Sunshine State Standards -- Grade Level Expectations for Earth Science Grade 6

Processes that Shape the Earth

The student knows that mechanical and chemical activities shape and reshape the Earth's land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas, sometimes in seasonal layers.

1. understands that the surface of the Earth is constantly changing due to mechanical and chemical action.
• Runoff
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/3g.asp
  
• Continental Margins
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/4d.asp
  
• Lakes, Swamps, and Marshes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5a.asp
  
• Rivers and Streams
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5b.asp
  
• The Rock Cycle AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/7.asp
  
• Weathering and Soils
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/8.asp
  
• Weathering Processes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/8a.asp
  
• Surface Processes AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/9.asp
  

1. knows that sedimentary rock may contain fossils of plants, animals, and microbes.
• Sedimentary Rocks: Layered Storytellers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/7b.asp
  
• Geologic History AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/10.asp
  

2. knows ways the systems of Earth change over time and predicts the causes of the change.
• Earth Science: Part 1 PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/index.asp
  
• Earth Science: Part 2 PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/index.asp
  Students can use the content from the programs listed above to help achieve this standard.
  

1. knows that different events on the Earth change features on Earth (for example, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes).
• Runoff
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/3g.asp
  
• Continental Margins
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/4d.asp
  
• Ocean Basins
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/4e.asp
  
• Wild and Woolly Weather AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/10.asp
  
• Earth's Structure AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/1.asp
  
• Plate Tectonics AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/2.asp
  
• Earthquakes AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/3.asp
  
• Volcanoes: Part 1 AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/4.asp
  
• Volcanoes: Part 2 AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/5.asp
  

1. records seasonal changes of the landscape in a specific area over time.

2. knows ways that plants and animals reconstitute the soil and alter the landscape.

• Continental Margins
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/4d.asp
  
• Lakes, Swamps, and Marshes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5a.asp
  
• Soil Formation and Composition
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/8b.asp
  
• Soil Characteristics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/8c.asp
  

3. understands the processes that prevent or cause erosion.
• Runoff
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/3g.asp
  
• Continental Margins
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/4d.asp
  
• Rivers and Streams
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5b.asp
  
• Humans and Soil
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/8d.asp
  
• Surface Processes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/9.asp
  
• Rivers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/9c.asp
  
• Coastal Processes: Down by the Sea
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/9e.asp
  
• Winds and Deserts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/9f.asp
  

1. understands the range of time over which natural events occur (for example, lightning in seconds, mountains form over many years).
• Earth Within the Solar System AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1.asp
  
• Earth's Cycles: Rotation and Revolution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/2.asp
  
• Transpiration
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/3f.asp
  
• Runoff
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/3g.asp
  
• Atmospheric Structure and Composition AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/6.asp
  
• Solar Effects
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/9b.asp
  
• Thunderstorms
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/10a.asp
  
• Formation of the Earth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/1a.asp
  
• Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/2a.asp
  
• Earth's History: Pangaea to the Present
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/2b.asp
  
• Earthquakes AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/3.asp
  
• The Rock Cycle AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/7.asp
  
• Geologic History AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/10.asp
  

Standard 2: The student understands the need for protection of the natural systems on Earth. (SC.D.2.3)

The student understands that quality of life is relevant to personal experience.

1. knows that a change in the environment affects the quality of life in different ways for different organisms.
• Early Earth History
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/10d.asp
  
• Middle to Recent History
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/10e.asp
  

1. knows positive and negative consequences of human action on the Earth's systems (for example, farming, transportation, mining, manufacturing).
• Precipitation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/3d.asp
  
• Runoff
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/3g.asp
  
• Continental Margins
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/4d.asp
  
• Lakes, Swamps, and Marshes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5a.asp
  
• Rivers and Streams
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5b.asp
  
• Surface Water Systems and Society
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/5e.asp
  
• Troposphere: All Mixed Up
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/6b.asp
  
• Stratosphere: The Ozone Zone
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/6c.asp
  
• Climatic Change
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/7d.asp
  
• The Nitrogen Cycle
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/11a.asp
  
• The Carbon Cycle
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/11b.asp
  
• The Oxygen Cycle
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/11c.asp
  
• Our Role in Earth's Future AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear82/12.asp
  

Earth and Space

The student understands the vast size of our Solar System and the relationship of the planets and their satellites.

1. knows the relationship between tides on Earth and the positions of the Moon, the Sun, and Earth.
• Fly Me to the Moon
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1e.asp
  
• Tidal Force
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/2c.asp
  

2. knows the relative sizes of the planets, Sun, Solar System, galaxy, and universe.
• Earth Within the Solar System
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1.asp
  
• Evolution of the Solar-Centric Model
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1a.asp
  
• Earth's Location and its Effects
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1b.asp
  

3. understands the positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun during a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse.
• Here Comes the Sun
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1c.asp
  
• Earth's Cycles: Rotation and Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/2.asp
  

1. understands that our Sun is one of many stars in our galaxy.
• Earth Within the Solar System
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1.asp
  
• Here Comes the Sun
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ear81/1c.asp