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Grade 6 Science Worksheets

Free printable and interactive Grade 6 science worksheets aligned to NGSS. 120 worksheets so far. Every worksheet has an answer key and can be completed online with instant feedback.

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Grade 6 Science topics & skills

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Physical Science

Life Science

Earth & Space Science

Physical Science

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Design and test a device, such as an insulated box or a solar cooker, that reduces or increases thermal energy transfer.

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Investigate how the energy transferred, the type of matter and its mass affect a change in temperature.

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Argue from evidence that when an object's kinetic energy changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Life Science

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Use evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different kinds of cells.

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Model how the parts of a cell, such as the nucleus, cell membrane, chloroplasts and mitochondria, work together.

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Argue how the body is a system of interacting subsystems, from cells to tissues, organs and organ systems.

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Explain how animal behaviors and plant structures help them reproduce successfully.

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Explain how environmental and genetic factors affect the growth of organisms.

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Explain how sense receptors send signals to the brain that lead to behavior or are stored as memories.

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Compare asexual and sexual reproduction and use Punnett squares to show how genetic variation results.

Earth & Space Science

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Model how water cycles through Earth's systems, driven by sunlight and gravity.

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Use data on moving air masses to explain how they cause changes in weather.

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Model how uneven heating and Earth's rotation cause patterns of atmospheric and ocean circulation that shape climate.

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Design a way to monitor and reduce a human impact on the environment.

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Ask questions about the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.

Grade 6 Science topics & skills

Physical Science

Life Science

Earth & Space Science

Physical Science

MS-PS3-3

Testing Sleeping Pads for a Night on the Snow

A Cold Frame for Frosty Spring Nights

Saving the Ice: An Ice Chest for an All-Day Track Meet

Designing a Cool Sleeve for a Bike Water Bottle

A Battery Sleeve for a Winter Race

Designing a Chill Bath for Hot Soup

Designing a Pizza Box Solar Oven

Keeping Soup Hot on a Delivery Robot

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Cold Instruments at the Recording Studio

Hot Bottles and Melting Snow for a Snow-Camping Trip

Choosing a Build Plate for the Makerspace 3D Printer

Mixing Water for the Training Room Foot Tub

Why the Spa Warms Faster Than the Pool

Heat Sinks for a Racing Drone

Quenching Hot Metal in Water

Why the Skate Park Rail Gets So Hot

MS-PS3-5

Science Fair Collisions: Balls, Blocks and a Falling Weight

Piano Hammers, Fading Strings and a Microphone

Gliding Skaters and Cold Hands at Winter Camp

Rubber Bands, Wheels and Lights at the Makerspace

Bounces, Kicks and Sprints: Following the Energy

Energy at the Batting Cage

Where Does a Go-Kart's Energy Go?

Speeding Up and Slowing Down in the Kitchen

Life Science

MS-LS1-1

Growing Leaves and Swelling Beads in the School Greenhouse

What Lives in the Classroom Aquaponics Tank?

Animal, Algae or Rock? Cells in the Zoo Coral Nursery

A Year of Samples at Hollow Creek Park

From Cork Boxes to Living Mats

A Microscope on the Farm

Living Things in a Clump of Moss

Cells in the Hospital Lab

MS-LS1-2

Oxygen in Tide Pools by Day and by Night

Bleeding Beets and Bendy Carrots

Training Inside a Swimmer's Muscle Cells

Keeping Rhino Cells Alive in the Zoo Biobank

Bean Seedlings in the Dark Box

One Giant Cell at the Museum

Lettuce Cells in a Vertical Farm

Pond Cells Under the Microscope

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How a Harbor Seal Dives on One Breath

A Ground Squirrel's Year Under the Ballfield

Where the Blood Goes on Garden Workday

A Gymnast's Broken Wrist and Six Weeks in a Cast

Lead Tests in the Condor Program

A Runner's Year of Pace Checks

Cooling Down on the Trail Crew

A Farm Goat's Body Systems at Work

MS-LS1-4

Night Flowers and Fish Gifts on a Barrier Island

Strutting Grouse and Chokecherry Pits

Humming Fish and Hooked Seeds at the Tide Pools

Buzzing Bees in the School Hoop House

Seeds on Our Socks

Flamingo Flocks and Hummingbird Flowers

Flashes and Wings in Riverbend Park

Pollen, Nests and the Next Generation

MS-LS1-5

Reading Fish Scales Under the Microscope

Puppy Checkups at the Animal Hospital

Deer Fences and Willow Seedlings at Cottonwood Bend

Mussels and Oysters at the Marine Station

Basil Cuttings and Pea Seeds

How Tall Will an Athlete Grow?

Growing Up in the Zoo Head-Start Lab

Genes, Sunlight and Rain in Linden Park

MS-LS1-8

Beeping Collars and Vineyard Sheep