Bellport Middle School Science Department Curriculum Map- Grade 6
Quarter 1: Using the Scientific Method / Evolution
- Identify lab equipment - Metric system - Measurements- mass, volume, temperature and length - Collecting and graphing data - Identify parts of an experiment - Use the scientific method to solve problems - Evolution Quarter 2: Ecology and Ecosystems/ Human Ecology - Food chains and Food Webs - Recycling of Materials- water, nitrogen, carbon dioxide - Photosynthesis - Ecological Interactions - Humans and the Environment |
Quarter 3: Weather/ Plate Tectonics
- Types of weather and causes of weather - Instruments used to determine and predict weather - Types of clouds - Effects of pollutants - Earth’s surfaces atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere - Plate tectonics and crustal movement Quarter 4: Astronomy -Types of stars - Distances from solar system and bodies -Gravity -Planetary motion -Phases of the moon -Earth’s seasons |