6th Grade Earth Sciences Activities
Africa Geography Physical Geography and Landforms of Africa, Crossing The Sahara
By Geography & Math Made Easy
Are you looking for a fun and motivating lesson for students to learn the physical features and landforms of Africa? Providing students with this hands-on activity will get them excited and give them the drive and desire to learn. Students will dig in as you have them research physical features and landforms, then build a clay model of Africa.
This higher-level learning activity will require them to think about and compare the size, shape & distance of landforms as one would when examining a map projection. Each student will become a team player as they work cooperatively to reach their goal.
This lesson plan includes everything you need:
- Teacher instructions
- Student handouts
- Evaluations
- A grading rubric
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Rock Cycle & Stages of Rock Formation - Earth Science Labs & Reading Activities
By Curious Classroom Adventures
Are you looking to engage your students with a hands-on, interactive unit for Earth Science? This rock cycle unit includes everything you need to nurture and excitement for Earth Science and covers all your standards related to the cycle of rocks and rock formation.
You’ll love this 5-day unit because it is packed full of the resources you need for investigating the rock cycle. You’ll find detailed lesson plans, web-based investigations, a rock cycle simulation, a reading passage about the rock cylce, an interactive science notebook page, and a rock cycle game.
If you’re teaching in an inquiry-based classroom, you’ll be pleased to find this unit is structured to follow the inquiry cycle-tuning in, finding out, sorting out, going further, and drawing conclusions.
A peek inside the Rock Cylce unit
- video or reading response
- crayon rock simulation
- web-based interactive lesson
- rock cycle reading passage
- rock cycle interactive science notebook page
- ride the rock cycle game
Your students will love this hands-on classifying rock cycle unit from the rock cycle simulation to the web investigation. They’ll also be eager to show off their learning with the culminating rock cylcle game.
You’ll love how easy it is to plan and prep! Make a few copies gather a few supplies, and your rock cycle unit planning is done!
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Forms of Energy Adapted Notes and Review
By Sign with me TOD
In this product, different forms of energy are reviewed. Students will learn that energy exists in other forms, what energy is, how you can't always see energy, stored energy vs. energy in motion and examples for students to make connections with each, kinetic energy, examples of kinetic energy for students to make connections with it in real life, students will locate and circle the different kinds of kinetic energy, potential and kinetic energy and how it can go back and forth (picture explanations are also included to provide a visual), different forms of energy - electrical, light, sound, thermal, chemical, and mechanical energy are reviewed - their meanings and examples of each along with pictures so students can make connections with what they are learning in their personal life, what matter is and how it is in chemical energy, and energy transformation picture examples are provided. Students will then be required to write down the different types of energy that change to other kinds of energy when they are provided with picture examples. Students will also be required to draw picture and write down the forms of energy that were used to show energy transformation. At the end of the product, students can complete the review that includes short answer and multiple choice questions.
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Geography: "Shake, Rattle, and Roll": Plate Tectonics Task Cards (Earthquakes)
By Geography & Math Made Easy
Need a fun introduction activity or wrap-up activity to a plate tectonic lesson? Task cards are a great way to engage students in the learning process.
This set includes 24 task cards addressing the Pangaea Theory, moving boundaries, major U.S. faults, Mount St. Helen's eruption, Tsunamis, continental drift, layers of the earth and more.
Includes:
24 task cards
Instructions
Answers
Student answer sheet
Get you students moving around the room. They often learn better when they are moving, collaborating and having fun.
Rocks and Minerals Review Activities, Study Guide, & End of Unit Assessment Test
By Curious Classroom Adventures
Are you looking to engage your students with an interactive review for your Earth Science unit? This cooperative review and assessment for all things rocks and minerals includes everything you need to nurture an excitement for Earth Science and assess all your standards related to rocks, rock types, rock formation, and minerals.
You’ll love this 5-day review and assessment unit because it is packed full of the resources you need for review knowledge while keeping your students interacting and working cooperatively at the same time. You’ll find detailed lesson plans for creating a study guide, three interactive review activities, plus a final assessment.
