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1 Map: 6 Grade Science Type: Consensus Grade Level: 6 School Year: Author: Tim Simmons District/Building: Minisink Valley CSD/Middle School Created: 03/04/2008 Last Updated: 03/04/2008 This map copied from: 6 Grade Science by Ellen Ferrier What are the layers of the Earth? Ch 1 Lesson 1: Earth's Interior - Crust, Mantle, Core label, recall, describe, locate, show, compare and contrast, arrange crossword puzzle, drawing, handouts, word search, lesson quiz What are the types of heat transfer? Ch 1 Lesson 2: Convection and the Mantle -Radiation, Conduction, Convection -Emphasis on convection currents in the mantle memorize, define, describe, identify, select, recall, explain chart, description, handouts, game MST4-K4-4A MST4-K4-4B MST4-K4-4D What is the theory of Continental Drift? Who developed the theory? What are the evidences that support the theory? Ch 1 Lesson 3: Drifting Continents - Theory of Continental Drift - Pangaea - Alfred Wegener - Evidence from land features, fossils, and climate change defines, describes, labels, names, reproduces, explains, locates, illustrates, shows, designs, constructs, prepares poster, classification, description, crossword puzzle, map, picture, lesson quiz What is the theory of Sea-Floor Spreading? Who developed the theory? What are the evidences that support the theory? What are the key components of the theory of Sea-Floor Spreading? Ch 1 Lesson 4: Sea-Floor Spreading - Sea-Floor Spreading - Harry Hess - Evidence from molten material, magnetic strips, drilling samples (ages of rocks) - Mid-Ocean Ridges - Deep-Ocean Trenches - Subduction defines, labels, identifies, records, selects, states, explains, predicts, applies, interprets, sketches, reconstructs dance, song, chart, demonstration, handouts, picture, questions, worksheet, lesson quiz What is the theory of Plate Tectonics? Who developed the theory? Ch 1 Lesson 5: Plate Tectonics - Explains the formation, movement, and subduction of Earh's plates - J. Tuzo Wilson defines, describes, labels, describes, infers, predicts, summarizes, illustrates, sketches, diagrams chart, description, graph, handouts, map, picture, worksheet, lesson quiz

2 What are the three types of plate boundaries? Ch 1 Lesson 5: Plate Tectonics - Divergent Boundaries - Convergent Boundaries - Transform Boundaries describes, identifies, lists, recalls, memorizes, applies, demonstrates, illustrates, sketches classification, demonstration, description, handouts, picture, questions, videotape, worksheet, lesson quiz What are the three types of stress on the Earth's crust? What are the three kinds of faults? What land features result from the forces of plate movement? Ch 2 lesson 1: Forces in Earth's Crust Stress: - Tension, Compression, Shearing Faults: - Normal, reverse, strike-slip Earth's Surface: - anticline, syncline, fault-block mt., plateau defines, labels, identifies, predicts, interprets, outlines, arranges, compares chart, classification, description, display, handouts, notebook, picture, worksheet, lesson quiz How does the energy of an earthquake travel through Earth? What are the scales used to measure the strength of an earthquake? How do scientists locate the epicenter of an earthquake? Ch 2 lesson 2: Earthquakes and Seismic Waves - Pwaves, Swaves, Surface Waves - Mercalli, Richter, Moment Magnitude Scale - Arrival of P and S waves defines identifies describes recalls predicts locates sketches compares chooses explains contrasts booklet chart classification description handouts outline questions. worksheet, lesson quiz How do seismographs work? How do geologists monitor faults? How are seismographic data used? Ch 2 Lesson 3: Monitoring Earthquakes - Pen, drum, paper, weight, vibrations - Seismograph vs. seismogram - Tiltmeters, Creep Meters, Laser-Ranging Devices, GPS Satellites - Friction - Trying to predict earthquakes defines describes labels memorizes names outlines locates sketches differentiates compares contrasts questions creates concludes summarizes chart classification drawing handouts notebook picture videotape worksheet lesson quiz How do geologists determine earthquake risk? How do earthquake damages and how do you reduce this? What is earthquake safety? Ch 2 Lesson 4: Earthquake Safety - Location of active faults - Shaking, Liquefaction, Aftershocks, Tsunamis - Drop, cover, hold - Base- isolated buildings - Utilities safer, automatic shut offs defines describes identifies labels reproduces describes explains illustrates diagrams questions designs creates constructs blueprint classification description notebook observation poster report worksheet lesson quiz What is a volcano? Where are most of Earth's volcanoes found? Ch 3 Lesson 1: Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics - Volcano defines, identifies, summarizes, explains, compares, contrasts, diagrams, outlines, constructs, notebook notes, report/model /poster, worksheets, chart, diagrams, map lab, lesson quiz

