WCPSS
6th Grade Science Resource
GROWING AND FLOWING
Standard
6.L.1.1
Summarize the basic
structures of flowering
plants that required for
survival, reproduction, and
defense
Objective: Flowering
plants have structures and
functions that allow them
to survive, reproduce, and
defend themselves from
predators.
Essential Questions: How
do flowering plants
survive, reproduce, and
defend against predators?
What is the benefit of
flowers on different types
of plants?
Answer: Flowers that are
brightly colored are more
likely to attract birds and
insects to spread pollen.
Digital Resources
INTERNET RESOURCES
Biology for Kids
Interactive website with informational text, questions, games,
videos, and images. The website covers the following content:
what are living thing, needs of living things, cells, classification
system, 5 kingdoms, plants, and our planets biomes.
http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/index.php
Flowering Plants Website
Interactive plant website that allows students to examine the
parts of flowering plants, reproduction, survival, and defense.
This site also provides links to other websites for kids to learn
about biology.
www.proflowers.com
University of Illinois Extension of Learning Website
The students are detectives uncovering the mysteries of plants.
Interactive activities include identify different types of fruits, to
making a plant monster, and reproduction through seeds.
Available in En Española.
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/case5/index.html
Biology of Plants
Pollination
http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/pollination.html?ref=organicg
glunkwn&prid=pfseogglunkwn
Illustrate your own flower. Interactive site for kids, great
extension activity for early finishers or independent study.
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/4H/Kids/plants/games/My+Plan
t+Doodle.htm?ref=organicgglunkwn&prid=pfseogglunkwn
Plant Cell Anatomy
Informational text and illustration for students to learn the parts
of flowering plants.
http://biology.tutorvista.com/animal-and-plant-cells/plantcell.html#what-is-a-plant-cell?
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6th Grade Science Resource
Britannica for Kids, Student Encyclopedia
Reproduction of flowering plants includes illustrations, easy to
read text, and lessons for teachers.
http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-53831/Reproduction-inflowering-plants-begins-with-pollination-the-transfer-of
BRAINPOP - Videos, Questions and Quizzes
Pollination
https://www.brainpop.com/science/cellularlifeandgenetics/pollin
ation/
Seed Plants
https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/seedplants/
Seedless Plants
https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/seedlessplants/
Study Jams by Scholastic Learning
Math/Science
The videos are content specific and cover a variety of science
topics. The relatable cartoon characters provide factual
information for viewers to learn a new concept or review. Each
topic includes an essential question, vocabulary, and assessment
for students to learn through slides and videos.
www.studyjams.com
Plants
Flowers – Video
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/flowers.htm
Roots & Stems – Slide Show
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/rootsstems.htm
Gymnosperm: Seeds in Cones – Video
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/gymnosperms
.htm
Angiosperm: Seeds in Fruit – Video
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/
angiosperms.htm
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6th Grade Science Resource
Mosses & Ferns – Slide Show
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/
mosses-and-ferns.htm
The Kingdom of Life, Plants – Video
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/
kingdoms-of-life.htm
6.L.1.2
Explain the significance of
the processes of
photosynthesis,
respiration, and
transpiration to the
survival of green plants
and other organisms.
Objective:
Photosynthesis and
respiration are
complementary processes.
Essential Questions:
What is the purpose of
photosynthesis occurring
in green plants?
Answer: It provides food
and energy for life on
Earth.
INTERNET RESOURCES
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
You tube video 10:31 minutes of a presentation explaining how
photosynthesis and cellular respiration are interconnected
processes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUmT24R8CyA
Photosynthesis Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afFIEyVGnCQ
Photosynthesis Song by Mr. C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u_hwwztRqI
Plant Growth Process: How Does a Plant Grow?
Website: Informational text with illustrations.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/plant-growth-process-how-doesa-plant-grow.html
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
Website: Article explaining the process of plants making their own
food and how they survive.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/photosynthesis-and-cellularrespiration.html
Transpiration of Plants Website
Explains the process of transpiration and the movement of water
using interactive vocabulary (leaves, cuticle, stomata,
temperature, light, and transpiration) and images.
http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/vis2005/
show/transpiration.swf
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6th Grade Science Resource
READWORKS.ORG
Readworks.org is a great site for educators to find reading
passages for all levels of reading. Sign in is free for educators. The
provided links are by title, if unable to link directly to article you
can search the site by using the reading passage title.
