Grade 6 Science Oregon standards Standards

Physical Science

Life Science

Engineering, Technology, and the Application of Science

Earth & Space Science

Earth's Systems

Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.

Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.

Earth and Human Activity

Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

Ask clarifying questions based on evidence about the factors that have caused climate change over the past century

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.

Construct an explanation supported by evidence for how the body is composed of interacting systems consisting of cells, tissues, and organs working together to maintain homeostasis.

Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.

Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Develop and use models to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.

Energy

Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.

Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.

Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Engineering Design

Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.

Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.

Specialization, Trade, and Interdependence (E.ST)

Civics

Civic Engagement (C.CE)

Identify examples of attempts to limit the power and influence of government.

Democratic Principles (C.DP)

Research and assess the effectiveness of individual and collective attempts towards the repair of civic society with recognition, reconciliation, and restorative justice in response to genocide and other historical injustices.

Identity, Roles, & Responsibilities (C.IR)

Describe the rights and roles of citizens in civilizations and empires to 900 CE, with attention to the inclusion of historically underrepresented groups and individuals.

Describe the rights and roles of citizens in civilizations and empires after 600 CE, with attention to the inclusion of historically underrepresented groups and individuals.

Evaluate the effectiveness of different methods of resistance available in pluralistic democracies to combat misinformation, indifference, and discrimination.

Political Institutions (C.PI)

Compare and contrast early forms of governance in early civilizations and empires from the Paleolithic to 900 CE.

Compare and contrast early forms of governance in civilizations and empires after 600 CE, including the treatment of historically underrepresented groups and individuals.

Compare and contrast historical and modern forms of governance over time and on multiple continents.

Analyze the origins, purpose, and influence of diverse religions, philosophies, and legal systems on the development of modern governments and the concepts of individual, civil, and human rights, equality, equity, and justice over time and on multiple continents.

Examine the origins, purposes, and effects of constitutions, laws, treaties, and international agreements, including the treatment of historically underrepresented groups and individuals.

Economics

Earning, Saving, and Spending (E.ES)

Compare the education and training requirements for at least two student selected career choices.

Create and discuss budgeting that includes realistic and locally relevant living expenses and savings for various income levels.

Identify tools to help budget and save money to make a large purchase in one year, 5 -years, and 10-years.

Incentives, Choice, and Consumer Behavior (E.IC)

Explain how government interventions, such as incentives, taxes or tribute affect individual participation in the economy.

Evaluate alternative approaches or solutions to economic issues in terms of benefits and costs for traditionally underrepresented groups and individuals in early major Western and non-Western civilizations.

Micro and Macro Economics (E.MI)

Explain how supply and demand affect wages and prices of resources.

Analyze the role of consumers and producers in product markets.

Identify how the four factors of production combine to make goods and deliver services in capitalist economies.

Compare how different economic systems choose to allocate the production, distribution, and consumption of resources.

Compare specialization and trade in two or more civilizations or empires.

Analyze the effect on the costs of goods and services for trade or barter with the development of specialization in local economies.

Explain how growing interdependence and technological advances improve living standards within and across societies.

Geography

Geographic Reasoning (G.GR)

Construct and use maps and other representations, technologies, and spatial thinking to compare how physical geography, human, and environmental characteristics of a region influenced the movement of people, goods, and ideas among civilizations and empires.

Using physical and political maps, identify and distinguish countries, capitals, other cities, and important bodies of water to describe, place, region, and the absolute location and relative location of cultures and civilizations.

Human Environmental Interaction (G.HE)

Identify how physical environments influence and effect changes in population, technical advancements, culture, and approaches to resource use, stewardship, and sustainability from the Paleolithic to 900 CE.

Identify and describe examples of how conquest and colonialism affected traditionally underrepresented identities, cultures, and communities.

Human Interaction and Interconnection (G.HI)

Identify and describe how the physical geography and human characteristics of places influence cultural attributes such as politics, law, religion, diet, architecture, and the construction of race, ethnicity, and gender.

Identify and explain the consequences of cultural conflict, interaction, exchange, and/or fusion.

Migration and Movement (G.MM)

Explain how technological developments in transportation and communication affected interactions between human settlements, including the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.

History

Conflict and Cooperation (H.CC)

Use primary and secondary sources to identify and analyze the interactions and exchanges of cultures and civilizations from the Neolithic to 900 CE.

Use primary and secondary sources to identify and analyze the interactions and exchanges of cultures and civilizations after 600 CE.

Identify examples of historical and contemporary indigenous resilience and resistance to colonial exploration and settlement.

Cause and Effect (H.CE)

Identify and describe examples of how conquest and colonialism affected historically underrepresented identities, cultures, and communities.

Continuity and Change (H.CH)

Construct and interpret a timeline using words and abbreviations for identifying key periods in the development of human societies.

Explain the characteristics historians and social scientists have used to define complex societies or “civilizations.” Note- The characteristics remain a topic of debate for historians and archeologists and some societies do not include all listed characteristics.

Describe the key features and developments of independently formed civilizations and cultures between the Neolithic and 900 CE.

Communities and Pluralism (H.CP)

Compare and contrast the central tenets and cultural practices of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, and Islam.

Investigate the historical origins and modern manifestations of anti-Judaism. Note: Anti-Judaism refers to the bias, discrimination, and violence experienced by Jewish individuals and communities throughout history primarily rooted in religious identity. Antisemitism is the prejudice, discrimination, hostility, or violence directed toward Jewish people or communities and their religious, cultural, and ethnic identity.

Identify the motivations and methods governments and other institutions use to create, reinforce, or address injustice and divisions in society.

Use primary and secondary sources to identify archaeological evidence of the characteristics of Indigenous civilizations of the Americas and Caribbean basin from the Paleolithic to 1500.

Use primary and secondary sources to identify the important characteristics of civilizations and cultures in Western Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa from Paleolithic to 1500.

Use primary and secondary sources to identify the important characteristics of civilizations and cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Compare the origins and development of early world religions from the Neolithic to 1500 CE.

Identify the key components of creation or origin stories from various civilizations and cultures.