6th Grade Earth Science Schedule and Resources
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Curriculum Map for 2012-2013 (Official FSMS Teaching Schedule) click HERE
Curriculum Map for 2012-2013 (Official FSMS Teaching Schedule) click HERE
Syllabus for 2013 - 2014 School Year
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Lab Safety Contract
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Lab Safety Rules and Common Symbols Powerpoint Presentation HERE
Lab Safety Rules and Common Symbols Powerpoint Presentation HERE
Grade Raiser Policy
Download Grade Raiser Policy document HERE
Tools to Empower Students in Taking Responsibility For Their Own Learning
General - A brief video on awareness of brain processes for memory and optimal learning. How the Brain Learns HERE 3:38
General - Everyone has the opportunity to do extraordinary things by understand how the brain works. By Thinkology.com HERE 8:10
Specific - Individual Learning Styles HERE
Specific - A brief overview of Dr.Howard Gardner and his Theory of Multiple Intelligences. How do YOU learn best? Enjoy! HERE 3:56
Specific - Multiple Intelligences Song HERE 4:26
General - Everyone has the opportunity to do extraordinary things by understand how the brain works. By Thinkology.com HERE 8:10
Specific - Individual Learning Styles HERE
Specific - A brief overview of Dr.Howard Gardner and his Theory of Multiple Intelligences. How do YOU learn best? Enjoy! HERE 3:56
Specific - Multiple Intelligences Song HERE 4:26
What is Science? What is the Scientific Method?
A Power Point Presentation on the Introduction to Science and the Scientific Method
How to Setup Graphs - a pdf Handout
How to Make Graphs - A Powerpoint Presentation
What are Variables - A Powerpoint Demonstration
Using the Scientific Method - The Paper Cutting Trick
How to Think Scientifically - Holt Science and Technology
The Scientific Method - A Summary
The Scientific Method - A Powerpoint Demo
Metric Mania - Understanding the Metric System
How to Setup Graphs - a pdf Handout
How to Make Graphs - A Powerpoint Presentation
What are Variables - A Powerpoint Demonstration
Using the Scientific Method - The Paper Cutting Trick
How to Think Scientifically - Holt Science and Technology
The Scientific Method - A Summary
The Scientific Method - A Powerpoint Demo
Metric Mania - Understanding the Metric System
Lab Safety and an Introduction to Earth Science
Introduction to the Fundamentals of Earth Science
Lab Safety Flash Cards Quiz - by Quizlet
Video - Lab Safety Rules
Introduction to the Fundamentals of Earth Science
Lab Safety Flash Cards Quiz - by Quizlet
Video - Lab Safety Rules
Unit 1 - Rocks and Minerals
Rock cycle review
Rock Cycle Animation - Excellent site from The Geological Society
Rock cycle animation
Interactive Site from the Geological Society
Rock cycle animation 2
Crystal shapes
How do Igneous Rocks Form?
How do rocks undergo change?
Metamorphic rocks forming
Sedimentary rocks forming
Minerals in our environment
Huge List of Rocks and Minerals
Class Notes - PowerPoint Presentation on the Types of Rock and Groups of Minerals
Class Notes - Power Point Presentation on Get the Dirt on Soil
Practice Quiz - Rock Cycle, Minerals, Erosion
Practice Test - Minerals
Practice Test - Rock Cycle-1
Practice Test - Rock Cycle-2
Video - Rocks and the Paleo Earth
Video - The Story of the Rock Cycle
Video - The Rocks of Georgia
Video - How to Identify Rocks
Rock Cycle Animation - Excellent site from The Geological Society
Rock cycle animation
Interactive Site from the Geological Society
Rock cycle animation 2
Crystal shapes
How do Igneous Rocks Form?
How do rocks undergo change?
Metamorphic rocks forming
Sedimentary rocks forming
Minerals in our environment
Huge List of Rocks and Minerals
Class Notes - PowerPoint Presentation on the Types of Rock and Groups of Minerals
Class Notes - Power Point Presentation on Get the Dirt on Soil
Practice Quiz - Rock Cycle, Minerals, Erosion
Practice Test - Minerals
Practice Test - Rock Cycle-1
Practice Test - Rock Cycle-2
Video - Rocks and the Paleo Earth
Video - The Story of the Rock Cycle
Video - The Rocks of Georgia
Video - How to Identify Rocks
Unit 2 - Weathering and Erosion
Class Notes - Sample Test on Weathering and Erosion
Prezi on Weathering Processes and Rates
Landslide Monitoring in the US
Observe How Sediment is Deposited
Soil pH
Real Effects of Erosion
A Middle School Podcast on Erosion and Deposition
Video - Law of Superposition
Video - Comparing Porosity and Permeability
Unit 3 - Inside the Earth
Homework Assignment - Plotting Earthquakes
Prezi on The Layers of the Earth
Short Quiz on Dating Fossils
Video - Sea Floor Spreading by Bill Nye
Video - National Geographic Documentary Journey Earth's Layers
Video - Down to the Earth's Core
Video - Soil Horizons - Explained
Video - History of the Continents (How to make a Puzzle)
Soil Profile PDF
Soil Conservation Powerpoint Presentation Display
Soil Conservation Power Point Presentation Download
A Middle School Podcast of The Interior of the Earth
Interactive Earth's layers
Plate Tectonics - The Moorlands School
FAQ about Plate Tectonics - IRIS
Video explaining Tectonic Plates - Newtons Apple
Review of Plate Tectonics game
Interactive Plate Tectonics - Learner
Plate Boundaries - Learner
Interactive Convergent Boundaries - Learner
Interactive Divergent and Transform Boundaries - Learner
Earth Plates Animations - IRIS
Formations of Islands from Hot Spots
Earthquakes - USGS
Recent Seismic Activity Worldwide - IRIS
Recent Seismic Activity USA -USGS
Earthquake Animations - USGS
About Volcanoes - USGS
US volcanoes - when will they erupt? - USGS
Earthquakes 101 - National Geographic Video
Survival, a Disaster Simulation Game - UN/ISDR
Predicting Earthquakes - NOVA Science Now Video
Glossary of Earthquake Terms - USGS
Unit 4 - Water in Earth's Processes
Ocean basics
What is the water cycle?
