Science Curriculum

6th Grade

Course Purpose:

 Sixth grade students will use earth/space science, life science, and physical science principles to identify and describe interactions between them.

Outcomes and Components:

SC.6.5 Students will investigate and develop a model for how wind and air mass interactions result in changes in weather.

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Standard(s)
  SC.6.5.1 Describe the cause and effect relationship between day length, seasons, and the tilt of the Earth. MS-ESS1-1
  SC.6.5.2 Define air pressure and its relationship to wind (Make barometer).

MS-ESS2-5

MS-ESS2-6
  SC.6.5.3 Characterize how unequal heating and rotation of Earth which causes atmospheric circulation in the form of air masses/fronts. MS-ESS2-5
  SC.6.5.4 Identify patterns in wind data to predict how wind moves around the earth MS-ESS2-5
  SC.6.5.5 Analyze maps to show that places that have the same latitude have same climate due to the effect of winds on weather.

MS-ESS2-5

MS-ESS2-6
  SC.6.5.6 Analyze collected data to demonstrate how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions. MS-ESS2-5

Academic Vocabulary: Characterize, analyze, effect, model

Content Vocabulary: atmosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, ozone, Stratosphere, troposphere, altitude, radiation, convection, conduction, greenhouse effect, when, Coriolis effect, Tradewinds, doldrums, westerlies, Jetstream, polar easterlies, wind belts, barometer