Grade 6 Science
11 units matched to the Ontario Curriculum.
Overall expectations
- A1 STEM Investigation and Communication Skills: Use a scientific research process, a scientific experimentation process, and an engineering design process to conduct investigations, following appropriate health and safety procedures
- A2 Coding and Emerging Technologies: Use coding in investigations and to model concepts, and assess the impact of coding and of emerging technologies on everyday life and in STEM-related fields
- A3 Applications, Connections, and Contributions: Demonstrate an understanding of the practical applications of science and technology, and of contributions to science and technology from people with diverse lived experiences
- B1 Relating Science and Technology to Our Changing World: Assess the importance of biodiversity, and describe ways of protecting biodiversity
- B2 Exploring and Understanding Concepts: Demonstrate an understanding of biodiversity, its contributions to the stability of natural systems, and its benefits to humans
- C1 Relating Science and Technology to Our Changing World: Evaluate the impact of the use and generation of electrical energy on society and the environment, and suggest ways to use electrical energy responsibly
- C2 Exploring and Understanding Concepts: Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of electrical energy and its transformation into and from other forms of energy
- D1 Relating Science and Technology to Our Changing World: Assess the environmental impacts of flying machines
- D2 Exploring and Understanding Concepts: Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which properties of air can be applied to the principles of flight and flying machines
- E1 Relating Science and Technology to Our Changing World: Assess the impact of space exploration on humans, society, and the environment
- E2 Exploring and Understanding Concepts: Demonstrate an understanding of the solar system, the phenomena that result from the movement of different bodies within it, and the technologies used in space exploration
Units
Unit 1
Sorting Living Things
Telling mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish apart, vertebrates from invertebrates, the kingdoms, and the levels of classification.
Expectation: B2.1 · the characteristics of groups of organisms and a classification system
Unit 2
Biodiversity
Why a variety of life makes species and communities more resilient, how species depend on each other, and why biodiversity matters to people.
Expectation: B1.1, B2.2–B2.5 · biodiversity within species, among species and among habitats, and how living things depend on one another
Unit 3
Protecting Biodiversity
How invasive species, habitat loss and climate change reduce biodiversity, why farmers rely on crop diversity, and what people can do to protect it.
Expectation: B1.1, B1.2, B2.6–B2.8 · invasive species, climate change, agriculture and Indigenous crop diversity, and protecting biodiversity
Unit 4
Static Electricity
How rubbing moves electrons, why like charges repel and opposite charges attract, static sparks and lightning, and how static differs from current electricity.
Expectation: C2.1, C2.2 · static electricity, and how it compares with current electricity
Unit 5
Circuits
Conductors and insulators, what each part of a circuit does, and how series and parallel circuits behave and where each is used.
Expectation: C2.3, C2.6, C2.7 · conductors and insulators, parts of a circuit, and series and parallel circuits
Unit 6
Making and Using Electricity
How electrical energy is made from other energy forms and changed back, the impacts of different ways of making it in Canada, and ways to use less.
Expectation: C1.1, C1.2, C2.4, C2.5 · how electrical energy is generated and used, its impacts, and using it responsibly
Unit 7
Flight
The four forces of flight and how balanced and unbalanced forces change motion, how air makes flight possible, how birds, bats and insects fly, and the impacts of aviation.
Expectation: D1.1, D2.1–D2.5 · the four forces of flight, flying machines and organisms, and the impacts of aviation
Unit 8
Earth, Moon and Sun
Why we have day and night, seasons, Moon phases, eclipses and tides, and which bodies give off light and which reflect it.
Expectation: E2.4, E2.5 · light from the Sun and the Moon, and the effects of how Earth, the Moon and the Sun move
Unit 9
Our Solar System
The planets in order, rocky versus giant planets, reading a table of planet data, moons, dwarf planets, comets and the asteroid belt.
Expectation: E2.1 · the components of the solar system and their main physical characteristics
Unit 10
Gravity and Space Tech
The difference between mass and weight, how gravity changes weight, how astronauts meet their needs in space, and how space technology helps us understand Earth and space.
Expectation: E1.1–E1.3, E2.2, E2.3, E2.6 · mass and weight, gravity, life in space and space technology
Unit 11
Think Like a Scientist
Planning a fair test, working safely, design criteria and constraints, simple coding ideas such as conditions and variables, and how science and technology connect to careers and communities.
Expectation: A1.1–A1.5, A2.1, A2.2, A3.1, A3.3 · investigation skills, design challenges, coding, careers and diverse contributions
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