What does a student learn in StateWest Virginia,GradeGrade 6,SubjectScience?

Atoms are the tiny building blocks of everything around us. Students learn how atoms link together to form molecules, like two hydrogen atoms joining one oxygen atom to make water, and they draw or build models to show how that works.

Students use the periodic table to look up elements by name, symbol, and basic properties. It works like a reference chart where each box holds the key facts about one element.

Students use numbers and graphs to show how waves work, focusing on one key relationship: a wave with a bigger peak carries more energy. Think of it like sound, a louder noise makes a bigger wave.

Waves (like light or sound) hit a material and one of three things happens: they bounce back, get soaked in, or pass through. Students model and explain which outcome occurs depending on what the material is made of.

Students compare digital and analog signals to explain why digital is the more reliable way to send information. They read scientific and technical sources, then pull that evidence together to back up the claim.

Students explain why similar relationships (predator and prey, parasite and host) show up across very different ecosystems. The focus is on spotting those patterns and predicting what happens when one organism's role changes.

Students compare different real-world plans for protecting wildlife and healthy ecosystems, then decide which plan works best and why.

Photosynthesis is how plants turn sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into food. Students explain, using evidence, how this process moves energy into living things and cycles matter through an ecosystem.

Food doesn't just disappear inside a body. Students model how the body breaks down food through chemical reactions, rearranging its molecules to build new tissue or release energy the body can use.

When food, water, or space runs short, some organisms survive and others don't. Students look at real data to explain how resource availability shapes which populations grow, shrink, or disappear in an ecosystem.

Students map how matter (like water or carbon) moves in cycles through an ecosystem and how energy flows from the sun through plants, animals, and decomposers. The model shows how living things and their environment depend on each other.

When something in an ecosystem changes, like a drought drying up a pond or a predator disappearing, the populations of plants and animals shift too. Students use real data and observations to explain why.

Students build or draw a model of the Earth, sun, and moon to explain why the moon appears to change shape each month, why eclipses happen, and why seasons follow a predictable pattern each year.

Gravity pulls every planet, moon, and star toward other objects with mass. Students model how that invisible pull keeps planets orbiting the sun and holds the rotating arms of a galaxy together.

Students look at real data about the planets, moons, and sun to figure out how their sizes and distances compare. A planet that looks small in a photo might be thousands of times bigger than Earth.

Students track how air masses move and collide to explain why the weather changes. They collect real data, like temperature and pressure readings, to back up what they observe.

Unequal heating from the sun and Earth's rotation push air and ocean water into predictable patterns. Those patterns shape whether a region tends to be rainy, dry, windy, or warm across seasons.

Students examine data and evidence to understand what has caused Earth's average temperature to rise over the last 100 years, then form questions that push toward clearer answers.

Students study data from past earthquakes, floods, and volcanic eruptions to spot patterns. Those patterns help scientists predict when the next event might strike and build better warning systems.

Students figure out exactly what a solution must do and what limits it must work within, like a budget, available materials, or a size requirement, before any building or testing begins.

Students test multiple solutions to the same problem, then compare the results to find which parts of each design worked best.