Grade 6 Worksheets

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• Explain how center of mass and center of pressure relate to static stability
• Describe how wing and tail design features can affect a vehicle’s tendency to return to steady attitude
• Use examples from gliders and payload changes to predict stability outcomes

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• Explain how historical communities used observed sky patterns to support seasonal planning, navigation, and cultural practices
• Identify key differences between cultural interpretations of celestial motion and modern scientific descriptions
• Use evidence from a passage to infer how solar and lunar cycles can guide predictions about seasons

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• Describe how the Sun, Earth, and Moon must align for solar and lunar eclipses
• Compare partial, total, and annular eclipses based on orbital geometry and alignment precision
• Explain why eclipses are relatively rare at a given location+ Show more

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• Describe how the Moon’s orbit around Earth leads to predictable changes in lunar phase and position in the night sky.
• Use Sun–Earth–Moon geometry to explain why the Moon appears to move through new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, and full phases.
• Interpret observations from different nights to identify patterns in the Moon’s phase and direction.

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• Explain how the relative positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon produce the sequence of lunar phases.
• Predict which lunar phase is likely when the Moon is positioned between Earth and the Sun or opposite Earth from the Sun.
• Describe the apparent change in Moon illumination over about one synodic month using a simple geometric model.

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• Describe how Earth’s tilt and orbit affect the apparent Sun position in the sky over the year
• Use a simple Earth–Sun geometry model to predict daylight length and seasonal changes
• Explain how models help forecast timing of events such as sunrise and sunset+ Show more

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• Explain how Labor Day connects to civic pride and gratitude for workers.
• Identify ways communities and cultures celebrate labor through traditions and events.
• Compare examples of respect and social responsibility shown through Labor Day activities.

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• Identify the key positions and movements of the Sun, Earth, and Moon
• Understand how the relative positions cause phases and eclipses
• Explain how gravitational interactions influence tides and celestial events

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• Explain how adaptations can change survival and reproduction in different environments
• Describe how populations can diverge and form new species through speciation
• Identify evidence of speciation using morphology, reproductive compatibility, and biogeography

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• Identify what makes a question clarifying rather than off-topic
• Use clarification strategies such as paraphrasing, defining terms, requesting evidence, and asking for steps in reasoning
• Answer follow-up questions that extend discussion by addressing missing logic or unclear details

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• Understand the roles of team members in scientific projects
• Recognize the importance of shared documentation standards
• Identify principles of constructive critique and peer review+ Show more

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• Identify a media message’s main claim and explain what it wants the audience to think or do
• Determine an intended audience by analyzing word choice, tone, and format in a message
• Use key details (facts, images, and wording) to infer the message’s overall purpose

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• Explain how photosynthesis provides carbon-based molecules for plant growth.
• Describe how different plant molecules (carbohydrates, proteins, fats) help build plant tissues.
• Connect biomass building to the need for a continuous supply of matter and energy.

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• Analyze how scientific data informs public health measures, environmental policies, and resource management.
• Evaluate societal changes resulting from scientific initiatives like water treatment, air quality monitoring, and vaccination campaigns.
• Interpret empirical indicators used to assess the effectiveness of societal interventions.+ Show more

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• Understand the difference between speed and velocity.
• Identify how direction affects velocity.
• Calculate average speed using distance and time.+ Show more

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• Explain how photosynthesis converts light energy into chemical energy stored in glucose and other molecules.
• Identify the inputs (carbon dioxide and water) and the byproduct (oxygen) of photosynthesis.
• Describe, at a basic level, how the light-dependent reactions form ATP and NADPH and how the Calvin cycle uses them to build sugars.

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• Understand the concept of a food web and how it differs from individual food chains.
• Identify different organisms that are part of a food web.
• Recognize the interconnected feeding relationships in a community.

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• Identify how an oral presentation uses an introduction, body, and conclusion to guide an audience.
• Use topic sentences, smooth transitions, and signposted relationships between ideas to maintain coherence.
• Select relevant details that match a talk’s purpose (inform/explain) and remove unrelated information.+ Show more

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• Explain how optimizing multiple design goals can create tradeoffs between performance and safety in engineering systems
• Use Pareto trade-off thinking to compare configurations and justify choosing a viable design envelope
• Describe how constraints (like structure and materials) affect outcomes such as aspect ratio and stability buffers

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• Identify how precise verbs and qualifiers (like likely, may, always) change the certainty of a claim.
• Use comparative terms (like greater, less, similar) to interpret relationships and avoid misreading conclusions.
• Revise sentences by replacing vague language with more precise language to support accurate understanding.

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• Identify how point of view shapes what a reader knows and feels in a story.
• Explain how flashbacks and dialogue develop character, plot, and theme.
• Analyze how different narrative techniques work together to create meaning.

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• Apply correct modifier placement to improve clarity and meaning.
• Maintain consistent verb tense in paragraphs and revise for errors.
• Use correct subject-verb agreement in sentences, especially with tricky subjects.

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• Understand the process of recrystallization and its purpose in purifying solids.
• Learn how temperature changes affect solubility and crystal formation.
• Recognize the importance of controlled cooling in producing pure crystals.+ Show more

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• Understand the basic structure of the atmosphere and how it influences weather patterns.
• Identify how air-mass interactions and fronts affect regional climates.
• Explain the role of pressure systems, wind patterns, and heat transfer in weather formation.+ Show more

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• Explain how different species roles (producer, consumer, decomposer, and mutualist) support ecosystem functions.
• Describe how keystone and indicator species can strongly affect ecosystem stability.
• Use examples from Alberta to connect biodiversity roles to pollination, nutrient cycling, and food webs.

