SCI0600: 6th Grade Science
05/01/2024 to 05/30/2025 • Modified 05/01/2024Course Description
This year-long course allows students to investigate various science topics using interactive and engaging activities and lessons. Emphasis is placed on the student developing an understanding of Creation and God’s order for the world to cultivate a biblical worldview of science itself. Students explore a wide range of topics, which include Creation, nature, the Scientific Method and critical thinking, matter, water and the water cycle, the Earth, its surface and its atmosphere, biomes, natural resources, the universe, and solar systems. Students develop foundational science skills such as using the scientific method, measurements, and graphing. Through creating models and simulations, the students learn to apply science concepts to their daily lives.
Next Start Date*
Next Monday
Prerequisite
None
Schedule
Module 1: Creation & the Universe
- Week 1: God & Creation
- Week 2: Creation & Origins of the Earth
- Week 3: Review & Module 1 Test
Module 2: Science
- Week 4: The Nature of Science
- Week 5: Experimental
- Week 6: Review & Module 2 Test
Module 3: Matter
- Week 7: Atoms
- Week 8: Compounds, Bonds, and Chemical Equations
- Week 9: Rock Candy Lab & Module 3 Test
Module 4: The Earth’s Surface
- Week 10: Earth’s Geographic Spheres
- Week 11: Shaping the Earth
- Week 12: Soil & Module 4 Test
Module 5: The Atmosphere
- Week 13: Structure of the Atmosphere
- Week 14: Heat in the Atmosphere
- Week 15: Wind & Module 5 Test
Module 6: Weather
- Week 16: Weather & Clouds
- Week 17: Severe Weather
- Week 18: Climate & Module 6 Test
Module 7: Water
- Week 19: Characteristics of Water
- Week 20: Types of Water
- Week 21: Watersheds & Module 7 Test
Module 8: Earth’s Resources
- Week 22: What are Resources?
- Week 23: Renewable & Non-renewable Resources
- Week 24: Managing Resources & Module 8 Test
Module 9: Human Impact on Earth’s Resources
- Week 25: Human Impact on Water
- Week 26: Human Impact on Soil
- Week 27: Human Impact on Air & Module 9 Test
Module 10: The Earth, Moon, & Sun
- Week 28: Seasons of the Earth
- Week 29: Characteristics of the Moon
- Week 30: Tides & Module 10 Test
Module 11: The Solar System
- Week 31: Gravity & the Sun
- Week 32: Inner Planets
- Week 33: Outer Planets & Module 11 Test
Module 12: Space Exploration
- Week 34: Dwarf Planets & Astronomical Objects
- Week 35: Models of the Solar System
- Week 36: Satellites & Module 12 Test
