Unit 1: Introduction to Earth and Space Science (Nature of Science)

  • Learning intentions: Practice communication is crucial for scientists to share their results effectively with each other and with society. You will explain why scientific investigations should be replicable. You will understand, plan and carry out scientific investigations such as; observations, experiments - identify variables, collect and organize data, interpret data charts, tables and graphics, analyze information and defend conclusions.

    Success Criteria:

    - I will be successful when:

    - I can understand what type of graph is best to use for my data

    - I can understand the difference between Theory and Law

    - I can understand the different steps in an experiment

    - I can explain the different part of an experiment, independent vs. dependent variables etc.

    - I can understand why we use the metric system in science

    - I understand the different metric abbreviations for mass, length, volume & temperature

    - I can understand dimensional analysis and do conversions

  • Monday (August 12):

    Go over Expectations and syllabus

    Syllabus

    Video parent permission Form

    Preview website: https://www.drbellscourses.com/earth-and-space-sciences

    Preview: Schoology, McgrawHill, PENDA, Gizmos

    Classroom features: Laptops, pencil sharpeners, rulers, bathroom

    Homework: Sign Syllabus (turn in to Schoology), Read Section 1.1 (Chapter 1 - Section 1), take notes

    Tuesday (August 13):

    K.C.#1 : Dr. Bell's website information and random questions

    Kahoot! : Dr Bell's website and syllabus

    Hand out Unit 1 guided notes

    Unit 1 Guided Notes

    Lecture: PPT 1 hand out guided notes

    Homework: Read Section 1.1, take notes.

    Wednesday (August 14):

    K.C.#2

    Lecture: Chapter 1: Section 1: Earth Science

    Lecture: Chapter 1: Section 2: Methods of Scientists, Chapter 1: Section 3: Communication in Science

    Homework: Read Section 1.2-1.3, take notes

    Thursday (August 15):

    Demonstration and Experiment: Pendulum

    Homework: Submit Lab to Schoology

    Friday (August 16):

    Exploding Bubbles demonstration

    SI worksheet

    use textbook as reference

    Hmwk: Finish worksheet

  • Monday (August 19):

    K.C. #3

    Dimensional Analysis Worksheet

    Use textbook as reference

    Hmwk: Finish worksheet

    Tuesday (August 20):

    Review Dimensional analysis worksheet. Check each other's work

    Introduction to ESS Crossword, use guided notes a lot for these!

    Unit 1 Crossword

    Hmwk: Finish Crossword

    Wednesday (August 21):

    Measuring Distance Lab

    Hmwk: Finish Lab

    Thursday (August 22):

    GRADE 6 FAST PM1

    Friday (August 23):

    Measuring Mass Lab

    Hmwk: finish lab if not in class

    (Cancelled )Measuring Volume Lab

  • Monday (August 26):

    Lecture: finish notes

    Unit 1 Short Responses

    Hmwk: Finish Short Responses

    Tuesday (August 27):

    Grade 6 FAST

    Wednesday (August 28):

    Gizmos Lab: NOS (aliens)

    Hmwk Finish Lab, submit to Schoology

    Thursday (August 29):

    Review Kahoot!

    Kahoot!: Chapter 1 Review extensive

    Unit 1: Review Game

    Hmwk: Study for Test Unit 1 test tomorrow, use review game and kahoot!

    Friday (August 30):

    Unit 1 Test

    Hmwk: Read Section 2.1, take notes

Unit 2: Atmosphere

  • Learning intentions:Understand the particle and composition of the Atmosphere and the different layers

    Success Criteria:

    - I can understand matter and what changes it

    - I can explain the composition of the Atmosphere

    - I can explain the five different layers of the Atmosphere and draw a model

    - I can understand how energy is transferred in the Atmosphere

    - I can understand and explain the greenhouse effect

    - I can understand convections and give examples

    -I can understand how clouds forms and the different names (prefixes strato, alto, cirro)

  • Monday (September 2):

    Labor Day!!!


    Tuesday (September 3):

    Video: Bill Nye: Atmosphere

    video worksheet

    Hmwk: Read Section 2.2, take notes!

