First Quarter
Safety Unit Assessment
- Date: Sept 9 (A & B); Sept 10 (C)
- Details: Students must achieve 85% or better in order to participate in science labs in sixth grade (retest dates will be announced individually if necessary)
Metric System Practice Quiz
- Date: Sept. 21 (A); Sept. 22 (B & C)
- Details: Metric prefixes, base units, & abbreviations
Metric System Quiz
- Date: Sept. 23 (A& B); Sept. 26 (C)
- Details: Metric prefixes, base units, & abbreviations
Metric System Unit Assessment
- Date: Sept. 30 (A&B); Oct. 3 (C)
- Details: Metric prefixes, base units, abbreviations, units of measurement, and measuring equipment; as well as, general understanding of mass vs. weight, volume, and linear measurement
First Quarter Assessment
- Date:
- A - Nov. 2
- B - Nov. 2
- C - Nov. 3
- Details: Safety, Scientific Method, Metric System, and Properties of Matter
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Second Quarter
Open Note Quiz - Atmosphere #1
- Date: Nov. 17 (A & B); Nov. 18 (C)
- Details: Students may utilize all notes from their binder and notebook while taking the quiz
Take Home Quiz - Weather Quiz #2
- Date: Nov. 22 (A); Nov. 28 (B & C)
- Details: Students must return quiz during thenext class
Second Quarter HCPSS Assessment
- Date: Jan. 18 (B & C); Jan. 19 (A)
- Details: Heat transfer; layers of the atmosphere; water/hydrologic cycle; effects of topography, ocean temperatures, latitude, and jet streams on climate; El Nino; cloud type and cover; elements of weather: air temperature, air pressure, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, wind direction, wind speed, cloud type, and cloud cover; high and low pressure systems; weather collection equipment: thermometer, barometer, anemometer, psychrometer, and rain guage
Take Home Weather & Climate Unit Assessment (OR Students may choose the Weather & Climate Portfolio)
- Due Date: Jan. 24 (A, B, & C
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- Details: Heat transfer, layers of the atmosphere, water cycle, latitude and climate, topography and climate, clouds, elements of weather
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Third Quarter
Our Earth Quiz
- Date: Feb. 3 (A & B); Feb. 6 (C)
- Details: Continental drift, plate tectonics, sea-floor spreading, Pangaea, Alfred Wegener, Henry Hess, convergent boundary, divergent boundary, transform boundary, mid-ocean ridge, oceanic trench, rift valley
Minerals Quiz
- Date: Feb 24 (A); Feb. 27 (B & C)
- Details: Definition of a mineral; characteristics of minerals; properties of minerals; Mohs' Scale of Hardness; how minerals form
Sedimentary Rock Open-NOTE Quiz
- Date: March 9 (A, B, & C)
- Details: Definition of sedimentary rocks; steps leading to the formation of sedimentary rock; process of compaction; clastic, organic, and chemical types of sedimentary rock
Rocks Open-NOTE Quiz
- Date: March 10 (A); March 13 (B & C)
- Details: Igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks, and sedimentary rocks
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Fourth Quarter
Sun & Gravity Quiz
- Date: April 24 (A, B, & C)
- Details: Interior of the Sun, Atmosphere of the Sun, Sun features (solar flares & sun spots); Gravity
The Nine Planets - Take Home
- Date: May 1 (A, B, & C)
- Details: Students may use both their notes and their textbooks to complete this quiz
The Moon & Sun Quiz
- Date: May 11 (A & B); May 15 (C)
- Details: Groups will work together to complete the quiz; the class will review the answers as a means of reviewing concepts - scores will be counted as a "minor quiz" (not as important as individual quizzes, but still a quiz)
Fourth Quarter Assessment
- Date: May 26 (A & B); May 30 (C)
- Details: Gravity; features of the Sun including its interior, atmosphere, and external features; inner planets and their main features; outer planets and their main features; our moon: phases, eclipses, tides; current information on NASA's exploration of our solar system
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