SIXTH GRADE
Schedule Room 211
Monday @ 1:00, Tuesday @ 9:15, Thursday @ 1:00
Schedule Room 212
Tuesday @ 8:15, Thursday @ 2:00, Friday @ 1:00
CLASS 92 - TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2018
Theme 16 Satellites and The Space Station: Merry-Go-Rounds in The Sky
Students will discover the functions and the benefits of a few artificial satellites around the Earth.
HW: THEME 16 VOCABULARY
CLASS 93 - THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2018
Continuing Theme 16 Satellites and The Space Station: Merry-Go-Rounds in The Sky
Students will discover the functions and the benefits of a few artificial satellites around the Earth.
Exploration Gizmo: Gravity Pitch @
Students will observe that gravity causes objects to fall toward the center of Earth. Students will also observe that when a ball is thrown, its path is bent by gravity toward Earth and using controlled experiments. Students will discover that gravity becomes stronger as a planet’s mass increases and weaker as a planet’s radius increases.
CLASS 94 - FRIDAY, MAY 4 or MONDAY, MAY 7, 2018
Completing Exploration Gizmo: Gravity Pitch @
Students will observe that gravity causes objects to fall toward the center of Earth. Students will also observe that when a ball is thrown, its path is bent by gravity toward Earth and using controlled experiments. Students will discover that gravity becomes stronger as a planet’s mass increases and weaker as a planet’s radius increases.
CLASS 95 - TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2018
Theme 17 Respiration: Take a Deep Breath!
Students will identify the parts of the respiratory system and discover that respiration is related to combustion.
HW: THEME 17 VOCABULARY
CLASS 96 - THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018
Completing Theme 17 Respiration: Take a Deep Breath!
Students will identify the parts of the respiratory system and discover that respiration is related to combustion.
CLASS 97 - FRIDAY, MAY 11 or MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018
Theme 19 Activity: Max Genius
Students will determine the physical characteristics of parent robots using a robot genome and equations for the code transmitted by grandparents. Then, they will choose the physical characteristics transmitted to a baby robot.
CLASS 98 - TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018
Completing Theme 19 Activity: Max Genius
Students will determine the physical characteristics of parent robots using a robot genome and equations for the code transmitted by grandparents. Then, they will choose the physical characteristics transmitted to a baby robot.
Theme 19 Heredity and Genetics: Who Do We Look Like?
Students will learn about hereditary characteristics and discover the role of genes in heredity.
HW: THEME 19 VOCABULARY
CLASS 99 - THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018
HALO RACE
CLASS 100 - TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2018
Exploration Gizmo: Inheritance @
Students will compare the results of sexual and asexual reproduction, distinguish between traits that are determined by genes and those that are acquired, understand that acquired traits are not passed on to offspring and observe different types of inheritance (dominant traits / recessive traits).
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, MAY 29 (Theme 17 and 19 workbook/textbook pages + gizmo)
CLASS 101 - THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018
Completing Exploration Gizmo: Inheritance @
Students will compare the results of sexual and asexual reproduction, distinguish between traits that are determined by genes and those that are acquired, understand that acquired traits are not passed on to offspring and observe different types of inheritance (dominant traits / recessive traits).
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, MAY 29 (Theme 17 and 19 workbook/textbook pages + gizmo)
CLASS 102 - FRIDAY, MAY 25 or MONDAY, MAY 28, 2018
Class review of Theme 17: Respiration and Theme 19: Heredity and Genetics
Theme 22 Activity: The Game of Survival
Students will play a simulation game to learn that there must be a balance between the number of producers and the number of consumers for a food chain to function properly.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - TUESDAY, MAY 29 (Theme 17 and 19 workbook/textbook pages + gizmo)
CLASS 103 - TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2018
Theme 17: Respiration and Theme 19: Heredity and Genetics TEST
CLASS 104 - THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018
Graduation Field Trip
CLASS 105 - FRIDAY, JUNE 1 or MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2018
Graduation Field Trip
Theme 22 Transformation of Energy In Living Things: A Natural Balance
Students will discover the different categories of living organisms that make up a food chain and an ecological pyramid.
HW: THEME 22 VOCABULARY
CLASS 106 - TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2018
Completing Theme 22 Transformation of Energy In Living Things: A Natural Balance
Students will discover the different categories of living organisms that make up a food chain and an ecological pyramid.
CLASS 107 - THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2018
Theme 23 Human Adaptation: Adaptation for A Better Way of Life
Students will discover various ways in which we adapt to our environment and how people with handicaps adapt.
HW: THEME 23 VOCABULARY
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - THURSDAY, JUNE 14 (Theme 22 and 23 workbook/textbook pages)
CLASS 108 - FRIDAY, JUNE 8 or MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2018
Theme 24 Biomedical Technologies: Who Am I?
Students will learn what biometrics is all about and students will discover the various methods for identifying people.
HW: THEME 24 VOCABULARY
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - THURSDAY, JUNE 14 (Theme 22 and 23 workbook/textbook pages)
CLASS 109 - TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2018
Class review of Theme 22: Transformation of Energy of Living Things and Theme 23: Human Adaptation
Completing Theme 24 Biomedical Technologies: Who Am I?
Students will learn what biometrics is all about and students will discover the various methods for identifying people.
HW: REVIEW FOR TEST - THURSDAY, JUNE 14 (Theme 22 and 23 workbook/textbook pages)
CLASS 110 - THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2018
Theme 22: Transformation of Energy of Living Things and Theme 23: Human Adaptation TEST
CLASS 111 - FRIDAY, JUNE 15 or MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2018
Theme 18 The Human Reproductive System: Human Reproduction
Students will discover the difference between male and female reproductive systems. Students will also become familiar with the physiological changes that occur at puberty.
HW: THEME 18 VOCABULARY
CLASS 112 - TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2018
Completing Theme 18 The Human Reproductive System: Human Reproduction
Students will discover the difference between male and female reproductive systems. Students will also become familiar with the physiological changes that occur at puberty.
Theme 20 Growth and Development: Birth, Growth and Ageing
Students will discover the stages of development, from embryo to old age. Students will also learn the major changes that occur from childhood to old age.
HW: THEME 20 VOCABULARY
CLASS 113 - THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018
Completing Theme 20 Growth and Development: Birth, Growth and Ageing
Students will discover the stages of development, from embryo to old age. Students will also learn the major changes that occur from childhood to old age.
CLASS 114 - FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018
Theme 24 Activity: Thumbs Up!
Students will become aware that fingerprints are unique and can be used to identify people. Students will discover the three families of fingerprints in current use: whorls, loops and arches.
CLASS 104 - FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017
Robotics - Construction of Lego Mindstorms Robot
Students will build a base model (Riley Rover) and add building elements in order to prepare their robot for a sumo battle.
CLASS 105 - MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2017
Robotics - Construction of Lego Mindstorms Robot
Students will build a base model (Riley Rover) and add building elements in order to prepare their robot for a sumo battle.
CLASS 106 - TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2017
Robotics - Programming of Lego Mindstorms Robot
Students will start programming their model in order to prepare their robot for a sumo battle.
CLASS 107 - FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2017
Robotics - Programming of Lego Mindstorms Robot
Students will continue to program their model in order to prepare their robot for a sumo battle.