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Science 6 (Lyons)

Course Description

The 6th grade SCIENCE course is divided into three units covering topics in life science, earth & space sciences, and physical science. The course work will engage each student in the understanding of basic scientific processes and principals. Students will research, examine experiment, and draw conclusions about various science themes through hands-on demonstrations and laboratory activities, technology, integration, and self-directed inquiry. Science class should help students recognize science as a “real world” catalyst for life changes.

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Weekly Agenda: May 21-25

MONDAY (5/21) 
Lesson: Begin watching "October Sky"
HW: None
 
TUESDAY (5/22) 
Lesson:  Finish "October Sky"
HW: None
 
WEDNESDAY (5/23) 
Lesson: NASA Mission Patches
HW: None
 
THURSDAY (5/24) **1/2 Day for Students!
Lesson: Year-End Wrap-Up!
HW: None 
 
FRIDAY (5/25) SUMMER BREAK!!!!
Lesson: 
HW:

Weekly Agenda: May 14-18

MONDAY (5/14) **Career Day Today! No 2nd or 3rd Period classes!
Lesson: Understanding Personal Health and Healthy Decisions
HW: None
  
TUESDAY (5/15) **Yearbook Signings in the Afternoon
Lesson: The Nine Main Body Systems
HW: None
 
WENDESDAY (5/16)
Lesson: Nutrition and Physical Activity
HW: None
 
THURSDAY (5/17)
Lesson: Stages of Human Growth and Development
HW: None
 
FRIDAY (5/18) 
Lesson: Communicable Diseases
HW: None

Weekly Agenda: May 7-11

MONDAY (5/7) **Mrs. Lyons in San Diego for a Conference
Lesson: Newspaper #20 "Space Exploration"
HW: Chapter 5 TEST Friday (Study Guide to be completed in class Thursday)
  
TUESDAY (5/8) 
Lesson: The Space Shuttle
HW: Chapter 5 TEST Friday (Study Guide to be completed in class Thursday)
 
WENDESDAY (5/9) **6th Grade Field Day! No Classes!
Lesson: 
HW: Chapter 5 TEST Friday (Study Guide to be completed in class Thursday)
 
THURSDAY (5/10)
Lesson: Chapter 5 Study Guide; The End of the Space Shuttle Missions
HW: Chapter 5 TEST tomorrow! Last one!
 
FRIDAY (5/11) **Mrs. Lyons is back!
Lesson: Chapter 5 TEST
HW: None

Weekly Agenda: April 30-May 4

MONDAY (4/30) **TNReady Social Studies Part 1 & Part 2
Lesson: Study Island Post Assessment
HW: None
  
TUESDAY (5/1) **Back to NORMAL Schedules!
Lesson: Introduce Chapter 5 "NASA Space Missions"; Chapter 5 Vocabulary
HW: Brain Pop QUIZ Friday "Apollo Project"
 
WENDESDAY (5/2)
Lesson: Chapter 5.2 "NASA's Early Space Missions" (Project Mercury & Project Gemini)
HW: Brain Pop QUIZ Friday "Apollo Project"
 
THURSDAY (5/3)
Lesson: When We Left Earth Episode "Ordinary Supermen"
HW: Brain Pop QUIZ Friday "Apollo Project"
 
FRIDAY (5/4)
Lesson: Chapter 5.2 "Apollo Space Missions"; Brain Pop QUIZ "Apollo Project"
HW: None

Weekly Agenda: April 23-27

MONDAY (4/23) 
Lesson: QUIZ TODAY (Brain Pop "Land Biomes");TCAP Review; Tundra Biome
HW: None
 
TUESDAY (4/24)
Lesson: TCAP Review; Taiga Biome
HW: None
 
WEDNESDAY (4/25) 
Lesson: TCAP Review; Water Biomes
HW: Read through your ABC Book; Read over Case 21 Results; Read over TCAP Practice Test!
 
THURSDAY (4/26) **TCAP Science Part 1 TODAY!!!
Lesson: Celebrate TCAP Science completion!
HW: None
 
FRIDAY (4/27) **TCAP Science Part 2 TODAY!!!
Lesson: Mythbusters
HW: None

Weekly Agenda: April16-20

MONDAY (4/16) 
Lesson: TCAP Review; Introduce Chapter 4 "Land Biomes"
HW: Brain Pop Quiz Friday "Land Biomes"
 
TUESDAY (4/17)
Lesson: TCAP Review; Chapter 4 "Land Biomes"
HW: Brain Pop Quiz Friday "Land Biomes"
 
WEDNESDAY (4/18) 
Lesson: TCAP Review; Chapter 4 "Land Biomes"
HW: Brain Pop Quiz Friday "Land Biomes"
 
THURSDAY (4/19) 
Lesson: TCAP Review; Chapter 4 "Land Biomes"
HW: Brain Pop Quiz Friday "Land Biomes"
 
FRIDAY (4/20) 
Lesson: TCAP Review; Brain Pop Quiz "Land Biomes"; Study Island "Biomes"
HW: None