Your students will love these interactive review activities for your rocks and minerals unit from working cooperatively to create a comprehensive study guide to the fun scoot activity. They’ll also be eager to show off their learning and mastery with the culminating assessment.
You’ll love how easy it is to plan and prep! Make a few copies gather a few supplies, and your end-of-unit planning is done!
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Plate Tectonics Research Project And Activities
By Science and STEAM Team
With this earth science lesson, students will research natural phenomena that cause the tectonic plates to move. There are multiple links provided so that students can easily research volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, sinkholes, and mountains. Students will make a poster, and name at least one impact this natural formation has on humans. A rubric is included.
*This lesson is part of the MS-3ESS-1 Unit.
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By Science and STEAM Team
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Types of Rocks Earth Science Unit - Igneous, Sedimentary & Metamorphic Rocks
By Curious Classroom Adventures
Are you looking to engage your students with a hands-on, interactive unit for Earth Science? This classifying types of rocks unit includes everything you need to nurture and excitement for Earth Science and covers all your standards related to classifying rocks as igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic rocks.
You’ll love this 5-day unit because it is packed full of the resources you need for classifying different types of rocks. You’ll find detailed lesson plans, interactive lab instructions, student lab reports, a reading passage about igneous, sedimentary & metamorphic rocks, an interactive science notebook page, and a rock-type game.
If you’re teaching in an inquiry-based classroom, you’ll be pleased to find this unit is structured to follow the inquiry cycle-tuning in, finding out, sorting out, going further, and drawing conclusions.
A peek inside the Classifying Rock Types unit
- rock properties lab
- detecting calcite lab
- modeling rock layers
- types of rocks reading passage
- types of rocks interactive science notebook page
- rock type logic line-up game
Your students will love this hands-on classifying rock types unit from the properties labs to the rock modeling activity. They’ll also be eager to show off their learning with the culminating logic game.
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Distinguishing Between Rocks and Minerals Earth Science Labs & Reading Passages
By Curious Classroom Adventures
Are you looking to engage your students with a hands-on, interactive unit for Earth Science? This distinguishing between rocks and minerals unit includes everything you need to nurture an excitement for Earth Science and covers all your standards related to distinguishing the difference between rocks and minerals.
You’ll love this 5-day unit because it is packed full of the resources you need for introducing the difference between rocks and minerals. You’ll find a detailed lesson plan, interactive lab instructions, a student lab report, a reading passage about rocks and minerals, an interactive science notebook page, and a rocks vs. minerals craft.
If you’re teaching in an inquiry-based classroom, you’ll be pleased to find this unit is structured to follow the inquiry cycle-tuning in, finding out, sorting out, going further, and drawing conclusions.
A Peek Inside the Distinguishing Between Rocks and Minerals Unit:
- create a classifying system to distinguish between rocks and minerals
- make mock rocks
- be a geologist for a day
- take apart rocks
- rocks vs. minerals reading passage
- rocks vs. minerals interactive science notebook page
- make a rock vs. mineral mobile
Your students will love the hands-on rocks vs. minerals science labs from making their own rocks to taking rocks apart. They’ll also be eager to show off their learning with the culminating rocks vs. minerals craft activity.
You’ll love how easy it is to plan and prep! Make a few copies gather a few supplies, and your rocks vs. minerals unit planning is done!
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Identifying Minerals - Earth Science Unit - Reading Passages, Labs, & Activities
By Curious Classroom Adventures
Are you looking to engage your students with a hands-on, interactive unit for Earth Science? This identifying minerals unit includes everything you need to nurture and excitement for Earth Science and covers all your standards related to identifying minerals.
You’ll love this 5-day unit because it is packed full of the resources you need for teaching students to identify minerals. You’ll find detailed lesson plans, interactive lab instructions, a student lab report, a reading passage about rocks and minerals, an interactive science notebook page, and games with minerals.
If you’re teaching in an inquiry-based classroom, you’ll be pleased to find this unit is structured to follow the inquiry cycle-tuning in, finding out, sorting out, going further, and drawing conclusions.
