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Subject Area - 3:
Science and Technology and Engineering Education
Science and Technology and Engineering Education
- Standard Area - 3.3: Earth and Space Sciences
- Organizing Category - 3.3.A: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
- Grade Level - 3.3.6.A: GRADE 6
Standard - 3.3.6.A5
Describe the composition and layers of the atmosphere.
Explain the effects of oceans on climate.
Describe how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
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Assessment Anchor - S6.A.3 Systems, Models, and Patterns
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Anchor Descriptor - S6.A.3.1 Explain the parts of a simple system, their roles, and their relationships to the system as a whole.
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Eligible Content - S6.A.3.1.1 Describe a system as a group of related parts with specific roles that work together to achieve an observed result.
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Eligible Content - S6.A.3.1.2 Explain how components of natural and human-made systems play different roles in a working system.
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Anchor Descriptor - S6.A.3.2 Apply knowledge of models to make predictions, draw inferences, or explain technological concepts.
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Eligible Content - S6.A.3.2.1 Describe how scientists use models to explore relationships and make predictions about natural systems (e.g., weather conditions, the solar system).
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Assessment Anchor - S6.C.1 Structure, Properties, and Interaction of Matter and Energy
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Anchor Descriptor - S6.C.1.1 Explain that matter has observable physical properties.
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Eligible Content - S6.C.1.1.1 Describe how characteristic physical properties of matter can be used to distinguish one substance from another (e.g., boiling point, freezing/melting points).
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Eligible Content - S6.C.1.1.2 Explain that materials are characterized by having a specific amount of mass in each unit of volume (density).
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Anchor Descriptor - S6.C.1.2 Describe that matter can undergo chemical and physical changes.
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Eligible Content - S6.C.1.2.1 Describe how water changes from one state to another.
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Eligible Content - S6.C.1.2.2 Identify differences between chemical and physical changes of matter.
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Assessment Anchor - S6.D.1 Earth Features and Processes That Change Earth and Its Resources
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Anchor Descriptor - S6.D.1.1 Describe how constructive and destructive natural processes can influence different biomes.
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Eligible Content - S6.D.1.1.1 Describe how soil fertility, composition, resistance to erosion, and texture are affected by many factors.
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Eligible Content - S6.D.1.1.2 Identify the three basic rock types and describe their formation (i.e., igneous [granite, basalt, obsidian, and pumice]; sedimentary [limestone, sandstone, shale, and coal]; and metamorphic [slate, quartzite, marble, and gneiss]).
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