Grade 6 Year 1: Changing Weather and Climate

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What are some plants in your area and how are they used?

Students will practice making dichotomous keys, and then make one for five different types of edible berries found in Alaska. Download PDF

On successful completion of all units in Theme 1 (Changing Weather & Climate), students will be able to answer the following question with detail and specific examples appropriate to their age group: How are weather and climate changing in our area?

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What is the water cycle?
Students play a game modeling the path that water takes through Earth: from the soil to rivers and lakes to clouds to the ocean and so on. Download PDF

On successful completion of all units in Theme 1 (Changing Weather & Climate), students will be able to answer the following question with detail and specific examples appropriate to their age group: How are weather and climate changing in our area?
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Food Chains
Students construct a model of a coastal Arctic food web, study the flow of energy, and use the model to examine how climate change is affecting the Arctic ecosystem. Download PDF

On successful completion of all units in Theme 1 (Changing Weather & Climate), students will be able to answer the following question with detail and specific examples appropriate to their age group: How are weather and climate changing in our area?
food chains
    
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