Hearne ISD
Course: Sixth Grade
Unit: Transfer of Energy & Taxonomy
TEKS
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
Science
Assessment
Designated Six Weeks: 3rd Six Weeks
Days to teach: 29 Days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
6.9: Force, motion and energy.
The student knows that the Law of Conservation of Energy -energy can neither by created nor destroyed, it just changes forms.
6.12 Organisms and Environment: The student knows all organisms are classified into Domains and Kingdoms.
(6.9) (A) investigate
Chemical Energy
Guiding Questions:
Sample Assessment
Examples of
What does the Law of
methods of thermal
Electrical Energy
Instructional
Questions:
STEMsccpes:
Conservation of Energy
energy transfer,
1. Explain The Law of
Electromagnetic Energy
www.stemscopes.com
state?
including conduction,
Conservation of Energy
Thermal energy
Strategies:
Journals
convection, and
Mechanical energy
Teacher Notes
In what 3 ways can
Cooperative learning
2. List the three ways
radiation;
Radiant energy
TEKS Explanations
thermal energy be
Discovery Learning
thermal energy can be
Alternative energy
transferred?
Graphic Organizers
transferred.
(B) verify through
Conduction
Website:
KWL Chart
Convection
investigations that
Conduction/ convection
What is the predictable
Scaffolding
3. Explain how Thermal
Radiation
thermal energy moves
http://www.uen.org/Les
movement pattern of
Energy moves.
in a predictable pattern
Law of Conservation of
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thermal energy?
from warmer to cooler
Energy
Link to ELPS
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4. Draw an illustration
Instructional
until all the substances
Depletion
Identify the various
of the flow of energy of
Strategies:
attain the same
Energy Consumption
Energy
forms of energy and
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a flashlight battery.
temperature such as an
Transformations
discuss the sources for
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ice cube melting;
http://cases.soe.umich.e
each.
h074a.html
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4F – Graphic
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(C) demonstrate energy
Organizers,
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transformations such as
Visual/Videos, and
energy in a flashlight
Manipulatives (soil)
battery changes from
3H- Accountable
chemical energy to
conversation stems
electrical energy to light
1C – Word Wall,
energy.
Word Sort
(Supporting Standard)
2H – Book Review
2D – KWL
Hearne ISD
Science
Course: Sixth Grade
Unit: Transfer of Energy & Taxonomy
TEKS
Guiding
Questions/
Specificity
6.12(A) understand that
all organisms are
composed of one or
more cells;
(B) recognize that the
presence of a nucleus
determines whether a
cell is prokaryotic
(C) recognize that the
broadest taxonomic
classification of living
organisms is divided
into currently
recognized Domains;
(D) identify the basic
characteristics of
organisms, including
prokaryotic or
eukaryotic, unicellular
or multicellular,
autotrophic or
heterotrophic, and mode
of reproduction, that
further classify them in
the currently recognized
Kingdoms;
(Supporting Standard)
Guiding Questions:
Explain the
contributions of Anton
von Leeuwenhoek and
Robert Hooke.
Compare/contrast
prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells.
How is the shape of the
cell designed for its
function?
Teacher Notes:
Compare/ contrast
asexual vs. sexual
reproduction.
Identify the 5 levels of
cell organization
What are some basic
characteristics of
organisms that are used
to classify them into the
currently recognized
Kingdoms?
Assessment
Sample Assessment
Questions
1.Which cells carry
oxygen to muscles?
A. Artery cells
B. Red blood cells
C. Nerve cells
D. Lung cells
2.What is the main
function of cilia and
flagellum?
3.Single-celled
organisms with a
nucleus and either cilia
or flagella probably
belong to which
kingdom?
Designated Six Weeks: 3rd Six Weeks
Days to teach: 29 Days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Cells
Anton Von
Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke
Compound Microscope
Cell Theory
Nucleus
Plant Cell
Taxonomy
Prokaryote
Eukaryote
Autotroph
Heterotroph
Domains
Kingdoms
Classification
Unicellular
Multicellular
Asexual Reproduction
Sexual Reproduction
Examples of
Instructional
Strategies:
Journals
Cooperative learning
Discovery Learning
Graphic Organizers
KWL Chart
Scaffolding
Link to ELPS
Instructional
Strategies:
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.u
s/rules/tac/chapter074/c
h074a.html
4F – Graphic
Organizers,
Visual/Videos, and
Manipulatives (soil)
3H- Accountable
conversation stems
1C – Word Wall,
Word Sort
2H – Book Review
2D – KWL
Resources/
Weblinks
STEMsccpes:
www.stemscopes.com
Teacher Notes
TEKS Explanations
Core Labs:
Microscope – onion
and animal cells cell,
prepared plant
http://cellsalive.com/
http://science-class.net/
(Biology)
www.ric.edu/faculty/pti
skus/Six_Kingdoms/In
dex.htm