    Wednesday (September 4):

    Review Test

    Hand out notes

    Lecture: Atmosphere (chapter 11)

    Hmwk: Read Chapter 11 Section 1, take notes

    Thursday (September 5):

    K.C. #6 (Chapter 11 Section 1)

    Lecture: Atmosphere (chapter 11)

    Hmwk: Read Chapter 11 Section 2, take notes

    Friday (September 6):

    K.C. #7 (Chapter 11 Section 2)

    Section 11.1 Worksheet

    Atmosphere worksheet: Section 1

    Hmwk: Read Chapter 11 Section 3, take notes, Finish 11.1 worksheet

  • Monday (September 9):

    Gizmos: Relative Humidity Lab

    Hmwk: Finish Lab

    Tuesday (September 10):

    Section 11.2 Worksheet

    Section 11.3 Worksheet

    (Not done) Atmosphere Webquest Lab

    Hmwk: Finish worksheets, submit to Schoology

    Wednesday (September 11):

    Greenhouse Effect Lab (don't do part V)

    (don't do part V)

    Hmwk: Finish Lab, submit to Schoology

    Thursday (September 12)

    Atmosphere Crossword Worksheet

    Hmwk: Finish crossword, submit to Schoology

    Friday (September 13)

    PENDA - Nature of Science

    Hmwk: Work on PENDA

  • Monday (September 16):

    PENDA Atmospheres

    Hmwk: Finish PENDA

    Tuesday (September 17):

    Atmosphere Review Questions #1

    Atmoshphere Review Questions #2

    McrawHill Vocab-review (E-crossword, E-flashcards)

    Wednesday (September 18):

    McGraw-Hill Practice Tests (physical version)

    Thursday (September 19):

    Kahoot!: Unit Review: Atmosphere

    McGraw-Hill Practice Tests (online)

    Friday (September 20):

    Unit Test: Atmosphere

Unit 3: Meteorology and Weather

  • Learning intentions: Weather patterns can be observed, analyzed and predicted - Chapter 12 + Severe Weather - Chapter 13

    Success Criteria: 

    - I can explain why air masses have different temperatures and amounts of moisture - because of uneven heating of Earth's surface. 

    - I can explain the causes of weather

    - I can explain the similarities and differences between the three major wind systems

    - I can understand and explain the four types of fronts

    - I can understand how to read a weather map and how to use different weather tools

    - I can describe examples of extreme weather, including hurricanes, floods, thunderstorms, tornadoes, and drought.

    - I can describe examples of extreme weather, including hurricanes, floods, thunderstorms, tornadoes, and drought.

  • Monday (September 23):

    Lecture: Chapter 12: Meteorology

    Hmwk: Read Chapter 12 Section 1, take notes

    PENDA - Weather

    Hmwk: Finish PENDA

    Tuesday (September 24):

    Weather Journal

    Gizmos Lab: Observing Weather

    Hmwk: None!

    Wednesday (September 25):

    Weather Journal

    Gizmos Lab: Observing Weather

    Hmwk: Finish Lab, upload to Schoology

    Thursday (September 26):

    Weather Journal

    Gizmos Lab: Hurricane Motion

    Hmwk: None!

    Friday (September 27):

    HAM RADIO INSTRUCTION (ALL 6th graders)

    Weather Journal

    Gizmos Lab: Hurricane Motion

    Hmwk: Finish Lab and Weather Journal, turn in to Schoology

  • Monday (September 30):

    Meteorology video: Safari Montage

    Meteorology video

    Meteorology crossword (As group, students keep them in their binder)

    Hmwk: Read Chapter 12 Section 2, take notes

    Tuesday (October 1):

    Meteorology Webquest Lab

    Hmwk: Read Chapter 12 Section 3, take notes

    Wednesday (October 2):

    Finish meteorology webquest lab

    Hmwk: PENDA (Bell- Weather and Climate) (4 activities)

    Thursday (October 3):

    Chapter 12 Section 1 Worksheet: Meteorology (due at end of class)

