Grade 6 Science — Term 2, Week 7
5 day-plan(s) · WeLearn JA SCI T2 G6
Day 1: Micro-organisms
Grade 6 Science · Term 2, Week 7 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Describe types of micro-organisms and where they live. |
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| Materials | Microscope images, samples |
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| Key vocabulary | micro-organism, bacteria, fungi, virus, microscope |
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| Engage (starter) | "What living things are too small to see?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: view or discuss micro-organisms; sort bacteria, fungi, and viruses; tap-to-reveal microbes. |
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| Plenary (close) | Name a type of micro-organism. |
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| Assessment | Describes micro-organisms. |
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| Teacher notes | Builds on the G5 micro-organism intro. |
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Day 2: Helpful Micro-organisms
Grade 6 Science · Term 2, Week 7 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Describe useful roles of micro-organisms. |
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| Materials | Bread, yogurt, compost pictures |
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| Key vocabulary | helpful, ferment, decompose, medicine, useful |
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| Engage (starter) | "How do microbes help make food and medicine?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: explore microbes in food, decomposition, and medicine; tap-to-reveal helpful microbes. |
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| Plenary (close) | Name one helpful micro-organism. |
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| Assessment | Describes helpful microbes. |
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| Teacher notes | Microbes are not all harmful. |
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Day 3: Harmful Micro-organisms and Disease
Grade 6 Science · Term 2, Week 7 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Explain how microbes cause disease and how it spreads. |
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| Materials | Disease-spread diagrams |
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| Key vocabulary | harmful, pathogen, disease, spread, infect |
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| Engage (starter) | "How do harmful microbes cause and spread disease?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: discuss pathogens and how disease spreads; sort ways it transmits; tap-to-reveal disease spread. |
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| Plenary (close) | Name one way disease spreads. |
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| Assessment | Explains disease spread. |
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| Teacher notes | Link to prevention. |
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Day 4: Preventing Disease
Grade 6 Science · Term 2, Week 7 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Describe hygiene, vaccination, and prevention. |
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| Materials | Hygiene and vaccine pictures |
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| Key vocabulary | prevent, hygiene, vaccine, immunity, sanitation |
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| Engage (starter) | "How do we protect ourselves and others from disease?" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: sort prevention methods (hygiene, vaccination, sanitation); discuss how vaccines work simply; tap-to-reveal. |
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| Plenary (close) | Name one way to prevent disease. |
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| Assessment | Describes prevention. |
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| Teacher notes | Connect to the immune system. |
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Day 5: Review: Micro-organisms and Health
Grade 6 Science · Term 2, Week 7 · 60 minutes
| Objectives | Consolidate microbes, disease, and prevention. |
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| Materials | Microbe cards, review stations |
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| Key vocabulary | review, micro-organism, disease, prevent |
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| Engage (starter) | "Microbe and health challenge!" |
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| Develop (main) | Interactive: sort microbes and prevention methods at review stations. |
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| Plenary (close) | Name a helpful and a harmful microbe. |
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| Assessment | Station accuracy. |
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| Teacher notes | Reinforce prevention. |
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