Curriculum Map

Course Title:General Science Grade: 6

Unit (Name/Number):Water / Pacing:Water Cycle/Distribution (10 days)
Watershed Lotic Systems (5 days)
Lentic Wetlands/Ponds/Lakes Water Systems (5 days)
Water Quality (10 days)
Oceanography (5 days)
Essential Question(s): Unit EQ:How does the movement of water and its quality affect the quality of life on Earth?
Lesson EQs: What are the key components of the water cycle?
How does water get underground and return to Earth’s surface?
Why is it important to conserve water?
What is a watershed?
What is the path of a watershed in your region?
What are the six watersheds in PA?
What is the origin of lentic systems and how do they change over time?
What are wetlands and why are they important?
What do aquatic organisms tell us about water quality?
How do we monitor water quality and treat water?
What factors cause tides?
How and why do the currents move?
What are the features of the ocean floor?
Content/Key Concepts / Standards / Key Vocabulary / Learning Activities/Resources / Evidence of Learning
(Assessments;Performance Tasks)
Water Cycle/Distribution / 3.2.6.A1
3.2.6.B1
4.2.5.A
4.2.7.A
4.3.7.B
4.5.7.A /
  • hydrologic cycle
  • condensation
  • evaporation
  • precipitation
  • transpiration
  • runoff
  • Groundwater
  • Aquifer
  • water table
  • permeable
  • impermeable
  • saturated zone
  • well
  • artesian well
  • percolation
  • porosity
  • Infiltration
  • Recharge
  • Discharge
  • Collection
  • Sustainability
  • Conservation
  • Drought
  • Geyser
  • spring
/
  • Earth’s Waters Textbook
  • Videos
  • PowerPoints
  • Water Cycle Project
  • Quizlet
  • Demonstration
/ Quiz/Test
Unit Common Assessment
Watershed Lotic Systems / 3.3.6.A1
3.3.7.A4
4.2.4.A
4.2.6.A
4.2.7.A /
  • Source
  • Watershed
  • topography
  • contour line
  • elevation
  • tributary
  • headwaters
  • Mouth
  • Delta
  • Divide
  • flood plain
  • stream order
  • oxbow lake
  • levee
  • sediments
  • erosion
  • Deposition
  • lotic
/
  • Earth’s Waters Textbook
  • Videos
  • PowerPoints
  • Lab
/ Quiz/Test
Unit Common Assessment
Lentic Wetlands/Ponds/Lakes Water Systems / 4.2.4.B
4.2.5.B
4.2.6.B
4.2.7.B /
  • Lentic
  • Swamp
  • Bog
  • Marsh
  • mangrove forest
  • estuary
  • brackish
  • wetland
  • Everglades
  • Eutrophication
  • lake turnover
  • nutrients
  • filtration
/
  • Earth’s Waters Textbook
  • Videos
  • PowerPoints
/ Quiz/Test
Unit Common Assessment
Water Quality / 4.2.7.A
4.2.7.C
4.2.6.C
4.2.8.C1
4.5.5.C
4.5.7.E
4.5.7.C /
  • Macroinvertebrates
  • Benthic
  • Diversity index
  • waterpollution
  • pollutant
  • leach field
  • riparian buffer zone
  • point pollution
  • nonpoint pollution
  • sediments
  • erosion
  • deposition
  • dead zone
  • nutrients
  • phosphates
  • pH
  • concentration
  • Bioaccumulation
  • Biomagnification
  • Filtration
  • Coagulation
  • Floc
  • Clean Water Act
  • Abiotic
  • biotic
/
  • Earth’s Waters Textbook
  • Videos
  • PowerPoints
  • Macroinvertebrate Identification Charts
/ Quiz/Test
Unit Common Assessment
Oceanography / 3.3.4.A4
3.3.6.A1
3.3.7.A4
3.3.8.A4 /
  • Salinity
  • Density
  • Current
  • Climate
  • Tide
  • neap tide
  • spring tide
  • Coriolis Effect
  • Upwelling
  • El Nino
  • continental slope
  • continental shelf
  • seamount
  • mid-ocean ridge
  • trench
  • abyssal plain
  • Gulf Stream
/
  • Earth’s Waters Textbook
  • Videos
  • PowerPoints
  • Map Ocean floor
  • Lab
/ Quiz/Test
Lab
Unit Common Assessment