Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Grade 6

Other Wyoming Science sets

Matter and Its Interactions

  • SES-MS-PS1-1.

    Model how simple parts can be put together to make more complex structures.SES-MS-PS1-1

  • SES-MS-PS1-2.

    Make observations of substances interacting to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.SES-MS-PS1-2

  • SES-MS-PS1-3.

    Distinguish between natural and synthetic materials.SES-MS-PS1-3

  • SES-MS-PS1-4.

    Describe the relationship between changes in temperature, kinetic energy, and changes in states of matter for water.SES-MS-PS1-4

  • SES-MS-PS1-5.

    Show that the amount of a substance used in a reaction does not change even if the new substance looks different.SES-MS-PS1-5

  • SES-MS-PS1-6.

    Participate in a design project to keep thermal energy in a substance or container.SES-MS-PS1-6

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

  • SES-MS-PS2-1.

    Investigate, and describe, the direction of motion of two colliding objects of equal and of unequal masses.SES-MS-PS2-1

  • SES-MS-PS2-2.

    Incorporated into SES-MS- PS2-1 by including equal and unequal mass.SES-MS-PS2-2

  • SES-MS-PS2-3.

    Ask questions about the strength of magnetic forces.SES-MS-PS2-3

  • SES-MS-PS2-4.

    Use surroundings and information provided to predict the effects of gravity.SES-MS-PS2-4

  • SES-MS-PS2-5.

    Investigate an object that has a static charge.SES-MS-PS2-5

Energy

  • SES-MS-PS3-1.

    Identify changes in kinetic energy on a labeled diagram.SES-MS-PS3-1

  • SES-MS-PS3-2.

    Identify differing amounts of potential energy on a labeled diagram.SES-MS-PS3-2

  • SES-MS-PS3-3.

    Incorporated into SES-MS-PS1-6.SES-MS-PS3-3

  • SES-MS-PS3-4.

    Incorporated into SES-MS-PS1-4.SES-MS-PS3-4

  • SES-MS-PS3-5.

    Demonstrate how kinetic energy is transferred between objects.SES-MS-PS3-5

Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

  • SES-MS-PS4-1.

    Identify larger amplitude waves as having more energy.SES-MS-PS4-1

  • SES-MS-PS4-2.

    Describe how light waves behave when interacting with various materials.SES-MS-PS4-2

  • SES-MS-PS4-3.

    Select an electronic means and a non-digital means of sending information.SES-MS-PS4-3

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures & Processes

  • SES-MS-LS1-1.

    Identify the difference between living and nonliving things.SES-MS-LS1-1

  • SES-MS-LS1-2.

    Explore, and identify, the structure and function of major parts of a cell.SES-MS-LS1-2

  • SES-MS-LS1-3.

    Model that a body system is made up of interacting organs.SES-MS-LS1-3

  • SES-MS-LS1-4.

    Identify the characteristics of plants and behaviors of animals that support successful reproduction.SES-MS-LS1-4

  • SES-MS-LS1-5.

    Identify environmental conditions needed for successful growth of organisms.SES-MS-LS1-5

  • SES-MS-LS1-6.

    Model what a plant uses, what it creates, and what the plant releases during photosynthesis.SES-MS-LS1-6

  • SES-MS-LS1-7.

    Recognize that food is used to produce energy for organisms to live.SES-MS-LS1-7

  • SES-MS-LS1-8.

    Identify situations which require a reactive behavior for survival.SES-MS-LS1-8

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

  • SES-MS-LS2-1.

    Recognize the effects of resource availability on individuals and on populations.SES-MS-LS2-1

  • SES-MS-LS2-2.

    Identify ways that organisms interact with each other within an ecosystem.SES-MS-LS2-2

  • SES-MS-LS2-3.

    Explain that energy moves among living and non-living parts of an ecosystem.SES-MS-LS2-3

  • SES-MS-LS2-4.

    Recognize how changes to an ecosystem affect populations.SES-MS-LS2-4

  • SES-MS-LS2-5.

