Grade 6 Worksheets

Learning Objectives

• Understand that variation in heritable traits affects survival and reproduction.
• Identify how environmental pressures influence trait frequencies in populations.
• Recognize real-world examples of natural selection, such as coloration changes and antibiotic resistance.

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• Understand how scientific investigation drives technological development.
• Identify tools and instruments used in scientific observation and measurement.
• Explain the reciprocal relationship between science and technology, including cause-and-effect.+ Show more

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• Explain how clouds form in the atmosphere.
• Identify the different types of precipitation.
• Describe the conditions that lead to various forms of precipitation.+ Show more

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• Explain how scientific investigations and technological development influence each other.
• Describe how instruments and data-collection tools extend observation and improve measurement.
• Use examples to show how better technology can change the scope of scientific questions.+ Show more

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• Explain how fossil occurrences in different rock layers (strata) show patterns of change over geologic time.
• Use relative dating ideas to describe how fossils can be ordered, and compare this with radiometric dating.
• Describe how fossil assemblages can change when environments shift, leading to persistence or disappearance of taxa.

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• Understand how scientific investigation and technological development influence each other.
• Identify tools and instruments that extend observation and measurement in science.
• Explain how technological improvements can shape scientific inquiries and models.+ Show more

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• Understand how microscopes are tools that extend observation into the tiny world.
• Recognize the reciprocal relationship between scientific investigation and technological development.
• Identify examples of instruments that aid in testing hypotheses and refining models.+ Show more

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• Analyze how fossil occurrences and stratigraphic sequences reveal patterns of origin, diversification, and extinction over geologic time.
• Explain how relative dating and radiometric dating help place fossils in a temporal sequence.
• Interpret how fossil morphology and geographic distribution support ideas about lineage continuity and turnover.

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• Differentiate between contact forces and noncontact forces, with examples involving gravity, friction, and normal force.
• Explain how balanced and unbalanced forces affect changes in motion (start/stop, speed up/slow down, and direction).
• Describe the idea of net force qualitatively using everyday situations without vector calculations.

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• Identify how authors use connections (cause/effect, problem/solution, concept-to-concept) to build understanding.
• Explain how signal words and text structure help readers follow relationships and contrasts.
• Distinguish between ideas by recognizing contrasts, categories, viewpoints, or stages in a process.

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• Understand how scientific instruments extend observation and measurement.
• Identify different tools used in scientific investigations.
• Recognize the relationship between technological advancements and scientific inquiry.+ Show more

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• Explain how streamlined shapes reduce aerodynamic resistance by improving airflow around an object
• Identify design features of streamlining (rounded noses, tapered tails, smooth surfaces) and link them to pressure and drag effects
• Apply streamlining ideas to everyday and engineered examples to predict effects on speed, stability, and energy use

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• Describe how electric forces act between charged objects and how magnetic forces act between magnets or currents
• Explain how force magnitude changes with distance and with the strength of the source (charge magnitude or current)
• Use qualitative field representations and data patterns to distinguish factors that strengthen or weaken electromagnetic interactions+ Show more

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• Identify how prefixes, suffixes, and root words contribute to a word’s meaning.
• Use context clues to choose the most precise vocabulary for a sentence or paragraph.
• Explain how word parts help readers decode unfamiliar words in grade-level texts.+ Show more

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• Match a claim or interpretation with evidence that directly supports it
• Choose quotations or precise paraphrases that clarify how a detail proves an idea
• Differentiate between strong, relevant evidence and interesting but irrelevant details

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• Understand the importance of tactical decision-making in game situations
• Analyze different game scenarios to identify strategic options
• Develop personalized improvement plans for complex movements+ Show more

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• Select details from a text that directly support a stated interpretation or claim.
• Explain how a specific quote or precise paraphrase proves an interpretation.
• Distinguish between evidence that is relevant versus evidence that is interesting but not necessary.

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• Identify what counts as strong evidence for a specific interpretation in literary and informational texts
• Match an interpretation to quotations or precise paraphrases that directly support the stated idea
• Explain how selected details prove a claim about theme, meaning, or author purpose

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

Learning Objectives

• Explain the reciprocal relationship between scientific investigation and technological development
• Describe how instruments and data-collection tools extend observation and measurement
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to connect improvements in technology with changes in scientific inquiry+ Show more

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• Identify how informational authors connect ideas (cause/effect, problem/solution, and comparisons across sections).
• Distinguish between viewpoints, categories, or stages using text structure and contrast signal words.
• Use signal words (because, therefore, however, in contrast, for example) to explain why relationships are stated.

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• Use word parts (prefixes, suffixes, and root words) to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words.
• Use context clues to confirm or adjust a word-part meaning guess.
• Select more precise vocabulary choices to improve descriptive and explanatory writing.