Brief explanation of water
Want to know even more?
Water games
Drought or flood in the US?
Aquifer
Groundwater
Video - Big Idea 5 Earth is the Water Planet
Video - Origin of Oceans (3:45)
Video - Instruction: Water Cycle
Video: INSTRUCTIONAL Video Lesson: Global Water Distribution
Video - INSTRUCTIONAL Video Lesson: Oceans - Composition and Locations (7:39 min.)
Video - INSTRUCTIONAL Video Lesson: Waves, Currents, and Tides
Video - INSTRUCTIONAL Video Lesson: Oceans - Subsurface Topography (7:28)
Video - INSTRUCTIONAL Video Lesson: Oceans, Climates, and Local Winds (9:55 min.)
Video - Cool Water Cycle Song
Video - The Water Cycle, with music
Video - Aquifer Types
Video - A middle school Podcast on the Water Cycle and Weathering
Video - Tides
Video - Oceans Biography of the Earth - National Geographic
Video - Ocean Currents
Video - Coriolis Effect Explained (2:10 min.)
Video - Global Wind Patterns (2:12 min.)
Video - Surface Ocean Currents (1:19 min.)
Video - Deep Currents Bill Nye (2:02 min.)
Video - Pacific Garbage Patch
Unit 5 - Climate and Weather
Class Notes - Reasons for the Seasons
Class Notes - Kinds of Clouds
Class Notes - Video on Atmosphere Earth's Biography - National Geographic
Class Notes - Atmosphere Worksheet to accompany viewing of video
Cold Front vs. Warm Front, A Visualization
Thunderstorms - NOAA
Tropical weather - NOAA
How to read surface weather maps - NOAA
Windward - Outsmart the Weather Game
Interactive Weather
Hurricanes: Science and Society
Video - Understanding Weather and Climate
Video - What is the Atmosphere?
Video - Reveal Earth's Atmosphere (4.55 min.)
Video - INSTRUCTIONAL Video Lesson: Weather Climate and Seasons (9:55 min.)
Video - How Heat Affects Weather Patterns
Video - Moisture and Evaporation of the Ocean
Video - INSTRUCTIONAL Video Lesson: Fronts and Severe Weather (10:12 min.)
Unit 6 - Universe and Solar System
Planet Facts
Google sky
Epicycles
Geocentric vs Heliocentric
Geocentric model
Historical views
GAMES !!! (NASA)
NASA- planets
Planetary motion
Play with our solar system! (PC only)
What about Pluto!?!?
Want to know more?
The Solar Storms of 2012 (NASA)
The Scale of the Universe - Demonstration, really cool...
Video - Historical Models of the Solar System
Video - A middle school Podcast on Space
Video - Gravity
Video - The Planets
Video - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors
Unit 7 - Earth, Moon, and the Stars
Class Notes - Features of the Sun
Class Notes - Planetary Facts
Class Notes - Planet Facts
Class Presentation - 6 Days, Nights, Years, Satellites PDF
Earth's seasons interactive game
Phases of the moon matching
Impact crater game
Earth's tilt simulator
Moon phases animation
Gravity
Eclipses
Video - What a Year on Earth Really Looks Like
Video - A middle school science Podcast
Video - Motion of Planetary Objects in the Sky
Video - Relative Positions of Earth, Moon, Sun
Class Notes - Planetary Facts
Class Notes - Planet Facts
Class Presentation - 6 Days, Nights, Years, Satellites PDF
Earth's seasons interactive game
Phases of the moon matching
Impact crater game
Earth's tilt simulator
Moon phases animation
Gravity
Eclipses
Video - What a Year on Earth Really Looks Like
Video - A middle school science Podcast
Video - Motion of Planetary Objects in the Sky
Video - Relative Positions of Earth, Moon, Sun
Unit 8 - Human Impact
Video - Soil Erosion caused by Human Activity
Video - Human Impact on Earth
Video - Conserving Natural Resources
Video - Wind, Solar, Water Sources of Energy
