Teacher Resource Book (TRB3) Sixth Grade Table of Contents

1. How to use the Teacher Resource Book (TRB3)
2. Elementary Science Core Description
3. Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO’s) Through Sixth Grade
4. Instructional Strategies
1. Inquiry
2. Technology Integration
3. Research, Journal Keeping, Writing, and Assessment
4. Information Sources and Resources
5. Science Fair and Other Programs
6. Differentiation
5. Science Helps
   1. Process Skills
   2. Homework
   3. Misconceptions in Science
   4. Commonly Used Materials in Science
   5. Science Lab Safety
6. Starter Ideas
7. Sixth Grade Core Curriculum/ILOs
8. Standard I: Students will understand that the appearance of the moon changes in a predictable cycle as it orbits Earth and as Earth rotates on its axis.
   1. Student Literacy
   2. Strategies
   3. Assessment
9. Standard II: Students will understand how Earth’s tilt on its axis changes the length of daylight and creates the seasons.
   1. Student Literacy
   2. Strategies
   3. Assessment
10. Standard III: Students will understand the relationship and attributes of objects in the solar system.
    1. Student Literacy
    2. Strategies
    3. Assessment
11. Standard IV: Students will understand the scale of size, distance between objects, movement, and apparent motion (due to Earth’s rotation) of objects in the universe and how cultures have understood, related to and used these objects in the night sky.
    1. Student Literacy
    2. Strategies
    3. Assessment
12. Standard V: Students will understand that microorganisms range from a simple to complex, are found almost everywhere, and are both helpful and harmful.
    1. Student Literacy
    2. Strategies
    3. Assessment
13. Standard VI: Students will understand properties and behavior of heat, light and sound
    1. Student Literacy
    2. Strategies
    3. Assessment
14. Your Ideas