Students participate in hands-on lab tasks, as well as in excercises that integrate literacy and mathematics. Students have five periods of science each week, including weekly labs. The school offers a Regents science for 8th graders.

Rationale for Module Sequence in 6th Grade Science

 

Unit 1:  Simple and Complex MachinesEssential Questions:  How does energy play a role in our lives?  How do machines impact our lives?

Part I:  Potential and Kinetic EnergyPart II: Simple and Complex Machines

 

Unit 2:  WeatherEssential Question:  How do matter and energy interact to produce weather patterns?

Part I:  Properties of MatterPart II:  Heating and Cooling EventsPart III:  Weather

 

Unit 3:  Diversity of LifeEssential Question:  How does the transfer of matter and energy through biological communities support diversity of living things?

Part I:  Kingdoms of LifePart II:  Food Chains and Food Webs

 

Unit 4:  InterdependenceEssential Question:  How is interdependence essential in maintaining life on Earth?

Part I:  Climate and BiomesPart II:  Ecosystems and Interdependence