Welcome to 6th Grade Science
Quarter One:
Bumper Project
 Scientific Process
 Motion
 Velocity
 Acceleration
 Forces
 Applying Newton’s
 Laws Transformation of Energy
 Conservation of Energy
Quarter Two:
Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly
 Classification
 Ecosystems (habitats, populations, community, symbiosis)
 Energy Flow (omnivore, herbivore, carnivore, predator, prey,
photosynthesis.)
 Diversity and Adaptations (natural selection, forms of
adaptations, biodiversity in action, evolution)
 Impact of human and natural influences on a species
Outdoor Education – November 14, 15, 16
Quarter Three:
Going Green
 Resources (renewable vs. nonrenewable, natural resources and
their uses)
 Impact of humans on the environment (positive and negative)
 Environmental Changes
 Diversity and Adaptation (natural selection, fossil records,
extinction)
Quarter Four:
Solar Collector
 Magnetism
 Electrical energy and electrical currents/electrical circuits
 Electromagnets
 Alternative energy sources
 Wave interactions (properties of waves, sound and light waves,
wavelengths, frequency, and amplitudes)