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Sixth Grade Science Curriculum
atmosphere weather factors weather patterns   climate and climates change the water planet fresh water freshwater resources
ocean motions ocean zones plate tectonics earthquakes volcanoes minerals rocks
mapping earth's surface weathering and soil formation erosion and deposition trip through geologic time earth, moon, sun solar system stars, galaxies, and the universe

 

Weather and Climate
Chapter One
The Atmosphere
   
Session Name
Internet Sites
1-1 The Air Around You
 
1-2 Air Quality

Smog City

How Pollution is Cleaned

Air Quality Index for Kids
1-3 Air Pressure
1-4  Layers of the Atmosphere
 

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Weather and Climate
Chapter Two
Weather Factors

       
Session Name
Session Name
2-1 Energy in the Atmosphere
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2-2 Heat Transfer
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2-3 Winds
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2-4 Water in the Atmosphere
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2-5 Precipitation    
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Weather and Climate
Chapter Three
Weather Patterns
   
Session Name
Session Name
3-1 Air Masses and Fronts
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3-2 Storms  
3-3 Floods  
3-4 Predicting the Weather

Find weather lore or sayings here.

Predict weather 3 days out

 
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Weather and Climate
Chapter Four
Climate and Climate Changes
      
Session Name
Session Name
4-1 What Cause Climate?    
4-2 Climate Regions    
4-3 Long-Term Changes in Climate    
4-4 Global Changes in the Atmosphere    
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Earth's Waters
Chapter One
Earth: the Water Planet
   
Session Name
Session Name
1-1 How is water important?
 
1-2 The properties of water    
1-3 The Water Cycle
    
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Earth's Waters
Chapter Two
Fresh Water
       
Session Name
Session Name
2-1 Streams and Rivers
 
2-2 Ponds and Lakes
 
2-3 Wetland Environments
 
2-4 Glaciers and Icebergs
 
2-5 Water Underground
 
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Earth's Waters
Chapter Three
Freshwater Resources
       
Session Name
Session Name
3-1 Water to Drink
 
3-2 Balancing Water Needs
 
3-3 Freshwater Pollution
3-4 Water as an Energy Resource
 
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Earth's Waters
Chapter Four
Ocean Motions
   
Session Name
Session Name
4-1 Wave Action
4-2 Tides
4-3 Ocean Water Chemistry
4-4 Current and Climate    
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Earth's Waters
Chapter Five
Ocean Zones
   
Session Name
Session Name
5-1 Exploring the Ocean
 
5-2 Life at the Ocean's Edge
5-3 The Neritic Zone and Open Ocean
 
5-4 Resources from the Ocean
 
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Inside Earth
Chapter One
Plate Tectonics
   
Session Name
Session Name
1-1 Earth's Interior
 
1-2 Convection Currents and the Mantle
1-3 Drifting Continents
1-4 Sea-Floor Spreading
 
1-5 The Theory of Plate Tectonics    
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Inside Earth
Chapter Two
Earthquakes
   
Session Name
Session Name
2-1 Earth's Crust in Motion
 
2-2 Measuring Earthquakes
2-3 Earthquak Hazards and Safety
2-4 Monitoring Faults
 
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Inside Earth
Chapter Three
Volcanoes
   
Session Name
Session Name
3-1 Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
 
3-2 Volcanic Activity
3-3 Volcanic Landforms
3-4 Volcanoes in the Solar System
 
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Inside Earth
Chapter Four
Minerals
   
Session Name
Session Name
4-1 Properties of Minerals
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4-2 How Minerals Form
4-3 Mineral Resources
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Inside Earth
Chapter Five
Rocks
   
Session Name
Session Name
5-1 Classifying Rocks
 
5-2 Igneous Rocks
5-3 Sedimentary Rocks
5-4 Rocks from Reefs
5-5 Metamorphic Rocks  
5-6 The Rock Cycle    
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Earth's Changing Surface
Chapter One
Mapping Earth's Surface
   
Session Name
Session Name
1-1 Exploring Earth's Surface
 
1-2 Models of Earth
1-3 Maps in the Computer Age
 
1-4 Topographic Maps
 
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Earth's Changing Surface
Chapter Two
Weathering and Soil Formation
   
Session Name
Session Name
2-1 Rocks and Weathering
2-2 Soil Formation and Composition
2-3 Soil Conservation
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Earth's Changing Surface
Chapter Three
Erosion and Deposition
   
Session Name
Session Name
3-1 Changing Earth's Surface
 
3-2 Water Erosion
3-3 The Force of Moving Water
 
3-4 Glaciers
 
3-5 Waves
 
3-6

Wind
 
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Earth's Changing Surface
Chapter Four
A Trip Through Geologic Time
   
Session Name
Session Name
4-1 Fossils
 
4-2 Finding the Relative Age of Rocks
4-3 Radioactive Dating
 
4-4 The Geologic Time Scale
 
4-5 Earth's History
 
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Astronomy
Chapter One
Earth, Moon, and Sun
       
Session Name
Session Name
1-1 Earth in Space
 
1-2 Phases, Eclipses, and Tides
 
1-3 Rockets and Satellites
 
1-4 Earth's Moon
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Astronomy
Chapter Two
The Solar System
       
2-1 Observing the Solar System
 
2-2 The Sun
 
2-3 The Inner Planets
 
2-4 The Outer Planets
 
2-5 Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
 
2-6 Is There Life Beyond Earth?    
   
 
 
   
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Astronomy
Chapter Three
Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
       
Session Name
3-1 Tools of Modern Astronomy

Internet Sites for 3.1

Cosmic Radio Show - radio telescope song

HST Bop -Hubble Space Telescope song

Internet Sites for Constellations

 
3-2 Characteristics of Stars
3-3 Lives of Stars
3-4 Star Systems and Galaxies
3-5 History of the Universe
 
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