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Science 6
Curriculum Science Grade 6
PDF Grade-Set: k-9
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Big Ideas
Grandes idées
Multicellular organisms rely on internal systems to survive, reproduce, and interact with their environment.
Multicellular organisms rely on internal systems to survive, reproduce, and interact with their environment
- Sample questions to support inquiry with students:
- How are internal systems necessary for survival?
- What do your body systems require for survival?
- How do your body systems interact with one another?
Everyday materials are often mixtures.
Everyday materials are often mixtures
- Sample questions to support inquiry with students:
- What is a heterogeneous mixture?
- How can mixtures be separated?
Newton’s three laws of motion describe the relationship between force and motion.
Newton’s three laws of motion describe the relationship between force and motion
- Sample questions to support inquiry with students:
- What is the difference between motion caused by balanced forces and motion caused by unbalanced forces?
- How are balanced and unbalanced forces evident in your life and activities?
The solar system is part of the Milky Way, which is one of billions of galaxies.
The solar system is part of the Milky Way, which is one of billions of galaxies
- Sample questions to support inquiry with students:
- What are the relationships between Earth and the rest of the universe?
- What is an extreme environment?
- What extreme environments exist on Earth or in our galaxy?
Learning Standards
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Curricular Competencies
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Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Questioning and predicting
Questioning and predicting
Questioning and predicting
Change is making the form, nature, content or future course of something different from what it is or what it would be if left alone. For example, Newton’s third law, the idea that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction describes the changes that occur in response to pushes and pulls.- Key questions about change:
- How has our solar system changed over time?
- How has the exploration of extreme environments on Earth and in space changed in the last decade?
Demonstrate a sustained curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest
Make observations in familiar or unfamiliar contexts
Identify questions to answer or problems to solve through scientific inquiry
Make predictions about the findings of their inquiry
Planning and conducting
With support, plan appropriate investigations to answer their questions or solve problems they have identified
Decide which variable should be changed and measured for a fair test
Choose appropriate data to collect to answer their questions
Observe, measure, and record data, using appropriate tools, including digital technologies
Use equipment and materials safely, identifying potential risks
Processing and analyzing data and information
Experience and interpret the local environment
Identify First Peoples perspectives and knowledge as sources of information
Construct and use a variety of methods, including tables, graphs, and digital technologies, as appropriate, to represent patterns or relationships in data
Identify patterns and connections in data
Compare data with predictions and develop explanations for results
Demonstrate an openness to new ideas and consideration of alternatives
Evaluating
Evaluate whether their investigations were fair tests
Identify possible sources of error
Suggest improvements to their investigation methods
Identify some of the assumptions in secondary sources
secondary sources
secondary sources of evidence could include anthropological and contemporary accounts of First Peoples of BC, news media, archives, journals, etc. Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of evidence
Identify some of the social, ethical, and environmental implications of the findings from their own and others’ investigations
Applying and innovating
Contribute to care for self, others, and community through personal or collaborative approaches
Co-operatively design projects
Transfer and apply learning to new situations
Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving
Communicating
Communicate ideas, explanations, and processes in a variety of ways
Express and reflect on personal, shared, or others’ experiences of place
place
Place is any environment, locality, or context with which people interact to learn, create memory, reflect on history, connect with culture, and establish identity. The connection between people and place is foundational to First Peoples perspectives of the world.- Key questions about place:
- How does place influence your ability to plan and conduct an inquiry?
- How does your understanding of place affect the ways in which you collect evidence and evaluate it?
- How do the place-based experiences and stories of others affect the ways in which you communicate your findings and other information?
- Ways of knowing refers to the various beliefs about the nature of knowledge that people have; they can include, but are not limited to, Aboriginal, gender-related, subject/discipline specific, cultural, embodied and intuitive beliefs about knowledge. What are the connections between ways of knowing and place?
Content
Students are expected to know the following:
the basic structures and functions of body systems:
systems
First People’s understandings of body systems in humans and animals - excretoryexcretorykidneys, ureters, bladder, etc.
- reproductivereproductiveovaries, testes, etc.
- hormonalhormonalchemical messengers in the body (e.g., insulin, adrenalin)
- nervousnervousbrain, spinal cord, etc.; role of receptors — the brain interprets the signals received and can make mistakes (e.g., optical illusions) in those interpretations
heterogeneous mixtures
heterogeneous mixtures
suspensions (e.g., salad dressing), emulsions (e.g., milk), colloids (e.g., aerosols) mixtures:
- separated using a difference in component propertiesseparated using a difference in component properties
- density (e.g., centrifuge or settling, silt deposits in a river delta, tailings ponds, Roman aqueduct settling sections)
- particle size (e.g., sieves, filters)
- local First Peoples knowledgeof separation and extraction methodslocal First Peoples knowledgehistorical and current First Peoples use of separation and extraction methods (e.g., eulachon oil, extraction of medicines from plants, pigments, etc.)
Newton’s three laws of motion
Newton’s three laws of motion
- first law: objects will stay stopped or in constant motion until acted upon by an outside force
- second law: only an unbalanced force causes acceleration
- third law: every force has an equal and opposite reaction force
effects of balanced and unbalanced forces in daily physical activities
balanced and unbalanced forces
- balanced forces are equal and opposite forces (e.g., sitting in a chair)
- unbalanced forces are unequal; one force is larger (e.g., race cars on different ramps, mousetrap cars, rockets)
daily physical activities
examples of effects of balanced and unbalanced forces in school sports and physical education activities force of gravity
force of gravity
- gravity is the force of attraction between objects that pulls all objects toward each other
- on Earth, gravity pulls objects toward the centre of the planet (e.g., falling objects, egg drop)
the overall scale, structure, and age of the universe
the position, motion, and components of our solar system in our galaxy
components of our solar system
- planets, moons, asteroids, meteors, comets, etc.
- First Peoples perspectives regarding aurora borealis and other celestial phenomena
- extreme environments including contributions of Canadians to exploration technologies (e.g., Canadarm, Newt Suit, VENUS and NEPTUNE programs)
Note: Some of the learning standards in the PHE curriculum address topics that some students and their parents or guardians may feel more comfortable addressing at home. Refer to ministry policy regarding opting for alternative delivery.