Berlin Community School
6 Science
Teacher: Grade 6
Month
September
2010
Content
Skills
A. Identify broken safety rules
2010
A. 12 question T/F Safety Quiz - Change
False statements to make them True
B. Vocabulary
B. Defining of terms, review terms
B. Completed Foldable, Vocabulary Quiz
C. Minerals
C. Describe characteristics that all
minerals share.
C. Explain how minerals form.
D. Mineral Identification
E. Uses of Minerals
D. Describe physical properties used to
identify minerals.
D. Identify minerals using physical
properties such as hardness and streak.
2010
2010
E. Describe characteristics of gems that
make them more valuable than other
minerals.
E. Identify useful elements that are
contained in minerals.
October
2010
Assessment
A. Science Safety
A. Vocabulary
A. Defining of terms, Review of Terms
B. The Rock Cycle
B. Distinguish between a rock and a
mineral.
B. Describe the rock cycle and some
changes that a rock could undergo.
C. Igneous Rocks
C. Recognize magma and lava as the
materials cool to form igneous rocks.
C. Contrast the formation of intrusive and
extrusive igneous rocks.
C. Contrast granitic and basaltic igneous
rocks.
Materials
Glencoe Science: Earth Materials and
Processes
C. Growing Crystals Lab- salt and sugar
C. Class Discussions
D. Virtual Lab - Teacher Observation with
Student Participation
D. Performance of various identification
tests
E. Gemologist Presentation - Participation
and Observation by Teacher, Smithsonian
Institute Website
E. Class Discussions
B - E: Reading Outline Worksheets,
Online Chapter Review, Chapter Test:
M/C, Fill in the Blank, Short Answer
A. Completed Foldable and Vocabulary
Quiz
Glencoe Science - Earth Materials and
Processes
B. Student Created Rock Cycle Diagram
Rock Sample Kits
C. View/identify various igneous rock
samples.
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2010
D. Metamorphic Rocks
D. Describe the conditions in Earth that
cause metamorphic rocks to form.
D. Classify metamorphic rocks as foliated
or nonfoliated. 2010
E. Sedimentary Rocks
E. Explain how sedimentary rocks form
from sediments.
E. Classify sedimentary rocks as detrial,
chemical, or organic in origin.
2010
November
2010
D. View/identify various metamorphic
rock samples
E. View /identify various sedimentary rock
samples.
A - E: Reading Outline Worksheets
Online Chapter Review
Chapter Test: M/C, Fill in the Blank, Short
Answer, Diagram Completion
A. Vocabulary
A. Defining of Terms and Review of terms
A. Completed Foldable, Vocabulary Quiz
A. Student Created Vocabulary Crossword
B. Continental Drift
B. Describe the hypothesis of continental
drift.
B. Identify evidence of seafloor
spreading.
2010
B. Pangaea Puzzle
B. Class Discussions with section review
questions
C. Seafloor Spreading
D. Theory of Plate Tectonics
C. Class Discussions with section review
questions
C. Explain Seafloor Spreading.
C. Recognize how age and magnetic clues
support seafloor spreading.
2010
D. Class Discussions with section review
questions
D. Compare and contrast different types
of plate boundaries.
D. Explain how heat inside Earth causes
plate tectonics.
2010
B - D: Reading Outline Worksheets,
Teacher Created Online Chapter Review,
Chapter Test: M/C, Fill In the Blank,
Matching, Short Answer, Diagrams
Glencoe Science - Earth Materials and
Processes
Various websites for animated examples of
the break-up of Pangaea, seafloor
spreading, and motions caused by plate
tectonics.
D. Recognize features caused by plate
tectonics.
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6 Science
Grade 6
Month
December
2010
Content
Berlin Community School
Skills
A. Defining of terms
A. Completed Foldable, Vocabulary Quiz
B. Forces Inside Earth
B. Explain how earthquakes result from
the buildup of energy in rocks.
B. Describe how compression, tension,
and shear forces make rocks move along
faults.
B. Distinguish among normal, reverse,
and strike slip faults.
B. Class discussions with review questions
B. Directed Reading Questions
B. Inquiry-based lesson on seismic waves
C. Explain how earthquake energy travels
in seismic waves.
