Quarterly Sequence - Earth Science - Grade 6
Quarter 1
Intro to Earth Science
Thinking like a Scientist
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4 Branches of Earth Science
“Big 6” Science Skills
Scientific Inquiry
Experimental Designvariables, writing hypothesis
Reading Graphs
Measurement
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Latitude/Longitude
Topographic Maps
Clinometers
Rocks and Minerals
Minerals
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Mohs Hardness Scale
Luster, color, streak,
fracture, cleavage
4-5
Quarter 2
Plate Tectonics
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Earthquakes/Volcanoes
Earthquakes
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6-7
Rock Cycle
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic rocks
14-15
Types of waves
Richter scale
Measuring earthquakes
Finding the epicenter
Volcanoes
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Parts of a volcano
Types of volcanic cones
Weathering
8-9
Week
11-13
Earth Parts-inside
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
Types of plate boundaries
Sea Floor Spreading
Subduction Zones
Convection in the Mantle
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Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Rate of Weathering
Soil & Soil Formation
Soil Texture
Soil Types
Soil Profiles
Erosion
Rocks:
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1-3
The metric system-prefixes
Length- meter stick
Mass/weight
-triple beam balance
Volume- Graduated cylinder
Temperature- Celsius
Mapping
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Agents of erosion-gravity
Wind erosion
Running water
Glaciers
waves
16-18
19-20
Quarter 3
Fossils
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mold, cast, imprint
preservation
Why study fossils?
Relative age
absolute age
Geologic time scale
Oceanography
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Water cycle
Ground water
Wells, springs, geysers
Ocean floor
Ocean Currents
Ocean Waves
Ocean sediments
Ocean life/Coral reefs
Weather
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Week
21-22
Air gasses
Earth’s heat
Atmosphere
Humidity
Dew point
Air pressure
Fronts/air masses
Reading weather maps
Quarter 4
ASTRONOMY
Earth Movement
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23-25
Rotation & Revolution
Eclipses
High & Low Tides
Spring and Neap Tides
Sun and Other Stars
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26-30
Parts of the Sun
H-R Diagram
Relative/Actual Magnitude
Life Span
Solar System
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31
Rotation & Revolution
Perihelion & Aphelion
Seasons- Solstice/Equinox
Moon and Moon Motions
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Week
Galaxies/Solar Systems
Planets-Dwarf Planets
Asteroids- Asteroid Belt
Comets
Meteors
Review- Final
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39-40