6th Grade Science Standards
S.6.SI Science Inquiry
S.6.PS Physical Science
S.6.ES Earth and Space Science
S.6.LE Life and Environmental Science
- S.6.SI.1 Design and conduct experiments using the scientific method to gather, analyze and interpret scientific data.
S.6.PS Physical Science
- S.6.PS.1 Understands inertia; Newton’s first law.
- S.6.PS.2 Understands motion; Newton’s second law.
- S.6.PS.3 Understands action and reaction; Newton’s third law as well as conservation of energy.
- S.6.PS.4 Understands kinetic and potential energy and how they are transferred.
- S.6.PS.5 Understands magnetic fields and how they exert forces on other objects.
- S.6.PS.6 Understands that magnets can produce electric currents.
- S.6.PS.7 Design and conduct experiments using the scientific method to determine strength of an electromagnet.
S.6.ES Earth and Space Science
- S.6.ES.1 Understands objects that are found in our solar system.
- S.6.ES.2 Understands lunar phases, eclipses and seasons.
- S.6.ES.3 Understands our solar system was formed from a nebula.
- S.6.ES.4 Understands gravitational attraction and laws of planetary motion
- S.6.ES.5 Understands stars and their cycles.
S.6.LE Life and Environmental Science
- S.6.LE.1 Understand how living things are classified into kingdoms.
- S.6.LE.2 Understand how animals are classified within the Animal Kingdom.
- S.6.LE.3 Understand how animals adapt to surroundings to ensure survival.