📗 YEAR 6 SCIENCE – FULL CURRICULUM

A. Matter

1. Identify and sort solids, liquids and gases

2. Understand conservation of matter using graphs

B. Changes of state

1. Change of state diagrams: melting, freezing, evaporating and condensing

2. Change of state diagrams: melting, freezing, evaporating, condensing and sublimating

3. Heating, cooling and changes of state

C. Physical and chemical changes

1. Compare physical and chemical changes

2. Identify reactants and products

3. Identify mixtures

D. Force and motion

1. Identify directions of forces

2. How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion?

E. Magnets

1. Identify magnets that attract or repel

2. Label magnets that attract or repel

3. Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces

F. Energy transformation

1. Energy transformation

G. Electricity

1. Introduction to static electricity and charged objects

2. Electric circuits

3. Conductors and insulators

H. Light

1. How do we see objects?

2. How does light travel and interact with matter?

I. Classification

1. Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians

2. Identify vertebrates and invertebrates

3. Use evidence to classify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians

4. Use evidence to classify animals

5. Describe, classify and compare kingdoms

J. Animals

1. Read and construct animal life cycle diagrams

2. Compare animal life cycles

K. Body systems

1. Human organs and their functions

2. Body systems: circulation and respiration

3. Body systems: digestion

4. Body systems: removing waste

5. Body systems: perception and motion

L. Plants

1. Identify plant parts and their functions

2. How do plants make food?

3. Identify flower parts and their functions

4. Flowering plant and conifer life cycles

5. Moss and fern life cycles

M. Adaptations

1. Introduction to adaptations

2. Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths and necks

3. Animal adaptations: feet and limbs

4. Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings

N. Traits and heredity

1. What affects traits? Use observations to support a hypothesis

2. Match offspring to parents using inherited traits

3. Identify inherited and acquired traits

4. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement

5. Read a plant pedigree chart

6. Read an animal pedigree chart

O. Ecosystems

1. Identify ecosystems

2. Describe ecosystems

3. Identify roles in food chains

4. How does matter move in food chains?

5. Interpret food webs I

6. Interpret food webs II

P. Conservation and natural resources

1. Science literacy: how can a community protect sea turtles?

2. Evaluate natural energy sources

Q. Rocks

1. Identify rocks and minerals

2. How do sedimentary rocks form?

3. How do rock layers form?

R. Fossils

1. Introduction to fossils

2. Identify and classify fossils

3. Compare fossils to modern organisms

4. Compare ancient and modern organisms: use observations to support a hypothesis

5. Interpret evidence from fossils in rock layers

S. Temperature

1. Read a thermometer

2. Compare temperatures on thermometers

3. Collect and graph temperature data

T. Water on Earth

1. Describe and graph water on Earth

2. Label parts of water cycle diagrams

3. Select parts of water cycle diagrams

U. Astronomy

1. Shadows

2. Earth’s rotation and orbit

3. Day and night

4. Brightness of the Sun and other stars

5. Constellations and the changing night sky

6. Identify phases of the Moon

7. Solar eclipses

8. Lunar eclipses

9. Identify the planets in the solar system

10. Identify constellations

V. Units and measurement

1. Choose units of distance

2. Choose units of mass

3. Choose units of volume

4. Abbreviate mass, volume and temperature units

W. Science practices and tools

1. Identify laboratory tools