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Integrated Curriculum 6th Grade


The Kiss of the Assassin (Peru)

Focuses on pathogens and bacterial infectious diseases (Chagas disease in this case) that can be obtained from insects, like the “kissing bug,” that harbor the bacteria and serve as vectors for the disease.

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Half Life 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B), 6.3 (E), 6.7 (A), 6.7 (B),
Investigate the Mystery: Finding Facts 6.2 (A), 6.2 (C), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B),
Investigate the Mystery: Transmission of Diseases 6.2 (C),
Investigate the Mystery: Designing an Experiment 6.2 (A), 6.2 (C), 6.2 (D), 6.3 (A),
Malaria 6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.2 (C), 6.2 (D), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B), 6.5 (A),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Exchange Rates 6.2 (C), 6.3 (A), 6.8 (D),
Shipping Costs 6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.3 (A), 6.8 (B), 6.8 (D), 6.12 (A),
How do you Measure up? 6.2 (A), 6.4 (A), 6.4 (B), 6.8 (B), 6.8 (D), 6.13 (B),
Measurement 6.2 (C), 6.8 (B), 6.8 (D),
Analyzing Temparature 6.10 (A), 6.10 (B), 6.10 (C), 6.10 (D),
Half-Life 6.4 (A), 6.7, 6.10 (D), 6.12 (A), 6.13 (A),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Timelines 6.8 (B), 6.8 (C), 6.8 (D), 6.10 (B),
Persuasive Writing 6.10 (L), 6.11 (B), 6.11 (C), 6.13 (B), 6.13 (C), 6.13 (D), 6.13 (F), 6.13 (I), 6.15 (C), 6.15 (F), 6.15 (H), 6, 24 (A),
Descriptive Adjectives 6.6 (A), 6.6 (C), 6.7 (A), 6.7 (C), 6.7 (D), 6.9 (C), 6.15 (A), 6.15 (C), 6.17 (A), 6.17 (B), 6.17 (C), 6.17 (D), 6.17 (E), 6.17 (F), 6.17 (G), 6.17 (H),
Prefixes and Suffixes 6.6 (A), 6.6 (B), 6.6 (C), 6.9 (D), 6.17 (F), 6.17 (G),
Word Origins 6.6 (C), 6.9 (G), 6.16 (B), 6.16 (D), 6.16 (E), 6.16 (F), 6.17 (A), 6.17 (B), 6.17 (G), 6.18 (H),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Absolute Location 6.21 (C), 6.21 (F), 6.22 (A), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B), 6.3 (C),
Explore South America 6.21 (C), 6.21 (F), 6.22 (A), 6.3 (B),
Research 6.1 (A), 6.1 (B), 6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.4 (A), 6.4 (B), 6.4 (C), 6.4 (D), 6.15 (B), 6.15 (D), 6.17 (C), 6.19 (A), 6.21 (E),
Local Climate 6.3 (B), 6.3 (C), 6.6 (A), 6.6 (B), 6.6 (C), 6.7 (A), 6.21 (B), 6.21 (C),

 

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Tut’s Revenge (Egypt)

Focuses on water contamination during construction of King Tut’s tomb in ancient Egypt.

