Sixth Grade Science Syllabus - Lower Dauphin School District



Sixth Grade Science Syllabus Mrs. Umberger

Silver Team Room 614

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Course Description: Our Prentice Hall Science focuses on four units of study: Water, Energy, Chemistry, and Geology. Supplementary materials will be utilized for our Scientific Method & Inquiry and Structure of the Universe. Throughout these units of study we will look at systems and cycles within our planet and how they are connected.

Course Objective: Students will view the whole planet as an active, ever-changing organism within the solar system.

Textbooks: We use four texts from the Prentice Hall Science Series and Web Resources:

1. You Tube and United Streaming Video clips 2015

2. Science Explorer: Earth’s Waters © 2002

3. Science Explorer: Inside Earth © 2002

4. Science Explorer: Environmental Science © 2002

5. Matter: Building Blocks of the Universe © 1994

Course Topics:

1 Scientific Method and Inquiry

o Scientific Method

o Lab Safety

o Metric System and Measurement

2 Geology

o Layers of the Earth

o Plate Tectonics

o Constructive and Destructive Forces

o Minerals and Rocks

3 Meteorology

o Maps and Forecasting

o Clouds

o Layers of the Atmosphere

o Air Masses and Wind Patterns

o Climate

o Types of Storms

4 Natural Resources

o Non-Renewable

o Renewable

o Resource Distribution

5 Structure of the Universe

o Inertia

o Phases of the Moon

o Astronomy Past, Present & Future

6 Water

o Water Cycle

o Fresh Water

o Water Quality

o Oceanography

Grading: Homework, quizzes, written research paper with APA bibliography,

lab work, tests, and notebooks will be evaluated using a point grading system. Total points accumulated during the marking period will determine the course grade.

The district grading scale is used:

A+ 100-98 C+ 79-78

A 97-93 C 77-73

A- 92-90 C- 72-70

B+ 89-88 D+ 69-68

B 87-83 D 67-63

B- 82-80 D- 62-60

F Below 60

Parental Involvement: Parent involvement is critical to any educational program. I encourage all parents to take an active role in their child’s education. Your child has moved onto the middle school level but still needs family support. Please take time to occasionally look over your child’s science homework and the material covered and posted on PowerSchools. Feel free to use the guided reading suggestions in the margins to focus on the important concepts in the textbook. You may go to the website for help with the text. Short, frequent reviews make quiz and test preparation much easier. Family outings that reinforce our program are enjoyable and quite helpful. Parents with expertise in any of our science units are invited to share their knowledge with the class.

( Late Work Policy: You will have the district policy of two days for each day absent. If you did not turn in an assignment on time not due to illness, you have one week to make up assignment and earn late credit before becoming a zero point score for the missing assignment.

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