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Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science.
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SC.6.N.1.1 Define a problem from the sixth grade curriculum, use appropriate reference materials to support scientific understanding, plan and carry out scientific investigation of various types, such as systematic observations or science-experiments, identify variables, collect and organize data, interpret data in charts, tables, and graphics, analyze information, make predictions, and defend conclusions.What is Science? video, ClosedCaptions -
SC.6.N.1.2 Explain why scientific investigations should be replicable.What is Science? video, ClosedCaptions What is Science?: Repeat and Replicate video Review Scientific Process-6 practice Review Scientific Process-5 practice -
SC.6.N.1.3 Explain the difference between a science experiment and other types of scientific investigation, and explain the relative benefits and limitations of each.Floating Cups video, checked What is an Experiment? video, text page, learnalong -
SC.6.N.1.4 Discuss, compare, and negotiate methods used, results obtained, and explanations among groups of students conducting the same investigation.The Right Answer video -
SC.6.N.1.5 Recognize that science involves creativity, not just in designing science-experiments, but also in creating explanations that fit evidence.Floating Cups video, checked
Big Idea 2: The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge
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SC.6.N.2.1 Distinguish science from other activities involving thought.What is Science? video, ClosedCaptions -
SC.6.N.2.2 Explain that scientific knowledge is durable because it is open to change as new evidence or interpretations are encountered. -
SC.6.N.2.3 Recognize that scientists who make contributions to scientific knowledge come from all kinds of backgrounds and possess varied talents, interests, and goals.
Big Idea 3: The Role of Theories, Laws, Hypotheses, and Models
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SC.6.N.3.1 Recognize and explain that a scientific theory is a well-supported and widely accepted explanation of nature and is not simply a claim posed by an individual. Thus, the use of the term theory in science is very different than how it is used in everyday life.Is Gravity a Theory or a Law? text page, free When Does a Theory Become a Law? text page, free, checked Feeding Bread to Birds text page -
SC.6.N.3.2 Recognize and explain that a scientific law is a description of a specific relationship under given conditions in the natural world. Thus, scientific laws are different from societal laws.What is Science?: Natural video When Does a Theory Become a Law? text page, free, checked -
SC.6.N.3.3 Give several examples of scientific laws.Is Gravity a Theory or a Law? text page, free When Does a Theory Become a Law? text page, free, checked -
SC.6.N.3.4 Identify the role of models in the context of the sixth grade science benchmarks.Making a Solar Still video A Model of the Water Cycle video, ClosedCaptions, checked
Big Idea 6: Earth Structures
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SC.6.E.6.1 Describe and give examples of ways in which Earth's surface is built up and torn down by physical and chemical weathering, erosion, and deposition.Change: Fast and Slow video Erosion video, checked Weathering and Erosion video, learnalong, checked Sorting Sediments text page, learnalong Review Erosion-1 practice Review Erosion-2 practice Review Erosion-3 practice Review Erosion-4 practice Review Erosion-5 practice -
SC.6.E.6.2 Recognize that there are a variety of different landforms on Earth's surface such as coastlines, dunes, rivers, mountains, glaciers, deltas, and lakes and relate these landforms as they apply to Florida.
Big Idea 7: Earth Systems and Patterns
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SC.6.E.7.1 Differentiate among radiation, conduction, and convection, the three mechanisms by which heat is transferred through Earth's system.>>> Teacher Page: Heat Transfer
Cloud Formation, part 2 video How Heat Moves video, checked Cloud Formation, part 1 video, ClosedCaptions, checked The Science of Pizza video, checked Heating a Balloon video, ClosedCaptions, checked A Cup of Cold text page -
SC.6.E.7.2 Investigate and apply how the cycling of water between the atmosphere and hydrosphere has an effect on weather patterns and climate.Cloud Types video Nephoscope video, checked The Water Cycle video, checked Weather and Climate video Pine Cone Weather text page, free Review Weather-8 practice Review Weather-9 practice Review Weather-10 practice -
SC.6.E.7.3 Describe how global patterns such as the jet stream and ocean currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, air pressure, wind direction and speed, and humidity and precipitation.Nephoscope video, checked Review Weather-6 practice -
SC.6.E.7.4 Differentiate and show interactions among the geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.Nephoscope video, checked Building a Rain Gauge, part 2 video, checked Building a Rain Gauge, part 1 video, checked -
SC.6.E.7.5 Explain how energy provided by the sun influences global patterns of atmospheric movement and the temperature differences between air, water, and land.Making a Solar Still video Solar Power video, checked -
SC.6.E.7.6 Differentiate between weather and climate.Weather and Climate video Review Weather-9 practice -
SC.6.E.7.7 Investigate how natural disasters have affected human life in Florida.Understanding the Richter Scale text page, free Hurricane Winds text page -
SC.6.E.7.8 Describe ways human beings protect themselves from hazardous weather and sun exposure.Sunprints video -
SC.6.E.7.9 Describe how the composition and structure of the atmosphere protects life and insulates the planet.
