6th Grade Science Guide

6th Grade Climate Action Kit Lesson Alignment Scope & Sequence CSD Unit Forward Education Lesson/Project Utah SEEd Standard Alignment Why It Fits Unit 3 Sun-Tracking Solar Panel Students model solar energy transfer and optimize systems

6.2 Energy Transfer & Engineering Design

Unit 3

Harnessing the Sun’s Energy with Solar Panels Wind Energy in Action

6.2.2 / 6.2.3

Renewable energy and energy transformation

Unit 3

6.2 Energy Strand

Energy transfer, turbine design, renewable resources Human impacts on climate systems and mitigation Designing systems to reduce natural hazard impacts Sensors and warning systems tied to Earth systems Climate change and ocean interactions Evidence of climate change and Earth processes Water quality and engineering solutions

Unit 4

Eliminating Urban Heat Islands

6.3 Earth & Human Activity

Unit 4

Flood Protection 6.3.4 Engineering Solutions

Unit 4

Flood Alarms

6.3 Weather Hazards

Unit 4

Monitoring Sea Level Rise Glacier Tracking with Satellites

6.3 Earth Systems

Unit 4

6.3 Climate Systems 6.3 Human Impacts / Engineering 6.2 Energy Efficiency

Unit 4

Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) Smart Streetlights Sustainable Smart Home

Unit 3

Energy conservation and automated systems

Unit 3 & 4

6.2 & 6.3

Energy use, sensors, efficiency systems

Unit 4

Ocean Clean Up

6.3 Human

Pollution reduction and