Grade 6 science

IXL offers dozens of grade 6 science skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, provincial curriculum, or standardized test.

IXL offers dozens of grade 6 science skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, provincial curriculum, or standardized test.

A. Science practices and tools

  1. 1
    Identify steps of the scientific method
  2. 2
    Identify laboratory tools
  3. 3
    Laboratory safety equipment

D. Matter and mass

  1. 1
    Understand conservation of matter using graphs

F. Energy

  1. 1
    Identify changes in gravitational potential energy
  2. 2
    Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride

G. Electricity and magnetism

  1. 1
    Introduction to static electricity and charged objects
  2. 2
    Electric circuits
  3. 3
    Conductors and insulators
  4. 4
    Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces

I. Scientific names

  1. 1
    Identify common and scientific names
  2. 2
    Origins of scientific names
  3. 3
    Use scientific names to classify organisms

K. Plants

  1. 1
    Identify plant parts and their functions
  2. 2
    Classify fruits and vegetables as plant parts
  3. 3
    Identify flower parts and their functions

L. Animals

  1. 1
    Read and construct animal life cycle diagrams
  2. 2
    Compare animal life cycles

O. Plant reproduction

  1. 1
    Flowering plant and conifer life cycles
  2. 2
    Moss and fern life cycles

P. Photosynthesis

  1. 1
    How do plants use and change energy?
  2. 2
    Identify the photosynthetic organism

Q. Ecosystems

  1. 1
    Describe populations, communities and ecosystems
  2. 2
    Identify ecosystems
  3. 3
    Describe ecosystems

R. Conservation

  1. 1
    Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem
  2. 2
    Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions

S. Natural resources and human impacts

  1. 1
    Evaluate claims about natural resource use: groundwater
  2. 2
    Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels

T. The atmosphere

  1. 1
    Explore air masses
  2. 2
    Identify and compare air masses
  3. 3
    How do air masses form?
  4. 4
    The greenhouse effect

W. Units and measurement

  1. 1
    Choose units of distance, mass and volume
  2. 2
    Abbreviate time, length, speed and acceleration units
  3. 3
    Abbreviate mass and volume units
  4. 4
    Abbreviate force, energy and electricity units