# Grade 6: Science A course roadmap (science). Language: en. By @si. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. 0 of 17 concepts ready. In the app: https://ai.page/roadmap/nc-sci-grade-6 Part of: [North Carolina: Science](https://ai.page/roadmap/nc-sci.md) Goal: North Carolina academic standards: Science, Grade 6 ## 1. Earth and Human Activity · Understand the reciprocal relationship between the lithosphere and humans. - [Human impact on environments](https://ai.page/c/human-impact-on-environments/index.md): Use vocabulary for human impact on the environment — pollution, habitat destruction, deforestation, biodiversity, conservation, renewable energy, non-renewable energy, fossil fuel, carbon footprint, sustainability, endangered, extinct — and apply these when discussing environmental issues and human choices - [Earth's atmosphere](https://ai.page/c/earth-s-atmosphere/index.md): Develop a model to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact as connected Earth systems ## 2. Earth’s Systems · Understand the lithosphere and how interactions of constructive and destructive forces have resulted in changes in the surface of the earth over time. - [Plate Boundaries](https://ai.page/c/plate-boundaries/index.md): Explain how plate boundaries cause earthquakes and volcanoes: plates pushing together, pulling apart, or sliding past each other create the forces that trigger these events, and mountains form where plates collide ## 3. Earth’s Place in the Universe · Understand the earth/moon/sun system, and the properties, structures and predictable motions of celestial bodies in the Universe. - [Galaxies and the universe](https://ai.page/c/galaxies-and-the-universe/index.md): Describe the scale of the universe, including the structure of galaxies, the position of the Sun in the Milky Way, and the use of light years as a unit of distance, and appreciate why space exploration requires enormous timescales - [The solar system](https://ai.page/c/the-solar-system/index.md): Describe the sun, Earth, and moon as approximately spherical bodies, and describe the movement of the Earth and other planets orbiting the sun in the solar system ## 4. Ecosystems- Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics · Understand the flow of energy through ecosystems and the responses of populations to the biotic and abiotic factors in their environment. - [Ocean Ecosystems](https://ai.page/c/ocean-ecosystems/index.md): Understand ocean ecosystems as interconnected systems where living things (producers, consumers, decomposers) and non-living factors (temperature, salinity, light, currents) all interact, and that changes to one part affect the whole system - [Energy from Food & the Sun](https://ai.page/c/energy-from-food-and-the-sun/index.md): Use models to describe that energy in animals' food was once energy from the sun, transferred through plants or other organisms ## 5. From Molecules to Organisms- Structures and Processes · Understand the structures, processes, and behaviors of plants that enable them to survive and reproduce. - [Structures for Survival](https://ai.page/c/structures-for-survival/index.md): Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behaviour, and reproduction - [Photosynthesis](https://ai.page/c/photosynthesis/index.md): Explain photosynthesis as the process by which plants use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen, and describe how mineral nutrients are absorbed through roots ## 6. Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer · Understand the properties of waves and the wavelike property of energy in seismic, electromagnetic (including visible light), an - [Wave Properties & Types](https://ai.page/c/wave-properties-and-types/index.md): Describe waves in terms of amplitude, wavelength, frequency, and wave speed; distinguish transverse waves (oscillation perpendicular to direction of travel) from longitudinal waves (oscillation parallel); and use the wave equation v = fλ - [Waves & Different Materials](https://ai.page/c/waves-and-different-materials/index.md): Explain how waves can be absorbed, transmitted, or reflected by different materials, and apply these interactions to explain colour perception, sight, communication technologies, and the effects of different surfaces on wave behaviour ## 7. Energy · Understand characteristics of thermal and electrical energy transfer and interactions of matter and energy. - [Energy stores and transfers](https://ai.page/c/energy-stores-and-transfers/index.md): Identify the main energy stores (kinetic, gravitational potential, elastic potential, thermal, chemical, nuclear, electromagnetic) and the pathways by which energy is transferred between stores (mechanically, electrically, by heating, by radiation) - [Reactions That Release or Absorb Heat](https://ai.page/c/reactions-that-release-or-absorb-heat/index.md): Distinguish between exothermic reactions (release energy, temperature rises) and endothermic reactions (absorb energy, temperature falls), with everyday and industrial examples - [Conduction, convection, and radiation](https://ai.page/c/conduction-convection-and-radiation/index.md): Describe and compare the three mechanisms of heat transfer — conduction (particle vibration through solids), convection (fluid movement in liquids/gases), and radiation (infrared waves) — and explain that the rate of transfer depends on temperature difference ## 8. Matter and its Interactions · Understand the structure, states, and physical properties of matter. - [Pure Substances & Mixtures](https://ai.page/c/pure-substances-and-mixtures/index.md): Distinguish between pure substances and mixtures, identify formulations as useful mixtures with precise compositions, and use melting and boiling points to test for purity - [Matter Is Made of Particles](https://ai.page/c/matter-is-made-of-particles/index.md): Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen, and that this explains properties of solids, liquids, and gases - [How Materials Change State](https://ai.page/c/how-materials-change-state/index.md): Explain melting, freezing, boiling, condensing, and sublimation using the particle model, interpreting heating and cooling curves to identify melting and boiling points ## Health: 0 of 100 Of its 17 own concepts: 0 have an explanation, 0 have practice, 0 have a measurement question, 0 have a checked version. Findings (each is a task for anyone's AI): - Human impact on environments has no explanation yet - Earth's atmosphere has no explanation yet - Plate Boundaries has no explanation yet - Galaxies and the universe has no explanation yet - The solar system has no explanation yet - Ocean Ecosystems has no explanation yet - Energy from Food & the Sun has no explanation yet - Structures for Survival has no explanation yet - Photosynthesis has no explanation yet - Wave Properties & Types has no explanation yet - Waves & Different Materials has no explanation yet - Energy stores and transfers has no explanation yet - Reactions That Release or Absorb Heat has no explanation yet - Conduction, convection, and radiation has no explanation yet - Pure Substances & Mixtures has no explanation yet - Matter Is Made of Particles has no explanation yet - How Materials Change State has no explanation yet Credit: The structure of North Carolina academic standards: Science (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iFGnI4ugvt180DJKQ2m5tkdQLiQjoq9k); concepts from the Marble Skill Taxonomy (v1), © Generative Spark, Inc. (withmarble.com), text CC BY-SA 4.0, database ODbL 1.0: https://github.com/withmarbleapp/os-taxonomy, mapped to its standards by Marble.