6th Grade Science Guide

6.3 Weather & Climate 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 4

greenhouse gasses lead to temperature increase.

Choice Activity: Climate Action Kits: Glacier Tracking with Satellites, Monitoring Sea Level Rise, Wildfire Detection

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ I can explain how the

●​ Choose a climate action kit activity to help students see how to mitigate a problem related to elevated greenhouse gasses like Glacier melting, sea levels rising, increases or increases in wildfires.

●​ Climate Action Kits ●​ Chromebooks ●​ Glacier Tracking with Satellites Lesson ●​ Monitoring Sea Level Rise Lesson ●​ Wildfire Detection Lesson

greenhouse effect works, and when it is elevated, it can impact the environment.

Multiple Choice Assessment: 6.3.4 Formative Assessment

Phenomena Assessment: Weather Patterns are Different Across the Country

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ I can use evidence from the unit to describe why there are different weather patterns occurring across the country. ●​ I can use terms like Jet

●​ Students write a CER to explain how weather is changed by warm and cold ocean temperatures that lead to fronts through the jet stream creating weather patterns.

●​ Google Slide Presentation ●​ CER resources

Stream, Cold Front, Warm Front, etc. to describe weather patterns.