Mrs. Durnin S STD Midterm Review 2015
Mrs. Durnin’s STD Midterm Review 2015
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Standard: SC.6.N.1.1 Define a problem from the 6th grade curriculum, use appropriate reference materials to support scientific understanding, plan & carryout scientific investigations of various types such as systematic observations or experiments, identify variables.
Learning goal: be able to make observations, classify, collect, analyze, evaluate and graph data
Learning scale: I can…
- Define WK 1 vocabulary
- Differentiate (tell the difference between) qualitative and quantitative observations
- Apply the scientific method to data and graph it (D.R.Y M.I.X.)
- Analyze data
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Standard: SC.6.E.6.1 describe and give examples of ways in which Earth’s surface is built up and torn down by and chemical weathering, erosion and deposition
Learning Scale:
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Standard: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, lakes and relate these landforms as they apply to Florida
Learning goal:****Florida Landforms Project 2015
Learning scale:
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Standard: SC.6.E.7.1 Differentiate among radiation, conduction, convection, the three main mechanisms by which heat is transferred in Earth as a system
Learning Goal: I can describe 3 ways heat is transferred
Learning Scale: (I can…)
- define WK 10 vocabulary
- identify 3 types of heat transfer
- differentiate among 3 types of heat transfer
- interpret the relationship between convection currents and the Earth’s weather
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Standard: SC.6.E.7.2 Investigate and apply how the cycling of water between atmosphere and hydrosphere has an effect on weather patterns and climate
Student Learning Goal(s): students will be able to describe the water cycle (ISN 58-59)
Learning Scale:
1. Define Week 11 Vocabulary
2. Identify the phases of the water cycle
3. Describe role of heat transfer (the sun) in the water cycle
4. Interpret relationship between convection currents and the water cycle
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Standard: 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 directions and speed, humidity, and precipitation.
Learning Scale:
1. Define Week 12 Vocabulary
2. Describe global patterns
Jet stream= convection currents in the air/atmosphere
Ocean currents=convection currents in the oceans
3. Analyze the effects of ocean currents /jet streams on temperature, air pressure, wind, humidity and precipitation.
4. Interpret relationship between convection currents and our weather and climate patterns.
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Standard: SC.6.E.7.4 Differentiate and show interactions among the geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere and biosphere.
Student Learning Goal(s): students will be able to describe how the spheres of the Earth interact in a system (ISN 66-67)
Learning Scale:
1. Define Week 13 Vocabulary
2. Describe the 4 main spheres of the Earth
Biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere
3. Analyze the interactions among the spheres of the Earth
4. Interpret relationship between the spheres of the earth and our weather and climate patterns.
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Standard: 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.
Study global winds and how they form. Why are there differences in heating land and water and what these differences cause?
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Standard: SC.6.E.7.6 Differentiate between weather and climate
Know both definitions
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Standard: SC.6.E.7.7 Investigate how natural disasters have affected human life in Florida
Student Learning Goal(s): be able to describe how natural disasters and storms affect life in Florida
Learning Scale:
1. Define Week 15 Vocabulary
2. Describe the different types of storms, severe weather and natural disasters
3. Differentiate between the types of natural disasters that occur in Florida
4. Analyze the ways to protect human life in Florida.
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Standard: SC.6.E.7.9 Describe how the structure and composition of the atmosphere protects life and insulated the planet
Student Learning Goal(s): be able to describe how the composition (what it is made of) & structure of the atmosphere protects life and insulates the planet.
Learning Scale:
1. Define Week 14 Vocabulary
2. Describe the layers of the atmosphere
3. Differentiate between the layers of the atmosphere
4. Analyze the importance of each layer for life on Earth
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Standard: SC.6.N.2.1 Distinguish science from other activities involving thought
This refers to the systematic process that is science. Think about the scientific method, how to write a question and develop a testable hypothesis. Science projects from the beginning of the year are an excellent example.
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Standard: SC.6.N.3.2 Give several examples of scientific laws
Newton’s laws are good examples. Please study the definition of ‘Scientific Law’!!
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Standard: SC.6.N.3.3 Recognize and explain that a scientific law is a description of a specific relationship under given condition in the natural world. Thus a scientific law is different from societal laws.
Newton’s laws are good examples. Please study the definition of ‘Scientific Law’!!
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Standard: 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.
Student Learning Goal(s): students will be able to describe and distinguish between contact forces and forces that at a distance
Learning Scale:
1. Define WK 6 vocabulary
2. Describe a contact force and a force that acts at a distance (F.A.N. & G.E.M.)
3. Identify different types of forces including electrical, magnetic, and gravitational forces
4. Interpret forces diagrams and correctly identify whether forces are contact or working at a distance.
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Standard: SC.6.N.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
Student Learning Goal(s): students will be able to describe the Law of Gravity (ISN 40-41)
Learning Scale:
1. Define WK 6 vocabulary
2. Describe a contact force and a force that acts at a distance
3. Analyze the relationship between mass, distance between objects and gravity
4. Interpret forces diagrams and correctly identify the effects of changes in mass and/or distance between objects.
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Standard: Investigate and describe that an unbalanced force action on an object changes its speed, or direction of motion or both
Student Learning Goal(s): students will be able to describe the Laws of Motion (ISN 44-45)
Learning Scale:
1. Define WK 7 vocabulary
2. Describe the relationship between force and motion
3. Analyze the relationship between mass, acceleration, and force.
4. Interpret forces diagrams and correctly identify the effects of changes in mass, force
Student Learning Goal(s): students will be able to describe the Laws of Motion (ISN 44-45)
Learning Scale:
1. Define WK 7 vocabulary
2. Describe the relationship between force and motion
3. Analyze the relationship between mass, acceleration, and force.
4. Interpret forces diagrams and correctly identify the effects of changes in mass, force
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Standard: Explain why scientific investigations should be replicable
Tell the difference between replicate and repeated trials
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Standard: 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
Student Learning Goal(s): students will be able to identify situations where kinetic energy is transformed into potential energy and vice versa.
Learning Scale: 1. Define WK 4 vocabulary
2. Differentiate between potential and kinetic energy.
3. Identify energy transformations between kinetic and potential.
4. Apply the Law of Conservation of Energy to real world situations to analyze energy transformations.
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Standard: SC.6.P.12.1 Measure and graph distance versus time for an object moving at a constant speed. Interpret this relationship
Student Learning Goal(s): students will be able to measure and graph distance versus time (for constant speed).
Learning Scale:
1. Define WK 5 vocabulary
2. Measure distance and time.
3. Calculate Speed using the equation Distance ÷ Time = Speed; graph constant speed
4. Interpret graphs of constant speed, no motion and acceleration.
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