British Columbia

6.CC Curricular Competencies

• 6.CC.1 Questioning and predicting

  • 6.CC.1.1 Demonstrate a sustained curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest

  • 6.CC.1.2 Make observations in familiar or unfamiliar contexts

    • Identify the experimental question (6-B.3)

  • 6.CC.1.3 Identify questions to answer or problems to solve through scientific inquiry

    • Identify steps of the scientific method (6-A.1)
    • Identify control and experimental groups (6-B.1)
    • Identify independent and dependent variables (6-B.2)
    • Identify the experimental question (6-B.3)
    • Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials (6-B.4)

  • 6.CC.1.4 Make predictions about the findings of their inquiry

    • Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials (6-B.4)
    • Predict forces using Newton's third law (6-E.8)

• 6.CC.2 Planning and conducting

  • 6.CC.2.1 With support, plan appropriate investigations to answer their questions or solve problems they have identified

    • Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! (6-C.4)
    • Collisions and car safety features (6-E.10)

  • 6.CC.2.2 Decide which variable should be changed and measured for a fair test

    • Identify control and experimental groups (6-B.1)
    • Identify independent and dependent variables (6-B.2)

  • 6.CC.2.3 Choose appropriate data to collect to answer their questions

    • Understand an experimental protocol about plant growth (6-B.5)
    • Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion (6-B.6)
    • Understand an experimental protocol about evaporation (6-B.7)

  • 6.CC.2.4 Observe, measure, and record data, using appropriate tools, including digital technologies

    • Identify laboratory tools (6-A.2)
    • Laboratory safety equipment (6-A.3)

  • 6.CC.2.5 Use equipment and materials safely, identifying potential risks

    • Laboratory safety equipment (6-A.3)

• 6.CC.3 Processing and analyzing data and information

  • 6.CC.3.1 Experience and interpret the local environment

    • Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem (6-R.1)
    • Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions (6-R.2)

  • 6.CC.3.2 Identify First Peoples perspectives and knowledge as sources of information

  • 6.CC.3.3 Construct and use a variety of methods, including tables, graphs, and digital technologies, as appropriate, to represent patterns or relationships in data

    • Evaluate claims about natural resource use: groundwater (6-S.1)
    • Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels (6-S.2)
    • Use data to describe climates (6-U.3)

  • 6.CC.3.4 Identify patterns and connections in data

    • Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions (6-C.2)
    • Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions (6-C.3)

  • 6.CC.3.5 Compare data with predictions and develop explanations for results

    • Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions (6-C.2)
    • Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions (6-C.3)

  • 6.CC.3.6 Demonstrate an openness to new ideas and consideration of alternatives

• 6.CC.4 Evaluating

  • 6.CC.4.1 Evaluate whether their investigations were fair tests

    • Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions (6-C.2)

  • 6.CC.4.2 Identify possible sources of error

  • 6.CC.4.3 Suggest improvements to their investigation methods

    • Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions (6-C.3)

  • 6.CC.4.4 Identify some of the assumptions in secondary sources

  • 6.CC.4.5 Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of evidence

  • 6.CC.4.6 Identify some of the social, ethical, and environmental implications of the findings from their own and others' investigations

    • Evaluate claims about natural resource use: groundwater (6-S.1)
    • Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels (6-S.2)

• 6.CC.5 Applying and innovating

  • 6.CC.5.1 Contribute to care for self, others, and community through personal or collaborative approaches

  • 6.CC.5.2 Co-operatively design projects

  • 6.CC.5.3 Transfer and apply learning to new situations

  • 6.CC.5.4 Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving

    • Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions (6-C.3)

• 6.CC.6 Communicating

  • 6.CC.6.1 Communicate ideas, explanations, and processes in a variety of ways

  • 6.CC.6.2 Express and reflect on personal, shared, or others' experiences of place