Opportunities to tie science to everyday life are everywhere! Skill Sharpeners: Science provides hands-on experiences and activities that connect children's real-world experiences to science concepts and vocabulary. Each full-color worksheet lists skills taught, as well as a "concept" or "skill" note that explains the primary point of each worksheet. Written activity worksheets and hands-on activities are included.

This Grade 6 book covers organisms and ecosystems, inherited traits, chromosomes, DNA, genetic variation, artificial selection. climate, weather, regional climates, the poles, hurricanes, and global climate change. plate tectonics, our changing planet, our planet's interior, and future Earth. Energy, potential and kinetic energy, thermal energy, electrical energy, and chemical energy.