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 CA- California K-12 Academic Content Standards |
| • Subject : Mathematics
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| • Grade : Grade Six
By the end of grade six, students have mastered the four arithmetic operations with whole numbers, positive fractions, positive decimals, and positive and negative integers; they accurately compute and solve problems. They apply their knowledge to statistics and probability. Students understand the concepts of mean, median, and mode of data sets and how to calculate the range. They analyze data and sampling processes for possible bias and misleading conclu-sions; they use addition and multiplication of fractions routinely to calculate the probabilities for compound events. Students conceptually understand and work with ratios and proportions; they compute percentages (e.g., tax, tips, interest). Students know about p and the formulas for the circumference and area of a circle. They use letters for numbers in formulas involving geometric shapes and in ratios to represent an unknown part of an expression. They solve one-step linear equations.
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| • Area : Mathematical Reasoning
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| • Sub-Strand 2.0: Students use strategies, skills, and concepts in finding solutions:
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|  Standard 2.1: Use estimation to verify the reasonableness of calculated results.
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| Standard 2.2: Apply strategies and results from simpler problems to more complex problems.
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| Standard 2.5: Express the solution clearly and logically by using the appropriate mathematical notation and terms and clear language; support solutions with evidence in both verbal and symbolic work.
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| Standard 2.7: Make precise calculations and check the validity of the results from the context of the problem.
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| • Subject : Science
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| • Grade : Grade Six
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| • Area : Focus on Earth Science
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| • Sub-Strand : Heat (Thermal Energy) (Physical Science)
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| • Concept 3: Heat moves in a predictable flow from warmer objects to cooler objects until all the objects are at the same temperature. As a basis for understanding this concept:
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| Standard b: Students know that when fuel is consumed, most of the energy released becomes heat energy.
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| • Sub-Strand : Ecology (Life Science)
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| • Concept 5: Organisms in ecosystems exchange energy and nutrients among themselves and with the environment. As a basis for understanding this concept:
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| Standard a: Students know energy entering ecosystems as sunlight is transferred by producers into chemical energy through photosynthesis and then from organism to organism through food webs.
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| Standard b: Students know matter is transferred over time from one organism to others in the food web and between organisms and the physical environment.
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| Standard c: Students know populations of organisms can be categorized by the functions they serve in an ecosystem.
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| Standard d: Students know different kinds of organisms may play similar ecological roles in similar biomes.
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| Standard e: Students know the number and types of organisms an ecosystem can support depends on the resources available and on abiotic factors, such as quantities of light and water, a range of temperatures, and soil composition.
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| • Area : Investigation and Experimentation
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| • Sub-Strand 7: Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will:
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| Standard b: Select and use appropriate tools and technology (including calculators, computers, balances, spring scales, microscopes, and binoculars) to perform tests, collect data, and display data.
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| Standard c: Construct appropriate graphs from data and develop qualitative statements about the relationships between variables.
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| Standard d: Communicate the steps and results from an investigation in written reports and oral presentations.
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| Standard e: Recognize whether evidence is consistent with a proposed explanation.
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| • Grade : Grade Seven
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| • Area : Focus on Life Science
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| • Sub-Strand : Cell Biology
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| • Concept 1: All living organisms are composed of cells, from just one to many trillions, whose details usually are visible only through a microscope. As a basis for understanding this concept:
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| Standard a: Students know cells function similarly in all living organisms.
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| Standard b: Students know the characteristics that distinguish plant cells from animal cells, including chloroplasts and cell walls.
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| Standard d: Students know that mitochondria liberate energy for the work that cells do and that chloroplasts capture sunlight energy for photosynthesis.
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| • Area : Investigation and Experimentation
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| • Sub-Strand 7: Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will:
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| Standard d: Construct scale models, maps, and appropriately labeled diagrams to communicate scientific knowledge (e.g., motion of Earth’s plates and cell structure).
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CA- LAUSD Science Analyzed Standards |
| • Grade : Grade Six
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| • Area : Focus on Earth Science
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| • Standards Set : Ecology (Life Science)
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| • Concept 5: Organisms in ecosystems exchange energy and nutrients among themselves and with the environment. As a basis for understanding this concept:
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| Standard a: Students know energy entering ecosystems as sunlight is transferred by producers into chemical energy through photosynthesis and then from organism to organism through food webs.
(Students map the energy entering ecosystems as sunlight is transferred by producers into chemical energy through photosynthesis and then from organism to organism through food webs. (5a))
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| Standard b: Students know matter is transferred over time from one organism to others in the food web and between organisms and the physical environment.
(Students illustrate how matter is transferred over time from one organism to others in the food web and between organisms and the physical environment. (5b))
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| Standard c: Students know populations of organisms can be categorized by the functions they serve in an ecosystem.
(Students classify populations of organisms by the functions they serve in the ecosystem. (5c))
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| • Area : Investigation and Experimentation
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| • Standards Set 7: Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will:
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| Standard c: Construct appropriate graphs from data and develop qualitative statements about the relationships between variables.
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| Standard h: Identify changes in natural phenomena over time without manipulating the phenomena (e.g., a tree limb, a grove of trees, a stream, a hillslope).
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