Grade 06 Science - EC: S6.C.2.1.2
Grade 06 Science - EC: S6.C.2.1.2
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
6th Grade
Course, Subject
Science
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- How are particles arranged in solids?
- How are particles arranged in liquids?
- How are particles arranged in gasses?
- Describe the difference of particle movement in solids, liquids, and gasses.
- Explain how heat affects particle motion.
- Apply your knowledge of kinetic energy to explain how particle movement plays a role in melting (phase change of solid to liquid).
- Apply your knowledge of kinetic energy to explain how particle movement plays a role in freezing (phase change of liquid).
Answer Key/Rubric
- In solids, particles are packed closely together usually in a particular arrangement.
- In liquids, particles are close together with no regular arrangement.
- In gasses, particles are well separated with no regular arrangement.
- In solids, particles vibrate, but do not move from one place to another. In liquids, particles move freely past each other. In gasses, the particles move fast in random directions.
- As heat increases, particle motion increases, resulting in a more vigorous movement of particles.
- Melting occurs when a solid becomes a liquid. When a solid is heated, energy provided is used to increase the kinetic energy of its particles, allowing the particles’ movement to increase. This releases the bond between the molecules, allowing the particles to be more spaced out, achieving the liquid phase of matter.
- Freezing occurs when a liquid becomes a solid. When a liquid is cooled, kinetic energy and particle movement decrease since heat is lost. The slower particle movement allows molecules to arrange in a regular pattern, forming a solid.
