SYLLABUS - Year Long Plan

SYLLABUS 6th Grade Science

I. Measurement Unit 1

a. Thinking Like a Scientist

b. Scientific Method

c. Metric System

d. Measurement - Metric Length - the Meter

e. Measurement - Metric Volume - the Liter

f. Measurement - Metric Mass - the Gram

g. Measurement - Density. D = Mass/Volume

h. Scientific Notation

i. Time

II. Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics Unit 2

a. Interior of the Earth

i. layers of the Earth

ii. Earth's discontinuities

iii. Heat Transfer - Conduction, Radiation, Convection

iv. Indirect Evidence - seismic waves

b. Plate Tectonics

i. Continental Drift Theory

ii. Evidence

iii. Alfred Wegener

iv. Sea Floor Spreading Theory

v. Harry Hess

vi. Mid-Ocean Ridge

vii. Evidence. the ALVIN

viii. Theory of Plate Tectonics

ix. Evidence

x. J. Tuzo Wilson

III. Trimester 1 Project - Scientists

IV. Earthquakes. Unit 3

a. Folding and Faulting

b. Earthquakes and seismic waves

c. Earthquake Intensity scales

d. Finding an epicenter

i. Using a compass

ii. Review of US States

iii. Review of time and using graphs

e. Monitoring Faults

f. Hazards

g. Safety

V. Volcanoes Unit 4

a. Magma - Chemistry

b. Volcanic eruptions - types

c. Volcanic Landforms

i. volcanoes - types

ii. Internal landforms

iii. external landforms

d. Hazards

e. Monitoring and Prediction

f. Volcanoes in the Solar System

g. Volcano Project - Trimester 2

VI. Ocean Motions Unit 5

a. Waves

i. parts of a wave

ii. movement of waves

b. Tides and Gravity

i. the moon and the sun

ii. tides, phases, eclipses

c. Ocean water Chemistry

i. salinity

ii. the Water Column

d. Currents and Climate

i. surface currents

ii. deep currents

iii. ocean gyres

iv. Coriolis Effect

v. Currents affect on climate

vi. climate change and our oceans

VII. Ocean Life. Unit 6

a. Ecosystems, keystone species, organism classification

b. Coastal Ecosystems

i. Intertidal

ii. Estuaries

iii. Salt Marsh

iv. Mangrove Forests

c. Neritic zone ecosystems

i. Coral Reefs

ii. Kelp Forests

d. Open Ocean ecosystems

i. Surface Zone

ii. The Deep

e. FIsh. Classification and anatomy

f. Resources from the Ocean

i. Nodules

ii. Sand/gravel

iii. Oil and Gas

iv. Fishing - farming, overfishing and upwellings

g. OCEAN LIFE PROJECT

CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM

Other topics covered during the year - integrated into different units.

1. Energy - kinetic and potential

2. Forms of Energy

3. Energy Transformations

4. Law of Conservation of Energy

5. Fossil Fuels - formation

6. Thermal Energy - temperature, heat, heat transfer

7. States of Matter - physical and chemical properties