Standards+and+Benchmarks

6th Grade Iowa Core Curriculum

6th Grade Content Standards Content Standard 1: Students can understand and apply skills used in scientific inquiry. Content Standard 2: Students can understand concepts and relationships in life science. Content Standard 3: Students can understand concepts and relationships in Earth/space sciences. Content Standard 4: Students can understand concepts and relationships in physical science.

Life 6th Grade
 * __Understand and apply knowledge of the basic components and functions of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.__ ||
 * Understand and apply knowledge of how different organisms pass on traits (heredity). ||
 * |Understand and apply knowledge of the complementary nature of structure and function and the commonalities among organisms. ||
 * Understand and apply knowledge of:
 * interdependency of organisms, changes in environmental conditions, and survival of individuals and species.
 * the cycling of matter and energy in ecosystems. ||
 * __Understand and demonstrate knowledge of the social and personal implications of environmental issues.__ ||
 * Understand and apply knowledge of the functions and interconnections of the major human body systems including the breakdown in structure or function that disease causes. ||

Earth 6th grade Pysical 6th grade
 * __Understand and apply knowledge of the structure and processes of the earth system and the processes that change the earth and its surface.__ ||
 * Understand and apply knowledge of the water cycle, including consideration of events that impact groundwater quality. ||
 * __Understand and apply knowledge of earth history based on physical evidence.__ ||
 * Understand and apply knowledge of the earth’s atmospheric properties and how they influence weather and climate. ||
 * Understand and apply knowledge of the components of our solar system ||


 * Understand and apply knowledge of:
 * elements, compounds, mixtures, and solutions based on the nature of their physical and chemical properties.
 * physical and chemical changes and their relationship to the conservation of matter and energy. ||
 * Understand and apply knowledge of forms of energy and energy transfer. ||

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