CUSD #95
Learner Objectives
Science for Sixth Grade
Identify plant structures and explain how they help plants function in their
environment (seeds, roots, stem, leaf, cell, flower, fruit)
Identify and describe the structures, processes and interactions that
ensure plant survival (photosynthesis, transpiration, reproduction,
adaptations)
Analyze the roles plants serve in the environment (producer, shelter,
oxygen)
Analyze the roles plants serve in the environment (producer, shelter,
oxygen)
Distinguish the biotic and abiotic factors that affect an organism in its
environment (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil)
Apply knowledge of plant functions within food chains or food webs
(energy transfer through a food web)
Recognize plant cell structures and their functions
Design an experiment that shows the processes that ensure plant survival
Assess the interactions that ensure plant survival
Evaluate and apply ecological concepts to environmental problems
Develop a bibliography of sources related to a science topic