    Chapter 12 Section 2 Worksheet: Meteorology

    Meteorology worksheet: Section 1

    Meteorology worksheet: Section 2

    Hmwk: Finish Chapter 12 Section 2 Worksheet: Meteorology

    Friday (October 4):

    K.C. #8 (Chapter 12 section 1 and 2)

    Handout Severe weather notes

    Severe weather Lecture

    Hmwk: Read Section 12.4, take notes

  • Monday (October 7):

    Weather Forecasting

    Weather Forecasting Webquest Lab

    If done early do homework

    Hmwk: Read Chapter 13: Section 1, take notes

    Tuesday (October 8):

    Severe Weather

    Severe Weather webquest Lab

    Meteorology Review Questions

    Hmwk: Read Chapter 13: Section 2, take notes

    Wednesday (October 9):

    Gizmos - Weather Maps

    Gizmos: Weather Maps Lab

    Hmwk: Finish Lab / Read Chapter 13: Section 3, take notes

    Thursday (October 10):

    Meteorology / Severe weather Short Response

    Isobar and Isotherm worksheets

    Hmwk: Finish Short Responses / Read Chapter 13: Section 4, take notes

    Friday (October 11):

    ?????SCIENCE TEST?????????

    K.C. #9 (Chapter 13 Section 1)

    The Ultimate Guide to Extreme Weather video

    Hmwk: None!

  • Monday (October 14):

    K.C. #10 (13.3-13.4)

    Tornado video: National Geographic

    Hmwk: None!

    Tuesday (October 15):

    Kahoot!: Review for Meteorology and Severe Weather Test

    Meteorology Review Questions

    Hmwk: Study for Test tomorrow, use Kahoot! And all note

    Wednesday (October 16):

    Meteorology and Severe weather Test

    Hmwk: PENDA -Climate Unit

    Thursday (October 17):

    Review Meteorology and Severe weather Test

    Hand out guided notes

    Lecture Chapter 14: Climate

    Hmwk: Read Section 14.1, take notes

    Friday (October 18):

    Professional Day!

Unit 4: Climate

  • Learning Intentions: You will learn about the different climates on Earth are influenced by natural factors as well as human activities. 

    Success Criteria: 

    - I can understand differences in climate

    - I can understand the impact of human activities on the climate

    - I can understand and explain characteristics of different climates

  • Monday (October 21):

    Climate worksheet: Section 1

    Climate worksheet: Section 2

    Hmwk: Read Section 14.2, take notes. Finish Climate section worksheet

    Tuesday (October 22):

    K.C. #11 (section 14.1-14.2)

    Climate worksheet: Section 3

    Climate worksheet: Section 4

    Hmwk: Read Section 14.3, take notes. Finish worksheets

    Wednesday (October 23):

    Climate Change PPT project

    Hmwk: Read Section 14.4, take notes.

    Thursday (October 24):

    K.C. #12 (Sections 14.3-14.4)

    Climate Change PPT project

    Hmwk: Work on Climate Change PPT project

    Friday (October 25):

    Climate Change PPT project

    Hmwk: Work on Climate Change PPT project (Due Sunday 11:59PM, presentations begin Monday)

  • Monday (October 28):

    Short Presentation of your project

    Hmwk: Read Section 27.1, take notes

    Tuesday (October 29):

    Lecture Chapter 14: Climate

    finish PENDA: Climate

    Hmwk: Read Section 14.2, take notes

    Wednesday (October 30):

    Climate Crossword

    Gizmos: Comparing Climate Lab

    Submit lab to Schoology

    Hmwk: Read Section 14.3, take notes

    Thursday (October 31):

    Climate Crossword

    finish and submit to Schoology

    Hmwk: Read Section 14.4, take notes

    Friday (November 1):

    The Power's of Ten video: Powers of Ten™ (1977)

    Hand out guided notes

    Lecture: Earth Motions: PPT 1 Nearpod

    Pale Blue dot: Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot

    Hmwk: Read Section 27.2, take notes

Unit 5: Sun-Earth-Moon System

  • Learning Intentions: You will understand that the Sun, Earth and the Moon form a dynamic system that influences all life on Earth

    Success Criteria: 

    - I can understand historical models of the Solar System, including geocentric and heliocentric

    - I can understand the impact that objects in space have on each other, including: The Sun on the Earth (seasons and gravitational attraction), The Moon on Earth (moon phases, tides, eclipses, and the relative position of each body)

    - I can explain and create models of solar properties, including rotation, structure of the Sun, convection, sunspots, solar flares and prominences

    - I can understand how the technology used to measure and collect data for objects in space works

Unit 6: The Solar System

  • Learning Intentions:  I will be successful when I can create/draw models of our solar system and understand the relationships between the celestial bodies.

