Grade: 6th

08 Dec 2023

Maps and Topography

August-June

Maps come in all shapes and sizes and they are useful in many different ways. Students will explore how land surfaces are represented on different styles of flat and topographic maps as well as how different maps are used.

Ohio Science Standards:

  • 8.ESS.4 Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • SS Grade 7 – Maps and other geographic representations can be used to trace the development of human settlement over time.
  • SS Grade 8 – Modern and historical maps and other geographic tools are used to analyze how historic events are shaped by geography

Vocabulary:

topography, contours, scale, legend, symbol, degrees, orientation

Video Introduction: CLICK HERE for a video with a Greenacres educator

25 Feb 2022

Entertainment and Expression

August-June

Art and music have an important and long-lasting relationship with entertainment. Join us as we explore the many ways that art and music cross disciplines. This program places a strong emphasis on the art of sound and its role in the film industry. This program is easily adaptable to suit 6th, 7th, or 8th grade arts and core standards.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • VA.6.2PE Discover and articulate how the media forms of the day use art and images to communicate messages and meaning
  • MU.6.6CE Describe roles and skills musicians assume in various cultures and settings.
  • MU.6.4RE Describe ways that music relates to other art forms using appropriate terminology.

Ohio English Language Standards:

  • SL.6.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Vocabulary:

Foley Artist, improvise, entertainment, experiment, storyboard, film score

28 Feb 2021

Stream Geology

August-June

This program focuses on the power and force of running water as it shapes our dynamic Earth. Students will investigate the physical features of a stream, collect and analyze stream flow data, and discover how human activities have impacted stream ecosystems.

Ohio Science Standards:

  • ESS Grade 8: A combination of constructive and destructive geologic processes formed Earth’s surface.
  • ESS Grade 8: Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record.

NGSS Standards:

  • MS-ESS2-2. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales
  • MS-ESS2-4. Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
  • MS-ESS3-1. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes
  • MS-ESS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • SS Grade 8: Geography – Modern and historical maps and other geographic tools are used to analyze how historic events are shaped by geography.

Vocabulary:

erosion, deposition, rate of flow, water cycle, ordovician fossils

Video Introduction: CLICK HERE for a video with a Greenacres educator

28 Feb 2021

Hydrologic Cycle

August-June

Water is ever-moving, with no beginning or end.  Streams, oceans, clouds, plants and humans are all a part of this cycle. Students will describe the movement of water within the water cycle and look for evidence in and around Greenacres.

Ohio Science Standards:

  • ESS Grade 7: The hydrologic cycle illustrates the changing states of water as it moves through the lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere.

NGSS Standards:

  • MS.LS2.1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
  • MS.ESS2.4. Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

Vocabulary:

precipitation, condensation, evaporation, watershed, point and non-point pollution

Video Introduction: CLICK HERE for a video with a Greenacres educator

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