Big Idea 11: Energy Transfer and Transformations
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SC.6.P.11.1 Explore the Law of Conservation of Energy by differentiating between potential and kinetic energy. Identify situations where kinetic energy is transformed into potential energy and vice versa.Measuring Kinetic and Potential Energy video, checked The Science of Rubber Bands video, checked The Rollback Can video, free, Updated High Bounce video, checked
Big Idea 12: Motion of Objects
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SC.6.P.12.1 Measure and graph distance versus time for an object moving at a constant speed. Interpret this relationship.Measuring Kinetic and Potential Energy video, checked
Big Idea 13: Forces and Changes in Motion
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SC.6.P.13.1 Investigate and describe types of forces including contact forces and forces acting at a distance, such as electrical, magnetic, and gravitational.Crushed Can video, checked Electricity video, free, Updated The Compass and Magnetic Fields video, ClosedCaptions, checked Challenge: Paper, Coin, Cup, part 1 video Making a Compass video, checked Torque video Versorium video, checked Water in a Glass, part 2 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 3 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 1 video, checked Challenge: Paper, Coin, Cup, part 2 video Light a Bulb with a Balloon video, checked Review Energy-6 quest Review Energy-7 quest Review Energy-8 quest -
SC.6.P.13.2 Explore the Law of Gravity by recognizing that every object exerts gravitational force on every other object and that the force depends on how much mass the objects have and how far apart they are.Water in a Glass, part 2 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 3 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 1 video, checked Planets and Pennies video, ClosedCaptions Force, Pressure, and Shoes video, checked Review Space-13 quest -
SC.6.P.13.3 Investigate and describe that an unbalanced force acting on an object changes its speed, or direction of motion, or both.Strange Flame, part 2 video, checked Strange Flame, part 1 video, checked Science Friction video, checked More Science of Balance video, checked Science of Balance video, checked Bernoulli Effect video Floating Cups video, checked Torque video Water in a Glass, part 2 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 3 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 1 video, checked Obedient Coin video, checked Wrong Way Balloon video, checked Balancing a Meter Stick text page Review Force and Motion-4 practice
Big Idea 14: Organization and Development of Living Organisms
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SC.6.L.14.1 Describe and identify patterns in the hierarchical organization of organisms. -
SC.6.L.14.2 Investigate and explain the components of the scientific theory of cells (cell theory): all organisms are composed of cells (single-celled or multi-cellular), all cells come from pre-existing cells, and cells are the basic unit of life.Microscopes: Making a Hay Infusion video, free, learnalong, checked -
SC.6.L.14.3 Recognize and explore how cells of all organisms undergo similar processes to maintain homeostasis, including extracting energy from food, getting rid of waste, and reproducing.Microscopes: Making a Hay Infusion video, free, learnalong, checked Yeast and Sugar, part 2 video, checked Yeast and Sugar, part 1 video, checked Osmosis video, checked Calories: Measuring the Energy text page, free -
SC.6.L.14.4 Compare and contrast the structure and function of major organelles of plant and animal cells, including cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria, and vacuoles.Osmosis video, checked Review Cells-1 practice Review Cells-2 practice Review Cells-3 practice Review Cells-4 practice -
SC.6.L.14.5 Identify and investigate the general functions of the major systems of the human body (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, reproductive, excretory, immune, nervous, and musculoskeletal) and describe ways these systems interact with each other to maintain homeostasis.Bird Bones video, free Bendable Bones video, checked Reaction Time video Reading a Skeleton video, free, checked Muscles Don't Push text page Review Anatomy-1 practice Review Anatomy-2 practice Review Anatomy-3 practice -
SC.6.L.14.6 Compare and contrast types of infectious agents that may infect the human body, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites.
Big Idea 15: Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms
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SC.6.L.15.1 Analyze and describe how and why organisms are classified according to shared characteristics with emphasis on the Linnaean system combined with the concept of Domains.Scientific Names video, ClosedCaptions Review Classify-2 practice Review Classify-1 practice Review Classify-3 practice