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Typical Course of Study

6th Grade Science

By Beverly Hernandez, About.com

Annotated links for the typical course of study for to help you cover each topic and check mastery of that skill. This is a work in progress that I assume will take a while to complete. I will be adding links and pages periodically.
  • Classification of living things
  • Ecosystems
  • Ecology and the environment
  • Microbes
  • Algae and fungi
  • Human body
  • Food for growth and energy
  • Climate and weather
  • Recycling of resources
  • Elementary geology
  • Oceans
  • Electric and magnetic interactions
  • Electricity and its uses
  • Sound, light, and heat
  • Nuclear energy and radioactivity
  • Solar and geothermal energy
  • Conservation
  • Elements and compounds
  • Universe
  • Simple astronomy
  • Space and space travel
  • Scientific theory
  • Inventions and discoveries
6th Grade Course of Study

Used by permission of World Book

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