NEW 2022 Curriculum! Ontario Grade 6 - Science STEM - Full Year Bundle

NEW 2022 CURRICULUM! BOTH GOOGLE SLIDES AND PDF VERSIONS INCLUDED!

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Most importantly, we have made cross-curriculum connections to the grade 6 language program. Students will practice reading comprehension strategies (making connections, questioning, visualizing, and inferencing) as they work through this unit.

Unit 1 - Biodiversity

• What is biodiversity?
• Difference between organisms, species, and communities
• Biodiversity around the world – Canada vs Amazon Rainforest
• Altering the food chain – effects on biodiversity
• Classification systems
• 5 kingdoms of living things – plants, animals, fungi, protists, monerans
• Microscopic organisms
• Animal classifications – vertebrates and invertebrates
• Mammals – primates
• Consumers and producers – herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores
• Classifying animals
• Plants – seed plants vs bulb plants
• Flowering plants vs non-flowering plants
• Vascular plants vs non-vascular plants
• Biodiversity within species – brown organisms versus white
• Adapting species – white rabbits vs brown rabbits in the arctic
• Darwin’s finches – natural selection causing adaptations
• Genetic variation – Black Peppered Moth and White Peppered Moth
• Biodiversity between species – 8 species of bears
• Biodiversity between species – bats (microbats and megabats)
• Relationships within species – wolf pack
• Symbiotic relationships – communalism, mutualism, parasitism
• Invasive species – Zebra Mussels (animals) and Phragmites (plants)
• Climate change – biodiversity
• Effects of melting glaciers on biodiversity
• Biodiversity and Indigenous communities
• Biodiversity and agriculture – soil, livestock, and crops
• Benefitting from biodiversity
• Biodiversity in our community
• STEM Activities
• Hands on Experiments
• Building models, systems, or structures
• Reading and writing code
• Coding – Creating models to map invasive species
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Unit 2 - Flight

• History of aviation
• Properties of air related to flight
• Air is a fluid
• Science experiment - power of air pressure
• Science experiment – air compression
• Four forces of flight – drag, thrust, lift, weight (gravity)
• Lift – Bernoulli’s Principle and Newton’s Third Law of Motion
• Angle of Attack – generating lift
• Drag – aerodynamics
• Science experiment – creating a paper airplane (testing drag)
• Weight/Gravity – effect on flight (luggage)
• Mass vs weight – reading, activity, and experiment
• Thrust (propulsion) – reading, activity
• Science experiment – building a propeller
• Control surfaces of a plane – parts of a plane and how they balance the plane
• How animals fly
• Animal adaptations – dolphins and swallows
• Design features of flying devices and flying organisms – adapting drag
• Race cars using spoilers to prevent lift
• Aircrafts versus spacecrafts
• Parachutes – how they use air resistance (drag) to slow down aircrafts/people
• Science experiment – building and testing a parachute
• Lighter-than-air flying devices
• Science experiment - making a glider
• Benefits and drawbacks of aviation
• Assignment – creating an infographic about aviation
• STEM Activities
• Hands on experiments
• Building models, systems, and structures
• Reading and writing code
• Autopilot – using code to fly planes
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Unit 3 - Electricity

• Forms of energy
• What is electricity?
• Electrical devices we use
• Electrostatic force
• Static electricity and current electricity
• Dangers of static electricity and current electricity
• How electricity works
• Dangers of short circuits
• Generating electricity – turbines and generators
• Conducting materials and insulating materials
• Lab experiment – conductors vs insulators
• Simple electrical circuits
• Reading circuit diagrams
• Drawing circuit diagrams
• Components of simple electrical circuits
• Series vs parallel circuits
• Electromagnetic forces
• Lab experiment – creating an electromagnet
• Transforming electricity into other forms of energy (heat, sound, and mechanical energy)
• Transforming electricity – the electric bell
• Electromagnetism and turbines (mechanical energy)
• Renewable vs non-renewable forms of energy
• Impacts of using electricity – downsides of different sources of electricity (solar, nuclear, wind, hydro, geothermal)
• How solar, nuclear, wind, and hydro energy transform into electricity
• Research assignment – the James Bay Hydroelectric Project
• Measuring electricity in our homes
• Reading energy efficient labels – household appliances
• Evaluating your use of electricity – making a plan to reduce usage
• STEM Activities
• Hands on Experiments
• Building models, systems, or structures
• Reading and writing code
• Binary code – computer language for electronics
• Remote controls using binary code
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Unit 4 - Space

• The Universe, Solar System, Galaxies, Planets
• Diagram of our Solar System
• Size of the Universe, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy
• Assignment – planet profile
• Natural Satellites – moons
• Asteroids and the Asteroid Belt
• Meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids
• Identifying celestial bodies
• Gravity – reading and science experiment
• Mass versus weight – activity, reading, and experiment
• Celestial bodies that reflect or emit light
• Constellations – stars in our galaxy
• Experiment – creating constellations on geoboards
• Conception of the Earth – Flat Earth, Geo-Centred Theory, and Sun-Centred Theory
• Day and night – Earth’s axis and rotation
• Day and night around the world – research assignment
• Experiment – making a sundial
• Seasons – Earth’s orbit around the Sun
• Moons in our solar system – research assignment
• Phases of the moons – reading and experiment
• Ocean tides – lunar and solar tides
• Celestial objects visible in the night sky
• Canada and space exploration – technologies created by Canadians
• Space – extreme environment – temperature, zero gravity, air pressure
• Surviving in space – technologies needed
• Benefits of space exploration – using satellites
• Understanding climate change using space technologies – satellite images
• Mars Rovers – reading and research activity
• Controversy of space travel – downsides (dangerous and costly)
• Unit test
• STEM Activities
• Hands on Experiments
• Building models, systems, or structures
• Reading and writing code
• Coding – Creating models to investigate planets
• Answer pages for all activities

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