Grade 6

Grade 6 is an "Earthly" Science year!

A note to parents: Grade 6 science focuses on the planet Earth as well as some basic physical science and biological science principles that support this study. Please encourage your child to begin looking at the "big picture" of the world. While middle school science is based in 3 years of studying 3 separate aspects of science, they are all intertwined.

Mountains

Current Study Guide with Learning Objectives

Please review the following:

All vocabulary from the chapter (know it’s meaning, don’t just memorize the definition)
The difference between thermal energy and temperature (remember TE is the energy; temp. is just an average measurement of KE)
The difference between potential and kinetic energy
Examples of heat conductors and why they conduct heat
Examples of heat insulators
Pattern of heat transfer (hi to low areas)
Thermal energy is the total of KE and PE in a substance
Examples of how thermal energy (heat) transfers (conduction, convection and current action, radiation)
The difference in waves (compression is matter and wave in same direction, transverse is opposite directions)
Wave measurement (frequency, amplitude, wavelength)
Examples of electromagnetic spectrum (radio, microwaves, gamma radiation- damages skin)
Actions of light (absorption, refraction, reflection)
The magnetic field of the earth

Topics and Related Assignments

NOVEMBER

2- ch 17 L2 p 482-483 (comparative essay)

3- L2 p 484-485

4- electromagnets p 486-489 (p 494 1-8; study vocab)

5- Ch 17 vocab quiz; (chapter review p 484 9,12,13,16-18)

6-No Class/First Friday

9- vocabulary quiz

10- Rainbow lab part 1 (ch 18 voc due 11/16)

11- no school

12- rainbow lab part 2

13- no school

16- Begin Chapter 18- to p 503 (p 503 # 1,2)

17- p 504-505

18- p 506-509 (p 509 #1-3)

19- p510-511

20 p 512-513/ ques 1,2

23- review work p. 518 (study vocab)

24- vocab assessment (ch 8 vocab due 11/30)

25-27 No School

Parents: your child will receive a syllabus for the year, rules for lab/agreement to sign, classroom rules. They will be in their binder under "references". Please review them.

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