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Investigate the Mystery 6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.2 (C), 6.2 (D), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B), 6.3 (D), 6.3 (E), 6.4 (A), 6.5 (A), 6.6 (B), 6.6 (C), 6.7 (A), 6.7 (B), 6.10 (A), 6.10 (C), 6.12 (B), 6.14 (B), 6.21 (A),
Dehydration Model 6.1 (A), 6.1 (B), 6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.2 (C), 6.2 (D), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (C), 6.3 (D), 6.4 (A), 6.4 (B), 6.5 (A), 6.5 (B), 6.10 (A), 6.10 (B), 6.10 (C), 6.12 (A), 6.12 (B), 6.12 (C),
Water Purification 6.1 (A), 6.1 (B), 6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.2 (C), 6.2 (D), 6.3 (A), 6.4 (A), 6.10 (A), 6.10 (C), 6.12 (A), 6.12 (B), 7.5 (B), 7.12 (B), 7.12 (C), 8.11 (A),
Weather and Climate 6.2 (B), 6.2 (C), 6.2 (D). 6.2 (E), 6.5 (A), 6.5 (B), 6.6 (C), 6.12 (C), 6.14 (C),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Treasure of King Tut’s Tomb 6.1 (C), 6.2 (D), 6.4 (B), 6.5 (F), 6.8 (B), 6.8 (B), 6.8 (D), 6.11 (A),
Carbon Dioxide Production 6.1 (A), 6.1 (B), 6.1 (C), 6.2 (C), 6.2 (D), 6.3 (B), 6.3 (C), 6.8 (B), 6.8 (D), 6.10 (B), 6.10 (D), 6.11 (A), 6.12 (A),
The Great Pyramid 6.2 (C), 6.2 (D), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B), 6.4 (B), 6.8 (B), 6.11 (A), 6.12 (A),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Perspective 6.2 (A), 6.7 (A), 6.8 (B), 6.8 (C), 6.8 (D), 6.10 (B), 6.12 (B), 6.12 (D), 6.12 (H), 6.12 (K), 6.13 (A), 6.13 (C), 6.13 (E), 7.7 (A), 7.7 (C), 7.8 (B), 7.10 (A), 7.10 (B), 7.12 (B), 7.13 (A), 7.13 (C), 7.13 (E),
In Someone Else’s Shoes 6.4 (A), 6.8 (B), 6.13 (A), 6.13 (C), 6.13 (E), 6.13 (G), 6.13 (H), 6.14 (A), 6.14 (B), 6.18 (A), 6.18 (B), 6.18 (C), 6.18 (D), 6.18 (I),
Persuasive Writing 6.5 (F), 6.7 (A), 6.8 (C), 6.10 (B), 6.10 (F), 6.10 (G), 6.15 (B), 6.15 (H), 6.16 (B), 6.18 (A), 7.7 (A), 7.8 (C), 7.10 (B), 7.10 (F), 7.10 (G), 7.17 (A), 7.17 (B), 7.17 (C), 7.17 (F), 8.7 (A), 8.8 (C), 8.10 (B), 8.10 (F), 8.10 (G),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Latitude, Longitude and Loot 6.3 (B), 6.3 (C), 6.4 (A), 6.4 (D), 6.21 (C), 6.21 (F), 6.22 (A), 6.23 (A), 6.23 (B), 7.21 (H), 7.22 (A), 8.30 (H), 8.31 (A),
A Day in the Life of an Ancient Egyptian 6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.4 (D), 6.5 (A), 6.7 (A), 6.7 (B), 6.8 (A), 6.12 (A), 6.15 (A), 6.15 (B), 6.15 (C), 6.17 (A), 6.18 (A), 6.18 (B), 6.21 (A), 6.21 (C), 6.22 (B), 6.22 (C), 6.22 (D),
Farming on the Nile 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B). 6.3 (C), 6.6 (C), 6.4 (A), 6.4 (B), 6.4 (D), 6.5 (A), 6.6 (B), 6.6 (C), 6.7 (A), 6.7 (B), 6.7 (C), 6.8 (A), 6.21 (A),

 

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Midnight at the Marble Tomb (India)

Focuses on the health consequences of raw sewage in streets, acupuncture, tattoos, body piercing (of the nose, ears, lips, eyebrows, and belly button), blood transfusions, and organ donations in India

