Ontario Science and Technology

Grade 6

 
Reference Expectations The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest The Digital Field Trip to The Desert
  By the end of this course, students will:  
Life Systems: Diversity of Living Things Demonstrate an understanding of ways in which classification systems are used to understand the diversity of living things Food Web, Producer, Consumer, Decomposer, Web Game, Food Chains Biodiversity, Organism screens, Dependency Web, Dependency Web Game Organism screens
Investigate classification systems and some of the common life processes Organism screens, Migration, Food Chains Organism Screens, Botany screens, Plant screens Organism screens, Plant and Animal Adaptations
Recognize differences between cold- and warm-blooded animals in regulating body temperature Organism screens: Green Frog, Salamander, Mammal & Bird screens Red-Eyed Green Frog, Iguana, Fer de Lance, Mammal & Bird screens Animal Adaptations, Animal Organism screens
Identify, describe and classify vertebrates into five classes Organism screens featuring animals Organism screens featuring animals Organism screens featuring animals
Identify, describe and classify invertebrates into phyla Caddisfly, Damselfly, Daphnia, Dragonfly, Giant Water Bug, Mosquito, Waterboatman Ant, Beetle, Butterfly, Moth, Scorpion, Spider, Termites Arthropod screens
Compare the characteristics of vertebrates and invertebrates Organism screens featuring animals Organism screens featuring animals Organism screens featuring animals
Compare the characteristics of different kinds of arthropods Caddisfly, Damselfly, Waterboatman, ,Mosquito, Dragonfly, Daphnia, Giant Water Bug Ant, Beetle, Butterfly, Moth, Scorpion, Spider, Termites Arthropod screens ( 12 arthropods featured)
Describe microscopic living things using appropriate tools to assist them with their observations Link to: Daphnia, Green Algae, Wheel-Animalcule Link to: Organism Screen: Green Algae, Botany Screens: Algae, Bacteria  
Identify inherited characteristics and learned or behavioural characteristics. Organisms Screens: Behavior, Lifecycle Animal screens, Organism screens: Behavior, Lifecycle Adaptations, Plant & Animal Adaptations, workbook
Describe specific characteristics or adaptations that enable each group of vertebrates to live in its particular habitat and explain the importance of maintaining that habit for the survival of the species. Animal Adaptations, Organism Screens Organism screens, Niches, Biodiversity screens, Adaptations, Animal Adaptations, Organism screens (Animals)
Describe ways in which micro-organisms meet their basic needs Daphnia, Green Algae, Wheel-Animalcule Green Algae (organism), Botany: Algae, Bacteria