Ontario Grade 6 science curriculum

A1.1 Use a scientific research process and associated skills to conduct investigations. (evaluating sources of claims; partial).

Lessons: Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers (Does salt make water boil faster?, Is that AI answer true?, Which source should we trust?)

Practice: Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers workbook · Build It, Launch It workbook · Evidence Lab workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Think Like a Scientist: The Scientific Method workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá workbook

C1.1 Assess the short- and long-term impacts of electrical energy generation technologies in Canada on society and the environment, including impacts on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, and on climate change.

Lessons: Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From (Where does our classroom's electricity come from?, Can the wind power our school?, Why don't we use solar power everywhere?)

Practice: Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From workbook · Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook

C1.2 Assess choices that reduce personal use of electrical energy from both renewable and non-renewable sources, and advocate for the responsible use of electrical energy by the school community. (school energy recommendation).

Lessons: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better

Practice: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook · Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From workbook

C2.3 Identify materials that are good conductors of electric current and materials that are good insulators. (a Grade 6 expectation taught at Grade 4).

Lessons: Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up

Practice: Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook

C2.4 Describe how technologies transform various forms of energy into electrical energy. (wind machine; partial).

Lessons: Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From (Where does our classroom's electricity come from?, Can the wind power our school?, Why don't we use solar power everywhere?)

Practice: Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From workbook · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook

C2.6 Explain the functions of the components of a simple electrical circuit.

Lessons: Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up

Practice: Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook

C2.7 Distinguish between series and parallel circuits, and identify common uses of each type of circuit.

Lessons: Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up

Practice: Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook

D2.2 Describe the relationships between the four forces of flight – lift, weight, thrust, and drag – that make flight possible. (paper plane: lift, weight, thrust and drag; a Grade 6 expectation).

Lessons: Build It, Launch It (Can you drop an egg without breaking it?, What makes a paper plane fly farthest?, How does a rocket push itself into space?)

Practice: Build It, Launch It workbook · Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook · Forces at Work: Gravity, Resistance, Levers and Pulleys workbook

D2.4 Describe ways in which the four forces of flight can be altered. (changing a plane's design to change the forces of flight).

Lessons: Build It, Launch It (Can you drop an egg without breaking it?, What makes a paper plane fly farthest?, How does a rocket push itself into space?)

Practice: Build It, Launch It workbook · Pushes, Pulls and Magnets workbook · Forces at Work: Gravity, Resistance, Levers and Pulleys workbook

Outcome Strand C, Electrical Phenomena, Energy, and Devices: the parts of a simple circuit, materials that are good conductors and good insulators, and the difference between series and parallel circuits. (This unit gives younger students an early start.)

Lessons: Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up (partly)

Outcome Strand B, Biodiversity: the benefits of biodiversity, the effects of its decline, and investigating a local biodiversity issue.

Lessons: Food Webs: Who Eats Whom? (What would happen if the wolves disappeared?, Can we count the life under a log?) (partly)

Outcome Strand A, STEM Skills and Connections: collecting, organizing and interpreting data, and drawing conclusions from evidence.

Lessons: Climate Clues (Is this winter colder than when your grandparents were kids?, What can a tree ring tell us?, What's the difference between weather and climate?)

Outcome Electrical Phenomena: how electrical energy is produced, including from renewable and non-renewable sources, and the impact of its use on society and the environment.

Lessons: Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From (Where does our classroom's electricity come from?, Can the wind power our school?, Why don't we use solar power everywhere?)