C. Distinguish among primary, secondary,
and surface waves.
C. Describe the structure of Earth's
interior.
C. Class discussions with review questions
C. Features of Earthquakes
D. People and Earthquakes
E. Volcanoes
A.Vocabulary
B. Ocean Water
Catastrophic Events Inquiry Based Lesson
A - D: Reading Outline Worksheets,
Teacher Created Online Review Test,
Chapter Test: M/C, Matching, Modifies
True/False, Short Answer
E. Worksheet Packet - Graded
E. Review volcanoes
A. Defining of terms, Review of terms
B. Identify the origin of the water in
Earth's Oceans.
B. Explain how dissolved salts and other
substances get into seawater.
B. Describe the composition of
seawater.
C. Ocean Currents
C. Explain how winds and the Coriolis
Effect influence surface currents.
C. Discuss the temperatures of coastal
waters.
C. Describe density currents.
D. Ocean Waves and Tides
Materials
Glencoe Science: Earth Processes and
Materials
D. Class discussions with review questions
D. Explain where most earthquakes in the
United States occur.
D. Describe how scientists measure
earthquakes.
D. List ways to make your classroom and
home more earthquake-safe.
January
2011
Assessment
A. Vocabulary
A. Foldable
A. Vocabulary Quiz
Glencoe Science: The Water Planet
B. Directed Reading Questions/Student
responses
C. Lab "Temperature and Salinity"
C. Directed Reading Questions/Student
Responses
C. Activity "Temperature and Salinity:
How They Affect Density of Water"
D. Graded Worksheets
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D. Describe wave formation.
D. Distinguish between the movement of
water particles in a wave and the
movement of the wave.
D. Explain how ocean tides form.
Assessment
Materials
B, C, D, - Teacher Created Reading
Comprehension worksheets
E. Test Preparation
E. Review skills and concepts A-D.
E. Online Chapter Review
Chapter Test: M/C, Matching, Short
Answer, Diagrams
F. Defining of new terms.
F. Completed Foldable
F. Vocabulary Quiz
G. Differentiate between a continental
shelf and a continental slope.
G. Describe a mid-ocean ridge, an abyssal
plain, and an ocean trench.
G. Identify the mineral resources found on
the continental shelf and in the deep ocean.
A. Describe photosynthesis and
chemosynthesis in the oceans.
2010
A. List the key characteristics if plankton,
nekton, and benthos.
A. Compare and contrast ocean margin
habitats.
G. Virtual Lab - Oceanography
G. "Mapping the Seafloor" Graphing
Activity to create profile of Ocean FloorObservation/Final graph of student work
F. Vocabulary
G. The Seafloor
February
2011
A. Life in the Oceans
B. Ocean Pollution
B. List five types of ocean pollution.
B. Explain how ocean pollution affects
the entire world.
2010
B. Describe how ocean pollution can be
controlled.
C. Dichotomous Keys and Classification
C. Create a dichotomous key for use in
classifying potato chips.
A. Class Discussions
A. Directed Reading Questions/Student
Responses
A. Ocean Animal extra credit assignment
Glencoe Science: The Water Planet
B. Completion of teacher created reading
comprehension worksheets for each
reading section.
B. Pollution Brochures - Created in
Computer Lab - Internet research
B. Arctic Oil Spill Simulation
A - B: Reading Outline Worksheets,
Teacher Created Online Chapter Review,
Chapter Test: M/C, Fill in the Blank, Short
Answer
C. At least 9 different varieties, flavors,
shapes of potato chips.
C. Accurate use of student created keys by
other groups.
D. Meter sticks and metric rulers
D. Metric Measurement
D. Measurement packets of items to
measure, then convert and through teacher
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D. Practice metric measurement through
hands-on activities.
March
2011
A. Radiation From Space
A. Explain the electromagnetic
spectrum.
A. Identify the differences between
refracting and reflecting telescopes.
