What I SHOULD Have Learned in
6th Grade Science
(Pretty sure I was sick that day…or that year…)
Classification of Life
Use a classification
key to identify one
or more given
organisms based
on internal and/or
external structures
and/or behaviors.
Classification
• Use a dichotomous key to identify one or
more given organisms based on internal
and/or external structures and/or behaviors.
Electricity and Circuits
• Illustrate the transformations of energy in an
electric circuit when heat, light, and sound are
produced.
• Describe the transformation of energy in a
battery within an electric circuit.
Chemical energy from the
battery transforms to
electricity in the wires.
Electricity transforms to
light and heat in the light
bulb.
An electric circuit is
completed when the + and
– ends of the battery are
connected in a loop.
Earth Science – Layers of the Earth
• Understand that the solid Earth is composed
of a relatively thin crust, a dense metallic core,
and a layer called the mantle between the
crust and core that is very hot and partially
melted.
Earth Science – The Rock Cycle
• Describe the processes
involved in the rock cycle,
including the formation of
igneous, sedimentary,
and/or metamorphic rock
• Explain how one type of
rock might become a
different type of rock
during the rock cycle.
Earth Science - Rocks and Minerals
• Describe that the properties of different types
of rocks (hardness, particle size, minerals in
them) provide evidence of how those rocks
were formed.
These are both
made out of the
same magma, but
with different
cooling times.
Earth Science - Landforms
• Describe processes that build up landforms
(uplift, deposition)
Earth Science - Landforms
• Describe processes that break down
landforms (erosion, weathering).
Landforms
Describe
how natural
catastrophes
have shaped
Earth’s
surface.
What do you think caused this?
Landforms
Describe
how natural
catastrophes
have shaped
Earth’s
surface.
What do you think caused this?
Landforms
Describe
how natural
catastrophes
have shaped
Earth’s
surface.
What do you think caused this?
Landforms
• Describe that current landforms provide
evidence of past geologic events.
Crater Lake, OR
What does this
provide evidence
for?
Landforms
• Describe that current landforms provide
evidence of past geologic events.
The Grand Canyon
What does this
provide evidence
for?
Landforms
• Describe that current landforms provide
evidence of past geologic events.
Black Beach, Maui
What does this
provide evidence
for?
Sedimentary Rocks and
The Fossil Record
Explain that the
oldest horizontal
layers in
sedimentary rock
are usually below
newer layers.
Youngest Rock Layers
Oldest Rock Layers
Sedimentary Rocks and
The Fossil Record
Describe that
number and
thickness of layers
in sedimentary rock
provide evidence
for estimating the
age of landforms
and/or age of
fossils found in
rocks.
Which fossil is older?
Sedimentary Rocks and
The Fossil Record
Explain how geologic
events in the past
could have caused
layers of sedimentary
rock to be tipped,
folded, and/or
inverted.
What do you think caused this?
Sedimentary Rocks and
The Fossil Record
Explain how geologic
events in the past
could have caused
layers of sedimentary
rock to be tipped,
folded, and/or
inverted.
What do you think caused this?
Sedimentary Rocks and
The Fossil Record
Explain how geologic
events in the past
could have caused
layers of sedimentary
rock to be tipped,
folded, and/or
inverted.
What do you think caused this?
Landforms – Shaped by Living
Organisms
• Explain the role of living organisms in shaping
landforms.
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how oil is made
Coral Reefs
Limestone
Plants
The reproductive organ of a plant is the flower.
Male: stamen (made
of anther and
filament)
Female: Stigma, pistil
and ovary.
Plants
Plants convert sunlight to energy in their leaves
through the process of photosynthesis.