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Infectious Diseases 6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.2 (C), 6.2 (D), 6.2 (E), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B), 6.3 (C), 6.3 (D), 6.3 (E), 6.4 (B), 6.12 (A), 6.12 (B), 6.12 (C),
Tatoos, Trends and Time 6.3 (D), 6.12 (B),
Doctors Without Borders 6.2 (A), 6.2 (D), 6.12 (A), 6.12 (B), 6.12 (C),
Create Your Own Cell
Understanding a System 6.1(B), 6.2(A),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
At the Fishing Pier 6.3 (B), 6.4 (B), 6.6 (C),
Growing Food in India 6.2 (C), 6.3 (B, C), 6.4 (B),
The Mathematics of the Taj Mahal 6.3 (B), 6.4, 6.8 (B), 6.12 (A),
Through India and Back 6.2 (C), 6.3 (A),
Tattoos and Hepatitis 6.2 (C), 6.3 (A), 6.7, 6.9 (B),
Math 6 6.2 (C), 6.3 (A), 6.7, 6.9 (B),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Explore India 6.10 (D), 6.13 (C), 6.13 (E), 6.13 (F), 6.14 (B), 6.15 (C), 6.15 (D), 6.15 (F), 6.15 (H), 6.18 (A), 6.18 (H),
Group Edit 6.4 (A), 6.11 (A), 6.15 (C), 6.15 (E), 6.15 (F), 6.15 (H), 6.16 (B), 6.16 (C), 6.16 (D), 6.16 (E), 6.16 (F), 6.17 (D), 6.17 (E), 6.17 (F), 6.17 (G), 6.17 (H), 6.17 (I), 6.18 (A), 6.17 (B), 6.17 (C), 6.17 (E), 6.17 (H), 6.19 (B),
Wonders 6.4 (A), 6.10 (I), 6.11 (D), 6.15 (A), 6.17 (A) , 6.18 (A), 6.18 (B), 6.18 (C), 6, 18 (D), 6.21 (A), 6.21 (B), 6.21 (C), 6.21 (D), 6.21 (E), 6.21 (F),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Absolute Location 6.3 (B), 6.3 (C), 6.21 (C), 6.21 (F), 6.22 (A)
Relative Location 6.3 (B), 6.3 (C), 6.21 (C), 6.21 (F), 6.22 (A)
India Salt Map 6.1 (A), 6.1 (B), 6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (C), 6.4 (A), 6.4 (B), 6.4 (C), 6.4 (D), 6.15 (B), 6.15 (D), 6.17 (C), 6.19 (A), 6.21 (E), 6.22 (B), 6.22 (C), 6.22 (D), 6.22 (E),

 

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The Jade Dragon (China)

Focuses on air contamination and smoking in China that the adventurers encounter as they visit the Three Rivers Dam which is being constructed.

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Air Pollutants 6.2(D), 6.3(A), 6.3(D), 6.14(C),
Smoker’s Lung 6.3(C), 6.1(C), 6.11(D),
Blow it Up! 6.2(B C D E), 6.4(B),
Folded Mountain Formation 6.2(A C D), 8.14(A),
Make Your Own Climograph 6.2(C D E), 6.4(B),
Generating Electricity 6.1(A), 6.2(A B C D E), 6.4(A B), 6.9(A B C) ,

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
All Aboard! 6.1(C), 6.2(C), 6.3(C), 6.5, 6.10(D), 6.11(A),
To Smoke or Not to Smoke 6.1(C), 6.2(D), 6.3(B), 6.5, 6.10 (A C D), 6.11(A C),
How Many Beans? 6.2(C D), 6.3(C), 6.4(B), 6.8(A B), 6.10(D),
Population Density 6.1(C), 6.2(C), 6.3(A B C), 6.4(A), 6.8(A), 6.12(A),
The Value of a Dollar 6.1(C), 6.2(C), 6.3(C), 6.5, 6.11(A),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Descriptive Writing 6.11(C), 6.12(D E), 6.15 (A D F G),
Ancestors 6.4(A), 6.10(A I), 6.11(A D), 6.13(C) ,

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Absolute Location 6.3(B C), 6.21(C), 6.22(A),
Relative Location 6.3(A B C), 6.21(B C), 6.22(A D), 6.23(B) ,
Face-Off 6.7(A), 6.21(B C D ), 6.22(B C),
All in the Family 6.1(A B), 6.2(A B), 6.4(C), 6.13(B) ,

 

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Congo Cry (Congo)

Features viral infections (Ebola and AIDS) including both animal and human in Africa.

