Grade 6 - Ontario Science STEM - Full Year Bundle - Updated in 2026

Grade 6 - Ontario Science STEM - Full Year Bundle - Updated in 2026

***Strand A: STEM/Coding has been added to this unit at no extra charge!

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Most importantly, we have made cross-curriculum connections to the grade 6 language program. Students will practice reading comprehension strategies (making connections, questioning, visualizing, and inferencing) as they work through this unit.

Unit 1 - Biodiversity

• What is biodiversity?
• Difference between organisms, species, and communities
• Biodiversity around the world – Canada vs Amazon Rainforest
• Altering the food chain – effects on biodiversity
• Classification systems
• 5 kingdoms of living things – plants, animals, fungi, protists, monerans
• Microscopic organisms
• Animal classifications – vertebrates and invertebrates
• Mammals – primates
• Consumers and producers – herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores
• Classifying animals
• Plants – seed plants vs bulb plants
• Flowering plants vs non-flowering plants
• Vascular plants vs non-vascular plants
• Biodiversity within species – brown organisms versus white
• Adapting species – white rabbits vs brown rabbits in the arctic
• Darwin’s finches – natural selection causing adaptations
• Genetic variation – Black Peppered Moth and White Peppered Moth
• Biodiversity between species – 8 species of bears
• Biodiversity between species – bats (microbats and megabats)
• Relationships within species – wolf pack
• Symbiotic relationships – communalism, mutualism, parasitism
• Invasive species – Zebra Mussels (animals) and Phragmites (plants)
• Climate change – biodiversity
• Effects of melting glaciers on biodiversity
• Biodiversity and Indigenous communities
• Biodiversity and agriculture – soil, livestock, and crops
• Benefitting from biodiversity
• Biodiversity in our community
• STEM Activities
• Hands on Experiments
• Building models, systems, or structures
• Reading and writing code
• Coding – Creating models to map invasive species
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Unit 2 - Flight

• Flight - Background
• Trial and Error – Wright Brothers
• Properties of Air
• Experiment – Air Compression
• Air is a Fluid
• Four Forces of Flight
• Bernoulli’s Principle
• Bernoulli’s Principle – Wing Cross-Section, Sprayers & Carburetors
• Lift – Bernoulli’s vs Newton
• Lift – Angle of Attack
• Drag - Aerodynamics
• Paper Airplane – Drag Experiment
• Weight - Gravity
• Propulsion - Thrust
• Activity – Building a Propeller
• Control Surfaces of a Plane
• Newspaper Article: Flash Update – Engines of the Sky
• Newspaper Article: Breaking News
• Unbalanced Forces Steering Through the Skies
• How Do Animals Fly?
• Animal Adaptations – Propelling in Air/Water
• Newspaper Article: Breaking News
• Design Features – Adapting Drag
• Design Features – Adapting Lift
• Blog Post: How Animals and Machines Manage Lift
• Aircraft vs Spacecraft
• Four Corners Activity: Aircraft vs. Spacecraft Design
• What is Parachute?
• Lighter-Than-Air Flying Devices
• Benefits of Aviation
• Activity – Designing and Building a Glider
• Negatives of Aviation
• Drawing Contest – Design the Perfect Flying Machine
• Canada’s Contributions to Aviation
• Coding – Auto Pilot on Planes
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Unit 3 - Electricity

• Forms of Energy
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Electricity
• Electrical Devices We Use
• Impact of Electricity on Our Lives
• Electrostatic Force
• Static Electricity
• Dangers of Static Electricity
• Lightning – Electrostatic Force
• How Electricity Works
• Current Electricity Vs Static Electricity
• Dangers of Current Electricity & Short Circuits
• Conductors and Insulators
• Resistors
• Series Vs Parallel Circuits
• Components of an Electrical Circuit
• Interpreting Circuit Diagrams
• Uses of Parallel and Series Circuits
• Blog Post: Factors that Affect Bulb Brightness in Circuits
• Electromagnetic Force
• Newspaper Article: Turning Motion Into Electricity and Back!
• Transforming Electricity
• Generating Electricity
• Electromagnetism and Turbines
• Renewable Vs Non-Renewable Energy
• Solar Energy – Generating Electricity
• Wind Energy
• Hydro Energy
• Geothermal – Generating Electricity
• Nuclear Power
• Generating Electricity – Effect on Environment
• Nuclear Power Accidents
• Electricity in Ontario
• Moving Electricity in Ontario
• Measuring Electricity In Our Homes
• Reading Efficiency Labels
• Electricity and Coding
• What is Binary Code?
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities
  

Unit 4 - Space

• The Universe, Solar System, Galaxies, Planets
• Diagram of our Solar System
• Size of the Universe, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy
• Assignment – planet profile
• Natural Satellites – moons
• Asteroids and the Asteroid Belt
• Meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids
• Identifying celestial bodies
• Gravity – reading and science experiment
• Mass versus weight – activity, reading, and experiment
• Celestial bodies that reflect or emit light
• Constellations – stars in our galaxy
• Experiment – creating constellations on geoboards
• Conception of the Earth – Flat Earth, Geo-Centred Theory, and Sun-Centred Theory
• Day and night – Earth’s axis and rotation
• Day and night around the world – research assignment
• Experiment – making a sundial
• Seasons – Earth’s orbit around the Sun
• Moons in our solar system – research assignment
• Phases of the moons – reading and experiment
• Ocean tides – lunar and solar tides
• Celestial objects visible in the night sky
• Canada and space exploration – technologies created by Canadians
• Space – extreme environment – temperature, zero gravity, air pressure
• Surviving in space – technologies needed
• Benefits of space exploration – using satellites
• Understanding climate change using space technologies – satellite images
• Mars Rovers – reading and research activity
• Controversy of space travel – downsides (dangerous and costly)
• Unit test
• STEM Activities
• Hands on Experiments
• Building models, systems, or structures
• Reading and writing code
• Coding – Creating models to investigate planets
• Answer pages for all activities

This is a comprehensive bundle that will save you hours of planning! It has been tested and found effective in helping students achieve the learning goals in the NEW science curriculum.

BOTH PDF AND GOOGLE SLIDES VERSIONS INCLUDED!