• https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Documents/Science-Sixth-Grade-Georgia-Standards.pdf

Click here for Curriculum Night powerpoint for general information! 

 Earth Science:

Layered Curriculum (Differentiated Activity):

Layer C- #1 Continental Drift notes: Go to CK-12 through launchpad. IN page #111. 

Layer C- #2 Click below given link for Seafloor spreading notes (IN page # 113)

https://filecabinet3.eschoolview.com/E2AB120D-8C56-4DD3-8018-2C5C3F747298/SeafloorSpreadingNotes.pdf 

Unit 5: Meteorology

Predicting weather conditions: 

Interactive sites 

https://extension.illinois.edu/treehouse/ 

http://www.learner.org/interactives/weather/ 

http://theweatherwiz.com/ 

https://easyscienceforkids.com/fun-weather-forecast-quiz-free-interactive-science-quiz-for-kids/ 

Informational sites: 

http://www.eo.ucar.edu/basics/wx_4.html 

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/fcst/home.rxml 

https://news.ucar.edu/ 

https://www.weather.gov/owlie/ 

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/model-data/model-datasets/numerical-weather-prediction 

Wind:

https://www.windfinder.com/#3/43.8345/-145.5469 

Jet Stream:

https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/jet 

https://climate.ncsu.edu/edu/JetStream

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/what-are-jet-streams-and-how-do-they-influence-the-weather-we-experience/70003416 

Ozone Layer:

https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/79000/79198/ozone_1979-2011.jpg 

https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=79198 

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7033 

https://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/facts/hole_SH.html 

Atmosphere:

The epic volcano eruption that led to the ‘Year Without a Summer’ (Article from Washington Post)

https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/question646.htm 

https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/layers 

https://www.space.com/17683-earth-atmosphere.html

https://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/layers.html 

https://www.learner.org/exhibits/weather/atmosphere.html 

https://www.niwa.co.nz/education-and-training/schools/students/layers 

https://eo.ucar.edu/basics/wx_1_b.html 

http://www.geography4kids.com/files/atm_composition.html 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CibvtVMTA2E (video)

Unit 4: Natural Resources & Hydrology

Hydrology:

Waves,Tides, and Currents:

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1WF8b6HZLM (Tides, Ocean currents, and waves)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imBQ5H5PL2c (Tides and waves)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU4NESJtbmI (What causes waves)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fcXL61NZS0 (current events: crash course)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsdH_NRM-CU (Ocean currents song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_8mw-1HYFg (Bill Nye-Ocean currents)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojPpxAT7Bh4 (Learn about tides)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UMsEqNDZu8 (Tides)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3hAhNsyf7k (Tides-Neap and Spring)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlWpFLfLFBI (crash course-tides)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RdkXs8BibE (ocean tides)

Websites:

https://climatekids.nasa.gov/ocean/ (What is happening in the ocean?)

http://www.seos-project.eu/modules/oceancurrents/oceancurrents-c01-p02.html (Story Nike trainers and Rubber ducks)

http://www.seos-project.eu/modules/oceancurrents/oceancurrents-c02-ws01-s.html ( Tale of the bath tub toys)

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/learning/welcome.html#lesson8 (Lesson 8-Ocean currents)

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/learning/welcome.html#lesson8 (Lesson 9-Ocean waves)

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/learning/welcome.html#lesson8 (Lesson 10- Tides)

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/learning/player/lesson11.html (Energy from the oceans)

Interactive Sites:

https://interactive-earth.com/resources/science-visualizations/5-tides-and-sea-level-modelling (tides)

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/earths-tides/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/what-causes-the-tides.html

Waves:

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/eoc/teachers/t_wind_and_currents/p_waves.html

Games:

https://climatekids.nasa.gov/menu/play/

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/ocean-currents/en/

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm

Story:

Water Cycle:

https://pmm.nasa.gov/education/water-cycle 

https://www.kidzone.ws/water/ 

https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/freshwater-education-resources/water-cycle 

https://www.britannica.com/science/water-cycle 

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/water.html 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWb4KlM2vts (song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5G4NCwWUxY  (video)

Interactive games: 

https://games.noaa.gov/ 

https://pbskids.org/wildkratts/games/ 

https://www.educationsoutheastwater.com.au/resources/natural-water-cycle-game 

https://www.brainpop.com/games/watercyclegame/ 

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/clouds--water-cycle.html 

Distribution of water:

https://water.usgs.gov/edu/earthhowmuch.html 

https://water.usgs.gov/edu/earthwherewater.html 

https://www.universetoday.com/65588/what-percent-of-earth-is-water/ 

https://www.livescience.com/29673-how-much-water-on-earth.html 

https://www.thoughtco.com/how-much-of-your-body-is-water-609406 

Climate Change:

Individual Roles:

# 1  Climate Scientist:

https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/data-scientist 

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/careers/earth-profiles/index.html 

https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/education-careers/career-guides-tools/ 

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/Life-Physical-and-Social-Science/Atmospheric-scientists-including-meteorologists.htm 

# 2 Policy Analyst

https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/environmental-policy-analyst 

https://www.georgia.org/industries/energy 

https://psc.ga.gov/utilities/electric/green-power-pricing/ 

https://www.ipcc.ch/

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1048006.pdf 

https://www.skepticalscience.com/joint-statements-on-climate-change-from-nas-around-world.html   

# 3 Economist

https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/environmental-economist 

https://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/proxies/paleoclimate.html 

# 4 Energy Expert:

https://www.evergladesuniversity.edu/how-can-i-become-a-renewable-energy-consultant/ 

https://www.energy.gov/eere/education/energy-efficiency-and-renewable-energy-science-technology-and-policy-program

https://www.energy.gov/eere/education/explore-clean-energy-careers

# 5 Urban Planner:

https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/urban-planner 

https://www.greenroofs.com/2019/06/10/green-roofs-can-help-reduce-the-heat-island-effect/ 

https://www.planning.org/ 

https://eo.ucar.edu/kids/green/long1.htm 

Whole Group Activity:

Difference between Weather and Climate

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/noaa-n/climate/climate_weather.html 

https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/weather-climate 

Greenhouse efffect?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/sci_nat/04/climate_change/html/greenhouse.stm 

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/greenhouse-effect/teaching-resources 

https://eo.ucar.edu/kids/green/index.htm 

Different contributions ( Natural or Human driven activities) to the rise in global temperatures:   

https://www.epa.gov/climatechange-science/causes-climate-change

https://eo.ucar.edu/kids/green/warming5.htm 

https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators 

Impact of global warming on the planet

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health

https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/climate/climate-change-impacts

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/645/climate-change-may-bring-big-ecosystem-changes/

Individual Activity:

Click below given link for individual activity.

https://www.koshland-science-museum.org/sites/default/files/files/Global%20Warming%20Webquest(1).pdf 

Download student webquest and go to specific role to complete your research.  

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Energy Source 

• https://www.aaas.org/news/global-climate-change-resources
• http://needtoknow.nas.edu/energy/?_ga=2.81111895.138438498.1548655307-274689478.1548655307 

Station Activity: 

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMOpMka6PJI&t=41s

Websites for energy power point:

      http://www.learnbiofuels.org/ 

www.need.org/infobooks.htm : Need’s energy sources fact sheets

www.eia.doe.gov/kids : Energy Information Administration’s Kid’s Page

www.energy.gov/kidz/kidzone.html : Department of Energy’s Kids Zone

www.awea.org : American Wind Energy Association

www.teachcoal.org : American Coal Foundation

www.nei.org : Nuclear Energy Institute

www.hydro.org : National Hydropower Association

www.ases.org : American Solar Energy Society

www.propanecouncil.org : Propane Education and Research Council

www.biomass.org : American Bio-energy Association

www.geotherm.org : Geothermal Energy Association

www.api.org : American Petroleum Institute

www.ngsa.org : Natural Gas Supply Association

Unit 3: Physical Processes

Seafloor Spreading 

•  (Differentiated activity)
• Group 1: Read Seafloor spreading hypothesis and discuss with your group members.
• https://www.ck12.org/earth-science/seafloor-spreading-hypothesis/ 
• Group 2: http://www.phschool.com/itext/sci_exp/iText/products/0-13-181243-2/ch1/ch1_s4_3.html
• Group 3: Watch Video on Seafloor spreading and discuss with your group members.
• https://www.ck12.org/earth-science/seafloor-spreading-hypothesis/ 
• Group 4: Model Seafloor spreading 
• Miscellaneous group: Tie it all together:Catch up on what you missed earlier.
• Group 5: Read and summarizehttps://www.britannica.com/science/seafloor-spreading
• https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/seafloor-spreading/ 
• http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/Metzger3.html 
• https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/seafloor-spreading/ 
• http://www.phschool.com/itext/sci_exp/iText/products/0-13-181243-2/ch1/ch1_s4_2.html 
• https://www.slideshare.net/nairamode/sea-floor-spreading-50464198 

Weathering and Erosion: 

