Gizmos for New Mexico - Science: 6th Grade (Assessment Frameworks adopted 2004)

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

II: : Content of Science

II.I: : Understand the structure and properties of matter, the characteristics of energy, and the interactions between matter and energy.

II.I.I: : Know the forms and properties of matter and how matter interacts.

II.I.I.1: : Understand that substances have characteristic properties and identify the properties of various substances (e.g., density, boiling point, solubility, chemical reactivity).

II.I.I.2: : Use properties to identify substances (e.g., for minerals: the hardness, streak, color, reactivity to acid, cleavage, fracture).

II.I.I.4: : Know the differences between chemical and physical properties and how these properties can influence the interactions of matter.

II.I.II: : Explain the physical processes involved in the transfer, change, and conservation of energy.

II.I.II.1: : Identify various types of energy (e.g., heat, light, mechanical, electrical, chemical, nuclear).

II.I.II.2: : Understand that heat energy can be transferred through conduction, radiation and convection.

II.I.II.3: : Know that there are many forms of energy transfer but that the total amount of energy is conserved (i.e., that energy is neither created nor destroyed).

II.I.II.4: : Understand that some energy travels as waves (e.g., seismic, light, sound), including:

II.I.II.4.b: : different wavelengths of sunlight (e.g., visible, ultraviolet, infrared)

II.I.II.4.c: : vibrations of matter (e.g., sound, earthquakes)

II.I.II.4.d: : different speeds through different materials.

II.I.III: : Describe and explain forces that produce motion in objects.

II.I.III.2: : Know that gravitational force is hard to detect unless one of the objects (e.g., Earth) has a lot of mass.

II.II: : Understand the properties, structures, and processes of living things and the interdependence of living things and their environments.

II.II.I: : Explain the diverse structures and functions of living things and the complex relationships between living things and their environments.

II.II.I.1: : Understand how organisms interact with their physical environments to meet their needs (i.e., food, water, air) and how the water cycle is essential to most living systems.

II.III: : Understand the structure of Earth, the solar system, and the universe, the interconnections among them, and the processes and interactions of Earth's systems.

II.III.I: : Describe how the concepts of energy, matter, and force can be used to explain the observed behavior of the solar system, the universe, and their structures.

II.III.I.SS: : Solar System

II.III.I.SS.3: : Identify the components of the solar system, and describe their defining characteristics and motions in space, including:

II.III.I.SS.3.c: : nine planets, their moons, asteroids.

II.III.I.SS.4: : Know that the regular and predictable motions of the Earth-moon-sun system explain phenomena on Earth, including:

II.III.I.SS.4.a: : Earth’s motion in relation to a year, a day, the seasons, the phases of the moon, eclipses, tides, and shadows

II.III.I.SS.4.b: : moon’s orbit around Earth once in 28 days in relation to the phases of the moon.

II.III.II: : Describe the structure of Earth and its atmosphere and explain how energy, matter, and forces shape Earth's systems.

II.III.II.SE: : Structure of Earth

II.III.II.SE.2: : Know that Earth’s crust is divided into plates that move very slowly, in response to movements in the mantle.

II.III.II.SE.3: : Know that sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks contain evidence of the materials, temperatures, and forces that created them.

II.III.II.WC: : Weather and Climate

II.III.II.WC.5: : Understand factors that create and influence weather and climate, including:

II.III.II.WC.5.a: : heat, air movement, pressure, humidity, oceans

II.III.II.WC.5.c: : how weather patterns are related to atmospheric pressure

II.III.II.WC.6: : Understand how to use weather maps and data (e.g., barometric pressure, wind speeds, humidity) to predict weather.

II.III.II.CE: : Changes to Earth

II.III.II.CE.7: : Know that landforms are created and change through a combination of constructive and destructive forces, including:

II.III.II.CE.7.c: : impact of volcanoes and faults on New Mexico geology.

Correlation last revised: 9/22/2020

New Mexico - Science: 6th Grade

Assessment Frameworks | Adopted: 2004

II: : Content of Science