Grade 6
Grade 6 Earth Science
10 units and 48 learning lessons. This is the outline a Grade 6 student works through in Earth Science — the lessons themselves are taught inside OHM School, adapted to how each child is doing.
About this outline: the listed lessons are part of the available learning path. A lesson appearing here does not mean its standards mapping or assessment evidence has completed educator review. See the evidence and review methodology.
Grade 6 Earth Science
OHM School · Grade 6
Earth Science
10 units · 48 lessons
It opens with Solar System and Astronomy and closes with Engineering Design.
All units
All units
Lessons
Unit 1 of 10
Solar System and Astronomy
8 lessons
Lessons
- 1The Earth-Sun-Moon System
- 2Phases of the Moon
- 3Solar and Lunar Eclipses
- 4Seasons and Earth's Tilt
- 5The Solar System's Structure
- 6Scale of the Solar System
- 7Gravity and Orbits
- 8Gravity and Galaxies
Unit 2 of 10
Earth Systems
4 lessons
Lessons
- 1The Four Earth Systems
- 2Earth's Layers
- 3Minerals and Rocks
- 4Energy Driving Earth's Systems
Unit 3 of 10
Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle
6 lessons
Lessons
- 1Evidence for Continental Drift
- 2Seafloor Spreading
- 3Plate Tectonics
- 4Plate Boundaries and Their Effects
- 5Mountains, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes
- 6The Rock Cycle Revisited
Unit 4 of 10
Weathering and Erosion
4 lessons
Lessons
- 1Weathering
- 2Erosion and Deposition
- 3Landforms Shaped Over Time
- 4Geologic Change at Different Scales
Unit 5 of 10
Earth's History
4 lessons
Lessons
- 1Relative Dating and Rock Layers
- 2Fossils as Clues to the Past
- 3The Geologic Time Scale
- 4Major Events in Earth's History
Unit 6 of 10
Water on Earth
3 lessons
Lessons
- 1The Water Cycle
- 2Groundwater and Surface Water
- 3Ocean Currents
Unit 7 of 10
Weather and Climate Systems
7 lessons
Lessons
- 1The Atmosphere and Air Pressure
- 2Air Masses and Fronts
- 3Predicting Weather with Data
- 4Severe Weather
- 5Global Winds
- 6Climate Zones
- 7What Shapes Regional Climate
Unit 8 of 10
Natural Resources and Hazards
4 lessons
Lessons
- 1Uneven Distribution of Resources
- 2Forecasting Natural Hazards
- 3Reducing Hazard Risks
- 4Population, Consumption, and Earth's Systems
Unit 9 of 10
Human Impact and Climate Change
4 lessons
Lessons
- 1Monitoring Human Impact
- 2Designing to Reduce Impact
- 3Evidence of Rising Temperatures
- 4Causes of Recent Climate Change
Unit 10 of 10
Engineering Design
4 lessons
Lessons
- 1Defining a Design Problem
- 2Evaluating Competing Designs
- 3Testing and Improving Designs
- 4Iterative Testing with Models
How it is taught
The whole subject, in the order a child meets it.
- What is covered10 units and 48 lessons, every one of them in the book above: this is the whole of Earth Science in Grade 6, not a sample.
- Taught in orderA lesson unlocks when the one before it is mastered, and review is scheduled from what the child has actually shown rather than on a fixed timetable.
- Kept currentThese titles are read from the live curriculum, so what is in this book is what a Grade 6 student would work through today.
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