Grade 6 Science
9 units matched to the Saskatchewan Curriculum.
Strands and outcomes
- Life Science: Diversity of Living Things (DL6.1–DL6.5): Recognize, describe, and appreciate the diversity of living things in local and other ecosystems, and explore… Examine how humans organize understanding of the diversity of living things. Analyze the characteristics and behaviours of vertebrates and invertebrates. (and 2 more outcomes)
- Physical Science: Understanding Electricity (EL6.1–EL6.3): Assess personal, societal, economic, and environmental impacts of electricity use in Saskatchewan and propose… Investigate the characteristics and applications of static electric charges, conductors, insulators, switches, and… Explain and model the properties of simple series and parallel circuits.
- Physical Science: Principles of Flight (FL6.1–FL6.3): Examine connections between human fascination with flight and technologies and careers based on the scientific… Investigate how the forces of thrust, drag, lift, and gravity act on living things and constructed devices that… Design a working prototype of a flying object that meets specified performance criteria.
- Earth and Space Science: Our Solar System (SS6.1–SS6.3): Research and represent the physical characteristics of the major components of the solar system, including the… Assess the efficacy of various methods of representing and interpreting astronomical phenomena, including phases… Evaluate past, current, and possible future contributions of space exploration programs including space probes and…
Units
Unit 1
Sorting Living Things
Telling mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish apart, vertebrates from invertebrates, the kingdoms, and the levels of classification.
Outcome: DL6.2 · how people sort and classify living things
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.
Outcome: DL6.1, DL6.4 · the diversity of living things and how structures and behaviours help them survive
Unit 3
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.
Outcome: EL6.2 · static electric charges, conductors and insulators
Unit 4
Circuits
Conductors and insulators, what each part of a circuit does, and how series and parallel circuits behave and where each is used.
Outcome: EL6.2, EL6.3 · switches and simple series and parallel circuits
Unit 5
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.
Outcome: FL6.2 · thrust, drag, lift and gravity in flight
Unit 6
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.
Outcome: SS6.1 · the sun, planets, moons and other parts of the solar system
Unit 7
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.
Outcome: SS6.2 · phases of the moon, eclipses and seasons
Unit 8
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.
Outcome: SS6.3 · space exploration and its technologies
Unit 9
Electricity Use in Saskatchewan
Where Saskatchewan's electricity comes from (coal, natural gas, hydro such as Gardiner Dam, wind, solar), renewable and non-renewable sources, how electricity use affects people, costs and the environment, and everyday ways to save electricity.
Outcome: EL6.1 · personal, societal, economic and environmental impacts of electricity use in Saskatchewan, energy sources and ways to conserve electricity
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