West Virginia State Standards for Science: Grade 6

WV.SC.S.1. History and the Nature of Science: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the history of science and the evolvement of scientific knowledge; demonstrate an understanding of science as a human endeavor encompassing the contributions of diverse cultures and scientists; and demonstrate an understanding of the nature of science.

SC.6.1.1. Students will explain that scientists formulate and test their explanations of nature using observation and experiments. 14
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SC.6.1.2. Students will recognize that scientific knowledge is subject to modification as new scientific information challenges current theories. 14
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SC.6.1.3. Students will associate the careers and contributions of men and women of diverse cultures to the development of science. 32
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SC.6.1.4. Students will articulate the historical significance of scientific discoveries as influenced by technological demands, competition, controversy, world events, personalities and societal issues. 41
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WV.SC.S.2. Science as Inquiry: Students will demonstrate the abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry; demonstrate understanding about scientific inquiry; and demonstrate the ability to think and act as scientists by engaging in active inquiries, investigations and hands-on activities a minimum of 50 percent of the instructional time.

SC.6.2.1. Students will cooperate and collaborate to ask questions, find answers, solve problems, and conduct investigations to further an appreciation of scientific discovery. 14
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SC.6.2.2. Students will formulate conclusions through close observations, logical reasoning, objectivity, perseverance and integrity in data collection. 14
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SC.6.2.3. Students will apply skepticism, careful methods, logical reasoning and creativity in investigating the observable universe. 14
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SC.6.2.4. Students will use a variety of materials and scientific instruments to conduct explorations, investigations and experiments of the natural world (e.g., barometer, anemometer, microscope, computer). 14
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SC.6.2.5. Students will demonstrate safe techniques for handling, manipulating and caring for science materials, equipment, natural specimens and living organisms. 14
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SC.6.2.6. Students will utilize experimentation to demonstrate scientific processes and thinking skills (e.g., formulating questions, predicting, forming hypotheses, quantifying, identifying dependent and independent variables). 14
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SC.6.2.7. Students will construct and use charts, graphs and tables to organize, display, interpret, analyze and explain data. 14
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SC.6.2.8. Students will use inferential reasoning to make logical conclusions from collected data. 114
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WV.SC.S.3. Unifying Themes: Students will demonstrate an understanding of interdependent themes present in the natural and designed world (e.g., systems, order and organization; evidence, models and explanation; constancy, change, and measurement; equilibrium and evolution; form and function); demonstrate the ability to identify, construct, test, analyze and evaluate systems, models and changes; and demonstrate the ability to draw conclusions about and predict changes in natural and designed systems.

SC.6.3.1. Students will compare and contrast the relationship between the parts of a system to the whole system (e.g., take apart or build mechanical, electrical, or biological systems). 8
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SC.6.3.2. Students will construct a variety of useful models of an object, event, or process. 14
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SC.6.3.3. Students will compare and contrast changes that occur in an object or a system to its original state. 8
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SC.6.3.4. Students will identify the influence that a variation in scale will have on the way an object or system works (e.g., cooling rates of different-sized containers of water, strength of different-sized constructions from the same material, flight characteristics of different-sized model airplanes). 8
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WV.SC.S.4. Science Subject Matter-Concepts: Students will demonstrate knowledge, understanding and applications of scientific facts, concepts, principles, theories and models as delineated in the objectives; demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships among physics, chemistry, biology and the earth and space sciences; and apply knowledge, understanding and skills of science subject matter-concepts to daily life experiences.

