Unit 3a: Earth's Atmosphere, Heat Transfer, and Wind
S6E4a. Analyze and interpret data to compare and contrast the composition of Earth’s atmospheric layers (including the ozone layer) and greenhouse gases. (Clarification statement: Earth’s atmospheric layers include the S6E4b. Plan and carry out an investigation to demonstrate how energy from the sun transfers heat to air, land and water at different rates. (Clarification statement: Heat transfer should include the processes of conduction, convection, and radiation.) S6E4c. Develop a model demonstrating the interaction between unequal heating and the rotation of the Earth that causes local and global wind systems. |
Unit 0: Density
While there is no specific 6th Grade Georgia Standard for the concept of density, it is necessary that students understand this concept in order to understand future standards. |
Unit 1a: Weathering, Erosion, and Soil
S6E5d. Ask questions to identify types of weathering, agents of erosion and transportation, and environments of deposition. S6E5e. Develop a model to demonstrate how natural processes (weathering, erosion and deposition) and human activity change rocks and the surface of the Earth S6E5h. Plan and carry out an investigation to provide evidence that soil is composed of layers of weathered rocks and decomposed organic material |
Unit 1b: Rocks and Minerals
S6E5b. Plan and carry out an investigation of the characteristics of minerals and how minerals contribute to rock composition. S6E5c. Construct an explanation of how to classify rocks by their formation and how rocks change through geologic processes in the rock cycle. |
Unit 1c: Plate Tectonics
S6E5a. Ask questions to compare and contrast the Earth’s crust, mantle, inner and outer core, including temperature, density, thickness, and composition. S6E5f. Construct an explanation of how the movement of lithospheric plates, called plate tectonics, can cause major geologic events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. (Clarification statement: Include convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.) S6E5g. Construct an argument using maps and data collected to support a claim of how fossils show evidence of the changing surface and climate of the Earth. |