Science and Technology, Grade 6

Unit 1: STEM Skills and Connections

Coding that obtains input in different ways, thinking about how coding and new technology (including skilled trades) change everyday life, spotting science and technology in occupations and skilled trades, and learning about people from many communities who help science grow.

• Coding to obtain input

• How coding and new technology affect life and skilled trades

• Science and technology in occupations and skilled trades

• Learning about contributions from many communities

Unit 2: Biodiversity

Classification of organisms, biodiversity within and among species and communities, why biodiversity matters for survival and resilience, invasive species, climate change and biodiversity loss, and biodiversity in agriculture — plus assessing biodiversity's importance and acting on a local issue.

• Benefits and loss of biodiversity
• Analysing a local biodiversity issue
• Planning and acting on a biodiversity issue

• Classifying organisms
• What biodiversity is
• Biodiversity within species and survival
• Biodiversity and community resilience
• Interrelationships that sustain biodiversity
• Invasive species and biodiversity
• Climate change and biodiversity loss
• Biodiversity and agriculture

Unit 3: Electricity and Electrical Devices

Static and current electricity, conductors and insulators, energy transformations to and from electrical energy, the components of a circuit, and series versus parallel circuits — plus assessing the impacts of generating and using electrical energy.

• Impacts of generating electrical energy
• Using electrical energy responsibly

• Static electricity
• Current electricity vs static electricity
• Conductors and insulators
• Transforming energy into electrical energy
• Transforming electrical energy into other forms
• Components of a circuit
• Series and parallel circuits

Unit 4: Flight

Flight applications of the properties of air, the four forces of flight, balanced and unbalanced forces in flight, altering the four forces, and flight adaptations in organisms — plus assessing the impacts of aviation technologies.

• Impacts of aviation technologies

• Properties of air used for flight
• The four forces of flight
• Balanced and unbalanced forces in flight
• Altering the forces of flight
• Flight adaptations in organisms

Unit 5: Space

The components of the solar system, mass versus weight, gravity and weight, bodies that emit or reflect light, the motions of Earth, the Moon, and the Sun, and space technologies — plus assessing the impacts of space exploration on humans, society, and the environment.

• Conditions in space and human needs
• Space technology and understanding Earth
• Impacts of space exploration

• Components of the solar system
• Mass versus weight
• Gravity and weight
• Bodies that emit or reflect light
• Motions of Earth, the Moon, and the Sun
• Technologies for space exploration