Belleville Mennonite School Scope and Sequence

 

Science           

 

Grade level: 6th grade   

 

The Animal Kingdom

Classification; kingdoms; chordates

The Living Kingdoms

Unicellular organisms; multicellular organisms; the five kingdoms

Forest Communities

Layers of the forest; kinds of trees; parts of a tree; classifying leaves; trees in God’s Plan

Ecology

Ecosystems; biomes; biotic and abiotic factors; the balance of nature; cycles in an ecosystem; energy flow in an ecosystem; relationships in an ecosystem; investigating cultural factors; God’s gardeners

Energy Sources

How we use energy; nonrenewable energy resources; renewable energy resources; alternative energy resources; being an energy steward

Motion, Force, and Work

Motion; push; pull; idle objects; kinds of motion; gravity; friction; floating and sinking

Electricity and Magnetism

Electricity and atoms; moving electricity; circuits; resistance; magnetic attraction; electricity and magnetism; electronics in God’s world

Weather

Temperature and pressure; wind direction and speed; humidity; precipitation; mapping the weather; weather and climate; features of the land

The Universe

Astronomy; the universe; stars; patterns in the sky; distance in space; galaxies; telescopes; traveling into space; the universe in the Bible