Grade 6 Worksheets

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• Explain how energy can change forms while the total energy in a system remains conserved.
• Identify common energy transformations (potential ↔ kinetic, kinetic → thermal, electrical → light/thermal).
• Use observations of motion, temperature, and brightness to infer where energy went during a transformation.

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• Explain how behavioral adaptations help organisms survive in changing environments.
• Compare different behavioral strategies such as migration, hibernation, and daily timing.
• Describe how behaviors work alongside structural and physiological traits.

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• Describe how structural adaptations help organisms obtain food, move efficiently, and survive predators.
• Explain how physical features relate to an organism’s habitat and survival needs.
• Use evidence from examples (shells, webbed feet, roots, camouflage) to identify the function of a trait.

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• Explain how scientific knowledge improves through iterative refinement when new evidence becomes available.
• Differentiate scientific theories and laws and describe how evidence supports each.
• Identify how communication, peer evaluation, and reproducibility strengthen scientific claims.+ Show more

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• Explain what makes a prediction testable by connecting it to a model or explanation.
• Use evidence to judge whether observations support or challenge a prediction.
• Describe how scientists communicate criteria for evaluating results and measurement uncertainty.

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• Identify examples of continuity and change in community life (family roles, seasonal practices, and governance).
• Explain how environment, economy, and culture interact to keep some traditions stable over time.
• Analyze consequences of continuity and change for community identity and historical perspective.

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• Explain how documentary archival records (censuses, maps, letters, and municipal minutes) help historians reconstruct community history
• Identify ways biases and omissions in records can shape interpretations of the past
• Compare continuity and change across successive versions of archival records+ Show more

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• Compare how geography and economy shape community life in different regions
• Explain how social structures and cultural practices can diverge while still showing continuity
• Use evidence from a text to support multiple perspectives about community change

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• Explain why heritage sites (built heritage, monuments, and commemorative spaces) matter to community memory and identity.
• Analyze how preservation and neglect can be influenced by cultural groups, politics, and tourism.
• Evaluate the reliability of source narratives about heritage sites and their meaning.

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• Explain how oral traditions and testimonies function as primary sources that preserve community memory
• Describe why narratives can change over time in oral history accounts
• Compare reliability and perspective in oral and written sources+ Show more

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• Explain how industrialization, transportation, and migration contribute to town and city growth
• Describe how demographic shifts affect housing, labor, and public services in urban areas
• Compare how municipal governance and economic policy can shape different outcomes across cities+ Show more

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• Identify key climate zones in Canada (polar, subarctic, continental, maritime) and describe their typical temperature, precipitation, and growing seasons.
• Explain how climate variability affects vegetation, settlement, and livelihoods.
• Describe how recent climate shifts can change transportation, agriculture, and regional economies.

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• Explain how conservation policies use tools like protected areas, species-at-risk laws, and land-use zoning to protect ecosystems
• Analyze causes and consequences of conservation policy choices for communities and the environment
• Describe continuity and change in conservation governance across federal, provincial, and municipal levels+ Show more

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• Describe how Indigenous knowledge connects identity to land and water
• Explain how colonial settlement can cause continuity and change in land use
• Analyze how Indigenous governance and resource management relate to regional economies+ Show more

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• Interpret map elements (legend, scale, symbols) to understand what a map shows
• Use thematic maps and time-series maps to describe geographic trends and changes
• Explain how physical features, human settlement, and resource distribution can create mapped patterns

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• Identify major physical and human traits of selected Canadian regions (Arctic, Prairies, Boreal Shield, Great Lakes–St. Lawrence, Atlantic, and Pacific Coast).
• Explain how landforms and climate influence vegetation, transportation, and daily life in different regions.
• Describe continuity and change in settlement patterns and regional economies over time.

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• Explain how resource use patterns differ across Canadian regions and how those choices shape regional identity
• Describe causes and consequences of extracting, processing, transporting, and conserving renewable and non-renewable resources
• Analyze how technologies, markets, and government policies influence resource development and environmental outcomes+ Show more

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• Explain how Canadian Shield bedrock and glacial history influence landforms and soil development
• Compare major soil types and describe how erosion and soil depletion affect environments and human use
• Analyze how geology, vegetation patterns, and regional economic activities are interconnected

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• Explain how transportation networks (roads, railways, shipping lanes, and air routes) connect regions and support economic activity
• Describe how bottlenecks and policy/technology changes affect trade and mobility
• Use map and data ideas to identify spatial patterns in transportation networks

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• Explain key factors that contribute to metropolitan concentration, including industry clustering, transportation corridors, and immigration.
• Describe how urbanization and population change can affect employment and access to services.
• Trace causes and consequences of suburban expansion, densification, and continuity/change in urban functions.+ Show more

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• Explain how spatial relationships among natural and human-made features influence regional development and trade routes.
• Interpret geographic tools and data (maps, GPS, GIS) to recognize patterns in a region.
• Analyze how political features and environmental influences affect cultural connections and stability over time.

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• Explain how Earth’s rotation causes day and night.
• Describe how Earth’s 23.5° axial tilt and orbit around the Sun produce seasonal changes.
• Identify solstices and equinoxes as predictable observational events.+ Show more

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• Explain how invasions, economic instability, and political conflict contributed to the fall of the Western Roman Empire
• Describe how causes developed over time using a chronological sequence
• Analyze how weakening central authority led to regional power and the transition to medieval Europe

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• Explain how conduction, convection, and radiation transfer energy from one place to another.
• Identify which energy-transfer process best matches a real-world temperature change.
• Use evidence from observations (touching, air/fluid movement, and light emission) to justify answers.

