Science

The 6th Grade Science Curriculum can be found at the Michigan Department of Education Website:
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/6-Science_COMPLETE_12-10-07_218321_7.pdf

Wayne Westland Community School District uses the following textbooks, along with supplemental materials, to meet the grade level content expectations:

 Prentice Hall Science Explorer:  Nature of Science & Technology
  • Thinking Like a Scientist
  • Scientific Inquiry
  • Why Study Science?
  • Graphs in Science
  • Understanding Technology
  • Technology and Society
Prentice Hall Science Explorer:  Motion & Energy
  • What is Energy?
  • Forms of Energy
  • Energy Transformation and Conservation
  • Energy and Fossil Fuels
  • Temperature, Thermal Energy, and Heat
  • The Transfer of Heat
  • Thermal Energy and States of Matter
  • Uses of Heat
Prentice Hall Science Explorer:  Inside Earth
  • Earth's Interior
  • Convection and the Mantle
  • Drifting continents
  • Sea-Floor Spreading
  • The Theory of Plate Tectonics
  • Classifying Rocks
  • Igneous Rocks
  • Sedimentary Rocks
  • Rocks from Reefs
  • Metamorphic rocks
  • The Rock Cycle
Prentice Hall Science Explorer:  Earth's Changing Surface
  • Rocks and Weathering
  • How Soil Forms
  • Changing Earth's Surface
  • Water Erosion
  • The Force of Moving Water
  • Glaciers
  • Waves
  • Wind
  • Fossils
  • the Relative Age of Rocks
  • Radioactive Dating
  • The Geologic Time Scale
  • Early Earth
  • Ears of Earth's History

 Prentice Hall Science Explorer:  Environmental Science
  • Living Things and the Environment
  • Studying Populations
  • Interactions Among Living Things
  • Changes in Communities
  • Energy Flow in Ecosystems
  • Cycles of Matter
  • Biogeography
  • Biomes
  • Aquatic Ecosystems
  • Water Pollution and Solutions
  • Air Pollution and Solutions
 
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