Currituck County Schools

Currituck County Schools

2013-14 Pacing Guide

6th Grade Science

1st 9 Weeks / 2nd 9 Weeks / 3rd 9 Weeks / 4th 9 Weeks
Unit 1 Scientific Method
2 weeks
Identifying the steps of scientific method
Understand lab safety.
Being able to apply scientific method in a variety of situations.
*Scientific Method is implied in the essential standards and may be addressed as a unit and/or through out the school year.
Scientific Method benchmark (optional)
Unit 2 Structure of Matter
(New to curriculum) 4 weeks
Identify properties ofmatter
Elements of an atom
Difference between mass, volume, and weight.
Essential Standard- 6.P.2 Understand the structure, classifications and physical properties of matter.
Matter benchmark test (optional/to be created)
Unit 3 Energy (3 weeks)
Conduction, Radiation, Convection
Waves: absorption, scattering, chg. In temperature
Suitability of materials (conduction, expansion, contraction, conductors & insulators)
Essential Standard- 6.P.3 Understand characteristics of energy transfer and interactions of matter and energy. / Unit 3 Energy (4 weeks) cont.
How sound travels
How light travels
Understand how light and sound are by-products of energy
How heat energy moves
Essential Standard-6.P.1Understand the properties of waves to the wavelike property of energy in earthquakes, light and sound.
Energy Benchmark Test (when done with unit)
Unit 4 Life Science 5 Weeks
Understand the structures and process of plants
Understand the flow of energy through ecosystems
Understand the effect of abiotic factors on living organisms
Essential Standard-6.L.1 Understand the structures, processes and behaviors of plants that enable them to survive and reproduce.
6.L.2: Understand the flow of energy through ecosystems and the responses of populations to the biotic and abiotic factors in their environment. / Unit 4 (Life Science) continued (3 weeks)
(Benchmark testing when done with unit)
Unit 5 Earth Exploration
6 weeks
Understand how Earth’s crust moves and the results of these movements.
Understand importance of soil quality and the affects it has on human’s health.
Understand basic characteristics of rocksand minerals.
Essential Standard: 6.E.2Understand the structure of the earth and how interactions of construction and destructive forces have resulted in changes in the surface of the earth over time and the effects of the lithosphere on humans. / Unit 5 Earth Exploration
continued (2 weeks)
(Benchmark testing when done with unit)
Unit 6 Solar System
7 weeks
Understand the uniqueness of Earth and its moon in our solar system.
Understand the gains made through space exploration
Essential Standards:6.E.1Understand the earth/moon/sun system, and the properties, structures and predictable motions of celestial bodies in the Universe.
(Benchmark testing when done with unit)