Standards of Learning
6.1.d: hypotheses are stated in ways that identify the independent and dependent variables;
Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Pendulum Clock
6.1.f: one variable is manipulated over time, using many repeated trials;
Growing Plants
Seed Germination
6.1.g: data are collected, recorded, analyzed, and reported using metric measurements and tools;
Measuring Volume
Weight and Mass
6.1.h: data are analyzed and communicated through graphical representation;
Graphing Skills
Hearing: Frequency and Volume
6.1.i: models and simulations are designed and used to illustrate and explain phenomena and systems; and
6.2.a: potential and kinetic energy;
Air Track
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Potential Energy on Shelves
Sled Wars
6.2.b: the role of the sun in the formation of most energy sources on Earth;
6.2.c: nonrenewable energy sources;
6.2.d: renewable energy sources; and
6.2.e: energy transformations.
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Sled Wars
6.3.b: the role of radiation and convection in the distribution of energy;
Conduction and Convection
Heat Absorption
Herschel Experiment - Metric
Radiation
6.4.a: atoms consist of particles, including electrons, protons, and neutrons;
6.4.b: atoms of a particular element are alike but are different from atoms of other elements;
6.4.c: elements may be represented by chemical symbols;
6.4.e: compounds may be represented by chemical formulas;
6.5.c: the action of water in physical and chemical weathering;
6.5.d: the ability of large bodies of water to store thermal energy and moderate climate;
Coastal Winds and Clouds - Metric
6.6.b: pressure, temperature, and humidity;
6.6.f: basic information from weather maps, including fronts, systems, and basic measurements.
6.8.a: the sun, moon, Earth, other planets and their moons, dwarf planets, meteors, asteroids, and comets;
Comparing Earth and Venus
Solar System
6.8.b: relative size of and distance between planets;
6.8.c: the role of gravity;
6.8.d: revolution and rotation;
Phases of the Moon
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Tides - Metric
6.8.e: the mechanics of day and night and the phases of the moon;
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases
Phases of the Moon
6.8.f: the unique properties of Earth as a planet;
6.8.g: the relationship of Earth?s tilt and the seasons;
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Summer and Winter
6.8.h: the cause of tides; and
Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020