6th Grade Science Guide

6.2: Matter & Energy 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 3

■ Abstract nouns (relationships, volume, mass, change) ■ Verbs (have, be, belong to) ■ If/then clauses (when the volume increases, heat energy . . . , etc.)

DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION

Skill Building

Students utilize a graphic organizer when learning about the different states of matter. The graphic organizer should have the name of the state of matter, a description, and a place to draw a picture to represent the molecules when in that state of matter. Students watch the video “The Substance that can Withstand 75 Nuclear Blasts.” The material in the video, Starlite, is a bit of a mystery, but scientists have since tried to replicate it using Baking Soda, Elmers Glue, & Cornstarch. Students could create Starlite and test it in a variety of ways. *Never allow students to utilize fre without the supervision of an adult.

Extension

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT CLUSTER

● 6.2.2 Formative Assessment ● 6.2.3 Formative Assessment

ELA CONNECTIONS ● Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a fowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table). MATH CONNECTIONS ● Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.