A. Differentiate between optical and radio
telescopes
B. Space Exploration - Early Space Missions
Assessment
Materials
observation
Glencoe Science: Astronomy
A - C. Reading outline worksheets
Vocabulary Matching Quiz
Online Chapter Review
Chapter Test: 25 Questions, M/C,
Fill In The Blank, Short Answer,
Labeling
B. Identify human explorers in early space
program
B. Distinguish between natural and
artificial satellites
B. Differentiate between space probes
and satellites.
B. Explain the history of the race to the
Moon.
C. Space Exploration - Current and Future
Space Missions
April 2011
A. Vocabulary
C. Explain the benefits of the space
shuttle.
C. Identify the usefulness of orbital space
stations.
C. Explore future space missions.
A. Defining of terms, review of terms
A. Completed Foldable
A. Vocabulary Quiz - 12 matching
B. Examine Earth's physical systems.
B. Differentiate between rotation and
revolution.
B. Discuss what causes seasons to change.
B. Class discussions
2009
C. Diagram of all 8 phases of the moon
C. Virtual Lab - Teacher observation with
Glencoe Science: Astronomy
B. The Sun-Earth-Moon System
C. The Moon - Earth's Satellite
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D. Exploring Earth's Moon
Berlin Community School
Skills
Assessment
C. Identify phases of the Moon and their
cause.
2009
C. Explain why solar and lunar eclipses
occur.
C. Infer what the Moon's surface features
may reveal about its history.
student participation
C. Worksheet diagram - label and describe
the eclipses
D. Describe recent discoveries about the
Moon.
D. Examine facts about the Moon that
might influence future space travel
Materials
D. Class discussions
Online Research
A - D: Online Chapter Review (Group)
Reinforcement Worksheet Packet
(Graded)
32 Question Chapter Test: Matching,
Multiple Choice, True/False, Short Answer
E. Planet Fact Cards
Worksheets (Graded)
E. The Solar System
E. Compare the Sun-centered and Earthcentered models of the solar system.
E. Describe current models of the
formation of the solar system.
E. Explain that gravity holds planets in
orbits around the Sun.
May 2011
A. Vocabulary (Chap 3)
A. Defining of terms, review of terms
B. The Inner Planets
B. List the inner planets and their relative
order from the Sun.
B. Describe the important characteristics
of each inner planet.
B. Compare and contrast Venus and
Earth.
C.The Outer Planets
A. Completed Foldable
A. Vocabulary Quiz - 12 matching
Glencoe Science: Astronomy
B-D. Oral responses, class discussions,
planet fact cards, worksheet completion,
Student created Solar System Trivia
Games, Online Chapter Review, 42
Question test: M/C, T/F, Labeling and
Short Responses.
C.Describe the major characteristics of
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
C. Explain how Pluto differs from the
other outer planets.
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D. Other Objects in the Solar System
D. Describe where comets come from and
how a comet develops as it approaches the
Sun.
D. Distinguish among comets,
meteoroids, and asteroids.
E. Vocabulary (Chap 4)
E. Defining of terms, review of terms
A. Stars
A. Explain why the positions of
constellations change throughout the
year.
A. Distinguish between absolute
magnitude and apparent magnitude.
A. Describe how parallax is used to
determine distance.
B. The Sun
B. Describe the structure of the Sun.
B. Explain how sunspots, prominences,
and solar flares are related.
B. Explain why the Sun is considered an
average star and how it differs from stars in
binary systems.
C. Evolution of Stars
Assessment
E. Completed Foldable
E. Vocabulary Quiz - 16 Term Matching
A. Student and Teacher discussions.
Materials
Glencoe Science: Astronomy
B. "Features of the Sun" Activity including
student created diagrams of the Sun.
B. "Yearly Mean Sunspot Numbers" Graph
C. Virtual Lab - "Star Classification"
C. Describe how stars are classified.
C. Explain how the temperature of a star
relates to its color.
C. Describe how stars evolve.
D. Galaxies and the Universe
D. Identify the three main types of
galaxies.
D. List several characteristics of the Milky
Way Galaxy.
D. Describe evidence that supports the
Big Bang theory.
E. Test Preparation
E. Review of Chapter Material (A-D)
D. Photo identification
D. Charactersitics of Milky Way
E. Chapter Review
Online Review
Mind Jogger Video Quiz
40 Ques Test: M/C, Matching, Short
Answer
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