Weekly Agenda: April 9-13

MONDAY (4/9) 
Lesson: TCAP Review; Chapter 3.2 "The Carbon Cycle"
HW: Work on Project; Brain Pop Quiz Friday "Food Chains"
**ABC Review PROJECT due Friday, April 13th
 
TUESDAY (4/10)
Lesson: TCAP Review; Chapter 3.2 "The Water Cycle"
HW: Work on Project; Brain Pop Quiz Friday "Food Chains"
**ABC Review PROJECT due Friday, April 13th
 
WEDNESDAY (4/11) 
Lesson: TCAP Review; Chapter 3.2 "The Nitrogen Cycle"
HW: Work on Project; Brain Pop Quiz Friday "Food Chains"
**ABC Review PROJECT due Friday, April 13th
 
THURSDAY (4/12) 
Lesson: TCAP Review; Chapter 3.3 "Energy Transfer in an Ecosystem"
HW: Work on Project; Brain Pop Quiz Friday "Food Chains"
**ABC Review PROJECT due TOMORROW
 
FRIDAY (4/13) **PROJECT DUE TODAY!!!
Lesson: Submit Project; Brain Pop Quiz "Food Chains"; TCAP Review; Bill Nye Video "Food Web"
HW: None

Weekly Agenda: April 2-6

MONDAY (4/2) 
Lesson: Oh Deer! (LAB)--weather permitting
HW: Study Guide Due TOMORROW; Work on Study Island Assignment (due Wednesday); Work on ABC Review Book Project
**Chapter 2 TEST Wednesday, April 4th!
**Study Island "Electricity" due Wednesday, April 4th!
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!
 
TUESDAY (4/3)
Lesson: Review for Chapter 2 TEST
HW: Study for Chapter 2 TEST; Work on Study Island Assignment; Work on ABC Review Book Project
**Chapter 2 TEST Wednesday, April 4th!
**Study Island "Electricity" due Wednesday, April 4th!
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!
 
WEDNESDAY (4/4) 
Lesson: Chapter 2 TEST
HW: Work on ABC Review Book Project (due next Friday!!!)
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!
 
THURSDAY (4/5)
Lesson: TCAP Review; Introduce Chapter 3 "The Nonliving Environment"; Chapter 3 Vocabulary
HW: Work on ABC Review Book Project (due next Friday!!!)
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!
 
FRIDAY (4/6) **Huntsville Trip Tomorrow!!**
Lesson: TCAP Review; Chapter 3.3 "Energy Transfer in an Ecosystem"
HW: Work on ABC Review Book Project (due next Friday!!!)
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!

Weekly Agenda: March 26-30

MONDAY (3/26) 
Lesson: Bill Nye Video "Populations"; Chapter 2.3 NOTES "Symbiosis"
HW: Brain Pop QUIZ tomorrow "Symbiosis"; Work on Study Island Assignment; Work on ABC Review Book Project
**Study Island "Electricity" due Wednesday, March 28th
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!
 
TUESDAY (3/27)
Lesson: Brain Pop QUIZ "Symbiosis"; Symbiosis Lab
HW:Work on Study Island Assignment; Work on ABC Review Book Project
**Study Island "Electricity" due TOMORROW
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!
 
WEDNESDAY (3/28) 
Lesson: TCAP TNReady Practice (need charged iPad!)
HW: Work on ABC Review Book Project; Work on NEW Study Island 
**Study Island "Energy in Ecosystems" due Wednesday, April 4th
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!
 
THURSDAY (3/29)
Lesson: TCAP TNReady Practice (need charged iPad!)
HW: Work on ABC Review Book Project; Work on Study Island 
**Study Island "Energy in Ecosystems" due Wednesday, April 4th
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!
 
FRIDAY (3/30) **Good Friday Holiday! No School!
Lesson: 
HW: Work on ABC Review Book Project; Work on Study Island 
**Study Island "Energy in Ecosystems" due Wednesday, April 4th
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!

Weekly Agenda: March 19-23

WELCOME BACK!

QUARTER 4 HERE WE GO!!

 
MONDAY (3/19) 
Lesson: Introduce Chapter 2 "Interactions of Life"; Work on Chapter 2 Vocabulary
HW: Work on ABC Review Book Project
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!
 
TUESDAY (3/20)
Lesson: Chapter 2.1 NOTES "Ecosystems"
HW: Work on ABC Review Book Project
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!
 
WEDNESDAY (3/21) 
Lesson: Continue Chapter 2.1 "Ecosystems"
HW: Work on ABC Review Book Project; Work on NEW Study Island 
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!
**Study Island "Scientific Investigations" due Wednesday, March 28th
 
THURSDAY (3/22)
Lesson: Newspaper #28 "Populations & Ecosystems"
HW: Work on ABC Review Book Project; Work on Study Island 
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!
**Study Island "Scientific Investigations" due Wednesday, March 28th
 
FRIDAY (3/23)
Lesson: Predators & Prey
HW: Work on ABC Review Book Project; Work on Study Island 
**Quarter 4 Project Due April 13th!!
**Study Island "Scientific Investigations" due Wednesday, March 28th

