LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Science — Grade 6

Goal 1: The learner will design and conduct investigations to demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry.

Objective 1.03. Apply safety procedures in the laboratory and in field studies:

  • Recognize potential hazards.
  • Manipulate materials and equipment.
  • Conduct appropriate procedures.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

POP!
In Design technology: Children's engineering, page 2.2
In this lesson, students will begin to build an understanding of heat energy by popping a kernel of popcorn in oil. Relying on their own thinking and problem-solving skills, they will create data tables and decide what observations to record.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
By Erin Denniston.
Ice cream containers
In Design technology: Children's engineering, page 2.6
Students will use their knowledge to design and build melt-proof containers for ice cream. They will track the temperature changes in the container over a four-hour period to simulate the ice cream in transit from manufacturer to store. Students will draw a diagram that shows how and why the container works.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
By Erin Denniston.
Heat racers
In Design technology: Children's engineering, page 2.5
In this lesson, students will learn about insulators and conductors by creating sleeves for thermometers that will either raise the thermometer's temperature or keep it the same on a sunny day.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
By Erin Denniston.
Expand and contract
In Design technology: Children's engineering, page 2.4
In this lesson, students will learn that heat causes most substances to expand and become less dense. They will measure the circumference of a balloon, then heat it, and measure the circumference again.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
By Erin Denniston.
Currents around us
In Design technology: Children's engineering, page 2.3
This lesson included four experiments that will lead students to discover that convection currents are caused when heated fluid becomes less dense and rises, while colder fluids become denser and sink.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
By Erin Denniston.

Resources on the web

Food webs in the bay
In this Science NetLinks lesson, students will research plants and animals that live in the submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) of a bay area. After researching the organisms, students will do class presentations and create a food web using pictures of all... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science