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Diagnosis Doctor? 6.2(C D), 6.3(B), 6.4(B),
Figure It Out 6.2(C D), 6.3(A),
Course of HIV 6.2(E), 6.3(C),
Virus Hunters 6.2(A B C D), 6.4(B),
What Bug is Bugging Me? 6.3(A B),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
The HIV Virus in Africa 6.1(C), 6.10(D), 6.11(A D), 6.12 (A), 6.13(A B),
Aunt Cathy Investigates Ebola 6.2(D), 6.3(B C), 6.4(B), 6.6(C), 6.8(B), 6.11(A),
Summer Jobs 6.2(B C D), 6.10(D), 6.11(A),
Modeling Population Growth 6.1(C), 6.8(A), 6.10(D), 6.11(A D), 6.12(A), 6.13(A B),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Descriptive Writing 6.15(C), 6.15(G), 6.21(A),
Time to Take Action 6.8(D), 6.13 (B C E F), 6.15(B), 6.18(B C D F G), 6.23(B),
Beach Ball Vocabulary 6.6(A C), 6.9(C E),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Absolute Location Investigation 6.21(C F), 6.23(A),
Relative Location 6.3(A), 6.21(B C), 6.22(A), 6.23(B),
Climographs 6.3(A B C),
Country Comparison 6.3(C), 6.4(A), 6.15(A B C), 6.21(A B C D),

 

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Hard River Escape (Ukraine)

Focuses on industrial waste that induces abnormalities in wildlife of the Ukraine.

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Growing Duckweed 6.1 (A, B), 6.2 (A, B, C, D, C), 6.3 (A, C, D), 6.4 (B), 6.11 (A, C)
Too Many Diapers 6.2 (A, B, C), 6.3 (A), 6.4 (A, B), 6.10, 6.11 (A)
Contaminating the Water Cycle 6.1 (C), 6.2 (B, C), 6.4 (B), 6.8 (B), 6.11 (D)
Marshmallow Mutations 6.2(C), 6.3 (C), 6.11 (A, B), 6.12 (B)

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Reactors, Radiatin, and Radii 6.1 (C), 6.2 (C), 6.4 (B), 6.6 (C) 6.8 (B, D), 6.11 (A),
Toxic Water 6.1 (C), 6.3 (B, C), 6.4 (B), 6.5, 6.10 (C) 6.11 (A, B),
Traveling Through the Ukraine 6.1 (B, C, E), 6.2 (C, D), 6.3 (A, B, C), 6.11 (A),
Radiation Doses 6.1 (A, C), 6.2 (B, D, C), 6.8 (D), 6.11 (A),
Shape Estimations 6.2 (B, D), 6.6 (B, C), 6.8 (A, B),

 

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Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered:
Understanding Perspective 6.2 (C, E), 6.4 (A), 6.8, 6.12 (F, H), 6.14, 6.15 (A, B, C, E, G, H),
Looking Back 6.5 (B, C), 6.8 (B, C), 6.10 (B, G, H), 6.13 (C, D, F, G, H, I), 6.15 (C, G, H),
Visit My Town 6.5 (B, C), 6.8 (B, C), 6.12 (A, B, C), 6.15 (C), 6.16 (A, B, C, D, E, F),
Saving Our Planet 6.5 (B), 6.13 (D, E, G, H), 6.15 (B, E, F), 6.22 (B, C, D, E), 6.23 (A, B),

 

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Fifteen Years Later… 6.1 (A, B), 6.3(C), 6.7 (A, B, C), 6.8 (A, B, C), 6.9 (A, B), 6.22 (C, D),
Passport to Ukraine 6.1 (C), 6.7 (A, B, C), 6.3 (C), 6.18 (A), 6.22 (A, B, C, D),
Tracking Radiation 6.3 (A, B), 6.6 (C), 6.21 (C, F),
Lost in Central Europe 6.3(B), 6.21 (C, F), 6.22 (A),
Climate in Kiev 6.3 (A, B, C), 6.21 (B, C, F), 6.22 (A),

 

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