A Peek Inside the Identifying Minerals earth science unit:
- describing minerals and properties
- scratch test lab
- guess my rule
- gemstone bar graph
- all about minerals reading passage
- all about minerals interactive science notebook page
- make mineral trading cards
Your students will love this hands-on identifying minerals unit from the identification lab to the graphing. They’ll also be eager to show off their learning with the culminating mineral trading card activity.
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Ecosystems Adapted Notes and Review
By Sign with me TOD
This product includes vocabulary, notes, and review for students that are learning about ecosystems.
Vocabulary words that are emphasized in this packet include: community, ecosystems, population, estuaries, living things compared to nonliving things in a community and how nonliving things help living things in a community, small fish, kinds of ecosystems, organisms, water supply, and the Florida Everglades.
These notes can also be used as adapted notes for students who need more support. This packet includes notes with short answer questions based on what was reviewed in the notes and fill in the blank questions with a key. Students will learn what ecosystems are what how they are made up of both living and nonliving things, examples of nonliving things and how they help living things, examples of different ecosystems - students can determine what is in each given ecosystem by looking at the pictures provided, students will learn about the Florida Everglades, estuaries and why birds build nests near estuaries, what makes up a community in an ecosystem and why communities are important in an ecosystem, students will review different ecosystems and why specific animals would not survive in or want to live in that ecosystem, brief review of a population - its meaning and students will examine a chart that looks at the biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, and individual. Students will learn about water concerns in the Florida Everglades, why the smallest fish in an ecosystem are most important, and students will look at a food chain chart and answer questions regarding the chart.
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Air Masses and Changing Weather NGSS MS-ESS2-5
By Science and STEAM Team
- Do you need to teach your students about air masses and changing weather?
- This resource has four lessons. Included are a standards poster, photos, and posters for stimulating discussion, two reading passages, an experiment, links to videos, and 10 essential vocabulary cards.
Lesson 1: What are Air Masses and Fronts?
Lesson 2: Observing Masses and Fronts
Lesson 3: Air Pressure and Wind
Lesson 4: Assessment: Play Ball!
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Energy/Electricity Consumption & Production Graph Analysis Activities Grade 6-8
By Mark Holmes
Energy Production and Consumption Analysis: China, Macau, Hong Kong, and Canada
This comprehensive set of worksheets is designed for Grade 6 students to analyze and compare energy production and consumption patterns across different regions, focusing on China, Macau, Hong Kong, and Canada. The package includes three engaging activities & address outcomes related to energy resources and climate change.
What's Included:
- Analyzing Energy Consumption across China, Macau & Hong Kong
- Analyzing China's Electricity Production
- Analyzing Canada's Electricity Production
Key Features:
- Encourages critical thinking and data analysis skills
- Promotes understanding of global energy trends and environmental issues
- Develops comparison and contrast abilities
- Introduces concepts of renewable and non-renewable energy sources
- Includes mini-dictionaries and translators to support vocabulary development
- Integrates cross-cultural perspectives on energy production and consumption
These activities support students in:
- Identifying trends in electricity consumption and production
- Comparing seasonal patterns and regional differences
- Analyzing the impact of various factors on energy use and production
- Exploring the relationship between energy policies and production trends
- Discussing potential solutions for energy conservation
Perfect for:
- Units on energy and environmental issues
- Supplementary materials for science and social studies classes
- Cross-curricular projects combining data analysis and environmental studies
- Developing research and critical thinking skills
By engaging with these worksheets, students will gain a deeper understanding of global energy issues, develop their analytical skills, and be better prepared to discuss and propose solutions for sustainable energy use in the future.
Salmon Life Cycle, First Nations Culture - Indigenous Education
By West Coast Indigenous Teacher
This 7 page salmon lesson includes the salmon life cycle, ocean conservation and salmon in First Nations culture. Salmon life cycle diagram and activity included. 3 salmon activities within this salmon life cycle and salmon lesson.
Page 1: Lesson plan
Page 2: The Deep Connection to Salmon (handout)
Page 3: The Importance of Salmon (handout)
Page 4: Traditional Fishing Techniques (handout)
Page 5: The Arrival of the Europeans, Salmon Today (handout)
Page 6: Indigenous Conservation, Salmon Interconnectedness (handout)
Page 7: Salmon Life Cycle (handout)
Page 8: Salmon Life Cycle diagram (handout)
Page 9: Salmon Life Cycle (activity)
Page 10: Salmon Crossword Puzzle
Page 11: Salmon Crossword Puzzle - answer key)
Page 12: Salmon Creative Writing activity
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Solar System Adapted Notes and Review
By Sign with me TOD
This product includes vocabulary, notes, and review for students that are learning about the Solar System.
