solar system Structure of the Universe Classzone - Traveling Through Solar System BrainPop Lessons - Space Understanding the Universe When We Left Earth (NASA) Technological Spinoffs of the Space Program - Powerpoint about NASA spinoffs - Review game: cut apart cards - A project to summarize the space unit