6TH GRADE LIFE SCIENCE

Course Description and Objectives

Welcome to 6th Grade Life Science!!  This is a biology class where we will explore a variety of living things from microorganisms to the human body.   We will delve into a progression of life science topics, including:  the scientific method, characteristics of living things, microscopes, plants, cells, genetics, human reproduction, and evolution.

Learning Skills Objectives
Each student will:
•    Be resourceful and self-sufficient.
•    Be taught in and express their knowledge in a variety of ways:
    Verbal/Linguistic    Kinesthetic/Bodily
    Visual/Spatial    Interpersonally/Intrapersonally
•    Work together in a cooperative manner.
•    Strive for improvement in all skills:  learning and scientific.
•    Be given opportunities to use several cognitive styles:  concrete, analytical, integrative and evaluative.

Scientific Skills Objectives
Students will learn and practice skills that will enable him/her to gather data and think about it themselves.  These skills include:
    Observing,  Hypothesizing/Predicting, Classification,  Experimental design,  Analysis,
    Inference,  Interpretation, Comparison/contrast, Summarizing, Synthesis, Evaluation
      
Our Class Atmosphere
Be reliable, respectful, and responsible.