1. Ms. Pecor’s 6 th Grade Course Organizer 2016-2017

2. Teacher: Period: The Course Organizer Student: Course Dates: What? Value? This Course: Course Progress Graph Course Questions: is about Course Standards: Ms. Pecor learning the scientific process, the layers of the atmosphere and earth, weather, oceans, landforms, the rock cycle and different types of rocks, and the theory of plate tectonics, and space, stars, and other heavenly bodies. How is the scientific method used in science today? How is scientific knowledge applied and how does it continually change as new information is encountered? How did earth form and change throughout time? How does the atmosphere protect us from harmful things in our solar system ? How have humans impacted this world? What are the after effects of our actions? How does the rock cycle work and how does it create new rocks? How does weather work? How does the water cycle relate to weather? What is the theory of plate tectonics and what effect does it have on our planet? How do the objects in our solar system interact with each other? Homework Class Work/ Participation Tests 10% 50% 40% How? Check/Grade Labs/Notes Quizzes FCA’s Grade Unit Test Scores 50% 100% 60% 90% 80% 70% Aug 2016-May 2017

3. Community Principles Learning Rituals Course Map This Course: includes Performance Options Student: Critical Concepts Learned in these 6 th Grade Units 6 th Grade Earth and Space Science The Nature of Science Astronomy Plate Tectonics Earth’s Structure and Change Over Time Atmosphere and Weather Stay on task Use equipment correctly Follow rules Participation Respect/Teamwork Safety Notes, Foldables, Graphic Organizers, Labs, FCA’s, Quizzes & Vocabulary T Charts. Graphic organizers Homework Labs Cooperative Groups Quiz/Test Projects Scientific Method and Experimental Design; Atmosphere; Weather; Earth’s Structure and Change Over time; Plate Tectonics; and Astronomy