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6.1: Unit 6.1 Light and Matter: Why do we sometimes see different things when looking at the same object?

6.1.3: Lesson 3: What happens when light shines on the one-way mirror?

6.1.6: Lesson 6: Why does the music student not see the teacher?

6.2: Unit 6.2 Thermal Energy: How can containers keep stuff from warming up or cooling down?

6.2.10: Lesson 10: What is the difference between a hot and a cold liquid?

6.2.11: Lesson 11: Why do particles move more in hot liquids?

6.2.12: Lesson 12: How does the motion of particles compare in a sample of matter at a given temperature?

6.2.14: Lesson 14: Does our evidence support that cold is leaving the system or that heat is entering the system?

6.2.15: Lesson 15: How do certain design features slow down the transfer of energy into a cup?

6.2.18: Lesson 18: How can containers keep stuff from warming up or cooling down?

6.3: Unit 6.3 Weather, Climate, & Water Cycling: Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and not others?

6.3.5: Lesson 5: What happens to the air near the ground when it is warmed up?

6.3.7: Lesson 7: Where did all that water in the air come from, and how did it get into the air?

6.3.8: Lesson 8:What happens to water vapor in the air if we cool the air down, and why?

6.3.9: Lesson 9: Why don?t we see clouds everywhere in the air, and what is a cloud made of?

6.3.10: Lesson 10: Why do clouds or storms form at some times but not others?

6.3.12: Lesson 12: What causes more lift in one cloud versus another?

6.3.15: Lesson 15: What happens with temperature and humidity of air in large storms?

6.3.16: Lesson 16: How do warm air masses and cold air masses interact along the boundaries between them?

6.3.17: Lesson 17: Is there a relationship between where the air is rising and where precipitation falls?

6.3.18: Lesson 18: How can we explain what is happening across this storm (and other large-scale storms)

6.3.19: Lesson 19: Are there patterns to how air masses move that can help predict where large storms will form?

6.3.22: Lesson 22: How can we explain differences in climate in different parts of the world?

6.4: Unit 6.4 Plate Tectonics & Rock Cycling: What causes Earth's surface to change?

6.4.3: Lesson 3: How does what we find on and below Earth?s surface compare in different places?

6.4.5: Lesson 5: How does plate movement affect the land around mountains such as Mt. Everest?

6.4.6: Lesson 6: How could plate movement help us explain how Mt. Everest and other locations are changing in elevation?

6.4.8: Lesson 8: What is occurring at locations where two plates are moving away from each other?

6.4.10: Lesson 10: Where were Africa and South America in the past?

6.4.11: Lesson 11: Where were the other plates located in the distant past?

6.4.13: Lesson 13: What causes mountains to shrink in elevation?

6.6: Unit 6.6 Cells & Systems: How do living things heal?

6.6.2: Lesson 2: What do our bones, skin, and muscles do for us?

6.6.4: Lesson 4: Why is there blood in all of these places in the body?

6.6.5: Lesson 5: What do nerves do, and why are they in different parts of the body?

6.6.6: Lesson 6: What will we see if we look at skin, bone, and muscle with the microscope, too?

6.6.7: Lesson 7: Are all things made of cells?

6.6.10: Lesson 10: What do cells need to grow and make more of themselves?

6.6.11: Lesson 11: How do cells get what they need to grow?