Houghton Mifflin LA/Holt Science Correlation
Grade 6
Houghton
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and Content Links:
6th Grade Science Standards
connection:
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Theme 1:
Courage
Hatchet
TE p. 28
3a) Students know energy can be carried
from one place to another by heat flow
or by waves, including water, light and
sound waves, or by moving objects.
3b) Students know that when fuel is
consumed, most of the energy released
becomes heat energy.
3c) Students know heat flows in solids
by conduction and in fluids by
conduction and convection.
2a) Students know water running
downhill is the dominant process in
shaping the landscape, including
California’s landscape.
2b) Students know rivers and streams
are dynamic systems that erode,
transport sediment, change course, and
flood their banks in natural and
recurring patterns.
2d) Students know earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions, landslides, and
floods change human and wildlife
habitats.
Unit 3, Chapter 5
pgs. 157-188
How did Brian
produce heat?
Unit 2, Chapter 3
pgs. 81-106
Unit 2, Chapter 4
pgs. 107-155
How did the scientists
figure out how the
dinosaurs died?
TE p. 45
Design a poster
Theme 2:
What Really
Happened?
Dinosaur Ghosts
TE p. 190
TE p. 209
Make an evidence chart
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Houghton
Mifflin Theme
Houghton Mifflin
Reading Selection
and Content Links:
6th Grade Science Standards
connection:
Holt Science
Correlation:
Theme 3:
Growing Up
Home Grown Butterflies
TE p. 348
5a) Students know energy entering
ecosystems as sunlight is transferred by
producers into chemical energy through
photosynthesis and then from organism
to organism through food webs.
5b) Students know matter is transferred
over time from one organism to others
in the food web and between organisms
and the physical environment.
5c) Students know populations of
organisms can be categorized by the
functions they serve in an ecosystem.
5d) Students know different kinds of
organisms may play similar ecological
roles in similar biomes.
5e) Students know the number and types
of organisms an ecosystem can support
depends on the resources available and
on abiotic factors, such as quantities of
light and water, a range of temperatures,
and soil composition.
5a) Students know energy entering
ecosystems as sunlight is transferred by
producers into chemical energy through
photosynthesis and then from organism
to organism through food webs.
5b) Students know matter is transferred
over time from one organism to others
in the food web and between organisms
and the physical environment.
5c) Students know populations of
organisms can be categorized by the
functions they serve in an ecosystem.
Unit 4, Chapter 7
pgs. 241-284
Unit 4, Chapter 8
pgs. 285-347
The View From Saturday
TE p. 322
TE p. 347
Report on Turtle
Migration
Cross Curricular Activity
TE p. R36
Animal Research
Theme Book:
The Fire Bug Connection
(See Theme 6 also)
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Discussion Topic/
Comments
Unit 4, Chapter 7
pgs. 241-284
Unit 4, Chapter 8
pgs. 285-347
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Mifflin Theme
Theme 4:
Discovering Ancient
Cultures
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Reading Selection
and Content Links:
Lost Temple of the
Aztecs
TE p. 362
The Great Wall
TE p. 391
TE p. 403
Make a poster
The Royal Kingdoms of
Ghana, Mali, and
Songhay
TE p. 411
6th Grade Science Standards
connection:
Holt Science
Correlation:
5d) Students know different kinds of
organisms may play similar ecological
roles in similar biomes.
5e) Students know the number and types
of organisms an ecosystem can support
depends on the resources available and
on abiotic factors, such as quantities of
light and water, a range of temperatures,
and soil composition.
Unit 5, Chapter 9
6a) Students know the utility of energy
sources is determined by factors that are pgs. 349-392
involved in converting these resources
to useful forms and the consequences of
the conversion process.
6b) Students know different natural
energy and material resources, including
air, soil rocks, minerals, petroleum,
fresh water, wildlife, and forests, and
know how to classify them as renewable
or nonrenewable.
6c) Students know the natural origin of
the materials used to make common
objects.
Discussion Topic/
Comments
How were the Earth’s
resources used?
Cross Curricular Activity
TE p. R28
Make a super sundial
Theme 5:
Doers and Dreamers
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Theme 6:
New Frontiers:
Oceans and Space
The Adventures of
Sojouner
TE p. 550
4b) Students know solar energy reaches
Earth through radiation, mostly in the
form of visible light.
5a) Students know energy entering
ecosystems as sunlight is transferred by
producers into chemical energy through
photosynthesis and then from organism
to organism through food webs.
5b) Students know matter is transferred
over time from one organism to others
in the food web and between organisms
and the physical environment.
5c) Students know populations of
organisms can be categorized by the
functions they serve in an ecosystem.
5d) Students know different kinds of
organisms may play similar ecological
roles in similar biomes.
5e) Students know the number and types
of organisms an ecosystem can support
depends on the resources available and
on abiotic factors, such as quantities of
light and water, a range of temperatures,
and soil composition.
5a) Students know energy entering
ecosystems as sunlight is transferred by
producers into chemical energy through
photosynthesis and then from organism
to organism through food webs.
5b) Students know matter is transferred
over time from one organism to others
in the food web and between organisms
and the physical environment.
Unit 5, Chapter 10
pgs. 416-419
How did the Mars
Rover use sunlight?
Unit 4, Chapter 7
pgs. 241-284
Unit 4, Chapter 8
pgs. 285-347
How do these
organisms survive in
their ecosystem?
Beneath the Blue Waters
TE p. 596
TE p. 611
Record a scientific
observation
Out There
TE p. 618
Cross Curricular Activity
TE p. R37
Perform an experiment
Theme Book:
The Fire Bug Connection
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Unit 4, Chapter 7
pgs. 241-284
Unit 4, Chapter 8
pgs. 285-347
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Houghton
Mifflin Theme
Houghton Mifflin
Reading Selection
and Content Links:
6th Grade Science Standards
connection:
Holt Science
Correlation:
Discussion Topic/
Comments
5c) Students know populations of
organisms can be categorized by the
functions they serve in an ecosystem.
5d) Students know different kinds of
organisms may play similar ecological
roles in similar biomes.
5e) Students know the number and types
of organisms an ecosystem can support
depends on the resources available and
on abiotic factors, such as quantities of
light and water, a range of temperatures,
and soil composition.
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2002-2003
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