6th Grade Science MS4(A) Assignments

6.L.5B.4 Plan and conduct controlled scientific investigations to determine how changes in
environmental factors (such as air, water, light, minerals, or space) affect the growth and
development of a flowering plant.

6.P.3B.1 Plan and conduct controlled scientific investigations to provide evidence for how the
design of simple machines (including levers, pulleys, inclined planes) helps transfer
mechanical energy by reducing the amount of force required to do work.

6.P.3B.2 Design and test solutions that improve the efficiency of a machine by reducing the input
energy (effort) or the amount of energy transferred to the surrounding environment as it
moves an object.

6.P.3A.5 I Can "Develop and use models to describe and compare the directional transfer of heat through convection, radiation, and conduction."

Read Links and Perform Lab
Measure Dimensions of Milk Crates using measuring tape or Meter Stick

Complete activity and take a picture.
I can
"6.P.3A.2 Develop and use models to exemplify the conservation of energy as it is transformed
from kinetic to potential (gravitational and elastic) and vice versa."
6.S.1A.1 Ask questions to (1) generate hypotheses for scientific investigations, (2) refine models,
explanations, or designs, or (3) extend the results of investigations or challenge claims.
6.S.1A.2 Develop, use, and refine models to (1) understand or represent phenomena, processes,
and relationships, (2) test devices or solutions, or (3) communicate ideas to others.
6.S.1A.3 Plan and conduct controlled scientific investigations to answer questions, test
hypotheses, and develop explanations: (1) formulate scientific questions and testable
hypotheses, (2) identify materials, procedures, and variables, (3) select and use
appropriate tools or instruments to collect qualitative and quantitative data, and
(4) record and represent data in an appropriate form. Use appropriate safety procedures.
6.S.1A.4 Analyze and interpret data from informational texts, observations, measurements, or
investigations using a range of methods (such as tabulation, graphing, or statistical
analysis) to (1) reveal patterns and construct meaning or (2) support hypotheses,
explanations, claims, or designs.

I can "describe how electricity is created"
6.P.3A.4 Develop and use models to exemplify how magnetic fields produced by electrical energy
flow in a circuit is interrelated in electromagnets, generators, and simple electrical
motors.

Complete lab and Answer Questions