3 -Magma - Lava -Ring of Fire -Island arc explains, evaluates How do hot spots volcanoes form? -Hot spot What are chemical and physical properties of a substance? What causes some liquids to flow more easily than others? What factors determine the viscosity of magma? What are the parts of a volcano? What are two types of volcanic eruptions? What are a volcano's stages of activity? Ch 3 Lesson 2: Properties of Magma - Element - Compound - Physical property - Chemical property - Viscosity - Silica - Temperature Ch 3 Lesson 3: Volcanic Eruptions - Magma chamber - Pipe - Vent - Crater - Lava flow - Pyroclastic flow - Active - Dormant - Extinct defines, describes, identifies, names, recalls, paraphrases, applies, discovers, predicts, categorizes, assesses, compares, concludes defines, describes, identifies, paraphrases, discusses, identifies, sketches, compares, contrasts, distinguishes, categorizes, creates, supports, interprets experiment, worksheets, pie graph, note taking, lesson quiz diagram, worksheets, note taking, lesson quiz MST4-K3-3B What are three types of volcanoes? What landforms do lava and ash create? Ch 3 Lesson 4: Volcanic Landforms - Shield volcano - Cinder cone - Composite volcano - Caldera - Volcanic neck - Dike - Sill - Batholith defines, identifies, reproduces, distinguishes, summarizes, breaks down, diagrams, creates, writes, explains, compares, concludes, discriminates comparison chart, diagram, Jeopardy, Pictionary, flow chart, note taking, worksheets, quiz, Chapter test What distinctive features occur in volcanic areas? - Geothermal activity - Geyser defines, identifies, labels, book report, chart,

4 How does Earth move in space? What causes day and night? Astronomy Ch 1 Lesson 1 Earth in Space - Astronomy - Rotation - Axis - Revolution - Orbit - Calendar - Solstice - Equinox summarizes, describes, sketches, illustrates, interprets, diagrams, explains, writes, concludes, interprets demonstration, handouts, observations, questions, worksheets, quiz What causes the cycle of seasons on Earth? What is gravity? What determines the strength of the force of gravity between two objects? Ch 1 Lesson 2 Gravity and Motion - Force - Gravity - Law of universal gravitation - Mass - Weight - Inertia - Newton's first law of motion defines, recalls, describes, generalizes, summarizes, explains, dramatizes, predicts, sketches, analyzes, outlines, experiments, supports, interprets dramatization, experiment, handouts, observation, questions, worksheets, quiz What two factors act together to keep the Earth in orbit around the sun? Why do we have phases of the moon? What is the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse? What makes a partial eclipse? Why are there tides? Ch 1 Lesson 3 Phases, Eclipses, & Tides - Motions of the moon (27.3 days: rotates and revolves) - Phases of the moon - Eclipses (solar, lunar, partial, total) - Tides (spring and neap) defines describes labels memorizes names explains demonstrates sketches compares contrasts diagrams banner classification diary display observation picture questions worksheet project Who is Galieo Galilei? What features are on the moon? What are the moon's characteristics? How was the moon formed or created? What are the theories? Ch 1 Lesson 4 Earth's Moon - The inventor of the telescope - Maria, craters, highlands - Size and density - Temperature and atmosphere - Water - Collision with planet-sized object defines discusses explains identifies paraphrases discovers summarizes compares describes explains biography chart comparison handouts picture worksheet test

