Saskatchewan Grade 6 science curriculum
The Grade 6 science outcomes we teach, in the curriculum's own words, with the lessons and practice pages for each. Pick an outcome code for the full list of lessons and printables.
Saskatchewan Science curricula, Kindergarten to Grade 9. Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Electricity
EL6.1 Assess personal, societal, economic, and environmental impacts of electricity use in Saskatchewan and propose actions to reduce those impacts. (classroom electricity audit; a Grade 6 outcome).
Lessons: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better · 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: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From workbook · Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook
EL6.2 Investigate the characteristics and applications of static electric charges, conductors, insulators, switches, and electromagnetism. (conductors, insulators, switches; a Grade 6 outcome 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
EL6.3 Explain and model the properties of simple series and parallel circuits. (single-loop and separate-loop bulbs).
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
Flight
FL6.2 Investigate how the forces of thrust, drag, lift, and gravity act on living things and constructed devices that fly through the air. (paper plane; a Grade 6 outcome).
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
FL6.3 Design a working prototype of a flying object that meets specified performance criteria. (egg protector, plane and rocket designs; partial, a Grade 6 outcome).
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 · Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook · Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá 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 · Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook
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