Plant Puzzle
Reading passage explaining the connection of plants and
consumers with an ecosystem.
http://www.readworks.org/modal/nojs/pdf/248176
BRAINPOP - Videos, Questions and Quizzes
Photosynthesis
https://www.brainpop.com/science/cellularlifeandgenetics/phot
osynthesis/
Plant Growth
https://www.brainpop.com/science/cellularlifeandgenetics/plant
growth/
Algae
https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/algae/
Honey Bees
https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/honeybees/
Study Jams by Scholastic Learning
Photosynthesis – Video
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/photosynthes
is.htm
Plant Cell – Slide Show
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/plantcells.htm
Plants without Seeds – Slide Show
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/
plants-without-seeds.htm
Plants with Seeds - Video
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/plant-withseeds.htm
WCPSS
6th Grade Science Resource
The Water Cycle
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosyst
ems/water-cycle.htm
The Carbon Cycle
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosyst
ems/carbon-cycle.htm
The Nitrogen Cycle
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosyst
ems/nitrogen-cycle.htm
6.L.2.1
Energy transfer in food
chains and food webs
within an ecosystem.
Summarize how energy
derived from the sun is
used by plants to produce
food (in the form of sugar
through photosynthesis)
and is transferred within
food chains and food webs
(terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems) from
producers to consumers to
decomposers.
Objective:
Energy travels from the
sun to producers and is
then transferred to
consumers and
decomposers.
Essential Questions:
How does energy cycle
through organisms on
earth?
How is the sun connected
to life on earth?
INTERNET RESOURCES
Eco Kids Website
Games, activities for interactive learning.
www.ecokids.ca
Build a Food Chain
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction
/play_chainreaction.cfm
Geography4Kids
Website for kids to read informational text and learn the impact
of food chains in an ecosystem.
Food chains
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_foodchain.html
Cycles of energy transfer starting with the sun and moving
through ecosystems.
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/cycles_energy.html
Bill Nye The Science Guy Season 2 Episode 6 – Food Web
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe15S-8KsE0
PBS Learning
Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers
Lesson plan for teachers to introduce the concept of where
organisms get their energy. Worksheets and activities are linked
to the page for educators.
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.oate.lp
_energyweb/producers-consumers-decomposers/
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How do we get energy
from the sun to producers,
consumers to
decomposers?
6th Grade Science Resource
Slideshare – Power point presentation on Producers, Consumers,
and Decomposers with 21 slides.
http://www.slideshare.net/zghurley/producersconsumersdecomposers-slide-share
Super Teacher
Worksheet – Producers and Consumers
http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/food-chains/producerconsumer-decomposer_WQRQT.pdf
Quiz.Biz
20 question quiz on producers, consumers, and decomposers.
http://www.quiz.biz/quizz-611149.html
Readworks.org
Readworks.org is a great site for educators to find reading
passages for all levels of reading. Sign in is free for educators. The
provided links are by title, if unable to link directly to article you
can search the site by using the reading passage title.
The Eco Pyramid
Reading passage and question set.
http://www.readworks.org/modal/nojs/pdf/250633
Hook, Line and Sinker
Explicit information reading passage explaining the impact over
fishing has on our future balance of an ecosystem. 6th grade
reading level, recommend for advance readers.
http://www.readworks.org/modal/nojs/pdf/228127
Question Sheet for Hook, Line and Sinker
http://www.readworks.org/modal/nojs/pdf/228129/228130
BRAINPOP - Videos, Questions and Quizzes
Energy Pyramid
Transfer of energy through an ecosystem. What is an energy
pyramid?
https://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/energypyramid/
Food Chains
The transfer of energy through direct consumption by consumers.
WCPSS
6th Grade Science Resource
https://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/foodch
ains/
Symbiosis
https://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/symbio
sis/
Study Jams by Scholastic Learning
Food Chains
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosyst
ems/food-chains.htm
Food Webs
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosyst
ems/food-webs.htm
6.L.2.2
Explain how plants
respond to external stimuli
(including dormancy and
forms of tropism) to
enhance survival in the
environment.
INTERNET RESOURCES
Objective:
Plants respond to changes
in their environment.
