Alabama Grade 6 science standards

Earth and Space Sciences

• SC23.6.3 Construct an evidence-based explanation of the role of gravity on the movement of natural and manmade objects within galaxies and the solar system.

  Lessons: The Solar System: Gravity, Orbits and Scale (Why do planets go around the Sun and not fly away?) (partly)

  Practice: The Solar System: Gravity, Orbits and Scale workbook

• SC23.6.4 Analyze and use data to determine scale properties and characteristics of objects in the solar system including sizes, distances, orbital periods, basic composition, and ability to support life.

  Lessons: The Solar System: Gravity, Orbits and Scale (How big is the solar system, really?, What is each world like?)

  Practice: The Solar System: Gravity, Orbits and Scale workbook · Sun, Earth and Moon workbook

• SC23.6.5a Develop and use models to demonstrate the processes that form rocks and cycle Earth’s materials.

  Lessons: Stone, Bamboo and Storms: Building in Vietnam (How did rain carve the islands of Hạ Long Bay?, Why do builders in Vietnam trust bamboo?, How can a roof survive a typhoon?)

  Practice: Stone, Bamboo and Storms: Building in Vietnam workbook · Grade 4 Rocks and Minerals

• SC23.6.5d Use research-based evidence to propose a scientific explanation of how the distribution of Earth’s resources, including minerals, fossil fuels, and groundwater, results from ongoing geoscience processes.

  Lessons: Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact (Where does your stuff come from?) (partly)

  Practice: Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook

• SC23.6.6c Provide evidence of past plate movements, using data regarding the distribution of fossils, rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures.

  Lessons: Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates (Where do volcanoes and earthquakes happen?, What do moving plates do, and can a building survive?) (partly)

• SC23.6.8 Construct an evidence-based explanation of how the sun’s energy drives the motion and cycling of water through the hydrosphere.

  Lessons: The Water Cycle, Start to Finish (Where has the water in your glass been?, Can you make a mini water cycle?) (partly)

  Practice: The Water Cycle, Start to Finish workbook

• SC23.6.11a Define problems and design solutions to monitor and mitigate human impact on the environment.

  Lessons: Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact (How can a town use less and waste less?) (partly)

  Practice: Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook