THE GRADE SIX - COURSE 1 IS DIVIDED INTO: 3 UNITS, 10 TOPICS AND MULTIPLE LESSONS

UNIT #1 - Physical Science

• Topic 1 - Introduction to Matter
  • Topic Launch/Quest Kick-Off
  • Lesson 1 Describing and Classifying Matter
  • Lesson 2 Measuring Matter
  • Lesson 3 Changes in Matter
  • Topic Close - Assessment, Quest Findings

• Topic 2 - Solids, Liquids, and Gases
  • Topic Launch/Quest Kick-Off
  • Lesson 1 States of Matter
  • Lab Video for Lesson 1 - Properties of Matter
  • Lesson 2 Changes of States of Matter
  • Topic Close - Assessment, Quest Findings
• Topic 3 - Energy
  • Topic Launch/Quest Kick-Off
  • Lesson 1 Energy, Motion, Force, and Work
  • Lesson 2 Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy
  • Lesson 3 Other Forms of Energy
  • Lesson 4 Energy Changes and Conservation
  • Topic Close - Assessment, Quest Findings
• Topic 4 Thermal Energy
  • Topic Launch/Quest Kick off
  • Lesson 1 Temperature, Thermal Energy, and Heat
  • Lesson 2 Heat Transfer
  • Lab Video for Lesson 2 - Visualizing Convection Currents
  • Lesson 3 Heat and Materials
  • Lab Video for Lesson 3 - Comparing How Liquids Cool
  • Topic Close - Assessment, Quest Findings

• Topic 5 Introduction to Earth’s Systems
  • Topic Launch/Quest Kick off
  • Lesson 1 Matter and Energy in Earth's Systems
  • Lab Video for Lesson 1 - Where Heat Flows 
  • Lesson 2 Surface Features in the Geosphere
  • Lesson 3 The Hydrosphere
  • Topic Close - Assessment, Quest Findings
• Topic 6 - Weather in the Atmosphere
  • Topic Launch/Quest Kick off
  Lab Video for Topic Launch - UConnect - Puddle Befuddlement
  • Lesson 1 The Atmosphere Around You
  • Lesson 2 Water in the Atmosphere
  • Lab Video for Lesson 2 - How Clouds and Fog Form
  • Lesson 3 Air Masses
  • Lesson 4 Predicting Weather Changes
  • Lesson 5 Severe Weather and Floods
  • Topic Close - Assessment, Quest Findings
• Topic 7 – Minerals and Rocks in the Geosphere
  • Topic Launch/Quest Kick off
  • Lesson 1 Earth's Interiors
  • Lesson 2 Minerals
  • Lesson 3 Rocks
  • Lesson 4 Cycling of Rocks
  • Topic Close - Assessment, Quest Findings
• Topic 8 - Plate Tectonics
  • Topic Launch/Quest Kick off
  • Lesson 1 Evidence of Plate Motions
  • Lesson 2 Plate Tectonics and Earths Surface
  • Lesson 3 Earthquakes and Tsunami Hazards
  • Lesson 4 Volcanoes and Earth's Surface
  • Lab Video Lesson 4 - Moving Volcanoes
  • Topic Close - Assessment, Quest Findings
• Topic 9 - Earth's Surface Systems
  • Topic Launch/Quest Kick off
  • Lesson 1 Weathering and Soil
  • Lesson 2 Erosion and Deposition
  • Lesson 3 Water Erosion
  • Lesson 4 Glacial and Wave Erosion
  • Topic Close - Assessment, Quest Findings

• Topic 10 – Living Things in the Biosphere
  • Topic Launch/Quest Kick off
  • Lesson 1 Living Things
  • Lesson 2 Classification Systems
  • Lesson 3 Viruses, Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi
  • Lesson 4 Plants and Animals
  • Topic Close - Assessment, Quest Findings