6th Grade Science

In the Sciences VI, students continue to investigate the process of scientific inquiry through experimentation. Exploration is made into various forms of energy including nuclear, geothermal, and solar. This course offers a study of the characteristics of light and how forceaffects motion. Students explore the phases of the moon, the characteristics and properties of the sun, thelife cycle of stars, black holes, and quasars. Communicable and noncommunicable diseases are also reviewed.

The Sciences VI course includes other topics such as:

• discovering the differencebetween basic science and applied science

• exploring atoms and the periodic table

• explaining the cell theory and how living things grow and reproduce

• investigating extinctionand theories of planet change