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• Explain how stratigraphic order supports relative dating of fossils
• Describe how fossil occurrences can show patterns of diversification and extinction over time
• Use evidence from fossil transitions and geographic distribution to support lineage continuity and turnover+ Show more

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• Explain how water vapor forms clouds through cooling and condensation
• Describe how precipitation forms when cloud droplets or ice crystals become heavy enough to fall
• Classify precipitation types based on temperature and conditions+ Show more

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• Explain how competition occurs when organisms need limited resources
• Describe direct and indirect competition and how each can affect survival
• Connect changes in resource availability to changes in population size+ Show more

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• Explain how authors create connections between ideas across informational text sections (cause/effect, problem/solution, and related concepts).
• Identify how authors make distinctions between categories, stages, and viewpoints using signal words and structure.
• Use textual clues (signal words and headings) to describe why relationships and contrasts are included.

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• Understand how scientific investigation and technological development are interconnected.
• Describe how tools like microscopes and sensors extend observation and measurement.
• Explain how technological advances influence scientific inquiry and vice versa.+ Show more

Learning Objectives

• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

Learning Objectives

• Explain how fossil occurrences and stratigraphic order support ideas about evolution, diversification, and extinction.
• Identify how relative dating and radiometric dating help establish the age order of rock layers.
• Use fossil assemblage comparisons to infer changes in biodiversity and environments.

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• Use common prefixes, suffixes, and root words to infer the meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary.
• Choose words that fit the context and communicate precise meaning in descriptive writing.
• Analyze how specific word choices clarify complex ideas in sentences and paragraphs.

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• Explain how scientific claims should be supported by relevant evidence
• Distinguish correlation from causation in data-based reasoning
• Use units, measurements, and observations consistently to strengthen explanations+ Show more

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• Understand the basic principles of streamlining and how it reduces air resistance.
• Identify key design features that improve aerodynamic flow like tapered tails and rounded noses.
• Explain how shape affects pressure distribution and energy consumption in flight.+ Show more

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• Understand how shape influences aerodynamic resistance and flow.
• Identify principles such as tapered tails, rounded noses, and surface smoothness in streamlining.
• Connect design features to practical examples like aircraft cowlings and farm equipment.+ Show more

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• Explain how friction affects motion between contacting surfaces
• Describe how surface texture changes the distance an object slides
• Connect friction and air resistance to the conversion of energy and slowing down of moving objects

Learning Objectives

• Understand how heritable traits influence survival and reproduction.
• Identify examples of natural selection in environmental contexts.
• Explain how trait frequencies change over generations due to selection pressures.+ Show more

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• Explain how streamlining reduces aerodynamic drag by shaping objects to support smooth airflow.
• Identify key design features of streamlined shapes (rounded nose, tapered tail, smooth surface).
• Describe how changes in shape can delay airflow separation and affect energy needs.+ Show more

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• Explain how conservation of matter is supported by counting atoms in a particle model of a reaction.
• Determine whether an equation or particle diagram is balanced by comparing atom counts on the reactant and product sides.
• Use particle-level reasoning to describe how atoms are rearranged into new combinations during chemical change.

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• Explain how friction opposes motion between two surfaces and affects sliding distance
• Describe how different surface textures change the amount of friction
• Connect friction and air resistance to real-world examples of slowing and heating+ Show more

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• Explain how precise word choice helps communicate meaning and tone.
• Identify how connotations change the impact of a sentence.
• Replace vague words with more specific vocabulary to improve writing and speaking.+ Show more

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• Understand the importance of relevant evidence in scientific explanations.
• Learn how to distinguish between observations, data, and assumptions.
• Develop skills to evaluate the strength of evidence in reasoning.+ Show more

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• Explain how clouds form when water vapor cools and condenses onto tiny particles in the atmosphere.
• Describe how precipitation forms when condensed droplets or ice crystals grow heavy enough to fall.
• Use temperature and moisture information to predict likely types of precipitation.

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• Understand how clouds form from water vapor
• Identify the process of condensation and precipitation
• Recognize factors influencing types of precipitation

Learning Objectives

• Explain how clouds form when water vapor cools and condenses
• Describe how precipitation forms and name different types of precipitation
• Use temperature, moisture, and atmospheric conditions to predict precipitation outcomes

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• Explain how streamlining shapes an object to reduce aerodynamic resistance.
• Identify features of streamlined designs that help delay airflow separation.
• Use evidence from a text to describe how shape changes affect pressure and energy needs.

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• Understand how clouds form through condensation of water vapor.
• Identify different types of precipitation and the conditions that cause them.
• Explain how cloud development provides evidence about atmospheric processes.+ Show more

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• Explain how clouds form from cooling water vapor and condensation on tiny particles
• Describe how precipitation forms when droplets or ice crystals become heavy enough to fall
• Compare precipitation types (rain, snow, sleet, hail) based on temperature and atmospheric conditions

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• Explain how heritable variation can change over generations through natural selection.
• Describe differential reproductive success and how it shifts trait frequencies in a population.
• Use evidence from real examples to connect environmental pressures with changes in traits.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the main idea of a text about streamlining
• Describe how shape changes affect airflow and pressure
• Explain how streamlined designs can reduce resistance and support stability