This product on the Solar System covers the following: energy from the sun and how it is received, how the sun warms up the land and water, how plants use energy to make food, how the uneven heating of the Earth causes wind, the water cycle and how the sun, water evaporating, water vapor, and rain make up the water cycle, photosynthesis, how plants store energy, how stored energy is passed onto animals, the Sun is a star, how the Sun makes its own light, what planets are, the path that Earth takes to travel around the Sun is called an orbit, where the Sun is located in the Solar System, students will be provided with a mnemonic device to help remember the names of the planets, the Sun, Moon and Earth - their diameter, mass, and information about the surface, inner planets - Earth, Mercury, Venus, and Mars and how they are similar and different from one another, outer planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - their diameter, mass, rings and moons, and how they are called the gas giants, dwarf planet - Pluto and facts about Pluto, when it was discovered and became the 9th planet and when it was reclassified, a fact chart about each of the 8 planets are included and information regarding each of the 5 categories are reviewed about each planet - composition of atmosphere, average temperature, how many pounds a 65lb. person would weight on each planet, how many Earth days each planet speeds around the Sun, and an interesting fact about each planet, and students will use a key to label the planets that were learned.
Throughout the product, students will answer comprehension questions, fill in the blank questions when provided with a key, review of the 8 planets where students will fill in the blanks using the notes that are included in this product, multiple choice questions, and will label diagrams to ensure comprehension as they are learning about the Solar System.
At the end of this product, students will choose a planet to research and will answer questions included in the product such as if the planet is hot or cold, when the planet was discovered, what color the planet is, the composition of the atmosphere, the average temperature, interesting facts that were learned, etc.
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Indigenous Hunting and Fishing Traditions in Canada - Indigenous Education
By West Coast Indigenous Teacher
Discover Canada's Indigenous hunting and fishing traditions with this social studies resource. Learn about 10 animals and their habitats and how they were hunted for and fished for. Students will gain insight into ecology and Indigenous culture.
Page 1-2: Lesson Plan
Page 3: Indigenous Hunting and Fishing handout
Page 4: Importance of Hunting and Fishing to Indigenous peoples
Page 5-9: Animal cards (caribou, bison, moose, seal, salmon, trout, beaver, duck, rabbit, ptarmigan)
Page 10: Mapping activity
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Sexual and Asexual Reproduction Adapted Notes, Review, and Project Template
By Sign with me TOD
In this product, students will learn how traits are passed through sexual and asexual reproduction, notes are adapted to meet students individual learning needs, review questions are asked throughout the product, and an adaptation project template is included in this product.
The following vocabulary words: asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, dominate, hybrid, recessive, selective breeding, adaptation, inbreeding, regeneration, adaptations – camouflage, warning coloration, and mimicry.
Students will learn about how traits are passed through the adapted notes, review, and adaptations project template that are included in this product. Students will also learn the following, what asexual reproduction is, examples of organisms that are produced asexually, a review of what binary fission and budding are, what happens in these two processes, and how it is the simplest type of asexual reproduction. Students will learn there some organisms use asexual reproduction part of the time. Organisms such as fungi, plants, and yeast can go between asexual and sexual reproduction. Students will learn how these organisms go between both asexual and sexual reproduction. Students will learn about regeneration and are provided with examples on how this process works, sexual reproduction in organisms – plants and animals, students will learn about the male and female parts of a flowering plant and how what the process of sexual reproduction is in a plant, dominant and recessive genes are reviewed, and students will be provided with examples when looking at different colored flowers and how and why the offspring would be a specific color, when reviewing sexual reproduction in flowers, students will also learn that a fertilized egg contains DNA from both parents, selective breeding, hybrid, and inbreeding are reviewed and examples are provided to ensure comprehension. Adaptations will be covered in this lesson as well and will cover – camouflage, warning coloration, and mimicry.
