Grade 06 Science - EC: S6.C.3.1.1
Grade 06 Science - EC: S6.C.3.1.1
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
- Define speed.
- Define velocity.
- What is the major difference between speed and velocity?
- Calculate the average speed of a car that traveled 360 miles over the course of 6 hours. Show your work.
- At a baseball game, a pitcher threw a ball in a north direction a distance of 18 meters in two seconds. What is the velocity of this throw? Show your work.
- Bald eagles can glide at a rate of up to 70 km/h. Is this rate its speed or velocity? Explain your reasoning.
- Describe scalar quantity and vector quantity. Which is speed? Which is velocity? Explain your reasoning.
Answer Key/Rubric
- The rate at which an object is able to move.
- The rate of change of an object in a specific direction.
- Velocity indicates a direction, while speed does not.
- 60 miles per hour.
Speed = 
Speed = 
Speed = 60 miles per hour
- 9 meters/second
Velocity = 
Velocity = 
Velocity = 9 m/s north
- This describes the eagle’s speed since it does not specify a direction (which velocity would).
- Sample response: Scalar quantities are measured by a numerical magnitude. Vector quantities measure a numerical magnitude and direction. Since speed only measures the magnitude of the movement, it is considered a scalar quantity. Since velocity includes a direction, it is classified as a vector quantity.
