Grade 6 - Earth Systems - Alberta Science - Lesson/Workbook Bundle

Grade 6 - Earth Systems (Climate Change) Unit - Alberta Science Curriculum - Lesson/Workbook Bundle. This bundle was created to provide everything you need to teach the Grade 6 Earth Systems unit in the Alberta Science Curriculum.

With your purchase, you will receive lesson slides that follow the 3-Part lesson format, engaging your students from start to finish. You will also receive the workbook, which contains fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.

Workbook Details:
This product was created to cover the NEW Alberta 2023 Science Grade 6 Curriculum – Strand 3 - Earth Systems – Climate Change.

There are 161 activity sheets that cover the outcomes in the NEW science curriculum. This unit contains many fun activities, including readings, experiments, assignments, matching, true or false, and coding.

We have added computer science activities as well to cover the outcomes in the NEW science curriculum. Check out the preview of this unit to learn more about how it can benefit your students.

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is climate?
• Earth’s systems and their impact on climate (lithosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere)
• Greenhouse gas effect
• Experiment – carbon dioxide effects
• Human activities that create greenhouse gases
• How geography influences climate – latitude, elevation, proximity to oceans, urban setting
• Natural processes causing climate change – volcanoes, Sun’s orbit, and meteors
• Newspaper article - "Massive Meteor Strikes Earth, Shifts Climate!"
• Assignment – writing a newspaper article on volcanoes changing climate
• What is climate change?
• How climate change affects wildlife
• Climate change – melting glaciers
• Effects of melting glaciers
• Creating an infographic – melting glaciers
• Letter to the Editor – reducing emissions
• Clean energy and reducing greenhouse gases
• Reducing consumption and waste – beyond the 3 R’s
• Activity – repurposing waste
• Activity – reselling using an online assignment
• Extreme weather in Canada – hottest day, coldest day, most snowfall, etc.
• Extreme weather in the world – hottest day, coldest day, most snowfall, etc.
• Climate change and extreme weather – wildfires, droughts, flooding, heatwaves, storms
• Coding activity – Tsunami Buoys – writing code
• Tropical storms – cyclones and hurricanes
• Evacuation orders – wildfires in Alberta
• Climate change – impact on farming
• Climate change and its affect on traditional ways of life
• Seasonal rounds of Indigenous groups affected by climate change
• Climate changes through history – extinction events: ice ages, dinosaurs
• Extinction of dinosaurs – meteor, volcano, climate change
• Activity – creating a model of a meteor hitting Earth
• Historical weather data in Calgary – temperature data
• Sea ice and sea level data
• Changes in extreme weather in Canada – wildfires, droughts, heatwaves
• Extreme weather around the world – tornadoes, monsoons, blizzards, wildfires
• Activity – water bottle tornado
• Technologies used to predict extreme weather events – RADAR, Weather satellites, and computer models
• Writing code – weather reports and writing a weather forecasting phone app
• Coding activity – abstraction in computer science
• Programming flow chart
• Traditional knowledge and modern technologies in tracking climate change
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Google Lesson Slides

Grade 6 - Earth Systems (Climate Change) Unit - Google Lesson Slides - Alberta Science Curriculum. This resource is packed with all the lessons you need to teach the Earth Systems Unit, Grade 6, Alberta Science Curriculum.

We have structured these lessons to follow the popular 3-Part Lesson format. By using these lessons, you will be provided with learning goals, discussion questions, relevant YouTube videos, interactive slides, exit cards, and more. Check out the variety of activities you'll receive below.

Part 1: Minds On!
- Learning Goals
- Discussion Questions

- Polls/Surveys

- Picture Prompts

- Jokes and Riddles

- Relevant Quotes

Part 2: Action!
- Interactive Activities

- Drag and Drop

- Fill in the Blanks

- Matching

- Sorting

- Polls/Surveys and Graphing

- Embedded YouTube Videos

Part 3: Consolidation

- Exit Cards

- 3-2-1 Reflections

- One Word Reflections

- Act It Out!

- Quick Draw

- One Sentence Summary

After purchasing this resource, you will be able to download a copy of this file to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.