Mr and Mrs Smith's Life Science Lesson Plans

During the 2005-2006 school year our 6th grade science classes will be piloting (trying out) the Globe Fearon textbook Concepts and Challenges Life Science from the Pearson Learning Group . We only have one classroom set so this textbook will not leave the classroom. We will also use the Prentice Hall textbook Exploring Life Science. Each student will be allowed to take the Prentice Hall book home, keep it at home, and use it as a reference. This book will be returned at the end of the school year. The TEC Science class will use Prentice Hall's Exploring Life Science as their textbook.

Scientific Skills and Investigations	Chapter 10 Animals With Backbones
Unit 1 The Basics of Life	Section 1-2 Fish
Chapter 1 Characteristics of Living Things	Section 3-5 Amphibians and Reptiles
Chapter 2 Cell Structure and Function	Sea Turtle Unit
Chapter 3 Heredity and Genes	Dinosaur Unit
Chapter 4 Life Changes Over Time	Section 6 Birds
	Section 7 Mammals
Unit 2 The Variety of Life	Whale Unit
Chapter 5 Classification
Chapter 6 Simple Organisms	Unit 5 Ecology
	Chapter 11 Living Things and the Environment
Unit 3 The Plant Kingdom	Chapter 12 Interactions Among Living Things
Chapter 7 Types of Plants
Chapter 8 Plant Structure and Function	Unit 6 The Human Body
	Chapter 13 The Human Body
Unit 4 The Animal Kingdom	Chapter 14 Digestion and Nutrition
Chapter 9 Animals Without Backbones	Chapter 15 Transport in the Body
Section 1-3 Sponges and Cnidarians	Chapter 16 Respiration and Excretion
Section 4 Worms	Chapter 17 Fighting Disease
Section 5-7 Mollusks and Echinoderms	Chapter 18 Control and Regulation
Section 8-10 Arthropods and Insects	Chapter 19 Reproduction and Development