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6th grade 19 TAC §112.26 49 student expectations 9 activities

6th grade Science

Sixth grade science covers matter and its structure, forces and motion including Newton's laws in an introductory form, energy transformations, Earth's structure and space systems, and organisms and ecosystems.

Practice activities

🔬Think Like a ScientistObservations, inferences, hypotheses, theories, and laws; the right tool and unit; safety; data tables and graphs with repeated trials; models and their limits; finding patterns and errors in data; evaluating designs and sources.
🌍Seasons, Tides, Earth's Layers, and ResourcesWhy Earth's tilt causes seasons; how the Moon and Sun cause daily, spring, and neap tides; the four Earth systems; the layers of Earth; the rock cycle; and why managing resources matters.
🎢Forces, Motion, and EnergyGravity, friction, magnetism, applied and normal forces; net force and balanced vs. unbalanced; action-reaction pairs; potential and kinetic energy; conservation of energy; and transverse and longitudinal waves.
⚗️Matter: States, Mixtures, Elements, and ChangeSolids, liquids, and gases and the motion of their particles; pure substances vs. mixtures; metals, nonmetals, and metalloids on the periodic table; density; and the evidence of a chemical change.
🔬Ecosystems, Cells, and SurvivalBiotic and abiotic factors and competition; predation, competition, and symbiosis; organism, population, community; cell theory; prokaryotes and eukaryotes, unicellular and multicellular, autotrophs and heterotrophs; and how variation helps populations survive.
🧪Matter Lab: Particles & ChangesParticles, mixtures, density and chemical changes.
⚛️Conveyor Sort: Metals, Nonmetals, MetalloidsSort elements from the periodic table into metals, nonmetals and metalloids.
💡Circuit Builder: Energy ConservedFollow every joule through a circuit.
🔭Sky Watch: Seasons & TidesThe tilted Earth, the seasons, and spring and neap tides.

The learning path

One stop per unit. Filled stops have practice activities today.

1Scientific and engineering practices. The student, for at least 40% of instructional time, asks questions, identifies pr2Scientific and engineering practices. The student analyzes and interprets data to derive meaning, identify features and 3Scientific and engineering practices. The student develops evidence-based explanations and communicates findings, conclu4Scientific and engineering practices. The student knows the contributions of scientists and recognizes the importance of5Recurring themes and concepts. The student understands that recurring themes and concepts provide a framework for making6Matter and energy. The student knows that matter is made of atoms, can be classified according to its properties, and ca7Force, motion, and energy. The student knows the nature of forces and their role in systems that experience stability or8Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that the total energy in systems is conserved through energy transfers and 9Earth and space. The student models the cyclical movements of the Sun, Earth, and Moon and describes their effects.10Earth and space. The student understands the rock cycle and the structure of Earth.11Earth and space. The student understands how resources are managed.12Organisms and environments. The student knows that interdependence occurs between living systems and the environment.13Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms have an organizational structure and variations can influen

Units and standards preview

The knowledge-and-skills strands below are the state's, reproduced from Science, Grade 6, Adopted 2021. Open a unit to read each student expectation and jump to the activities that practice it.

1Scientific and engineering practices. The student, for at least 40% of instructional time, asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models.8/8 practiced
  1. (A) ask questions and define problems based on observations or information from text, phenomena, models, or investigations;
    19 TAC 112.26(b)(1)(A)
    🔬 Think Like a Scientist
  2. (B) use scientific practices to plan and conduct descriptive, comparative, and experimental investigations and use engineering practices to design solutions to problems;
    19 TAC 112.26(b)(1)(B)
    🔬 Think Like a Scientist
  3. (C) use appropriate safety equipment and practices during laboratory, classroom, and field investigations as outlined in Texas Education Agency-approved safety standards;
    19 TAC 112.26(b)(1)(C)
    🔬 Think Like a Scientist
  4. + 5 more expectations for members
2Scientific and engineering practices. The student analyzes and interprets data to derive meaning, identify features and patterns, and discover relationships or correlations to develop evidence-based arguments or evaluate designs.4/4 practiced
  1. (A) identify advantages and limitations of models such as their size, scale, properties, and materials;
    19 TAC 112.26(b)(2)(A)
    🔬 Think Like a Scientist
  2. (B) analyze data by identifying any significant descriptive statistical features, patterns, sources of error, or limitations;
    19 TAC 112.26(b)(2)(B)
    🔬 Think Like a Scientist
  3. (C) use mathematical calculations to assess quantitative relationships in data; and
    19 TAC 112.26(b)(2)(C)
    🔬 Think Like a Scientist
  4. + 1 more expectations for members

11 more units, 49 expectations, 9 activities

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How to help at home

Build a circuit with a battery, wire, and bulb; then break it and ask why it stopped.
Look at a food web and ask what happens if one animal disappears.
Encourage the question why, and if neither of you knows, look it up together.

Source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, 19 TAC §112.26. Curriculum text on this site is reproduced from the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills as published by the Texas Education Agency and codified in Title 19 of the Texas Administrative Code. Baccare is an independent product of Brigade Management, Inc. and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the Texas Education Agency, the State Board of Education, or the Texas Secretary of State. Sources and attribution.

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Course details

  • Grade6th grade
  • SubjectScience
  • Standard19 TAC §112.26
  • Units13
  • Expectations49
  • Activities9
  • PriceFree to play
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