5 What are the geocentric and heliocentric systems? What contributions were made by early scientists? What objects make up the solar system? Ch 3 Lesson 1 Observing the Solar System - Geocentric and heliocentric models - Copernicus, Galileo, Brahe, Kepler - Ellipse - Planets, comets, asteroids defines describes labels distinguishes demonstrates dramatizes sketches compares contrasts questions constructs supports diagrams bulletin board chart demonstration handouts notebook questions test worksheet What are the three layers of the sun's interior? What are the three layers of the sun's atmosphere? What features form on or above the sun's surface? How does the sun affect the Earth? Ch 3 Lesson 2 The Sun - Sun's interior - Radiation, convection - Nuclear fusion - Sun's atmosphere - Photosphere - Chromosphere - Corona - Features - Sunspots, prominences - Solar flares, solar winds defines outlines describes distinguishes sketches diagrams tests compares contrasts explains summarizes interprets drawing graph handouts notebook test worksheets project MST4-K4-4A MST4-K4-4C What kinds of properties are used to describe matter? What are elements, and how do they relate to compounds? What are the properties of a mixture? Ch 1 Lesson 1 Describing Matter - Properties of matterphysical/chemical - Elements/atoms/molecules - Chemical bond - Compounds- formulas - Mixturesheterogeneous/homogeneous defines memorizes locates identifies distinguishes computes illustrates sketches tests compares contrasts categorizes summarizes concludes experiments chart experiment handouts observation test worksheets MST4-K3-3B What is the difference between weight and mass? What units are used to express the amount of space occupied by matter? How is the density of a material determined? Ch 1 Lesson 2 Measuring Matter - Weight vs. mass - Units of mass SI - Volume - Density - Formulas defines recalls identifies estimates applies discovers solves computes formulates measures interprets explains chart experiment handouts observations test worksheets project What is a physical change? What is a chemical change? How are changes in matter C2 Lesson 3 defines identifies distinguishes discovers compares contrasts differentiates illustrates booklet classification drawing experiment handouts notebook test MST4-K3-3B

6 related to changes in energy? Changes in Matter - Types of physical change - Types of Chemical change - Conservation of mass - Thermal energy categorizes reconstructs supports concludes evaluates MST4-K4-4E Key to Standards used in this Map [6 occurrences] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 1 [Physical Setting i] - Performance Indicator 1A - explain daily, monthly, and seasonal changes on earth. [Intermediate] [1 occurrence] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 2 [Physical Setting ii] - Performance Indicator 2A - describe the relationships among air, water, and land on Earth. [Elementary] [11 occurrences] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 2 [Physical Setting ii] - Performance Indicator 2A - explain how the atmosphere (air), hydrosphere (water), and lithosphere (land) interact, evolve, and change. [Intermediate] [11 occurrences] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 2 [Physical Setting ii] - Performance Indicator 2B - describe volcano and earthquake patterns, the rock cycle, and weather and climate changes. [Intermediate] [6 occurrences] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 3 [Physical Setting iii] - Performance Indicator 3A - observe and describe properties of materials, such as density, conductivity, and solubility. [Intermediate] MST4-K3-3B [3 occurrences] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 3 [Physical Setting iii] - Performance Indicator 3B - distinguish between chemical and physical changes. [Intermediate] [4 occurrences] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 3 [Physical Setting iii] - Performance Indicator 3C - develop their own mental models to explain common chemical reactions and changes in states of matter. [Intermediate] MST4-K4-4A [2 occurrences] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 4 [Physical Setting iv] - Performance Indicator 4A - describe the sources and identify the transformations of energy observed in everyday life. [Intermediate] MST4-K4-4B [1 occurrence] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 4 [Physical Setting iv] - Performance Indicator 4B - observe and describe heating and cooling events. [Intermediate] MST4-K4-4C [1 occurrence] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 4 [Physical Setting iv] - Performance Indicator 4C - observe and describe energy changes as related to chemical reactions. [Intermediate] MST4-K4-4D [1 occurrence] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 4 [Physical Setting iv] - Performance Indicator 4D - observe and describe the properties of sound, light, magnetism, and electricity. [Intermediate] MST4-K4-4E [1 occurrence] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 4 [Physical Setting iv] - Performance Indicator 4E - describe situations that support the principle of conservation of energy. [Intermediate] [5 occurrences] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 5 [Physical Setting v] - Performance Indicator 5A - describe different patterns of motion of objects. [Intermediate] [7 occurrences] - MST Standard 4 - Key Idea 5 [Physical Setting v] - Performance Indicator 5B - observe, describe, and compare effects of forces (gravity, electric current, and magnetism) on the motion of objects. [Intermediate]