Integrated Science
6th Grade Cougars
The following is a brief outline of the content to be covered in this course over the entire school year. Changes of presentation time may be made at the teacher's discretion. All lessons follow Fayette Public Schools guidelines and the Kentucky Core Content.
Semester
One
August:
Week 1: School Discipline Plan & Classroom Procedures
Week 2: Experimental Design & Lab Safety
Properties and Change of Matter
Week 3: Characteristics, Properties, & States of Matter
September:
Week 4: Physical & Chemical Changes of Matter
Week 5: Atoms, Elements (Periodic Chart), Compounds, Solutions, & Mixtures
Week 6: Compounds, Solutions, & Mixtures
Week 7: Chemical Reactions
October: Frictional Forces & Energy
Week 8: Balanced & Unbalanced Forces
Week 9: Potential & Kinetic Energy
Week 10: Newton's 1st Law of Motion & Energy Transformation
Evolution of Landforms
Week 11: Earth's Layers & Geologic Time Scale
Week 12: Rock Cycle & It's Three Main Types
November:
Week 13: Identifying Rocks & Minerals
Week 14: Constructive & Deconstructive Forces
Week 15: Plate Tectonics, Faults, Constructive & Deconstructive Forces
Week 16: Mountain Building, Volcanoes, Weathering, & Erosion
December: Sun, Earth, & Moon System
Week 17: Rotation & Revolution, Sun & Moon, Phases, Eclipses, & Tides
Week 18: Influence of the Sun's Energy on Earth Processes
Semester
Two
January:
Week 1: Forms & Transformations of Energy
Week 2: Experimental Design Review & Science Fair Preparations
Week 3: Same
Cellular Basis of Life
Week 4: Characteristics of Living Things
February:
Week 5: Levels of Organization
Week 6: Cell Structure & Function, Plant vs. Animal
Week 7: Homeostasis & Internal Regulation
The Five Kingdoms & Classification
Week 8: Monera (Prokaryotes) & Protista (Eukaryotes)
March:
Week 9: Fungi & Plantae
Week 10: Animalia (Land)
Week 11: Animalia (Aquatic)
Week 12: Classification of Organisms
Ecosystems & Change Over Time
Week 13: Biotic & Abiotic Factors
April:
Week 14: Populations, Communities, & Ecosystems
Week 15:
Cycles of Matter, Energy Pyramid & Energy Transformation
Week 16: Response to Stimulus & Adaptation
May:
Week 17: Migration, Immigration, & Limiting Factors
Week 18: Change Over Time