Welcome to the Springdale School District 6th Grade Earth Science Page!  On this page you will find Activities, Web Links, Labs and Lesson Plans for 6th grade Earth Science.  This information is a cooperative effort from Science Teachers at J.O. Kelly Middle School, Helen Tyson Middle School and Hellstern Middle School in the Springdale School District located in Springdale, Arkansas.

ESS. 8.6.1  Identify and diagram the layers of the Earth:  crust, mantle, inner and outer core 

ESS 8.6.2  Model the layers of the Earth

ESS 8.6.3  Model how convection currents in themantle affect lithosphere movement

ESS 8.6.4  Conduct investigations to identify the variables within volcanoes that cause different types of eruptions

ESS 8.6.5  Diagram and explain how volcanoes work

ESS 8.6.6  Explain how volcanic activity relates to mountain formation

ESS 8.6.7   Connect short-term changes in climate with volcanic activity

ESS 8.6.8  Compare and contrast the differnt land forms caused by Earth's internal forces:  mountains, plateaus, trenches, islands

ESS 8.6.9  Research local, regional, and state landforms created  by internal forces in the earth:  Ozark Plateau, Crater of Diamonds, Ouachita Mountains, New Madrid Fault

ESS 8.6.10  Identify the effects of earthquakes on Earth's surface; tsunamis, floods, changes in natural and man-made structures

ESS 8.6.11  Investigate and map patterns of earthaquake and volcanic activity

ESS 8.6.12  Locate earthquake belts on Earth:  Mediterranean-Trans-asiatic, Circum-Pacific (Ring of Fire)

ESS 8.6.13  Analyze how earthquake occurrences are recorded (seismograph) and measured (Richter scale)

ESS 8.6.14  Model the effect of major geological events on land and ocean features:  mountain building, ocean trenches, island formation, mid-ocean ridges

ESS 8.6.15 Investigate careers, scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to itnernal forces that change the Earth

ESS 9.6.1  Research methods of determing geologic time:  fossil record, mountain building, rock sequencing

ESS 9.6.2  Model rock layer sequencing based on characteristics of fossils

ESS 9.6.3  Analyze evidence that supports the theory of plate tectonics:  matching coastlines, similar rock types, fossil record

ESS 10.6.1  Explain how planets seem to wander against the background of the stars

ESS 10.6.2  Compare the distance of the following:  frim the sun to Earth (light minutes), from the next nearest star to Earth (light years)

ESS 10.6.3  Describe how astronomers measure distance to stars

ESS 10.6.4  Calculate the rate at which we would have to travel to other stars and planets in our solar system using current technology

ESS 10.6.5  Explain the effect of the sun on comets

ESS 10.6.6  Compare and contrast comets, meteors, and asteroids by:  size, orbits, nucleus, mass

ESS 10.6.7  Model moon phases, demonstrating the position of Earth, moon and sun

ESS 10.6.8  Compare and contrast solar eclipse and lunar eclipse 

ESS 10.6.9  Investigate careers, scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to the sun and space travel

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