Systems, Structure and Change gives Grade 6 Science students focused practice with systems, structure and function, energy and matter, and how changes in conditions can affect system behavior. Designed for the Texas Science 6: Investigations, Evidence and Systems topic and TEKS framework, this resource connects reading, evidence, diagrams, and written explanation.

Build Systems Thinking Through a Bicycle Example

The reading passage introduces systems as connected parts that work together, using a bicycle to make abstract ideas concrete. Students examine how the structure of parts such as wheels, gears, chains, pedals, and brakes supports their functions. They also explore inputs, interactions, outputs, energy transfer, matter movement, conservation, stability, friction, and changing conditions.

Students then apply these ideas to questions about how system parts interact, how energy or matter moves through a system, why friction can affect motion, and how changes in temperature, force, amount of matter, or another condition can influence system behavior.

What Students Practise

• Reading and interpreting a science passage about systems
• Multiple-choice questions on system components, structure and function, energy transfer, stability, and matter
• True-or-false statements about system interactions and scientific practices
• Short-answer explanations using the bicycle, friction, and measurement examples
• Matching and cloze activities using key systems vocabulary
• An extended response explaining how a changed condition affects system behavior
• A science-based “Did You Know?” section for additional context

Teacher-Ready Support

The purchase includes the main Science worksheet, a separate answer key PDF, and a Student Notes & Lesson Summary supplement. A separate Teacher Guide provides learning objectives, teaching tips, discussion questions, and common mistakes, giving teachers additional support for introducing, discussing, and reviewing the lesson.

Flexible Classroom Application

Use this Grade 6 systems science worksheet for lesson practice, independent work, review, or evidence-based written response. Students move from reading and selected-response questions toward explanations and an extended response, giving them repeated opportunities to connect observations and system diagrams with evidence.

The resource is especially useful for reinforcing structure and function, system interactions, energy and matter movement, conservation, stability, and predicting the effects of change within a Grade 6 Texas Science context.