6.2: The student will investigate and understand basic sources of energy, their origins, transformations, and uses.

6.2.a: potential and kinetic energy;

Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects

6.2.d: renewable energy sources (wood, wind, hydro, geothermal, tidal, and solar); and

Energy Conversions

6.2.e: energy transformations (heat/light to mechanical, chemical, and electrical energy).

Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions

6.3: The student will investigate and understand the role of solar energy in driving most natural processes within the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and on the Earth's surface.

6.3.b: the role of radiation and convection in the distribution of energy;

Energy Conversions

6.4: The student will investigate and understand that all matter is made up of atoms.

6.4.a: atoms are made up of electrons, protons, and neutrons:

Element Builder

6.4.b: atoms of any element are alike but are different from atoms of other elements;

Element Builder

6.4.c: elements may be represented by chemical symbols;

Chemical Equations

6.4.e: compounds may be represented by chemical formulas;

Chemical Equations

6.4.f: chemical equations can be used to model chemical changes; and

Chemical Equations

6.5: The student will investigate and understand the unique properties and characteristics of water and its roles in the natural and human-made environment.

6.5.b: the properties of water in all three states;

Phases of Water

6.5.d: the ability of large bodies of water to store heat and moderate climate;

Coastal Winds and Clouds

6.6: The student will investigate and understand the properties of air and the structure and dynamics of the Earth's atmosphere.

6.6.b: air pressure, temperature, and humidity;

Relative Humidity

6.6.f: basic information from weather maps including fronts, systems, and basic measurements; and

Weather Maps

6.8: The student will investigate and understand the organization of the solar system and the relationships among the various bodies that comprise it.

6.8.a: the, sun, moon, Earth, other planets and their moons, meteors, asteroids, and comets;

Solar System

6.8.b: relative size of and distance between planets;

Solar System

6.8.c: the role of gravity;

Gravity Pitch

6.8.d: revolution and rotation;

Gravity Pitch
Solar System

6.8.e: the mechanics of day and night and phases of the moon;

Comparing Earth and Venus
Phases of the Moon
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun

6.8.f: the unique properties of Earth as a planet;

Solar System

6.8.g: the relationship of the Earth’s tilt and seasons;

Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Summer and Winter

6.8.h: the cause of tides; and

Tides

Correlation last revised: 8/8/2016

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