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Grade 6 Science

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Grade 6 Science covers these 14+ core concepts:

Science, Technology, and SocietyBiodiversity and ClassificationSpace and the Solar SystemElectricity and CircuitsScientific InvestigationEcosystemsFlight and AerodynamicsHabitats and CommunitiesForces on StructuresClimate Change and EnvironmentEnergy Forms and TransformationsSustainability and StewardshipEnergy Resources and ConservationEngineering Design

The 5 units of Grade 6 Science

44 lessons total, sequenced in the order students learn them.

STEM Skills and Connections

10 lessons

1.Observing and Questioning in Scientific Investigations

Scientific InvestigationEngineering Design

2.Testing Ideas: The Scientific Experimentation Process

Scientific Investigation

3.What Is the Engineering Design Process?

Engineering DesignScience, Technology, and Society

4.Why Safety Rules Are Actually Really Cool

Scientific Investigation

5.What Is Science Communication — And Why Does It Matter?

Scientific InvestigationScience, Technology, and Society

6.Understanding Coding Through Step-by-Step Instructions

Coding in ScienceScientific Investigation

7.Understanding How Coding Controls Machines

Coding in ScienceScience, Technology, and Society

8.Science and Technology Are Everywhere!

Science, Technology, and SocietyScientific Investigation

9.Science + Everything Else? Yes, Really!

Science, Technology, and Society

10.Science Belongs to Everyone!

Science, Technology, and Society

Life Systems: Biodiversity

10 lessons

11.Exploring Biodiversity: Definition and Importance

Biodiversity and ClassificationEcosystemsHabitats and Communities

12.What Is Biodiversity and Why Should You Care?

Biodiversity and ClassificationEcosystemsSustainability and Stewardship

13.What Is Biodiversity and Why Do We Classify Living Things?

Biodiversity and Classification

14.What Is Biodiversity?

Biodiversity and ClassificationHabitats and CommunitiesEcosystems

15.What Is Biodiversity Within a Species?

Biodiversity and ClassificationAdaptations

16.Understanding Biodiversity: Species and Communities

Biodiversity and ClassificationHabitats and CommunitiesEcosystems

17.Everything Is Connected!

EcosystemsBiodiversity and ClassificationHabitats and Communities

18.What Is an Invasive Species?

Biodiversity and ClassificationEcosystemsHabitats and Communities

19.What Is Climate Change and Why Does It Matter for Life on Earth?

Climate Change and EnvironmentBiodiversity and ClassificationEcosystems

20.What Is Biodiversity in Agriculture?

Biodiversity and ClassificationHabitats and CommunitiesSustainability and Stewardship

Matter and Energy: Electricity and Electrical Devices

9 lessons

21.Understanding How Electricity Is Generated

Energy Resources and ConservationClimate Change and EnvironmentEnergy Forms and Transformations

22.Exploring Renewable Energy Sources in Ontario

Energy Resources and ConservationElectricity and CircuitsSustainability and Stewardship

23.What Is Static Electricity?

Electricity and CircuitsProperties of Matter

24.What Is Electricity, Anyway?

Electricity and Circuits

25.Electricity Needs a Path — Conductors and Insulators!

Electricity and CircuitsProperties of Matter

26.Energy All Around Us — How We Make Electricity!

Energy Forms and TransformationsEnergy Resources and ConservationElectricity and Circuits

27.What Is Energy Transformation?

Energy Forms and TransformationsElectricity and Circuits

28.What Is an Electrical Circuit?

Electricity and CircuitsEnergy Forms and Transformations

29.What Are Series and Parallel Circuits?

Electricity and Circuits

Structures and Mechanisms: Flight

6 lessons

30.What Is Aviation Technology — And Why Does It Matter?

Flight and AerodynamicsScience, Technology, and SocietyClimate Change and Environment

31.Air Has Properties — and They Make Things Fly!

Flight and AerodynamicsForces on StructuresProperties of Matter

32.The Four Forces of Flight

Flight and AerodynamicsForces on Structures

33.Forces That Rule the Sky

Flight and AerodynamicsForces on Structures

34.The Four Forces of Flight — And How to Change Them!

Flight and AerodynamicsForces on StructuresEngineering Design

35.What Makes Something Fly?

Flight and AerodynamicsAdaptations

Earth and Space Systems: Space

9 lessons

36.What Is Space Really Like for Humans?

Space and the Solar SystemScience, Technology, and SocietyHuman Body Systems

37.Space is Watching Over Earth 🛰️

Space and the Solar SystemClimate Change and EnvironmentScience, Technology, and Society

38.What Is Space Exploration All About?

Science, Technology, and SocietySpace and the Solar SystemSustainability and Stewardship

39.Our Amazing Solar System

Space and the Solar SystemScientific Investigation

40.Mass vs. Weight: Two Very Different Things!

Space and the Solar SystemScientific Investigation

41.What Is Gravity and How Does It Affect Weight?

Space and the Solar SystemForces on Structures

42.Light in Space: Emitters vs. Reflectors

Space and the Solar SystemProperties of Light

43.What's Going On Up There?

Space and the Solar System

44.Humans + Technology = Space Discoveries!

Space and the Solar SystemScience, Technology, and Society

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