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CPO Science Earth Science - Grade 6

Student Textbook

The CPO Science Earth Science student textbook contains comprehensive content that introduces your students to key earth science concepts including energy, plate tectonics, weathering, earthquakes, volcanoes, and ecosystems. The text also integrates important ideas in science such as heat, density, and buoyancy.

Reading strategies are built right into the text to aid comprehension. Science information is presented as one idea per page while content-rich illustrations and diagrams are found next to the relevant text. Easy-to-find main headings, sub-headings and side notes guide your students through the content. Vocabulary words are defined in special boxes on the same page where they are introduced. Chapter assessments, skill sections, real world connections, and chapter activities further extend your students' learning.

Table of Contents

 Unit 1    The Scientific Process
 

Chapter 1: Science Is Everywhere
Chapter 2: The Science Toolbox
Chapter 3: Introducing Earth

 Unit 2    Energy in Earth's System
 

Chapter 4: Heat
Chapter 5: Density and Buoyancy
Chapter 6: Earth's Surface and Heat
Chapter 7: Heat Inside Earth

 Unit 3    Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure
 

Chapter 8: Plate Tectonics
Chapter 9: Earthquakes
Chapter 10: Volcanoes

 Unit 4    The Shape of Earth's Surface
 

Chapter 11: Water and Weathering
Chapter 12: Beaches
Chapter 13: Natural Hazards

 Unit 5    Ecology
 

Chapter 14: Resources
Chapter 15: Ecosystems
Chapter 16 Biomes

   


  Name Item ISBN Price
  Student Textbook 92W-492-3450 1-58892-476-9 $51.95
  Investigations Manual 92W-492-3470 1-58892-477-7 $17.50
  Equipment Kit 92W-792-5310 1-58892-482-3 $1,125.00
  Teacher's Tool Kit 92W-492-5340 1-58892-486-6 $395.95
  Teacher's Guide 92W-492-3480 1-58892-479-3 $129.00