https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:58:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1467027 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:07:15 +0000 MrsLilybugg 1467027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: So true. He's really getting discouraged. There's got to be a happy medium! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1466829 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:20:27 +0000 swurlygurl 1466829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Woah. I was in advanced Math and Science all through school, and this definitely high school territory - and it was difficult for me as a math-person!</p> <p>Kind of good that they're pushing kids more, but there is definitely a limit, and if you scare them off too early you're doing some serious damage to their love of school! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1466700 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 13:55:47 +0000 MrsLilybugg 1466700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>UPDATE:</p> <p>So my nephew’s teacher replied to my sister. Basically she confirmed what @808love: guessed, and it’s that the school is following a Pilot program. I haven’t seen the email and my sis summarized it, but I’m guessing it’s the LEAD program (?) that I saw in the link in the above reply. She said that he is welcome to stay after school for help, and that she feels he is capable of the concepts and that it will better prepare him for high school.<br /> I find this so disheartening and unfair to the 6th graders being exposed to this. Firstly, I really don’t think they’re developmentally capable of grasping such concepts yet! I feel like yes, there are some kids that can – but that’s what Honors and Advanced is for! There’s more I feel about this but I don’t want to turn it into an education war. I’m just bummed for him :( My sister is going to try to gauge other parents’ reactions, but she is having a hard time contacting them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461507 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 14:09:54 +0000 MrsLilybugg 1461507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@thisisme: We're in Massachusetts. My sister looked up the typical curriculum for the Boston school system and it said "weather, Earth Science, etc." </p> <p> @808love: oh no that made me sick to my stomach. MA is on that list of states. GAHHHHHHHHH why are they doing this to kids? I totally bet his school is doing this.<br /> @Miss Ariel: OMG freshman chemistry in college?! This is ridiculous!<br /> @mrs. 64: good idea on the standardized test questions<br /> @Corduroy: oh goodness- that is wacky!<br /> @StbHisMrs: thank you!</p> <p>And thanks to everyone else that weighed in too! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461391 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 12:36:31 +0000 StbHisMrs 1461391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will ask my sixth grader when he gets up. He's advanced but I don't recall hearing or seeing anything like that.</p> <p>* He's up and they're currently studying the solar system. He's attending a Charter school now, when he was in private school they studied the solar system in 3rd grade... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461380 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 12:28:09 +0000 Corduroy 1461380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is applied algebra and not something I would expect to see until high school. Poor kid. </p> <p>I went to a school with wacky methods as a kid. Some teacher advised our parents to put us all in algebra at the local community college the summer after 6th grade. We were not ready for it at all. It totally turned me and most of my friends off math. I can understand why your son is frustrated. </p> <p>I can also understand why the teacher would try to introduce the calculations. The calculations are really easy - if you understand algebra. Hopefully she can find another way to channel her enthusiasm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461255 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 10:36:23 +0000 Ginabean3 1461255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a parent and this looks crazy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461251 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 10:31:39 +0000 mrs. 64 1461251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I teach elementary school, but the school should be able to give your sister a copy of the standards that are being taught in the class or tell her where to find them online. Also if your state administers a standardized test in this subject/grade level, then it is likely that you can find released test questions on the state website for comparison purposes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461243 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 10:25:22 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1461243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This definitely looks like high school stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461238 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 10:23:13 +0000 nana87 1461238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm neither a parent nor a primary or secondary level teacher, but it looks like you'd need some understanding of algebra/pre-algebra to be able to solve those, and we definitely didn't learn any of that in my public school curriculum until at least 8th grade for advanced math classes, 9th grade for normal math levels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461206 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 09:59:37 +0000 Miss Ariel 1461206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not a 6th grade science teacher, nor do I have a 6th grader. But I do have a degree in Chemistry and tutored Freshmen level Chemistry throughout college and grad school. And while it is taught in high school, it also is taught again in freshmen level chemistry classes, and they sometimes have a hard time with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461126 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 08:29:42 +0000 chopsuey 1461126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow. this looks like stuff I did in high school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461125 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 08:25:46 +0000 808love 1461125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These sound like it could fit with Next Generation Science Standards. There is a huge jump in rigor lately, especially when you hit the middle school grades. Grade 6-8 is banded together as middle school curriculum. Check out this link for standards:<br /> <a href="http://www.nextgenscience.org/search-performance-expectations" rel="nofollow">http://www.nextgenscience.org/search-performance-expectations</a></p> <p>I teach 4th grade but this is where I would look first if I were researching science curriculum. What I know for sure is that math curriculum in 4th grade is what I learned in 7th grade and most kids are capable. As for that science test you posted, it looks super hard based on my own personal ability.