Class: Science – 6th Grade
Q3: Unit 5.1-5.4 & 6.1-6.6 -Inside Earth & Unit 1.1-1.4 & 2.1-2.2 -Astronomy
Learning Targets:
Objectives (Core Standards) & (*Colorado State Standards):
CS S1. & *CSS.S3
CS S1. Plate Tectonics Volcanoes I can explain evidence of plate tectonics,
from hotspots in Yellowstone, to Hawaiian Islands, or through matching of
rock types, fossils, and structure.
CS S3. Astronomy: Gravity, Stars, and Galaxies
*CSS. S3 Earth Systems Science I can define the complex interrelationships
that exist between the Earth’s structure and natural processes that happen
over time which are both constructive and destructive.
1.What characteristics do geologists use to identify rocks?
2. What are the three main groups of rocks?
CS S3. & *CSS.S3
1.How does the earth rotate around the sun or the moon rotate around the earth?
2.What force keeps the heavenly bodies or planets where they are and apples on the
earth falling to the ground?
3.Why do we have the seasons?
4.Why do we have the winter and summer solstice?
5.I can use Astronomy and Physics to have a better understanding of the world and
worlds beyond our own.
Key Terms/Vocabulary:
Igneous rock, Sedimentary rock, Metamorphic rock, grain, texture, extrusive,
intrusive, erosion, sediment, coral reef, foliated, rock cycle, astronomy, axis,
rotation, revolution, orbit, calendar, solstice, equinox, force, gravity, mass,
weight, inertia, Newton’s law’s, law of universal gravitation
Monday
1/12
Unit 5.3
Sedimentary Rocks CH5
Section 3 Slides, Quiz
1/19
Martin Luther King Day No School
1/26
Earth’s Moon CH1 S.4
Slides, Quiz
Tuesday
Summative Assessments:
Vocabulary in notebook & notebook check
Jeopardy review, Kahoot it review, formal section assessments, Pre test, Post
test, Writing in Science, Chapter Projects: Volcanoes and People & Track the
moon
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1/13
Material Science of Food
HW: Writing In Science
Granite exposed becomes
Sedimentary rock.
1/20
Kahoot it Review 2
CH4 Minerals & CH5 Rocks
Post Test Rocks & Minerals
1/14
Rocks From Reefs
CH5 Section 4 Slides, Quiz
1/15
Metamorphic Rocks Section 5
Slides, Quiz
1/16
Science Friday, PRE-TEST
Kahoot it Review
CH4 Minerals & CH5 Rocks
1/21
Unit 1.1-1.4: Astronomy CH1
Section 1 Earth in space,
Slides, Quiz
1/22
Gravity & Motion CH1 S.2
Slides, QuizHW: Writing In
Science Timeline Calendars
1/23
Science Friday Or Carl Sagan
Phases, Eclipses, and Tides
Slides, Quiz
1/27
Kahoot it Review
Astronomy
1/28
Kahoot it Review
Astronomy Post Test
1/29
Unit 2 Exploring Space CH2
S.1 Slides, Quiz
HW: Writing In Science
Interview Questions
1/30
Space Race Video Writing
Response
CH2 S.2 The Space Race
Slides, Quiz
Class: Science – 6th Grade
Q3: Unit 5.1-5.4 & 6.1-6.6 -Inside Earth & Unit 1.1-1.4 & 2.1-2.2 -Astronomy