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Science — Grade 6

Goal 5, Objective 5.06

Goal 5

The learner will build understanding of the Solar System.

Objective 5.06

Analyze the spin-off benefits generated by space exploration technology including:

  • Medical.
  • Materials.
  • Transportation.
  • Processes.
  • Future research.

Resources aligned to this objective

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NASA spin-offs
NASA spin-offs are technologies and processes that were created by or for NASA but have been applied to everyday life. In this lesson for grade 6, students learn about NASA spin-offs and how they relate to various careers.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
By April Galloway and Christine Scott.

Lesson plans on the web

Bacteria ballistics
In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about the possibility that microbes from Mars may have once seeded the Earth. In this interview, students learn about an unusual experiment that could help provide the answer. (Learn more)
Format: activity (grade 6 Science)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Make a mission
This Science NetLinks lesson revolves around the MESSENGER spacecraft mission to Mercury (MESSENGER stands for MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging). The focus of the lesson is technology, not only how it allows humans to collect scientific data and information on a faraway terrestrial planet, but also the constraints involved in designing the spacecraft to carry this technology. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Mapping mars
This lesson, from Xpeditions, introduces students to some common map projections and representations (e.g. globes or close-ups) and asks them to consider the ways that each representation can be used to show specific features of Mars. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
Provider: National Geographic
My angle on cooling: Effects of distance and inclination
In this Science NetLinks lesson, students discuss what heat is and how it travels. They discover that one way to cool an object in the presence of a heat source is to increase the distance from it or change the angle at which it is faced. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sensing the invisible: The Herschel Experiment
In this lesson, from Science NetLinks, students find out that there is radiation other than visible light being emitted from the sun. They reproduce a version of William Herschel's 1800 experiment that discovered the existence of infrared radiation. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science