At the end of the product there is a how traits are passed review that includes fill in the blank questions with the use of a key based on previously learned vocabulary covered in the product, diagrams that students will be required to draw based on pictures or diagrams that were presented in the product, and short answer comprehension questions.
In this product, students will have the opportunity to answer comprehension questions, complete drawings based on a diagram or picture provided, and answer fill in the blank questions using a key based on previously learned vocabulary words. Students can complete these questions independently, in a group, or with help.
Students are provided with an Adaptations Product template as well. Students will choose one adaptation that was learned about: camouflage, warning coloration, and mimicry, and will use the internet/Google to search for an animal that uses one of these adaptations to survive. Students will answer short answer questions, circle pictures, and draw a picture of their animal.
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Survival Journal - 6th Grade Science End of Year Project
By Danielle Mortimore
Looking for a end of the year self-paced lesson for students to work on during those weird schedule days after testing? This lesson uses critical and creative thinking to create a story about surviving on a deserted island using what they have learned in science! It includes....
- All directions for students and teachers
- Google slides to go through with students
- Chance cards to print out
- Pacing guide
- Teacher and student tips
- Student packet with all the information they need
- Rubric for student AND teacher
This project is great for the end of the year. That weird time between end of course tests and the school year end is challenging. The project is mostly self-paced and great for those days that you only see some classes throughout the day.
Minimum materials are needed!
- 11x7 paper
- lined
- paper
- the packet
- yarn
Student will make a map, complete a packet, and write some journal entries on how they would survive if they were stranded on a deserted island.
Tennessee State Standards
- 6.PS3.1 - Analyze the properties and compare the sources of kinetic, elastic potential, gravitational potential, electric potential, chemical, and thermal energy.
- 6.LS2.4 - Using evidence from climate data, draw conclusions about the patterns of abiotic and biotic factors in different biomes, specifically the tundra, taiga, deciduous forest, desert, grasslands, rainforest, marine, and freshwater ecosystems
- 6.ESS2.5 - Analyze and interpret data from weather conditions, weather maps, satellites, and radar to predict probable local weather patterns and conditions.
- 6.ESS3.2 - Investigate and compare existing and developing technologies that will utilize renewable and alternative energy sources.
NGSS - Middle School
- 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-PS1-4: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
- MS-ESS2-5: Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
Climate Change in the Greater Bay Area - Middle School Science
By Mark Holmes
Dive into the fascinating world of climate change with Dr. Brownstorm's engaging unit on the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA)!
This comprehensive package is designed for Grade 6 students, with a focus on English Language Learners (ELL), making complex climate concepts accessible and fun.
What's Included:
- Detailed lesson plan with clear objectives and main ideas
- Colorful, informative PowerPoint presentation
- Student handout with questions (regular and ELL versions)
- Answer key for teachers
- Engaging analogies to explain complex concepts (e.g., the marble jar for return periods)
- Data analysis activities using real climate graphs
- Discussion prompts for class engagement
Key Features:
- ELL-friendly language and explanations
- Visual aids to support learning
- Interactive elements to keep students engaged
- Real-world data from the GBA region
- Connections to students' daily lives
This unit covers:
- Temperature changes in the GBA
- Rainfall patterns and extreme weather events
- Future climate predictions
- Impacts of climate change on communities
Perfect for:
- Science classes studying climate and weather
- Geography units on regional climate patterns
- Interdisciplinary studies linking science and social studies
- ESL/ELL classrooms focusing on scientific vocabulary
Aligned with Grade 6 curriculum standards, this unit will turn your students into climate detectives, exploring the mysteries of our changing planet!
Get ready to inspire the next generation of climate scientists with Dr. Brownstorm's exciting journey through the Greater Bay Area's changing climate!
Earth's Four Spheres: Atmosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, and Geosphere
By Science and STEAM Team
With these NGSS lessons, students will learn about all four of the Earth's spheres and how the spheres interact with each other.
This is part of our MS-ESS2--1 and 5-ESS2-2 & 5-ESS3-1 unit and our MS-ESS3 Bundle: Earth and Human Activity.
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