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• Explain how interference and superposition affect sound and light waves when they overlap.
• Describe constructive vs. destructive interference and how they change wave energy.
• Model how standing waves form nodes and antinodes and how resonance amplifies certain frequencies.+ Show more

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• Explain why self-monitoring helps people stay aligned with health goals.
• Use simple tracking methods (journals, checklists, or digital tools) to record health behaviors and feelings.
• Analyze progress using trends and reflection to make small adjustments to habits.

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• Break health goals into smaller, manageable tasks and order them correctly
• Use a timeline to schedule actions and milestones for consistent health behaviors
• Track progress and adjust plans based on evidence and setbacks

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• Explain strategies for safe, inclusive participation in physical activities.
• Identify how to make respectful modifications so everyone can join in.
• Demonstrate respectful communication and teamwork behaviors during activity.

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• Identify the difference between a fact and an arguable claim in argumentative writing.
• Write a central claim that clearly states a position and can be supported with evidence and logical reasoning.
• Revise claim statements to improve clarity, specificity, and alignment with supporting evidence.

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• Explain how air density is affected by temperature, humidity, and altitude.
• Use air density ideas to predict how buoyancy and lift change under different atmospheric conditions.
• Interpret examples from prairie and mountain environments to describe real-world effects on airflow.

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• Explain the difference between parasitic drag and induced drag and how each one changes with flight conditions.
• Identify how surface roughness, frontal area, lift generation, and wingtip vortices affect drag.
• Connect drag to thrust requirements and to the energy demands of flight.

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• Explain how Earth–Sun geometry models help predict apparent positions of the Sun and timing of events.
• Interpret how axial tilt and Earth’s orbital position affect seasonal solar angles and daylight duration.
• Use simplified models to connect predicted outcomes (sunrise, sunset, lunar phases) to observable sky patterns.

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• Explain how to turn observations and data into clear scientific claims supported by evidence
• Use descriptive statistics and appropriate visuals to summarize patterns in environmental data
• Communicate evidence clearly using proper labelling, units, and data-source citations

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• Identify how simple, compound, and complex sentences affect meaning and readability in a draft.
• Revise run-on sentences and sentence fragments by changing punctuation and/or sentence boundaries.
• Combine or split sentences to improve flow, emphasis, and logical structure.+ Show more

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• Use transition words and phrases to clarify relationships between ideas (addition, contrast, cause and effect, sequence, emphasis).
• Revise sentences and paragraph links so the writing stays coherent and easy to follow.
• Identify where a missing or misplaced transition word changes the meaning of a draft.

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• Explain how framing choices (word choice, what is shown or cropped, and highlighted details) shape a reader’s or viewer’s understanding.
• Identify how perspective influences meaning in different media formats such as headlines, documentaries, and promotional materials.
• Use evidence from a message to describe viewpoint centered and context that may be omitted.

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• Explain how climate differs from weather and why climate changes more slowly
• Identify climate factors (latitude, altitude, distance from water, ocean currents, and winds) and connect them to regional patterns
• Use climate information to compare deserts, grasslands, and rain forests+ Show more

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• Explain why energy transfer between trophic levels is not 100% efficient
• Describe how energy loss (especially as heat) limits the number of top predators in food webs
• Predict how removing a key organism can affect populations across multiple trophic levels

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• Differentiate precision from accuracy and explain how repeated trials show precision.
• Choose appropriate measurement tools and units for common science tasks.
• Read measurements correctly from graduated scales (including the meniscus).+ Show more

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• Explain how Egyptian and Kushite trade networks were supported by access to valuable resources.
• Describe how regional connections through trade affected political influence and stability in both civilizations.
• Identify examples of cultural exchange that could result from trading relationships.

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• Define an organ and explain how it is made of multiple tissue types working together.
• Describe how tissue interactions in an organ support coordinated functions (such as contraction, secretion, and absorption).
• Explain how organ structure relates to the specific job it performs in the body.

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• Explain energy efficiency as the fraction of input energy that becomes useful output energy.
• Identify common sources of energy loss in machines, lighting, and heating systems.
• Calculate or reason about efficiency using useful output energy and total input energy.+ Show more

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• Explain how light can be described as both waves and particles (photons).
• Relate wavelength and frequency to the energy carried by light.
• Describe how different wavelengths affect whether materials transmit, absorb, or reflect light.+ Show more

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• Explain how particle arrangement differs between crystalline and amorphous solids.
• Use the particle model to predict how structure affects melting behavior and mechanical properties.
• Compare features such as brittleness, cleavage, and strength using evidence from bonding and order.

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• Explain the law of conservation of mass for closed systems during physical and chemical changes.
• Distinguish between closed and open systems when interpreting changes in measured mass.
• Use particle and evidence-based reasoning to account for reactants and products in mass conservation problems.

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• Explain how decomposers break down dead organic matter and recycle nutrients.
• Describe the roles of fungi, bacteria, and detritivores in nutrient cycling.
• Predict how environmental conditions (temperature, moisture, oxygen) can affect decomposition.+ Show more

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• Explain how habitat fragmentation reduces available habitat and affects species survival
• Describe how fragmentation increases edge effects and limits movement between wildlife populations
• Identify human activities that cause fragmentation and propose mitigation strategies such as corridors

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• Identify credible health information sources and explain how credibility affects health decisions.
• Apply health information to make personal wellness choices (e.g., treatments, vaccinations, and lifestyle changes).
• Use accurate health data to support prevention and to manage existing health conditions.