Rhode Island State Standards for Science: Grade 6
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RI.ESS1. Earth and Space Science: The earth and earth materials as we know them today have developed over long periods of time, through continual change processes.
1a.
Identifying and describing the layers of the earth.
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1b.
Plotting location of volcanoes and earthquakes and explaining the relationship between the location of these phenomena and faults.
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Standard 1b.
2a.
Diagramming, labeling and explaining the processes of the water cycle including evaporation, precipitation, and run-off, condensation, transpiration, and groundwater.
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Standard 2a.
2b.
Explaining how condensation of water vapor forms clouds which affects climate and weather.
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Standard 2b.
2c.
Developing models to explain how humidity, temperature, and altitude affect air pressure and how this affects local weather.
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Standard 2c.
2d.
Identifying composition and layers of earth's atmosphere.
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Standard 2d.
3a.
Describing events and the effect they may have on climate (e.g. El Nino, deforestation, glacial melting, and an increase in greenhouse gases).
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Standard 3a.
4a.
Explaining how differential heating and convection affect Earth's weather patterns.
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Standard 4a.
4b.
Describing how differential heating of the oceans affects ocean currents which in turn influence weather and climate.
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Standard 4b.
4c.
Explaining the relationship between differential heating/convection and the production of winds.
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Standard 4c.
4d.
Analyzing global patterns of atmospheric movements to explain effects on weather.
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Standard 4d.
4e.
Predicting temperature and precipitation changes associated with the passing of various fronts.
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Standard 4e.
5a.
Representing the processes of the rock cycle in words, diagrams, or models.
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Standard 5a.
5b.
Citing evidence and developing a logical argument to explain the formation of a rock, given its characteristics and location. (e.g. classifying rock type using identification resources).
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Standard 5b.
RI.ESS2. Earth and Space Science: The earth is part of a solar system, made up of distinct parts that have temporal and spatial interrelationships.
6a.
Identifying and comparing the size, location, distances, and movement (e.g. orbit of planets, path of meteors) of the objects in our solar system.
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Standard 6a.
6b.
Comparing the composition, atmosphere, and surface features of objects in our solar system.
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Standard 6b.
8a.
Using models to describe the relative motion/position of the Earth, sun and moon.
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Standard 8a.
8b.
Explaining night/day, seasons, year, and tides as a result of the regular and predictable motion of the Earth, sun, and moon.
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Standard 8b.
8c.
Using a model of the Earth, sun and moon to recreate the phases of the moon.
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Standard 8c.
8d.
Defining the Earth's gravity as a force that pulls any object on or near the Earth toward its center without touching it.
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Standard 8d.
9a.
Describing the apparent motion/position of the objects in the sky. (e.g. constellations, planets).
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Standard 9a.
9b.
Identifying the sun as a medium-sized star located near the edge of a disk-shaped galaxy of stars.
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Standard 9b.
RI.LS1. Life Science: All living organisms have identifiable structures and characteristics that allow for survival (organisms, populations, & species).
1a.
Recognizing that organisms have different features and behaviors for meeting their needs to survive (e.g., fish have gills for respiration, mammals have lungs, bears hibernate).
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Standard 1a.
2a.
Describing structures or behaviors that help organisms survive in their environment (e.g., defense, obtaining nutrients, reproduction, and eliminating waste).
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Standard 2a.
3a.
Defining reproduction as a process through which organisms produce offspring.
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Standard 3a.
3b.
Describing reproduction in terms of being essential for the continuation of a species.
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Standard 3b.
3c.
Investigating and comparing a variety of plant and animal life cycles.
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Standard 3c.
4a.
Identifying cells as the building blocks of organisms.
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Standard 4a.
4b.
Recognizing and illustrating (e.g. flow chart) the structural organization of an organism from a cell to tissue to organs to organ systems to organisms.
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Standard 4b.
RI.LS2. Life Science: Matter cycles and energy flows through an ecosystem.
5a.