    Success Criteria: 

    - I can describe the formation of our solar system.

    - I can describe the orbits of the planets in our solar system.

    - I can explain the relationship between a planet’s distance from the sun, the length of a year, and duration of its orbit.

    - I can explain why the inner and outer planets have different sizes and compositions.

    - I can explain what a planet/celestial body need to support life as we know it

Unit 7: The Universe

  • Learning Intentions: You will investigate the Universe and the objects that it contains, how they are formed as well as their life span

    Success Criteria: 

    - I can describe the brightness of stars in terms of apparent magnitude, absolute magnitude, luminosity, and distance from Earth.

    - I can explain the relationship between temperature and color of a star.

    - I can describe the size of stars relative to the sun and explain how the size of a star changes over time.

    - I can explain how stars are classified according to their physical properties.

    - I can explain how stars are formed.

    - I can describe the stages of a star’s life span.

    - I can compare elliptical, spiral, and irregular galaxiesand that they are made up of solar systems and include billions of stars

    - I can calculate distances using light-years.

    - I can describe the location of the solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy.

    - I can describe how the Big Bang Theory explains the origin of the universe.

    - I can explain how the sun formed.

    - I can describe how new technologies and ways of thinking changed our understanding of the universe.

Unit 8: Weathering, Erosion and Landforms

Learning Intentions: Learning about Earth's surface processes, landforms and how to map Earth's surface.

Success criteria:

- I can understand and explain the difference between chemical and mechanical weathering (Ch. 7)

- I can explain how erosion & deposition works (Ch. 7)

- I can understand how mass movement, wind & glaciers works (Ch. 8 - see your notes)

- I can recognize that there are a variety of different landforms on Earth’s surface such as coastlines, dunes, rivers, mountains, glaciers, deltas, and lakes and relate these landforms as they apply to Florida

- I can understand, read and create a TOPOGRAPHY map

SC.6.E.6.1(Level2)Describe and give examples of ways in which Earth’s surface is built up and torn down by physical and chemical weathering, erosion, and deposition.(Assessed as SC.7.E.6.2)

SC.6.E.6.2(Level2)Recognize that there are a variety of different landforms on Earth’s surface such as coastlines, dunes, rivers, mountains, glaciers, deltas, and lakes and relate these landforms as they apply to Florida.(Assessed as SC.7.E.6.2)

SC.7.E.6.2(Level 3)Identify the patterns within the rock cycle and relate them to surface events (weathering and erosion) and sub-surface events (plate tectonics and mountain building). (Also assesses SC.6.E.6.1, SC.6.E.6.2, and SC.7.E.6.6)

Unit 9: Plate Tectonics

  • Learning Intentions:

    SC.7.E.6.1 Describe the layers of the solid Earth, including the lithosphere, the hot convecting mantle, and the dense metallic liquid and solid cores.

    SC.7.E.6.2 Identify the patterns within the rock cycle and relate them to surface events (weathering and erosion) and sub-surface events (plate tectonics and mountain building).

    Success Criteria:

    - I can understand and explain the drifting continents, that they where once joined together and the evidence that support it

    - I can understand that mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes and deep-sea trenches are form at the boundaries between the plates

Unit 10: Minerals and Rocks

  • Learning Intentions:

    SC.7.E.6.1: Describe the layers of the solid Earth, rocks and minerals including the lithosphere, the hot convecting mantle, and the dense metallic liquid and solid cores

    SC.7.E.6.2:Identify the patterns within the rock cycle and relate them to natural events (weathering and erosion) and sub-surface events (plate tectonics and mountain building).

