6SCE.A.1: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the uses and conservation of various natural resources and how they impact Earth
6SCE.A.1.b: construct an argument evaluating contributions to a rise in global temperatures over the past century
Carbon Cycle
Greenhouse Effect - Metric
6SCE.A.2: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to show how Earth?s surface is formed
6SCE.A.2.a: plan and carry out an investigation of the characteristics of minerals and how minerals contribute to rock composition
Mineral Identification
Rock Classification
6SCE.A.2.c: construct an argument using maps and data collected to support a claim of how fossils show evidence of the changing surface and climate of Earth
6SCE.A.2.d: construct an explanation based on evidence for how geological processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales
Building Pangaea
Erosion Rates
Plate Tectonics
River Erosion
Weathering
6SCE.A.3: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to recognize the significant role of water in Earth processes
6SCE.A.3.a: plan and carry out an investigation to illustrate the role of the sun?s energy in atmospheric conditions that lead to the cycling of water
6SCE.A.4: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how the sun, land, and water affect climate and weather
6SCE.A.4.b: develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates
Comparing Climates (Customary)
Observing Weather (Customary)
6SCE.A.4.c: analyze and interpret weather data to explain the effects of moisture evaporating from the ocean on weather patterns and weather events such as hurricanes
Hurricane Motion - Metric
Observing Weather (Customary)
Relative Humidity
Weather Maps
6SCE.A.5: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about current scientific views of the universe and how those views evolved
6SCE.A.5.a: size relative to Earth, surface and atmospheric features, relative distance from the sun, and ability to support life
Comparing Earth and Venus
Solar System
Weight and Mass
6SCE.A.5.b: develop and use a model to explain the interaction of gravity and inertia that governs the motion of objects in the solar system
6SCE.A.6: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the effects of the relative positions of the sun, Earth, and moon
2D Eclipse
3D Eclipse
Eclipse
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases
Ocean Tides
Phases of the Moon
Tides - Metric
6SCE.A.6.b: analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system
6SC.A.1: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the uses and conservation of various natural resources and how they impact Earth
6SC.A.1.a: ask questions to determine the differences between renewable/sustainable energy resources (examples could include hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, biomass) and nonrenewable energy resources (examples could include nuclear resources, such as uranium, and fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas)
6SC.A.1.b: ask questions to determine how renewable and nonrenewable energy resources are used in our everyday lives
6SC.A.1.d: construct an argument evaluating contributions to a rise in global temperatures over the past century
Carbon Cycle
Greenhouse Effect - Metric
6SC.A.2: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to show how Earth's surface is formed
6SC.A.2.a: plan and carry out an investigation of the properties of minerals and how minerals contribute to rock composition
Mineral Identification
Rock Classification
6SC.A.2.b: construct an explanation of how to classify rocks by their formation and how rocks change through geologic processes in the rock cycle
Rock Classification
Rock Cycle
6SC.A.2.c: ask questions to identify types of weathering, agents of erosion and transportation, and environments of deposition
Erosion Rates
River Erosion
Weathering
6SC.A.2.d: develop a model to demonstrate how natural processes weathering, erosion, and deposition and human activity change rocks and the surface of Earth
Erosion Rates
River Erosion
Weathering
6SC.A.2.g: construct an explanation of how the movement of lithospheric plates (convergent boundary, divergent boundary, transform boundary), called plate tectonics, is due to convection currents below the lithosphere, and can cause major geologic events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
Convection Cells
Plate Tectonics
6SC.A.2.h: construct an argument using maps and data collected to support a claim of how fossils show evidence of the changing surface and climate of Earth
6SC.A.3: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to recognize the significant role of water in Earth processes
6SC.A.3.a: ask questions to determine where water is located on Earth's surface (oceans, rivers, lakes, swamps, groundwater, aquifers, and ice) and communicate the relative proportion of water at each location using a circle/pie graph
6SC.A.3.b: plan and carry out an investigation to illustrate the role of the sun's energy in atmospheric conditions that lead to the cycling of water
6SC.A.3.c: ask questions to identify and communicate, using graphs and maps, the composition, location, and subsurface topography of the world's oceans
6SC.A.3.e: analyze and interpret data to create graphic representations of the causes and effects of waves, currents, and tides in Earth's systems
6SC.A.4: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how the sun, land, and water affect climate and weather
6SC.A.4.b: plan and carry out an investigation to demonstrate how energy from the sun transfers heat to air, land, and water at different rates
6SC.A.4.c: develop a model demonstrating the interaction between unequal heating and the rotation of Earth that causes local and global wind systems
Coastal Winds and Clouds
Coastal Winds and Clouds - Metric
6SC.A.4.d: construct an explanation of the relationship between air pressure, fronts, and air masses and how they impact the formation of meteorological events such as thunderstorms and tornados
Observing Weather (Customary)
Weather Maps
6SC.A.4.e: analyze and interpret weather data to explain the effects of moisture evaporating from the ocean on weather patterns and weather events such as hurricanes
Hurricane Motion - Metric
Observing Weather (Customary)
Relative Humidity
Weather Maps
6SC.A.5: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about current scientific views of the universe and how those views evolved
6SC.A.5.c: size relative to Earth, surface and atmospheric features, relative distance from the sun, and ability to support life
Comparing Earth and Venus
Solar System
Weight and Mass
6SC.A.6: obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the effects of the relative positions of the sun, Earth, and moon
6SC.A.6.a: develop and use a model to demonstrate the phases of the moon by showing the relative positions of the sun, Earth, and moon
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases
Phases of the Moon
6SC.A.6.b: construct an explanation of the alignment of the sun, Earth, and moon during solar and lunar eclipses
6SC.A.6.c: analyze and interpret data to relate the tilt of Earth to the distribution of sunlight throughout the year and its effect on seasons
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Summer and Winter
Content correlation last revised: 8/15/2018