Weekly Agenda: March 5-9

MONDAY (3/5) 
Lesson: Discuss Quarter 4 PROJECT (ABC Review Book); Bill Nye Video "The Sun"
HW: Work on Project
**Quarter 4 Project (ABC Review Book) due Friday, April 13th 
 
TUESDAY (3/6)
Lesson: Chapter 8.1 NOTES "Star Properties"
HW: Work on Project
**Quarter 4 Project (ABC Review Book) due Friday, April 13th 
 
WEDNESDAY (3/7) 
Lesson: iPad Technology Lesson with Mrs. Hodge (working with Pages app for ABC Review Book) 
HW: Work on Project
**Quarter 4 Project (ABC Review Book) due Friday, April 13th 
 
THURSDAY (3/8)
Lesson: Newspaper #17 "Tour of the Universe"
HW: Work on Project
**Quarter 4 Project (ABC Review Book) due Friday, April 13th 
 
FRIDAY (3/9)
Lesson: Hubble Space Telescope Movie
HW: Work on Project
**Quarter 4 Project (ABC Review Book) due Friday, April 13th 

Weekly Agenda: February 26-March 2

MONDAY (2/26) 
Lesson: Review for Chapter 7 TEST (Study Guide Due TODAY!)
HW: Study for tomorrow's TEST
 
TUESDAY (2/27)
Lesson: Chapter 7 TEST
HW: None
 
WEDNESDAY (2/28) 
Lesson: Toilet Paper Solar System LAB!
HW: None
 
THURSDAY (3/1)
Lesson: Pre-Assess Chapter 8 "Stars & Galaxies"; work on Chapter 8 Vocabulary
HW: None
 
FRIDAY (3/2)
Lesson: Chapter 8.2 NOTES "Secrets of the Sun"
HW: None

Weekly Agenda: February 19-23

MONDAY (2/19) **President's Day Holiday
Lesson: 
HW: Work on Study Island Assignment
**Study Island "The Universe" due Wednesday, February 21st
 
TUESDAY (2/20)
Lesson: Chapter 7.4 NOTES "Other Objects in the Solar System"
HW: Work on Study Island Assignment
**Study Island "The Universe" due Wednesday, February 21st
 
WEDNESDAY (2/21) 
Lesson: District Mandated Science Benchmark Assessment
HW: Brain Pop QUIZ Thursday "Comets"; Work on Chapter 7 Study Guide (due Monday, February 26th)
**Chapter 7 TEST Tuesday, February 27th
 
THURSDAY (2/22)
Lesson: Complete District Mandated Assessment; Brain Pop QUIZ "Comets"
HW: Chapter 7 Study Guide Due Monday!
**Chapter 7 TEST Tuesday, February 27th
 
FRIDAY (2/23)
Lesson: Continue Chapter 7.4 discussion; Create MMM Pyramid (need colored pencils!)
HW: Chapter 7 Study Guide Due Monday!
**Chapter 7 TEST Tuesday, February 27th
 

Weekly Agenda: February 12-16

MONDAY (2/12) 
Lesson: Chapter 7.3 NOTES "The Outer Planets"
HW: Work on Study Island Assignment
**Study Island "Collect and Interpret Data" due Wednesday, February 14th
 
TUESDAY (2/13)
Lesson: Bill Nye Video "The Planets"; Continue Chapter 7.3 Notes
HW: Work on Study Island Assignment
**Study Island "Collect and Interpret Data" due Wednesday, February 14th
 
WEDNESDAY (2/14) Happy Valentine's Day!
Lesson: Newspaper #18 "The Planets"
HW: Work on NEW Study Island Assignment 
**Study Island "The Universe" due Wednesday, February 21st
 
THURSDAY (2/15)
Lesson: The Universe Video Series "The Outer Planets"
HW: Work on Study Island Assignment 
**Study Island "The Universe" due Wednesday, February 21st
 
FRIDAY (2/16) **District Learning Day (No School for Students)
Lesson:
HW: Work on Study Island Assignment 
**Study Island "The Universe" due Wednesday, February 21st
 

Weekly Agenda: February 5-9

MONDAY (2/5) 
Lesson: Introduce Chapter 7 "The Solar System"; Chapter 7 Vocab
HW: None
 
TUESDAY (2/6)
Lesson: Chapter 7.1 "Order and Size of the Solar System"
HW: QUIZ Friday over Chapter 7, Section 1 (review Section 1 Notes and know order of the planets-spelling counts!)
 
WEDNESDAY (2/7)
Lesson: Chapter 7.2 "The Inner Planets"
HW: QUIZ Friday over Chapter 7, Section 1; Work on NEW Study Island Assignment
**Study Island "Collect and Interpret Data" due Wednesday, February 14th
 
THURSDAY (2/8)
Lesson: The Universe Video Series "The Inner Planets"
HW: QUIZ Friday over Chapter 7, Section 1; Work on Study Island Assignment
**Study Island "Collect and Interpret Data" due Wednesday, February 14th
 
FRIDAY (2/9) 
Lesson: Chapter 7.1 QUIZ; Finish Inner Planets Discussion (Mars)
HW: Work on Study Island Assignment
**Study Island "Collect and Interpret Data" due Wednesday, February 14th