• http://www.regentsearthscience.com/jeopardy/erosion/jeopardy.htm (jeopardy game)
• https://www.slideshare.net/d3n15l4n/weathering-24056268 
• http://www.discoveryeducation.com/auth/STEM-Camp/urban-infrastructure/vocab-erosion.cfm (video)
• https://www.slideshare.net/nilsona/chapter-9-erosion-powerpoint 
• https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/erosion/ 
• https://www.studyladder.com/games/activity/erosion-27826 (interactive)
• http://interactivesites.weebly.com/erosion-and-weathering.html  (interactive)
• https://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/curriculum/7299-erosion-and-deposition (interactive)
• http://www.discoveryeducation.com/auth/STEM-Camp/urban-infrastructure/virtual-lab-erosion-here-today-gone-tomorrow.cfm (interactive)

Soil:

• http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/CT02/CT02.html (Virtual lab)

Unit 2: Geology

Layers of the Earth 

• https://www.ck12.org/earth-science/Earths-Layers/ 
• https://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/ 
• https://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/structure.html 
• http://cms.gavirtualschool.org/Shared/Science/EarthSystems13/EarthOriginCompositionStructure/index.html 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9j1xGaxYzY (Layers of the Earth song) 
• http://msascienceonline.weebly.com/layers-of-the-earth.html 
• http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/606/deploy/interface.html 

Minerals: 

• http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES03/ES03.swf (interactive site)
• https://www.ck12.org/earth-science/mineral-identification/ 
• https://kidsloverocks.com/the-physical-properties-of-minerals/
• http://k12.http.internapcdn.net/k12_vitalstream_com/CURRICULUM/318507/CURRENT_RELEASE/ERT_VL_Rocks_and_Minerals.html (Virtual lab)
• http://www.mineralogy4kids.org/minerals-your-house

Rocks:

• http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page02.cfm (Rocks interactive site) 
• http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES04/ES04.html (Virtual Lab)
• https://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/ 
• https://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/identifyrock/ 
• https://www.ck12.org/earth-science/rocks/lesson/Rocks-MS-ES/?referrer=concept_details 

Rock Cycle:

• https://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/rockdiagram/ (Interacitve site)
• https://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/types2.html (Interactive site)

Plate Boundaries/Plate Tectonics: 

• https://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/plate2.html (interactive site)
• https://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/continentsovertime/ (Interactive site) 
• https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/education/exercises/UNAVCO-lab/LG36_UNAVCO_worksheet.pdf 
• http://jules.unavco.org/VoyagerJr/EarthScope?submit.x=40&submit.y=8&base=facer&feature=nofeat&fixplate=novel&veltype=model&legendPopup=yes&region=northamerica_1_1&size=normal 
• https://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/plate.html
• https://www.brainpop.com/games/timezonexplatetectonics/ 
• https://gpb.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.boundaries/tectonic-plates-and-plate-boundaries/ 
• https://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/drift3.html (Pangaea interactive site)
• http://www.geo.cornell.edu/hawaii/220/PRI/continental_puzzle.html (Pangaea interactive game)
• http://planeta42.com/geography/pangaeapuzzle/ (Pangaea game)
• http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES11/ES11.html (Pangaea game)
• http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tecmech.html (explanation)

Plate Tectonics Station Activity:

• https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.tectonic/tectonic-plates-earthquakes-and-volcanoes/ 
• http://d3tt741pwxqwm0.cloudfront.net/WGBH/conv16/conv16-int-tectonic/index.html (Station 2)
• http://glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/0078617499/student_view0/chapter4/chapter_review_quizzes-eng_.html (Station 4)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrXAGY1dmE (Video- Recycling of rock)-CER evidence

STEM Interdisciplinary Unit-Rockets:

Eggonaut Challenge reference sites:

Click here for the guiding questions.

Videos:

http://tclauset.org/21_BtlRockets/BTL.html

http://tclauset.org/21_BtlRockets/BTL.html 

http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/rktbot.html (Stability)

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/rocket/BottleRocket/journey101.htm 

https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/221640main_EDC_Spacecraft_Structures.pdf
 (page 25 design process)

http://www.lakemills.k12.wi.us/faculty/CPage/Water%20rocket%20research%202.pdf(Design-Power point)

Background information sites:

http://www.waterrocketmanual.com/how_they_work.htm

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/407-launch-simulator-challenge(interactive site-Simulator challenge)

http://www.mrphome.net/mrp/Rocket_Field_Trip.html(Interactive site)

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/rocket/ienzl.html(Rocket thrust simulator)

http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/wr_booklet_print.pdf(Instruction on how to build a rocket)

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Adventures_in_Rocket_Science.html

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Rockets.html

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/rocket/cg.html(center of gravity)

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/VirtualAero/BottleRocket/airplane/rktfor.html

http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/newton.html

http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Rocket-Eggstronaut-Project/

