SCIENCE REVIEW

GRADE 6- SCHOOL YEAR REVIEW

Air and Aerodynamics

a. Air takes up space, weighs and exerts pressure

b. Bernoulli’s Principle
c. How do living things and devices fly?
d. Four forces of flight
e. Adaptations- birds & insects
Flight

a. Know how different things fly & parts of the following

i. Hot air balloons
ii. Gliders
iii. Parachute
iv. Floaters
v. Kites
vi. Powered flyers- airplanes, helicopters, rockets,
b. Review vocabulary: wing, fuselage, vertical and horizontal stabilizers,
elevators, ailerons, and rudder.
c. Pitch/ Roll/ Yaw (Bank)

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Space Science

a. Movement of stars
b. Constellations
c. Seasonal changes
d. Phases of the moon
e. List the order of planets
f. Understand that Earth, the Sun and the Moon are part of a solar system that
occupies only a tiny part of the known universe.
g. Emitting & reflecting
h. Suns power
i. Shadows & Earths rotation- sundials
j. Rotation Vs Revolution

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Evidence and Investigation

a. Investigate evidence and link it to a possible source:

o classifying footprints, tire prints and soil samples from a variety of
locations
o analyzing the ink from different pens
o analyzing handwriting samples to identify the handwriting of a specific
person
o comparing samples of fabric
o classifying fingerprints collected from a variety of surfaces
o signs of deception
b. think about animal evidence and human evidence
c. Think of a crime scene- how you would investigate it. What to look for and
do with the evidence

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Trees and Forests

a) Why are trees and forests important?

i. Who lives among trees and forests
ii. Levels of the forest
iii. Role of trees in the nutrient cycle
iv. Parts of a tree
v. What’s a tree cookie?
b) Classify trees
i. Leaf shape
ii. Branch patterns
iii. Tree shape
c) Coniferous vs. deciduous
d) Growth patterns
e) What are the human uses of trees?
f) Producers, consumers & decomposers
g) Fungus, lichen, conks
h) Photosynthesis

Exam Dates:
June 15: Science Exam (9-10 am)
June 18: Math Exam (9-10:15 am)
June 19: Part B- Language Arts (reading component- 9-10am)
June 20: Social Studies Exam (9-10am)

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LANGUAGE ARTS REVIEW
GRADE 6- SCHOOL YEAR REVIEW

Reading comprehension

1. Figurative Language:
a. Metaphor/simile
b. Personification
c. Synecdoche
d. Onomatopoeia
e. Alliteration
f. Hyperbole
g. Idioms
h. Homonym
i. Homophones
j. Synonyms/Antonyms
k. Prefix/Suffix

2. Parts of Speech:
a. Verb
b. Noun
c. Adjective
d. Pronouns
e. Adverbs
f. Preposition
g. Conjunction

Exam Dates:
June 15: Science Exam (9-10 am)
June 18: Math Exam (9-10:15 am)
June 19: Part B- Language Arts (reading component- 9-10am)
June 20: Social Studies Exam (9-10am)