Ck12.org
Chapter on Tropism in Plants
http://www.ck12.org/book/CK-12-Life-Science-Concepts-ForMiddle-School/section/7.13/
Essential Questions:
How do plants survive in
harsh or changing
environments?
How can trees minimize
water loss through the
colder months of the year?
Tropism
Video narrated by a biologist explaining the concept of tropism in
plants.
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/tropismsphototropic-geotropic-and-thigmotropic-plant-growth.html
Oh the Places You’ll Grow
35 page document outlining how plants survive and adapt to
different climate and seasonal changes. Teacher could print the
entire document as a pdf then use specific pages for students
learning.
http://sites.bio.indiana.edu/~moczeklab/pdffiles/OutreachH.pdf
Biology of Plants
Site categorizes plants by ecosystem. As an extension to plant
survival students could research and write a report on a specific
plant(s).
http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/adapt.html
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6th Grade Science Resource
BRAINPOP - Videos, Questions and Quizzes
Autumn Leaves
https://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/autumn
leaves/
Carnivorous Plants
Video supports the diversity of life and defenses to survive.
https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/carnivorouspl
ants/
Study Jams by Scholastic Learning
Plant Adaptations – Video
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/
plant-adaptations.htm
Symbiosis
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosyst
ems/symbiosis.htm
6.L.2.3
Biotic & Abiotic Factors
Summarize how the abiotic
factors (such as
temperature, water,
sunlight, and soil quality)
of biomes (fresh water, salt
water, forests, grasslands,
deserts, and tundra).
Objective:
Abiotic factors in biomes
affect an organism’s ability
to survive.


Diversity of
organism and their
environment.
Compare biomes:
composition,
availability of food,
types of predators,
INTERNET RESOURCES
Abiotic and Biotic Factors
This youtube video is a great way to introduce the concept.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1pp_7-yTN4
Abiotic Components
Informational text for students to read and define vocabulary.
http://www.bcb.uwc.ac.za/sci_ed/grade10/ecology/abiotic/abiot.
htm
BBC – British Broad Casting provides informational text for
students to read and learn about abiotic factors. Search abiotic
factors in an ecosystem, biology.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
BBC – This site is a link to a Sample and Question page for
students to read and engage in realistic science scenarios.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/biology/biosphere/inves
tigating_an_ecosystem/revision/5/
How abiotic and biotic factors make an ecosystem
WCPSS
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consumers, types of
plants,
temperature, &
limiting factors.
Resources: food,
water, shelter
6th Grade Science Resource
You tube video explaining the interaction of abiotic factors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdlwPtKg-VI
Population Ecology Basic Concepts
http://www.biology-questions-and-answers.com/populationecology.html
Essential Questions:
How do abiotic factors
impact the survival of
organisms within an
ecosystem?
Compare and contrast how
organisms (plants) of
different biomes survive.
Example: Desert vs.
Rainforest; Aquatic vs.
Temperate Forest
Readworks.org
Readworks.org is a great site for educators to find reading
passages for all levels of reading. Sign in is free for educators. The
provided links are by title, if unable to link directly to article you
can search the site by using the reading passage title.
The Ecosystem of the Forest
Reading passage, question sets, and Lexile level 1000.
http://www.readworks.org/modal/nojs/pdf/250526
BRAINPOP - Videos, Questions and Quizzes
Classification
Video explains the taxonomy of life and how scientists classify
organisms.
https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/classification/
Ecosystems
https://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/ecosyst
ems/
Land Biomes
WCPSS
6th Grade Science Resource
https://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/landbiomes/
Tundra
https://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/tundra/
Taiga
https://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/taiga/
Savanna
https://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/savanna/
Deserts
https://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/deserts/
Glaciers
https://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/glaciers/
Tropical Rainforests
https://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/tropicalrainforests/
Study Jams by Scholastics Learning
www.studyjams.com
Science/Ecosystems
Ecosystems
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosyst
ems/ecosystems.htm
Aquatic Ecosystem
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosyst
ems/aquatic-ecosystems.htm
Changes in Ecosystem
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosyst
ems/changes-ecosystems.htm
Biomes
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosyst
ems/biomes.htm
Population Growth
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosyst
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6th Grade Science Resource
ems/population-growth.htm