FARMINGTON RIVER REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT – SCIENCE MAP
GRADE 6
Month
SEPTEMBER
Content
Scientific Method
Temperature Differences
Skills
Design, execute a lab experiment.
Standard
Inquiry – Technology #1
Create a graph from gathered data. Life Science - #14, 15
OCTOBER – 3rd week of
NOVEMBER
Ecosystems
Transfer of energy through an
ecosystem by creating webs
Life Science (Biology)- #10, 11,
12, 17
NOVEMBER – 4th week –
DECEMBER
Evolution, Charles Darwin,
Eras, Fossils
Understand that species change
over geological time.
Earth Science - #2, 4, 5, 6, 7
Earth & Space Science - #8, 9,
10, 11, 12
JANUARY – 2nd week –
FEBRUARY
Erosion, weathering, layers
of the earth (volcanoes and
earthquakes), tectonic plates
The earth is in constant change.
FEBRUARY – 4th week –
Mid APRIL
Tides, moons, eclipses,
seasons
Moon & Sun have a direct affect
on earth.
Mid APRIL - JUNE
Solar System & Galaxies
Earth is part of a solar system
which is part of a galaxy which is
part of an expanding universe.
Earth & Space Science - #8, 9,
10, 11, 12