Nebraska 6th Grade Science Standards Unwrapped (April 2019)
Nebraska 6th Grade Science Standards Unwrapped (April 2019)
Below you will find a list of the current Nebraska 6th Grade Science Standards. Each standard has a link to the Unwrapping Standard Template for that standard and indicator.
| Topic | Standard | Standard/Indicator Code | Indicator | Unwrapping Document Link |
| Energy | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of energy. | NE.SC.6.4.1.A | Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uehBG-0VzNi2P5EIH5eKkRNsmzk_ORkDbrch-3lgYbI/edit?usp=sharing |
| Energy | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of energy. | NE.SC.6.4.1.B | Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principle and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zgBiSJw2PPah60TrDu-TRcmbhrzb7TJZ04jeGqH9bow/edit?usp=sharing |
| Energy | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of energy. | NE.SC.6.4.1.C | Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KAxTDZlTef0ny2q1mtXiBGeSlxqWwDnmTbqSxum0kRg/edit?usp=sharing |
| Energy | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of energy. | NE.SC.6.4.1.D | Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object | https://docs.google.com/document/d/17MK_bqianA4gqKI7MHg0SDilolorYctxq95X-Z__JB0/edit?usp=sharing |
| Living Things | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the relationship between structure and in living things | NE.SC.6.6.2.A |
Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j6-0Y0QFvwEGGVSK5jbw-goHe8QDLGchjOtZSxOdVdc/edit?usp=sharing |
| Living Things | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the relationship between structure and in living things | NE.SC.6.6.2.B |
Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function |
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sTkmHDuicCClXnyV43QGDoeGN89UjKfDweLyqvpEKvc/edit?usp=sharing |
| Living Things | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the relationship between structure and in living things | NE.SC.6.6.2.C | Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/19_xuxNuPWEcNMz19aGbmCbzIEIh_nvunG2cinbEvQUA/edit?usp=sharing |
| Living Things | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the relationship between structure and in living things | NE.SC.6.6.2.D |
Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MWouZ3jz-M8wciD3ImXsMEINI4cHmJ7W5E7Z78C_pvk/edit?usp=sharing |
| Trait Inheritance and variation | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the inheritance and variation of traits | NE.SC.6.9.3.A | Construct an argument based on evidence for how plant and animal adaptations affect the probability of successful reproduction. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GIsRQXREhI3x0vqAa1npoLUOriQqu0ahopwOLscsN9k/edit?usp=sharing |
| Trait Inheritance and variation | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the inheritance and variation of traits | NE.SC.6.9.3.B | Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lzJg6N-U_TmvMooshs4VzvBZEAy4QKM7neJwY87REFo/edit?usp=sharing |
| Trait Inheritance and variation | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the inheritance and variation of traits | NE.SC.6.9.3.C | Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QJcRX5WqifcO1Jfd78d4tY5zXjrx6jsknnnaz6akPes/edit?usp=sharing |
| Weather and Climate | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of factors and interactions that affect weather and climate. | NE.SC.6.12.4.A | Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QJcRX5WqifcO1Jfd78d4tY5zXjrx6jsknnnaz6akPes/edit?usp=sharing |
| Weather and Climate | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of factors and interactions that affect weather and climate. | NE.SC.6.12.4.B | Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XL7u-VPu4vAY_12zE2-jVkXh-nd0qbRK2xvBNbAYJjg/edit?usp=sharing |
| Weather and Climate | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of factors and interactions that affect weather and climate. | NE.SC.6.12.4.C | Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the change in global temperatures over thousands of years | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OJXGJ8ewXdAnY7lJGAUuLOyde4r41oeOPo_ZjLc49QE/edit?usp=sharing |
| Weather and Climate | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of factors and interactions that affect weather and climate. | NE.SC.6.12.4.D | Analyze and interpret data on weather and climate to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effect | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y8Z5i_pUNhvB4h_uPklISrIdV8Ny_e7zQYl8rvNYzzM/edit?usp=sharing |
| Earth | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the flow of energy and cycling of matter associated with Earth’s materials and processes. | NE.SC.6.13.5.A | Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FdLzfN5ocxz8uHx70BsAWH5GI2cGeJb7Dheoe-mVvsk/edit?usp=sharing |