Grade 6
Earth Science
4 lessons · Lesson plan · Printables · Interactive Activity
Water in Earth's Systems
The Water Cycle: Driven by Sunlight and Gravity
Build and revise a multi-pathway model of water moving among ocean, land, living things, and atmosphere; distinguish solar-powered phase changes from gravity-driven flows.
50 min · ~12 min prep · 5 materials
Weather & Climate
Weather Forecasting: Air Masses, Pressure & Fronts
Collect and interpret weather data to explain how moving air masses and fronts change local conditions and support probabilistic forecasts.
55 min · ~10 min prep · 5 materials
Weather & Climate
Ocean Currents: How Oceans Shape Regional Climate
Use long-term coastal climate evidence and ocean-circulation models to explain how ocean currents can redistribute thermal energy—and why currents are not the sole cause of climate.
55 min · ~12 min prep · 5 materials
Dynamic Earth
Plate Tectonics: A Changing Earth
Use maps and models to connect plate motion with earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building, and pathways through the rock cycle.
55 min · ~10 min prep · 5 materials