6snaped Chapter 112. Implementation of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science, Middle School. Science, Grade 6. In Grade 6, the study of science includes conducting field and laboratory investigations using scientific methods, analyzing data, making informed decisions, and using tools such as beakers, test tubes and spring scales to collect,analyze, and record information. Students also use computers and information technology tools to support scientific investigations.
Students investigate the rock cycle and identify sources of water in a watershed.
In addition, students identify changes in objects including position, direction, and speed when acted upon by a force. Students classify substances by their chemical properties and identify the water cycle and decay of biomass as examples of the interactions between matter and energy. They identify life processes and the relationships between structure and function of organisms. Science is a way of learning about the natural world. Students should know how science has built a vast body of changing and increasing knowledge described by physical, mathematical, and conceptual models, and also should know that science may not answer all questions.