Grade 6 Science
15 units matched to the Prince Edward Island Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Life Science: Diversity of Life.
- Physical Science: Electricity.
- Physical Science: Flight.
- Earth and Space Science: Space.
Units
Unit 1
Sorting Living Things
Telling mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish apart, vertebrates from invertebrates, the kingdoms, and the levels of classification.
Curriculum outcome: Life Science: Diversity of Life · sorting living things into groups, including vertebrates, invertebrates and the main animal groups
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.
Curriculum outcome: Life Science: Diversity of Life · why variety in living things matters and how species depend on one another
Unit 3
Traits & Fossils
Practises how plants and animals pass traits to their offspring, the difference between inherited traits and learned skills, and how fossils give evidence of how organisms have changed over time.
Curriculum outcome: Life Science: Diversity of Life · what fossils are and what they tell us about living things from the past
Unit 4
Tiny Living Things
Practises how scientists observe and compare common arthropods and microorganisms, how microorganisms meet their needs, and how people protect against unwanted growth at home.
Curriculum outcome: Life Science: Diversity of Life · comparing arthropods, how microorganisms live, and protecting food and surfaces from unwanted growth
Unit 5
Adaptations & Endangered Animals
Practises how an animal’s body suits its environment, how related animals differ in different places, why some animals are endangered and how people study and protect them.
Curriculum outcome: Life Science: Diversity of Life · how adaptations suit animals to their environments, and why some animals are endangered
Unit 6
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.
Curriculum outcome: Physical Science: Electricity · how charges attract and repel, and how static differs from current electricity
Unit 7
Circuits
Conductors and insulators, what each part of a circuit does, and how series and parallel circuits behave and where each is used.
Curriculum outcome: Physical Science: Electricity · conductors and insulators, circuit parts, and series and parallel circuits
Unit 8
Electrical Safety
Practises safety rules for household electricity, batteries and circuits: keeping electricity away from water, handling cords and plugs, power lines, and safe use of low-voltage batteries.
Curriculum outcome: Physical Science: Electricity · staying safe around plugs, batteries, power lines and water
Unit 9
Electromagnets & Generators
Practises the link between electricity and magnetism: how an electromagnet works, what makes it stronger, the devices that use them and how generators make electric current.
Curriculum outcome: Physical Science: Electricity · how electromagnets work, what changes their strength, and how generators make electricity
Unit 10
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.
Curriculum outcome: Physical Science: Flight · lift, weight, thrust and drag, and how birds, insects and aircraft fly
Unit 11
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.
Curriculum outcome: Earth and Space Science: Space · day and night, seasons, Moon phases, eclipses and tides
Unit 12
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.
Curriculum outcome: Earth and Space Science: Space · the planets, moons, dwarf planets, comets and asteroids of the solar system
Unit 13
Galaxies & Space Tech
Our place in the Milky Way, light-years and other galaxies, telescopes, satellites and Canadian space technology, and how Indigenous peoples have observed and shared knowledge of the sky.
Curriculum outcome: Earth and Space Science: Space · galaxies, light-years, space tools and how cultures have watched the sky
Unit 14
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.
Curriculum outcome: Earth and Space Science: Space · mass and weight, how astronauts meet their needs, and space technology
Unit 15
Stars & Constellations
Practises identifying constellations and comparing how different cultures have used the stars for planting, navigating and telling stories.
Curriculum outcome: Earth and Space Science: Space · identifying constellations and how cultures have used the stars
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