Academic Plan for Science Tutoring Program (Grade 6)

Life Systems
      Diversity of Living things
  • Formal classification systems based on structural characteristics
  • Difference between cold- and warm-blooded animals
  • Characteristics of vertebrates, and use these characteristics to classify vertebrates as mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish
  • Characteristics of invertebrates, and classify invertebrates into phyla
  • Characteristics of vertebrates and invertebrates
  • Characteristics of different kinds of arthropods
  • Description of microscopic living things to assist them with their observations
  • How micro-organisms meet their basic needs?
Matter and Materials
      Properties of air and characteristics of flight
  • Gravity does not depend on the presence of air. Comment
  • Gases expand to fill a space
  • Air expands when heated
  • Shape of a surface over which air flows affects the role of lift (Bernoulli’s principle) in overcoming gravity
  • Methods used to alter drag in flying devices
  • Importance of minimizing the mass of an object when designing devices to overcome the force of the earth’s gravity
  • Sources of propulsion for flying devices
  • Unbalanced forces are used to steer airplanes and spacecraft
Structures and Mechanisms
      Motion
  • Mechanical devices and systems produce a linear output from a rotary input
  • Classes of simple levers (e.g., wheelbarrow, tongs, seesaw)
  • Transmission of motion and force by linkages (systems of levers
  • Friction (e.g. rubbing hands together) transforms kinetic energy into heat energy
  • Reducing friction so that an object can be moved more easily
Earth and Space Systems
      Space
  • Physical characteristics of components of the solar system
  • Bodies in space that emit light and those that reflect light
  • Features of the moon’s surface
  • Cycles in nature and describe the changes within the cycles
  • How earth’s rotation causes the cycle of day and night, and how the earth’s revolution causes the cycle of the seasons?
  • Major constellations visible at night and describe the origins of their names
  • Effects of the relative motion and positions of the earth, moon, and sun
  • Safety procedures when observing the sun
 *All academic plans will be customized to accommodate the student’s individual needs.