Identifying and defining an ecosystem and the variety of relationships within it (e.g., predator/prey, consumer/ producer/decomposer, host/parasite, catastrophic events).
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Standard 5a.
6a.
Identifying the sun as the major source of energy for life on earth and sequencing the energy flow in an ecosystem.
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Standard 6a.
6b.
Describing the basic processes and recognizing the substances involved in photosynthesis and respiration.
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Standard 6b.
7a.
Explaining the processes of precipitation, evaporation, condensation as parts of the water cycle.
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Standard 7a.
7b. Completing a basic food web for a given ecosystem.
RI.LS3. Life Science: Groups of organisms show evidence of change over time (structures, behaviors, and biochemistry).
8a.
Stating the value of, or reasons for, classification systems.
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Standard 8a.
8b.
Following a taxonomic key to identify a given organism (e.g. flowering and non-flowering plants).
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Standard 8b.
9a.
Explaining how a population's or species' traits affect their ability to survive over time.
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Standard 9a.
9b.
Researching or reporting on possible causes for the extinction of an animal or plant.
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Standard 9b.
9c.
Explaining how fossil evidence can be used to understand the history of life on Earth.
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Standard 9c.
RI.LS4. Life Science: Humans are similar to other species in many ways, and yet are unique among Earth's life forms.
10a.
Identifying the biotic factors (e.g., microbes, parasites, food availability, aging process) that have an effect on human body systems.
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Standard 10a.
10b.
Identifying the abiotic factors (e.g., drugs, altitude, weather, pollution) that have an effect on human body systems.
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Standard 10b.
10c.
Identifying the biotic (e.g., microbes, parasites, food availability, aging process) and abiotic (e.g., radiation, toxic materials, carcinogens) factors that cause disease and affect human health.
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Standard 10c.
11a.
Differentiating between inherited and acquired traits.
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Standard 11a.
11b.
Observing, recording and comparing differences in inherited traits (e.g. connected earlobe, tongue rolling).
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Standard 11b.
RI.PS1. Physical Science: All living and nonliving things are composed of matter having characteristic properties that distinguish one substance from another (independent of size or amount of substance).
1a.
Comparing the masses of objects of equal volume made of different substances.
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Standard 1a.
2a.
Recognizing that different substances have properties, which allow them to be identified regardless of the size of the sample.
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Standard 2a.
2b.
Classifying and comparing substances using characteristic properties (e.g., solid, liquid, gas).
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3a.
Explaining that regardless of how parts of an object are arranged, the mass of the whole is always the same as the sum of the masses of its parts.
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Standard 3a.
4a.
Differentiating among the characteristics of solids, liquids, and gases.
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Standard 4a.
4b.
Predicting the effects of heating and cooling on the physical state, volume and mass of a substance.
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Standard 4b.
5a.
Distinguishing between solutions, mixtures, and 'pure' substances, i.e. compounds and elements.
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Standard 5a.
RI.PS2. Physical Science: Energy is necessary for change to occur in matter. Energy can be stored, transferred, and transformed, but cannot be destroyed.
6a.
Differentiating among the properties of various forms of energy.
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Standard 6a.
6b.
Explaining how energy may be stored in various ways (e.g. batteries, springs, height in terms of potential energy).
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Standard 6b.
6c.
Describing sound as the transfer of energy through various materials (e.g. solids, liquids, gases).
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Standard 6c.
7a.
Identifying real world applications where heat energy is transferred and showing the direction that the heat energy flows.
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Standard 7a.
RI.PS3. Physical Science: The motion of an object is affected by forces.
8a.
Using data or graphs to compare the relative speed of objects.
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Standard 8a.
8b.
Recognizing that a force is a push or a pull.
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Standard 8b.
8c.
Explaining that changes in speed or direction of motion are caused by forces.
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Standard 8c.
8d.
Showing that electric currents and magnets can exert a force on each other.
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Standard 8d.
LAa.
Investigate how vibrations in materials (e.g. pebble in a pond, jump rope, slinky) set up wavelike disturbances that spread away from the source.
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Standard LAa.