    Identify an action that maintains or improves ecosystems and biodiversity.SES-MS-LS2-5

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

  • SES-MS-LS3-1.

    Explain that organisms have differences in their traits that can affect their survival.SES-MS-LS3-1

  • SES-MS-LS3-2.

    Students will investigate, and identify, features of living organisms that come from their parents.SES-MS-LS3-2

Biological Evolution: Unity & Diversity

  • SES-MS-LS4-1.

    Compare fossils with plants and animals that exist today.SES-MS-LS4-1

  • SES-MS-LS4-2.

    Identify anatomical similarities between modern organisms and fossil organisms.SES-MS-LS4-2

  • SES-MS-LS4-4.

    Incorporated in SES-MS-LS3-1.SES-MS-LS4-4

  • SES-MS-LS4-5.

    Identify desirable traits that can be passed on to offspring.SES-MS-LS4-5

  • SES-MS-LS4-6.

    Demonstrate understanding that natural selection changes distribution of traits in a population over time.SES-MS-LS4-6

Earth's Place in the Universe

  • SES-5-ESS1-2.

    Investigate changes in shadows and/or daily changes in day and night.SES-5-ESS1-2

  • SES-MS-ESS1-1.

    Model the Earth-sun-moon positions for lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.SES-MS-ESS1-1

  • SES-MS-ESS1-2.

    Model that the solar system is a collection of many varied objects, held together by gravity, that move in predictable ways.SES-MS-ESS1-2

  • SES-MS-ESS1-3.

    Identify categories of solar system objects (e.g., planets, meteors, asteroids, comets, and moon).SES-MS-ESS1-3

  • SES-MS-ESS1-4.

    Organize, or model, evidence from rocks and rock strata within the geologic time scale to demonstrate Earth's history.SES-MS-ESS1-4

Earth's Systems

  • SES-MS-ESS2-1.

    Model the cycling processes involved in the creation of various rock forms.SES-MS-ESS2-1

  • SES-MS-ESS2-2.

    Identify geoscience processes that can change Earth's surface over short time scales or long time scales.SES-MS-ESS2-2

  • SES-MS-ESS2-3.

    Compare locations of fossils, rocks, continental shapes, and structures as evidence of past plate motions.SES-MS-ESS2-3

  • SES-MS-ESS2-4.

    Identify the processes involved in the cycling of Earth's water.SES-MS-ESS2-4

  • SES-MS-ESS2-5.

    Utilize data to compare weather conditions in different locations on the same day.SES-MS-ESS2-5

  • SES-MS-ESS2-6.

    Identify how latitude and altitude influence climate.SES-MS-ESS2-6

Earth and Human Activity

  • SES-MS-ESS3-1.

    Identify how the levels of Earth's resources can change over time.SES-MS-ESS3-1

  • SES-MS-ESS3-2.

    Recognize that some natural hazards (e.g., volcanic eruptions, severe weather) can be predicted while others are not currently predictable.SES-MS-ESS3-2

  • SES-MS-ESS3-3.

    Model ways that humans can minimize their impact on the environment.SES-MS-ESS3-3

  • SES-MS-ESS3-4.

    Incorporated into SES-MS-ESS3-1.SES-MS-ESS3-4

  • SES-MS-ESS3-5.

    Recognize natural processes, and human activities, that may impact global temperatures.SES-MS-ESS3-5

Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science

  • SES-MS-ETS1-1.

    Describe a problem that needs to be solved.SES-MS-ETS1-1

  • SES-MS-ETS1-2.

    Evaluate solutions to given problems.SES-MS-ETS1-2

  • SES-MS-ETS1-3.

    Analyze results from the testing of possible solutions.SES-MS-ETS1-3

  • SES-MS-ETS1-4.

    Create an object or tool from materials provided.SES-MS-ETS1-4

Engineering, Technology, Science, and Society

  • SES-MS-ETS2-1.

    Ask questions about common household, or classroom, appliances.SES-MS-ETS2-1

  • SES-MS-ETS2-2.

    Identify consequences of human choices.SES-MS-ETS2-2

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 6
When were these standards adopted?
2018

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