Welcome to sixth grade science. In sixth grade we focus on earth sciences. We will study weather, plate tectonics, rocks, minerals and the rock cycle, and ecology.

In order to find out what has happened each day, please check the calendar (above to the left). If you need to view any papers or smartboard presentations, the links below will get you to PDF files which you can either view or print.

Milkweed bugs smartboard part 2

Milkweed bugs page 1 smartboard

Milkweed Bugs

Energy Pyramid smartboard

Using Energy smartboard

Using Energy lab

Finding the Energy smartboard

Finding the Energy lab

Mono Lake and Food Webs smartboard

Mono Lake and Food Webs lab

Introduction to Ecology smartboard

Introduction to Ecology lab

Rock Cycle smartboard

Metamorphic Rocks smartboard

Sedimentary Rocks smartboard

Water, Erosion and Sediments lab

Water, Erosion and Sediments smartboard

Igneous Rocks smartboard

Volcanoes notes smartboard 6-37

Volcano Notes smartboard slides 1 - 5

Viscosity Lab results

Volcanoes homework

Viscosity and Volcanoes smartboard

Viscosity and Volcanoes lab

California and Plate Tectonics smartboard

Lava and Volcanoes - pictures for lab

Lava and Volcanoes lab

Lava and Volcanoes smartboard

Mapping Plate Boundaries smartboard

Collision smartboard

Collision diagrams

Continental Subduction diagrams

Continental Subduction smartboard

Island Arc Subduction diagrams

Island Arc Subduction smartboard

Sea Floor Spreading smartboard

Sea Floor Spreading diagrams

Rift Valleys diagrams

Rift Valley smartboard

Transform pictures and diagrams

Transform Boundaries smartboard

Plate Tectonics Overview smartboard

Basics of Plate Tectonics Review smartboard

Convection Currents in the Mantle smartboard

Inside the Earth smartboard

Age of Seafloor Rocks smartboard

Using Sonar to Study the Ocean Floor smartboard

Hawaiian Islands smartboard

Plotting Earthquakes smartboard

Far Flung Fossils smartboard