Grade 6 Science Worksheets

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• Understand the main components of the water cycle.
• Identify how water moves through different Earth systems.
• Describe the processes of evaporation, precipitation, runoff, and groundwater recharge.+ Show more

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• Compare design options using quantitative and qualitative metrics
• Apply scoring rubrics to rank prototype solutions
• Justify design refinements using evidence from tests+ Show more

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• Explain how feedback mechanisms help the body maintain homeostasis through coordinated system responses
• Identify examples of system integration, such as temperature regulation and blood glucose control
• Use evidence from a passage to determine main ideas and predict how changes affect internal conditions

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• Understand how models represent Earth–Sun geometry to predict celestial phenomena.
• Identify the use of simplified physical or diagrammatic models for forecasting sunrise, sunset, and lunar phases.
• Explore how latitude-specific models predict daylight hours and seasonal solar angles.+ Show more

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• Define what a mixture and a solution are and identify their properties.
• Differentiate between homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.
• Explain methods like filtration, evaporation, and decanting used to separate mixture components.+ Show more

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• Understand different types of natural resources and their formation.
• Analyze the economic, environmental, and regional implications of resource use.
• Evaluate sustainable practices and trade-offs in resource management.

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• Identify patterns in datasets using descriptive statistics and visual inspection
• Explain how moving averages and seasonal thinking can reveal trends and cycles
• Recognize anomalies and propose plausible environmental explanations while considering limits of data+ Show more

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• Identify common digital measurement tools (sensors, probes, and data loggers) and explain how they collect numeric data
• Choose appropriate sampling rate and resolution settings to improve accuracy and represent data appropriately
• Apply basic calibration practices and document measurement metadata to support reliable results+ Show more

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• Understand the roles of producers and consumers in ecosystems.
• Identify native and invasive species relevant to Alberta's environment.
• Recognize how species classification helps predict energy flow and ecosystem dynamics.

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• Explain the orbit of the Moon around Earth and how it causes lunar phases.
• Describe observable patterns of the Moon's position and illumination from locations like Alberta.
• Understand the Sun–Earth–Moon relationship and how it affects the night sky.

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• Identify the different layers of the atmosphere and describe their roles
• Understand how air masses interact and influence weather
• Explain the concept of climate classification and its regional variations+ Show more

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• Explain how atoms of multiple elements combine in fixed proportions to form compounds
• Use particle models to identify which element counts appear in a compound
• Relate the atomic composition of a compound to observable properties such as density and chemical behavior

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• Understand the process of recrystallization and its role in purifying solids.
• Explain how temperature and solubility affect crystal formation during recrystallization.
• Describe the importance of controlled cooling in obtaining pure, large crystals.+ Show more

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• Understand how oceans help regulate Earth's climate by absorbing and releasing heat.
• Identify the impact of ocean heat content changes on weather patterns and atmospheric conditions.
• Explain the connection between ocean circulation, moisture supply, and climate moderation.+ Show more

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• Describe how Earth’s rotation and orbit create predictable sky patterns for the Sun, Moon, and constellations
• Explain how planets appear to move more slowly than background stars over time
• Use observational evidence to predict seasonal star patterns from a fixed location

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• Explain how prototype evaluation uses evidence, criteria, and constraints to judge performance.
• Identify what kinds of data (measurements and observations) help reveal how a system works.
• Apply evaluation criteria to decide whether a design improvement is acceptable within limits.

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• Understand what digital sources are and their relevance to local inquiry.
• Identify examples of digital sources such as datasets, sensors, and remote-sensing products.
• Learn how to verify metadata, temporal resolution, and spatial coverage in digital data.+ Show more

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• Construct evidence-based arguments linking ecosystem component changes to population fluctuations.
• Analyze case studies involving predator reintroduction, invasive species, habitat fragmentation, and disease outbreaks.
• Interpret empirical data sets and longitudinal observations to infer causal relationships in population dynamics.+ Show more

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• Identify common circuit symbols used in schematics
• Understand how symbols represent physical electronic components
• Learn to interpret circuit diagrams to predict circuit behavior

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• Understand the concept of conservation strategies and their importance.
• Identify different approaches used in conservation such as protected areas, reforestation, and habitat restoration.
• Recognize examples of conservation efforts in Alberta and their ecological significance.+ Show more

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• Identify human activities that affect Earth's four major systems
• Classify environmental changes as natural or human-caused
• Trace cause-and-effect chains across multiple Earth systems+ Show more

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• Identify whether a question can be investigated scientifically.
• Explain why evidence supports scientific investigations.
• Improve opinion questions into testable scientific questions.+ Show more

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• Define an ecosystem as an interacting system of biotic and abiotic components
• Identify examples of biotic and abiotic factors in different habitats (pond, prairie, forest)
• Explain how physical factors affect organisms and community composition over time and space

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• Explain how roll, pitch, and yaw control inputs can interact as coupled responses.
• Describe why adverse yaw occurs during roll and how different aileron designs can reduce unwanted moments.
• Relate mass distribution and inertia to how control inputs affect aircraft motion.+ Show more

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• Explain how solar and lunar eclipses form using alignment and shadow geometry (umbra and penumbra).
• Distinguish why eclipses happen only sometimes and why visibility depends on location.
• Describe tides as a result of differential gravitational attraction from the Moon and the Sun.+ Show more

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• Differentiate between contact forces and noncontact forces, with examples involving gravity, friction, and normal force.
• Explain how balanced and unbalanced forces affect changes in motion (start/stop, speed up/slow down, and direction).
• Describe the idea of net force qualitatively using everyday situations without vector calculations.