SC.6.4.1. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the interconnections of biological, earth and space and physical science concepts. 36
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SC.6.4.2. Structure and Function in Living Systems: Students will describe the interactions of various cycles that provide energy through decomposition, photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration in the food web; nitrogen cycle. 18
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SC.6.4.3. Structure and Function in Living Systems: Students will classify living organisms according to their structure and functions. 15
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SC.6.4.4. Structure and Function in Living Systems: Students will compare the similarities of internal features of organisms, which can be used to infer relatedness. 15
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SC.6.4.5. Structure and Function in Living Systems: Students will explain how abiotic and biotic factors affect the interdependence among organisms. 22
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SC.6.4.6. Structure and Function in Living Systems: Students will construct models of plant and animal cells, which show the basic parts (e.g., cytoplasm, cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, chloroplasts). 12
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SC.6.4.7. Life Cycles of Organisms: Reproduction and Heredity: Students will compare growth patterns in different plants (e.g., mosses, ferns, perennials, biennials, woody plants, herbaceous plants). 4
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SC.6.4.8. Populations and Ecosystems: Students will demonstrate changes in populations of organisms due to limiting environmental factors (e.g., food supply, predators, disease, habitat). 15
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SC.6.4.9. Populations and Ecosystems: Students will analyze the ecological consequences of human interactions with the environment (e.g., renewable and non-renewable resources). 43
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SC.6.4.10. Structure and Properties of Matter: Students will classify and investigate properties and processes (changes) as either physical and chemical. 11
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SC.6.4.11. Structure and Properties of Matter: Students will investigate the composition of matter concluding that matter is composed of tiny particles and that the particles are the same for the same type of matter. 7
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SC.6.4.13. Structure and Properties of Matter: Students will use indicators to identify substances as acidic, basic or neutral. 1
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SC.6.4.14. Structure and Properties of Matter: Students will identify the symbols of elements. 40
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SC.6.4.15. Structure and Properties of Matter: Students will use the periodic table to identify elements as solids, liquids and gases, metals or nonmetals. 41
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SC.6.4.16. Structure and Properties of Matter: Students will describe properties of matter (e.g., inertia, specific heat, malleability, melting point, density). 1
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SC.6.4.17. Energy: Students will investigate the properties electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., wavelengths, frequencies, visible light); relate wave lengths and-or frequency to position on electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., colors, x-ray). 22
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SC.6.4.19. Energy: Students will explain absorption and reflection of light by different objects of various colors and textures (e.g., transparent, translucent, opaque, different colors). 5
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SC.6.4.20. Energy: Students will describe the flow of heat between objects (e.g., hot air rises, absorption and release of heat by metals). 7
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SC.6.4.21. Energy: Students will diagram simple parallel and series circuits (e.g., bulbs, battery, wires, switch). 7
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SC.6.4.22. Motion and Forces: Students will interpret the relationship of mass to gravitational force (e.g., larger the mass the larger the gravitational force, the closer the objects the stronger the force). 5
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SC.6.4.23. Motion and Forces: Students will examine simple machines and the forces involved; apply the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on motion of objects. 22
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SC.6.4.24. Motion and Forces: Students will explain motion in terms of frames of reference and analyze graphs depicting motion and predicted future motion. 5
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SC.6.4.25. Structure of the Earth System: Students will track major atmospheric events. 19
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SC.6.4.28. Earth and the Solar System: Students will recognize the phases of the Moon. 7
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SC.6.4.29. Earth and the Solar System: Students will investigate models of Earth-Moon-Sun relationships (e.g., gravity, time, tides). 7
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SC.6.4.30. Earth and the Solar System: Students will compare the Earth's tilt and revolution to the seasonal changes. 3
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WV.SC.S.5. Scientific Design and Application: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the interdependence between science and technology; demonstrate the ability to distinguish between natural and man-made objects; demonstrate abilities of technological design; and demonstrate the ability to utilize technology to gather data and communicate designs, results and conclusions.

WV.SC.S.6. Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Students will demonstrate the ability to evaluate personal and societal benefits when examining health, population, resource and environmental issues; demonstrate the ability to evaluate the impact of different points of view on health, population, resource and environmental practices; predict the long-term societal impact of specific health, population, resource and environmental practices; and demonstrate an understanding of public policy decisions as related to health, population, resource and environmental issues.

SC.6.6.2. Students will evaluate and critically analyze mass media reports of scientific developments and events. 29
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SC.6.6.4. Students will explore the connections between science, technology, society and career opportunities. 24
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