Textbook: Harcourt Science
Units of study for the Sixth Grade
Look on the Science assignment page for assignments, Missouri Goals and Standards for each unit.
Unit A: Life Science-Understanding Living Things
Chapter 1: Cells, Genetics, and Heredity
Chapter 2: Classification
Unit B: Life Science-Living Things Grow and Respond
Chapter 1: Plant Growth and Responses
Chapter 2: Types of Plants
Chapter 3: Invertebrates
Chapter 4: Vertebrates
Unit C: Earth Science-The Living Planet
Chapter 1: Ecosystems--Characteristics and Cycles
Chapter 2: Interactions in Ecosystems
Chapter 3: Earth's Oceans
Chapter 4: Weather Changes
Unit D: Earth Science-Cycles in Earth and Space
Chapter 1: Movement of Earth's Crust
Chapter 2: Rocks and the Rock Cycle
Chapter 3: Cycles in the Solar System
Chapter 4: Exploring the Universe
Unit E: Physical Science-Matter and Energy
Chapter 1: Atoms, Elements, and Compounds
Chapter 2: Matter--Properties and Changes
Chapter 3: Energy
Chapter 4: Sound and Light
Unit F: Physical Science-Forces and Machines
Chapter 1: Forces and Motion
Chapter 2: Machines and Work
Units of study for the Sixth Grade
Look on the Science assignment page for assignments, Missouri Goals and Standards for each unit.
Unit A: Life Science-Understanding Living Things
Chapter 1: Cells, Genetics, and Heredity
Chapter 2: Classification
Unit B: Life Science-Living Things Grow and Respond
Chapter 1: Plant Growth and Responses
Chapter 2: Types of Plants
Chapter 3: Invertebrates
Chapter 4: Vertebrates
Unit C: Earth Science-The Living Planet
Chapter 1: Ecosystems--Characteristics and Cycles
Chapter 2: Interactions in Ecosystems
Chapter 3: Earth's Oceans
Chapter 4: Weather Changes
Unit D: Earth Science-Cycles in Earth and Space
Chapter 1: Movement of Earth's Crust
Chapter 2: Rocks and the Rock Cycle
Chapter 3: Cycles in the Solar System
Chapter 4: Exploring the Universe
Unit E: Physical Science-Matter and Energy
Chapter 1: Atoms, Elements, and Compounds
Chapter 2: Matter--Properties and Changes
Chapter 3: Energy
Chapter 4: Sound and Light
Unit F: Physical Science-Forces and Machines
Chapter 1: Forces and Motion
Chapter 2: Machines and Work