What I SHOULD Have Learned in 6 th Grade Science

1. What I SHOULD Have Learned in 6th Grade Science (Pretty sure I was sick that day…or that year…)

2. Classification of Life Use a classification key to identify one or more given organisms based on internal and/or external structures and/or behaviors.

3. Classification • Use a dichotomous key to identify one or more given organisms based on internal and/or external structures and/or behaviors.

5. Electricity and Circuits • Illustrate the transformations of energy in an electric circuit when heat, light, and sound are produced.

6. Describe the transformation of energy in a battery within an electric circuit. Chemical energy from the battery transforms to electricity in the wires. Electricity transforms to light and heat in the light bulb. An electric circuit is completed when the + and – ends of the battery are connected in a loop.

7. Earth Science – Layers of the Earth • Understand that the solid Earth is composed of a relatively thin crust, a dense metallic core, and a layer called the mantle between the crust and core that is very hot and partially melted.

8. Earth Science – The Rock Cycle • Describe the processes involved in the rock cycle, including the formation of igneous, sedimentary, and/or metamorphic rock • Explain how one type of rock might become a different type of rock during the rock cycle.

9. Earth Science - Rocks and Minerals • Describe that the properties of different types of rocks (hardness, particle size, minerals in them) provide evidence of how those rocks were formed. These are both made out of the same magma, but with different cooling times.

10. Earth Science - Landforms • Describe processes that build up landforms (uplift, deposition)

11. Earth Science - Landforms • Describe processes that break down landforms (erosion, weathering).

12. Landforms Describe how natural catastrophes have shaped Earth’s surface. What do you think caused this?

13. Landforms Describe how natural catastrophes have shaped Earth’s surface. What do you think caused this?

14. Landforms Describe how natural catastrophes have shaped Earth’s surface. What do you think caused this?

15. Landforms • Describe that current landforms provide evidence of past geologic events. Crater Lake, OR What does this provide evidence for?

16. Landforms • Describe that current landforms provide evidence of past geologic events. The Grand Canyon What does this provide evidence for?

17. Landforms • Describe that current landforms provide evidence of past geologic events. Black Beach, Maui What does this provide evidence for?

18. Sedimentary Rocks and The Fossil Record Explain that the oldest horizontal layers in sedimentary rock are usually below newer layers. Youngest Rock Layers Oldest Rock Layers

19. Sedimentary Rocks and The Fossil Record Describe that number and thickness of layers in sedimentary rock provide evidence for estimating the age of landforms and/or age of fossils found in rocks. Which fossil is older?

20. Sedimentary Rocks and The Fossil Record Explain how geologic events in the past could have caused layers of sedimentary rock to be tipped, folded, and/or inverted. What do you think caused this?

21. Sedimentary Rocks and The Fossil Record Explain how geologic events in the past could have caused layers of sedimentary rock to be tipped, folded, and/or inverted. What do you think caused this?

22. Sedimentary Rocks and The Fossil Record Explain how geologic events in the past could have caused layers of sedimentary rock to be tipped, folded, and/or inverted. What do you think caused this?

23. Landforms – Shaped by Living Organisms • Explain the role of living organisms in shaping landforms. Also, click here for how oil is made Coral Reefs Limestone

24. Plants The reproductive organ of a plant is the flower. Male: stamen (made of anther and filament) Female: Stigma, pistil and ovary.

25. Plants Plants convert sunlight to energy in their leaves through the process of photosynthesis.