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Science 6 · Earth, Sky, Matter

Inside the Earth, the weather, the sky and the stars — then matter and its states, mixtures and solutions. Every rung has a build in a lab: the apple, the phone seismograph, the cloud in a bottle, the moon in a month, the density tower, the salt recovered.

THE MIX · HOW MUCH OF EACH CORE SUBJECT THIS COURSE CARRIES · IN ORDER
SCIENCEMATHREADING & WRITINGTECHNOLOGY & TRADES
The squares are a picture of a course — how much of each core subject its own rooms carry, read from the rooms’ text — never a score of a student. Every course in a lab is graded to the core across the board; the squares say which columns it feeds most.
OFFERED ASThe Year · 36 wkSemester 1 · 18 wkSemester 2 · 18 wkQuarter 1 · 9 wkQuarter 2 · 9 wkQuarter 3 · 9 wkQuarter 4 · 9 wk
WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO
  • Model the Earth’s layers, plates and quakes with evidence
  • Explain weather from pressure and the lapse rate, and the seasons from the tilt
  • Model the Moon’s phases, orbits and the lag of light with scale
  • Classify matter, measure density and separate a mixture
AT A GLANCE · 36 WEEKS
Q1 Inside the Earth — The Phone Seismograph
Q2 Weather and climate — A Cloud in a Bottle
Q3 The sky — Moon in a Month
Q4 Matter, mixtures, solutions — Recover the Salt

Semester 1

WEEKS 1–18 · QUARTERS 1 AND 2
Inside the Earth
WEEKS 1–9 · IN THIS OFFERING
THE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 4–6
Quakes
Waves through rock; the phone as a seismograph.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
The Phone Seismograph
The question. Can a phone feel the floor shake — and what does the trace tell you about the wave?
The make. The Phone Seismograph — the build on the Science Floor, in the Construction yard: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The seismograph trace with the wave read, handed in through the Science Floor; a number on Their Board
MS-ESS2-2HS-ESS2-1MS-PS4-1
Weather and climate
WEEKS 10–18 · IN THIS OFFERING
THE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 13–15
The lapse rate
A cloud in a bottle; why it is colder up there.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
A Cloud in a Bottle
The question. Why does the cloud appear when the pressure drops — and how cold does it get per hundred metres?
The make. A Cloud in a Bottle — the build on the Science Floor, in the HVAC bay: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The cloud-in-a-bottle sheet with the lapse computed, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-ESS2-5MS-ESS2-6HS-ESS2-4

Semester 2

WEEKS 19–36 · QUARTERS 3 AND 4
The sky
WEEKS 19–27
THE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
Moon in a Month
The question. What does a month of photographs prove about where the light comes from?
The make. Moon in a Month — the build on the Science Floor, in the Studio: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The month of Moon photographs with the phases named and the model drawn, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-ESS1-1
Matter, mixtures, solutions
WEEKS 28–36
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
Recover the Salt
The question. The salt is in the water — how do you get it back, and how much?
The make. Recover the Salt — the build on the Science Floor, in the Kitchen: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The recovery sheet with mass before and after, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-PS1-2MS-PS1-3

A course is a quarter, a semester or a year — nine, eighteen or thirty-six weeks — a project a quarter. Offered as the year, a semester or a quarter, it is the same course seen through a window. A lab is a family: its year, each of its tracks as a course, and its rooms. The evidence is what a student hands in through the room; the Report reads it from there. Nothing in the catalog is a grade.

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