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• Use paragraphing and transitions to keep ideas clear and in logical order.
• Identify how writers maintain consistent tense, perspective, and terminology to reduce confusion.
• Revise sentences so they connect smoothly and support the main purpose.

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• Identify the main idea of a section and choose the most relevant supporting details.
• Write a concise summary that preserves the author’s purpose without copying sentences.
• Organize a summary in the same logical order as the text by linking claims and evidence.

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• Explain how synthesis combines evidence from multiple parts of a text to form one unified interpretation.
• Identify and select evidence that overlaps in purpose, theme, or cause-and-effect relationships.
• Write a short synthesized response that connects details and states a clear concluding claim.

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• Identify how paragraphs and sentences contribute to a text’s overall structure (introduction, body, and conclusion).
• Explain how transitions and relationships (cause and effect, comparison, chronological order) improve coherence.
• Revise draft ideas by placing supporting details where they best support understanding.

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• Identify common prefixes and suffixes and explain how they change a word’s meaning.
• Use Greek and Latin roots to infer the meaning of unfamiliar academic and technical vocabulary.
• Apply affix knowledge to support correct spelling when adding endings to base words.

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• Identify different sources of errors in scientific data
• Distinguish between systematic and random errors
• Learn methods for estimating the effects of errors on data accuracy+ Show more

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• Identify key physical features of the eastern Mediterranean (mountains, rivers, deserts, and fertile plains) and explain how they affect settlement patterns.
• Describe how fertile coastal plains and trade routes encouraged farming, towns, and interaction among neighboring civilizations.
• Use geographic evidence to explain why strategic locations mattered to ancient Israelite communities.

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• Identify metaphors in a given passage.
• Interpret the meaning of metaphors within context.
• Differentiate between literal and figurative language.+ Show more

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• Understand how matter cycles through living and non-living components of ecosystems.
• Identify the roles of plants, consumers, and waste in matter redistribution.
• Explain the concept of reservoirs and flows in matter cycles.+ Show more

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• Define mass and volume and describe how they are measured for solids and liquids
• Use the density formula (density = mass ÷ volume) to calculate density from whole-number data
• Interpret density values to explain whether objects sink or float based on buoyancy+ Show more

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• Identify the roles of ammeters and voltmeters in electrical circuits.
• Understand measurement units: amperes and volts.
• Comprehend how instruments are connected in series and parallel circuits.+ Show more

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• Understand the different types of robotic space missions and their purposes
• Describe the engineering challenges faced in designing robotic probes
• Identify key mission archetypes such as flyby, orbiter, lander, and sample-return+ Show more

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• Identify primary and secondary control surfaces and describe what they do (roll, pitch, yaw).
• Explain how deflecting a control surface changes local lift and the resulting moment about an aircraft’s center of mass.
• Describe control authority and how trim and flap deployment affect stability and performance.+ Show more

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• Explain how purpose, audience, and format work together to shape a simple media product
• Identify supporting details that improve coherence in a media message
• Use ethical guidelines to avoid distortion and misrepresentation in media content

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• Understand how to organize data into tables and charts for clearer interpretation.
• Apply basic calculations to interpret data displays and draw conclusions.
• Develop problem-solving skills related to data organization in real-world contexts.+ Show more

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• Explain how a central idea and supporting details shape a purposeful media message for an intended audience.
• Identify how media techniques (visual composition, text emphasis, audio tone, and pacing) reinforce meaning and maintain coherence.
• Apply ethical media practices, including accurate attribution and avoiding misleading edits, when creating and sharing media.

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• Explain how to contribute to a conversation by building on others’ ideas instead of replacing them.
• Use sentence-level language that connects ideas to earlier points, adds reasons or details, and signals relationships between viewpoints.
• Practice productive discussion strategies such as respectful disagreement, constructive rephrasing, and clear transitions.

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• Explain how energy transfer between trophic levels is limited by inefficient transfer and energy loss as heat.
• Describe why fewer top predators can be supported in food webs compared with primary consumers.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to predict how removing a key food source can affect multiple trophic levels.

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• Describe the purpose and significance of World Teachers’ Day.
• Identify qualities of effective teachers and explain how teachers support learning.
• Use information from a reading passage to answer questions about educators and communities.

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• Explain how the Nile River’s seasonal flooding created fertile farmland for ancient Egypt.
• Describe how geography supported agriculture, settlement growth, and irrigation practices.
• Analyze how natural boundaries and the Nile River influenced political unity and stability in ancient Egypt.

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• Explain how contact between societies can lead to cultural exchange, adaptation, and conflict.
• Identify examples of intercultural exchange through trade, exploration, migration, and colonization.
• Describe how cultural traits, beliefs, and practices can change over time after contact.

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• Understand how to use commas to separate items in a list.
• Identify comma placement after introductory clauses.
• Recognize nonessential information set off by commas.+ Show more

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• Identify key characteristics of respectful and healthy relationships, including trust, honesty, communication, and mutual support
• Evaluate different relationships by recognizing boundaries, practicing empathy, and respecting diversity
• Recognize warning signs of unhealthy relationships, such as manipulation, disrespect, and lack of consent