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• Identify renewable and nonrenewable natural resources
• Explain why natural resources are distributed unevenly across regions
• Describe environmental effects of natural resource extraction+ Show more

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• Identify independent, dependent, and controlled variables.
• Explain what makes an investigation a fair test.
• Plan a controlled investigation using appropriate variables.+ Show more

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• Identify testable questions and key parts of investigations
• Distinguish independent, dependent, and controlled variables
• Construct predictions and organize fair-test procedures+ Show more

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• Identify testable questions and key parts of investigations
• Distinguish independent, dependent, and controlled variables
• Construct predictions and organize fair-test procedures+ Show more

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• Explain what assumptions are in a science model and why they are needed
• Use evidence to judge whether a model’s predictions match observed results
• Describe a model’s limitations and connect limitations to the strength of evidence

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• Describe how physical, diagrammatic, and mathematical models represent complex systems
• Identify assumptions and define model boundaries when interpreting model predictions
• Compare model predictions to observable outcomes to evaluate limitations and refine models+ Show more

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• Understand measures of biodiversity such as species richness, abundance, and evenness.
• Learn sampling techniques like transects and quadrats for biodiversity assessment.
• Interpret spatial biodiversity patterns and their relation to ecosystems.+ Show more

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• Describe electric current as the organized movement of electric charges through a conductor
• Distinguish conventional current direction from electron flow in a simple circuit
• Explain how a potential difference (voltage) drives current and how circuits behave when open versus closed+ Show more

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• Describe how evaluation results guide iterative improvement in a design process.
• Identify how changes can target causes found during testing while maintaining constraints.
• Explain the trade-off idea: improving one property may affect other properties.+ Show more

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• Explain how angle of attack affects lift and drag on a wing.
• Describe the role of airflow separation in producing a stall.
• Use examples from gliders and kites to predict how changing angle changes flight performance.+ Show more

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• Describe the basic idea of the particle model of matter.
• Identify different particle arrangements in solids, liquids, and gases.
• Explain how particle motion relates to states of matter.+ Show more

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• Explain how gas particles create pressure through collisions.
• Describe how changing temperature and volume affects gas pressure.
• Understand the particle model to connect microscopic behavior with macroscopic gas phenomena.+ Show more

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• Explain how the water cycle transfers water among the atmosphere, land, and oceans.
• Describe how evaporation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and groundwater recharge affect freshwater availability.
• Analyze how storage in glaciers and aquifers influences where and when usable water collects.+ Show more

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• Compare the relative sizes, masses, and average distances of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.
• Explain how mutual gravitational pull creates orbital motion and a stable Earth–Moon system.
• Describe the Earth–Moon barycenter and how it affects their shared motion around each other.+ Show more

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• Identify the four Earth system spheres: geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
• Explain how matter and energy move between Earth spheres using examples such as weathering and evaporation.
• Describe how gravity influences the movement of materials within and between spheres.+ Show more

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• Understand how different species contribute to ecosystem functions like pollination, seed dispersal, and nutrient cycling.
• Identify the roles of keystone and indicator species within Alberta ecosystems.
• Explain how species diversity impacts ecosystem resilience and stability.+ Show more

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• Explain how decomposers break down dead matter and waste to return nutrients to ecosystems.
• Describe the role of fungi and bacteria in releasing chemical components into soil and water.
• Use nutrient cycling ideas to predict how decomposer activity can affect producer growth and ecosystem productivity.

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• Identify major cell parts (cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, and organelles) and describe their functions.
• Explain how cell structure helps life processes happen in an organized way.
• Compare the roles of shared cell parts and how specialized organelles support controlled chemical reactions.

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• Understand the geologic processes that modify Earth's surface over different time scales.
• Identify evidence such as rock strata, fossils, and landforms that indicate landscape evolution.
• Differentiate between rapid events like volcanic eruptions and slow processes like weathering.+ Show more

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• Understand the role of decomposers in ecosystems.
• Identify how decomposers recycle matter and nutrients.
• Explain the importance of decomposition for ecosystem health.

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• Explain what adaptations are and how they help organisms survive in different environments
• Distinguish structural and physiological adaptations using real examples
• Describe how natural selection can favor traits that improve survival, feeding, defense, or reproduction

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• Explain how species richness, abundance, and evenness describe biodiversity patterns across ecosystems.
• Use sampling ideas such as transects and quadrats to collect data on biodiversity.
• Interpret spatial patterns of biodiversity and connect them to habitat heterogeneity and ecosystem stability.