Lisa Rice
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6th Grade Science is filled with many opportunities to explore the scientific world around us through inquiry and investigations. Some of the topics covered this year are:
* General Science - types of scientists, science inquiry models (scientific method and engineering design process), measurement/metric system
* Physical Science - density, endothermic/exothermic reactions, solutions and mixtures, light waves and mechanical waves, gravitational interactions
* Earth Science - lunar phases, eclipses of sun and moon, geological time scale of Earth's history, plate tectonics
* Life Science - patterns of environmental changes (evolution, adaptation, extinction), plant/animal cells and organelles