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/389-lift-off 

Unit 1: Astronomy

Theories of the Universe:

• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/origins-of-the-universe/

q21q1  

• https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/solar-system-formation/en/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmwAr54L_pM
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtDTWYBTAGQ 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOkUcLKpAto

Solar System Models: 

•   (Station activity)https://www.slideshare.net/SETYOADMOKO/what-is-the-difference-between-geocentric-and-heliocentric
• http://www2.astro.psu.edu/users/rbc/a1/lec4n.html
• http://www.universetoday.com/33113/heliocentric-model/
• http://www.universetoday.com/32607/geocentric-model/
•  https://www.universetoday.com/36487/difference-between-geocentric-and-heliocentric/

Solar System:

• http://cms.gavirtualschool.org/Shared/Science/Astronomy_17/SolarSystemInnerOuterPlanets/index.html
• https://www.ck12.org/book/CK-12-Earth-Science-For-Middle-School/section/25.0/
  • Newsela (Explore planets)
  • www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy
  • http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm
  • http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/etp/ssl
  • http://www.rochedale.powerup.com.au/solar.htm
  • http://library.thinkquest.org/Joo2809/main.html
  • http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/planets.htm
• www.google.com(type in keywords like solar system, name of the planet, information on planets, etc)
• Leap year

Rotation and Revolution:

• http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/science/astronomy_rotation_and_revolution/quiz446.html 
• http://classroom.jcschools.net/collinsj/science/EARTHS_ROTATION_AND_REVOLUTION.ppt
• https://www.slideshare.net/awboan/rotation-vs-revolution
• http://www.differencebetween.net/science/difference-between-earth%E2%80%99s-rotation-and-revolution/
• https://www.ck12.org/c/earth-science/earths-rotations/lesson/Rotation-of-Earth-MS-ES/
• https://www.ck12.org/c/earth-science/earths-revolutions/lesson/Revolutions-of-Earth-HS-ES/?referrer=featured_content

Galaxies:

• https://www.ck12.org/c/earth-science/galaxies/lesson/Galaxies-MS-ES/?collectionCreatorID=3&conceptCollectionHandle=earth-science-%3A%3A-galaxies&collectionHandle=earth-science
• https://hubblesite.org/science/galaxies 
• https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/gallery/galaxy-location.html 
• https://www.ck12.org/c/earth-science/galaxies/lesson/Galaxies-HS-ES/ 
• https://www.ck12.org/c/earth-science/galaxies/lesson/Galaxies-MS-ES/
• https://www.space.com/23285-galaxies-classification-type-explainer-infographic.html
• https://theplanets.org/types-of-galaxies/ 

Gravity and Inertia:

• https://www.ck12.org/c/physics/inertia/lesson/Inertia-MS-PS/?referrer=featured_content
• http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/forces-and-motion/fgravity-and-;inertia.htm 

Small Bodies:

• https://www.universetoday.com/36398/what-is-the-difference-between-asteroids-and-meteorites/ 
• https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/asteroid-or-meteor/en/ 
• https://phys.org/news/2015-06-difference-asteroids-meteorites.html 

Phases of the Moon: 

• https://www.ck12.org/earth-science/lunar-phases/
• https://interactives.ck12.org/simulations/physics/phases-of-the-moon/app/index.html 
• https://ngss.wonderville.org/search/phases%20of%20the%20moon (Interactive site- you would have to create an account and it is free)

Eclipses:

• https://www.ck12.org/earth-science/Eclipses/ 
• https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html 
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-an-eclipse-58 
• https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/eclipse-information.html 

More Sites:

Cosmic Colors & Telescopes :http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/cosmic/index.shtml

Virtual Tour:http://nineplanets.org/tour

This is very cool!Size of the Universe :http://htwins.net/scale2/scale2.swf?bordercolor=white

Planets and their moons:http://www.go-astronomy.com/planets/planet-moons.htm

Video Name: Tour of the Planets :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=544VmF483bU

http://www.wonderville.ca/asset/phases-of-the-moon (Excellent Game!) (Phases of the moon)

http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/moon/moon_challenge/moon_challenge.html (Interactive game)

• http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/index.htm

Select Solar System topic:

Under this topic you may review following concepts:

• Our Solar System: Inner Planets
• Our Solar System: Outer Planets
• Gravity and Inertia
• The Universe
• The Moon
• A Day on  Earth

https://www.brainpop.com

Login information:

Username: wadh486

Password: see Mrs.Masood during class for the password.

Watch following videos to review concepts in Astronomy:

• Big Bang
• Universe
• Planets
• Galaxies
• Eclipse 
• Moon