6th Grade Integrated Science
The curricular resources provided on this website can be found in the Overview and Description documents linked below.
Portions of the CA Framework relating to each unit are also provided. Click here to read the introduction pages to the CA Framework chapter on the middle school preferred integrated model.
Portions of the CA Framework relating to each unit are also provided. Click here to read the introduction pages to the CA Framework chapter on the middle school preferred integrated model.
6th Grade Guiding Concept:
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Unit 1: Overview and Description (4-Part Learning Progression Model)
CA Framework: 6th Grade Instructional Segment 1
PEs included in this Segment: MS-LS1-1, MS-LS1-2, MS-LS1-3, MS-LS1-8, MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS2-6, MS-ETS1-1, MS-EST1-2
Theme: A cell, a person and planet Earth are each a system made up of subsystems.
Key Science Concepts:
PEs included in this Segment: MS-LS1-1, MS-LS1-2, MS-LS1-3, MS-LS1-8, MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS2-6, MS-ETS1-1, MS-EST1-2
Theme: A cell, a person and planet Earth are each a system made up of subsystems.
Key Science Concepts:
- LS- All living things are made of cells.
- LS- The body is a system made of interacting subsystems.
- ES- Water Cycles among the land, ocean and atmosphere.
- ES- Weather and climate involve interactions among Earth's subsystems.
Unit 2: Overview and Description (4-Part Learning Progression Model)
CA Framework: 6th Grade Instructional Segment 2
PEs included in this Segment: MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS2-6, MS-PS3-3, MS-PS3-4, MS-PS3-5, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-3
Theme: Weather conditions result from the interactions among different Earth subsystems.
Key Science Concepts:
PEs included in this Segment: MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS2-6, MS-PS3-3, MS-PS3-4, MS-PS3-5, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-3
Theme: Weather conditions result from the interactions among different Earth subsystems.
Key Science Concepts:
- ES- The movement of water and interacting air masses helps determine local weather patterns and conditions.
- ES- The ocean has a strong influence on weather and climate.
- PS- Temperature measures the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up matter.
- PS- Energy transfers from hot materials to cold materials.
- PS- The type and amount of matter affects how much an object's temperature will change.
CA Framework: 6th Grade Instructional Segment 3
PEs included in this Segment: MS-ESS2-5, MS-ESS2-6, MS-PS3-4, MS-LS1-4, MS-LS1-5, MS-LS1-8, MS-LS3-2
Theme: Regional climates strongly influence regional plant and animal structures and behaviors.
Key Science Concepts:
PEs included in this Segment: MS-ESS2-5, MS-ESS2-6, MS-PS3-4, MS-LS1-4, MS-LS1-5, MS-LS1-8, MS-LS3-2
Theme: Regional climates strongly influence regional plant and animal structures and behaviors.
Key Science Concepts:
- LS- Variations of inherited trains arise from genetic differences.
- LS- Genetic traits and local conditions affect the growth of organisms.
- LS- Organisms rely on their body structures and behavior to survive long enough to reproduce.
- ES- Energy input from the Sun varies with latitude, creating patterns in climate.
- ES- Energy flow through the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere affect local climate.
- ES- Density variations drive global patterns of air and ocean currents.
- PS- The type and amount of matter affects how much an object’s temperature will change.
CA Framework: 6th Grade Instructional Segment 4
PEs included in this Segment: MS-ESS3-3, MS-ESS3-5, MS-LS1-4, MS-LS1-5, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2
Theme: Human activities can change the amount of global warming, which impacts plants and animals.
Key Science Concepts:
PEs included in this Segment: MS-ESS3-3, MS-ESS3-5, MS-LS1-4, MS-LS1-5, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2
Theme: Human activities can change the amount of global warming, which impacts plants and animals.
Key Science Concepts:
- LS- Local conditions affect the growth of organisms.
- LS- Organisms rely on their body structures and behavior to survive, but these adaptations may not be enough to sruvive as the climate changes.
- ES- Human changes to Earth's envrionment can hae dramatic impacts of different organisms.
- ES- Burining fossils fuels is a major cause of global warming. Strategic choices can reduce the amounts and impacts of climate change.