Science California Lab Manual Earth Science Grade 6 PDF Download

This manual was written to meet Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards and to accompany a lab kit which includes supplies and equipment for each lab as well as a student journal and a teacher answer guide. Lab experiments: MATTER AND ENERGY: 1. Elements: Metals, Metalloids, and Nonmetals 2. Density and the Case of the Lost Gold Bar 3. Properties of Rock-Forming Minerals 4. Fast Rusting and Chemical Reactions in a Baggie FORCE, MOTION, AND ENERGY: 5. Energy Transformations 6. Roadblocks and Energies 7. Pulleys 8. Amazing Molecules in Motion EARTH AND SPACE; AND ENERGY IN THE EARTH SYSTEM: 9. Layers of the Earth 10. The Rock Cycle 11. Plate Tectonics 12. Finding an Earthquake's Epicenter 13. The Sun and Weather: Angle of the Sun 14. Visible and Invisible Light From the Sun: The EMS 15. Topography 16. Planetary Orbits 17. Gravity 18. Space Travel ORGANISMS AND ENVIRONMENTS: 19. Cell Modeling: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells 20. Classifications: Domains and Kingdoms 21. Biotic and Abiotic Factors in a Habitat 22. Ecosystem Explorations: How is an Ecosystem Organized?