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6th Grade Science Essential Questions 2009-2010
1st Nine Weeks
EMBEDDED
1. What is the difference between a dependent and an independent variable? GLE
0607.Inq.1
2. How can I perform an experiment using the steps of the scientific method? GLE
0607.Inq.2
3. Can I change the data I have collected from an experiment into a table graph, or
diagram? GLE
0607.Inq.3
4. Can I determine a cause and effect conclusion at the end of an experiment? GLE
0607.Inq.4
5. How can I identify incorrect interpretation of data due to errors during the experiment?
GLE
0607.Inq.5
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
6. What is the difference between gravitational, elastic, and chemical potential energy?
GLE
0607.10.1
7. What is the relationship between potential and kinetic energy? GLE 0607.10.2
8. Can I recognize different types of energy transformations? GLE 0607.10.3
9. What is the Law of Conservation of Energy? GLE 0607.10.4
THE ATMOSPHERE
10. Can I identify events caused by heat convection? GLE 0607.8.1
11. How is the sun's energy and the wind connected? GLE 0607.8.2
12. How does the temperature affect the ocean's currents? GLE 0607.8.3
13. Can I use meteorological data to make predictions about the weather? GLE 0607.8.4
2nd Nine Weeks
EARTH AND SPECE SCIENCE
14. What are the major components of the universe? GLE 0607.6.1
15. How does the distance of objects in space from Earth affect how they appear? GLE
0607.2.2
16. How is the movement of the Earth, sun and moon related to days, lunar cycles, and
years? GLE
0607.6.3
17. Can I identify the different phases of the moon? GLE 0607.6.4
18. What affect does the Earth and moon have on the ocean's tide? GLE 0607.6.5
19. How do the positions of the Earth and sun cause the four seasons? GLE 0607.6.6
20. What is the difference between a solar and lunar eclipse? GLE 0607.6.7
FORCES IN NATURE
21. What is a simple circuit? How does electricity pass through a simple circuit to produce
heat, light,
and sound? GLE 0607.12.1
22. What materials conduct electricity? GLE 0607.12.2
3rd Nine Weeks
LIFE SCIENCE
23. Can I identify the producers, consumers, scabengers, and decomposers in a food
chain of food
web? GLE 0607.2.1
24. How are materials and energy transferred between organisms in an exosystem? GLE
0607.2.2
25. Can I identify the biotic and abiotic factors in the major biomes? GLE 0607.2.3
26. What types of environmental conditions occur in the major biomes and how do the
organisms
depend on one another? GLE 0607.2.4
ON GOING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR
27. How does technology respond to social, political, and economic needs? GLE
0607.T/E.1
28. How do we know that the engineering design process involves an ongoing series of
events? GLE
0607.T/E.2
29. What are ways to compare the intedded benefits with unintended consequences of
new
technology? GLE 0607.T/E.3
30. How can I describe and explanin adaptive and assistive bioengineered products?
GLE0607.T/E.4
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