Mr. Carey’s Lesson Plans
6th Grade Science
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Prime Time
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2 , 3rd, and 4 hours
6th Grade Comp
5th Hour
Week of: 12-12-2011
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SCIENCE STANDARDS
CHANGES IN STATE
P.CM.06.11: Describe and illustrate changes in state, in terms of arrangement and relative
motion of the atoms or molecules.
P.CM.06.12 Explain how mass is conserved as a substance changes from state to state in a
closed system.
KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY
P.EN.06.11 Identify kinetic or potential energy in everyday situations.
P.EN. 06.12 Demonstrate the transformation between potential and kinetic energy in simple
mechanical systems.
ENERGY TRANSFER
P.EN.06.41 Explain how different forms of energy can be transferred from one place to
another by radiation, conduction, or convection.
P.EN. 06.42 Illustrate how energy can be transferred while no energy is lost or gained in the
transfer.
6th and 7th Hour
Matter Quiz-Section 1-1 Plus how to measure matter
Pre Evaluation : Students will draw how atoms are arranged
and describe their motion as they go through a change in
state of matter
Solids, Liquids, and Gasses pp. 44-48
Student notes.
Student worksheet
Project: Students will illustrate (draw) and describe the
particle arrangement of solids, liquids, and gasses as it goes
through a phase change
Students will follow rubric Due Monday 12-19
Mass Lab- Students will use a triple beam balance and
electronic balances to find the mass of a variety of objects.
Students will record their results on a Student Lab Sheet
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Weekend Update- Students
will share what they did over
the weekend
New Spelling List
Holiday Decorating
Spelling Worksheet
10-15 min. master key
Activity # 5Digital Citizenship
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10-15 min. master key
Activity # 5 Digital Citizenship
See Mr. Carey’s wiki for more
Academic Day
Peer tutoring
Teacher help
Check Agenda books
Review Grades in powerschool
10-15 min. master key
Moodle for digital citizenship l
School Store
Or
Holiday Decorating
Ch. 2 Sec. 4 Physical and Chemical Changes
Student Notes and Student Worksheet
Key Concepts/Terms: Physical Change, Thermal energy,
Law of Conservation of Energy, melting, Freezing,
Vaporization, boiling, condensation, sublimation
Holiday Decorating
Spelling worksheet
10-15 min. master key
Moodle for digital citizenship l
Student Lab: Law of Conservation of Energy; Student will
melt an ice cube in a closed system.
Spelling Test
Holiday Decorating
10-15 min. master key
Moodle for digital citizenship l
Demonstrations of states of matter changing state.