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
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