California Integrated Model & CAST 6th Grade Science Year Long Science Lessons

This is a bundle for 6th Grade: NGSS Integrated Model. This bundle covers the PEs and standards for NGSS for 6th grade in California and the 6th grade CAST Test. Purchase of this bundle will save you 20% on these resources. This is the set of resources for the NGSS Integrated Model 6th grade. All of the standards for 6th-grade NGSS in the Integrated Model are covered here. Do you teach 6th grade in California? You need this resource! ✅

Resources Include:

• Lesson Plans✏️
• Slide Shows
• Student Notes
• Labs
• Reading Passages
• Follow-up pages
• Assessments (online and printable)
• Answer Keys

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Our district wants us to use the integrated model, but all they gave us was a list of standards and a few website links. This is so helpful to have the whole thing planned out and each standard covered. Really saved me a lot of time and thinking! Thank you for putting together the integrated model. PS. It says California, but I am not in California and we are using the integrated model.

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This bundle saved me! It has so many useful activities and is all laid out with the standards I needed to teach. Super helpful for this new teacher! Each unit has everything I need to teach that standard!

This Science Bundle Includes:

Life Science

• Cells: Structure and Function NGSS MS-LS1-1 and MS-LS1-2
• Circulatory System Unit NGSS MS-LS1-3
• Animal and Plant Adaptations
• Sensory Receptors and The Nervous System Printable NGSS MS-LS1-8
• Genetic and Environmental Factors Influencing Growth
• Genetics, Mutations and Trait Advantages NGSS MS LS3-1 and MS LS3-2

Earth Science

• Water Cycle in a Jar
• Transpiration and Evaporation
• Climate and the Uneven Heating of the Earth's Surfaces
• Air Pressure, Air Masses and Weather Fronts Complete Unit
• Human Impact on the Environment MS ESS3-3
• Climate Change and Global Warming

Physical Science

• Design a Thermos NGSS MS PS3-3
• Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer MS PS3-4
• Kinetic Energy Graphing Relationships of Mass and Speed MS PS3-1

Engineering

• Engineering: Criteria and Constraints MS-ETS1-1 and MS-ETS1-2

• Assessments for all of the 6th grade California Integrated Model California Integrated Model 6th Grade Assessments
• Review Jeopardy-style Game Great for CAST Test Prep

Are you struggling to understand which science standards to teach for 6th grade California? I have done the research and organization for you.

The Following Standards are Addressed:

MS-LS1-1 Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

MS-LS1-2. Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and the ways parts of cells contribute to the function.

MS-LS1-3. Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells

MS-LS1-4. Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively

 MS-LS1-5. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms

MS-LS1-8. Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.

MS-LS3-2. Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction result in offspring with witgenetic variation

MS-ESS2-4. Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

MS-ESS2-5. Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions

MS-ESS2-6. Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates

MS-ESS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment 

MS-ESS3-5. Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century

MS-PS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer

MS-PS3-4. Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample

MS-PS3-5. Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object 

MS-ETS1-1. Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions

MS-ETS1-2. Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem

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