You need to check your state standards. Then check of the
National Science Foundation website. Sci Links is also good.

In Texas, 6th grade is more geared (according to the new TEKS)
toward physical sciences.

First you better check out what type of lab equipment the 6th
grade has, where you will do experiments, what disposables
there are (and how they are paid for).

If it is fully supplied - great. If not so good....start a
collection.....(garage sales always come in handy)
straws
baby food jars w/ lids
plastic spoons
hand lens
rock collections (that someone doesn't want anymore)
little hand shovels (dollar general did have them for $1)
marbles
matel cars
pieces of wood (2X4's about 3-4 foot long)
plastic dixie cups
baking soda
vinegar
salt
mineral oil
oil
stirofoam pieces
balls of various sizes
containers of various shapes
I like to have a cafeteria tray for each lab station
flash lights
wire
pebbles
sand
stones
potting soil
samples of wood
sand paper
coffee filters
meter sticks
stop watches
small mirrors
variety of buttons
candles
packing materials (stirofoam peanuts, that plastic stuff with
the air pockets in it, thin stirofoam sheets, corrugated cardboard)
playdough or clay
alligator clamps
levers
pulleys
different materials -- opaque, translucent, clear, reflecting

Maybe your students will be required to bring:
markers
colored pencils
scissors
rulers
tape

There is alot more that you will need. Hopefully your school
will have all the more expensive lab type equipment.

It will be a big change, but you'll love it after you make the
change.

On 6/24/09, FishOutOfWater wrote:
> I am new to teaching science and will be teaching 6th grade
> Life Science next year. My strong points are Reading so I
> am a little out of my comfort zone here. Does anyone have
> their lesson plans on computer that they would be willing
> to share to give me some ideas of their teaching order,
> content length, and mapping for the year? Like I said…I’m
> just feeling a little like a fish out of water.
>
> Thanks bunches!!

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