Gizmos for Prince Edward Island - Science: 6th Grade (Atlantic Canada Science Curriculum adopted 1998)

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this province's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

1: : Life Science: Diversity of Life

1.3: : Microorganisms

1.3.2: : describe how microorganisms meet their basic needs, including obtaining food, water, and air, and moving around

2: : Physical Science: Electricity

2.2: : Investigating Static Electricity

2.2.3: : use the terms attraction, repulsion, electrons, positive charge and negative charge in meaningful contexts while exploring static electricity

2.3: : Circuit Pathways

2.3.1: : compare a variety of electrical pathways by constructing simple circuits, and illustrate the electrical circuits with drawings and appropriate symbols

2.3.2: : test the conductivity of different solids and liquids, and draw conclusions as to which materials tested were insulators or conductors

2.3.3: : describe the role of switches in electrical circuits, and identify materials that can be used to make a switch

2.3.4: : compare characteristics of series and parallel circuits

2.5: : Uses for Electricity

2.5.1: : demonstrate how electricity in circuits can produce light, heat, sound, motion, and magnetic effects

2.5.2: : propose electrical circuitry problems to investigate, and plan a set of steps to solve them

2.6: : Sources of Electricity

2.6.3: : identify and explain sources of electricity as renewable or nonrenewable

2.7: : Electrical Energy Consumption and Conservation

2.7.1: : identify and explain different factors that could lead to a decrease in electrical energy consumption in the home

3: : Physical Science: Flight

3.1: : Drag

3.1.1: : rephrase questions about drag in a testable form and then carry out procedures, make and record observations, to test the performance of a flying device

3.1.2: : describe and demonstrate methods for altering drag in flying devices

4: : Earth and Space Science: Space

4.2: : Relative Position and Motion of the Earth, Moon, and Sun

4.2.2: : demonstrate how Earthâ??s rotation causes the day and night cycle and how Earthâ??s revolution causes the yearly cycle of seasons

4.2.3: : observe and explain how the relative positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun are responsible for the moon phases, eclipses, and tides

4.3: : The Solar System

4.3.1: : select and use tools in building models of the solar system that show approximate relative size of the planets and sun, and the approximate relative orbits of the planets around the sun