    Success Criteria:

    You will be successful when you can identify and classify minerals based upon hardness, luster, cleavage, fracture, color and streak.

    You will also be able to explain in what fields minerals are being used. 

  • Learning intentions:

    SC.7.E.6.1: Describe the layers of the solid Earth, rocks and minerals including the lithosphere, the hot convecting mantle, and the dense metallic liquid and solid cores

    SC.7.E.6.2:Identify the patterns within the rock cycle and relate them to natural events (weathering and erosion) and sub-surface events (plate tectonics and mountain building).

    Success Criteria: 

    I can understand how Igneous Rocks are being formed and give examples

    I can understand how Sedimentary Rocks are being formed and give examples

    I can understand how Metamorphic Rocks are being formed and give examples

Unit 11: Geological Time and Fossils

  • Learning Intentions: SC.7.E.6.3 Identify current methods for measuring the age of Earth and its parts, including the law of superposition and radioactive dating.

    Success Criteria: 

    - I can understand the difference between the law of superposition and radioactve dating. I can understand explain a brief history of Earth's Geologic Timeline

Unit 12: Oceanography

  • Learning Intentions:

    To learn and understand Earth's OCEANS

    Success Criteria:

    - I can identify the elements that make up the ocean.

    - I can associate salinity and temperature with density.

    - I can recognize that the Sun provides the energy that drives convection within the oceans, producing surface and deep ocean currents.

    - I can give examples of seafloor structures, including locations.

    - I can recognize human dependence on ocean systems and explain how human activities have modified the oceans.

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Unit 2: Matter and Energy

  • Monday (August 28):

    STARLAB! (cancel other things)

    Hmwk: None!

    Tuesday (August 29):

    ****HURRICANE DAY***

    Bill Nye the Science Guy videos: 1. Do it yourself 2. Atoms and Matter

    Bill Nye the Science Guy video: Do It Yourself: S05E07

    Bill Nye the Science Guy video: Atoms & Molecules: S05E08

    Hmwk: None!

    Wednesday (August 30):

    *****HURRICANE DAY****

    Lecture Chapter 3 Section 1 Matter

    Hmwk: Read Section 3.1, take notes

    Thursday (August 31):

    Lecture Chapter 3

    Kahoot!: Atoms

    How to make a Sandwich: Scientific method and Demo

    Demonstrate peanut butter and jelly procedures

    Hmwk: Read Section 3.1-3.2, take notes

    Friday (September 1):

    K.C.#5

    Finish Lecture Chapter 3

    Hmwk: Read Section 3.3, take notes

  • Monday (September 4):

    Labor Day (No School!)

    Tuesday (September 5):

    ????? STARLAB ( Earth Layers and the Atmosphere) ??????

    Atom worksheet #1 and #2

    Atom Worksheet #1

    Atom worksheet #2

    Hmwk: Finish worksheets

    Wednesday (September 6):

    Grade 6 FAST MATH (Cancel other things this day)

    Jig-Saw Essay

    Hmwk: Finish Essays (optional - religious holiday)

    Thursday (September 7):

    Atom Lab

    Hmwk: Finish atom lab (optional - religious holiday)

    Friday (September 8):

    Density Lab

    Hmwk: Finish Density Lab

  • Monday (September 11):

    Matter and Energy Review Game

    Hmwk: None!


    Tuesday (September 12):

    Crossword - Unit 2 - Matter and Energy

    Hmwk: Finish crossword

    (Starlab for Earth/Space Science)

    Wednesday (September 13):

    Use Textbook resources: Vocab review, flash cards, Online Assessment etc.

    States of Matter worksheet

    Hmwk: None!

    Thursday (September 14):

    Kahoot!: Chapter 3 Review: Matter and Energy

    Hmwk: Study for Test tomorrow, Review with Kahoot!: Chapter 3 Review, crossword, review game, and reading chapter 3 summary

    Friday (September 15):

    Unit 2 Test: (Chapter 3) Matter and Energy

    Hmwk: none (optional - religious holiday)