</p> <p>ETA: NextGen hasn't been adopted fully by states (so it's more on paper than in practice) but some states are considered LEAD states so they may be teaching more with this. When you ask your teacher, you'll discover more. Since the teacher is new, he/she could possibly not know what the students are realistically capable of yet and/or how to adapt.<br /> Here is a map of states that may be more involved, but it will also depend on the teacher/school/district. <a href="http://www.nextgenscience.org/lead-state-partners" rel="nofollow">http://www.nextgenscience.org/lead-state-partners</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461118 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 08:18:02 +0000 thisisme 1461118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These problems all require a decent level of algebraic understanding. That's why these types of problems are done in high school chemistry. What state are you in? I second the suggestion from@Mrs. Lion to look up you state standards (or common core depending on where you are. They should be on your states dept of Ed website. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461111 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 08:00:37 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1461111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted as teacher even though I taught 4th and 5th. Definitely not like our curriculum. You could try a search for your states science standards and compare... I would talk to the teacher for sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461067 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 06:52:12 +0000 swedishfish 1461067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 7th grade science teacher was like this in our honors class. He had us doing high school level work in 7th grade honors and forever turned me off of science. That's why I'm certified in Social Studies, Library Media, and administration. :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461041 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 02:51:09 +0000 Boogs 1461041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This seems like stuff I was personally doing as a high school sophomore in science classes. I sincerely hope they aren't trying to make poor 6th graders do this, let kids be kids! In 6th grade I remember dissecting an animal, doing cell stuff, learning about making babies/birth, but not that stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461035 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 02:07:48 +0000 googly-eyes 1461035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Seems nuts to me! I *think* this was high school for me? And I totally don't remember it now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461028 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 01:44:16 +0000 sunny 1461028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not a teacher and I don't have a kid this age, but I definitely remembered doing this type of work in high school. Probably around grade 9 or 10. </p> <p>Like SapphireSun, in middle school, we did a lot of experiments to see what happened with reactions, we learned about cell biology and that kind of thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461024 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 01:34:57 +0000 Sapphiresun 1461024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a teacher or have a kid this age, but I swear in sixth grade I remember mixing various solid with liquids (baking soda with vinegar style) and noting the reaction, and making a solar system kind of thing. This seems super hard! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461012 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:54:14 +0000 lilteacherbee 1461012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm certified to teach up to 6th grade (though I teach kids way younger) and I definitely don't remember any if this in my college education classes! Seems like high school stuff to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461003 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:44:22 +0000 Torchwood 1461003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree that I don't remember anything like this in 6th grade, and I WAS in an advanced class. Let us know what they say. I'd be interested to know if it's common core or what, and how they handle it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1461002 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:42:06 +0000 MrsLilybugg 1461002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@singingbee: @meganmp: thank you! It's helpful getting a teacher's perspective too. I have to ask my sister if he's doing Common Core- it doesn't seem familiar but it would make sense. I'll ask her tomorrow!</p> <p>She did decide to email his teacher so I'll update when I know the response. I have a feeling it will be " he's welcome to stay after school for tutoring" grr </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1460998 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:32:35 +0000 meganmp 1460998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I teach fifth grade and... No. Not even CLOSE to grade level. This is something to discuss with her. Maybe its some insane Common Core thing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1460996 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:31:12 +0000 singingbee 1460996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My partner teaches the science in our 6th grade, but I don't recall hearing any of this. They are doing cells and plants right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1460991 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:20:43 +0000 MrsLilybugg 1460991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: yes! That's what I remember about 6th grade! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1460990 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:20:13 +0000 MrsLilybugg 1460990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@katsupgirl: thank you! Yea I definitely wasn't doing this in the 6th grade. I know that curriculums have chNged but this seems outta control! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1460988 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:18:36 +0000 HLK208 1460988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a teacher but I think that seems way more advanced than 6th grade. I watched Bill Nye and memorized the periodic table in 6th grade science! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1460982 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:03:32 +0000 katsupgirl 1460982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This seems like high school level to me. I think it's a bit much for a regular 6th grade class. I don't teach or have a 6th grader but I've been exposed to science curriculum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/6th-grade-science-teachers-or-bees-with-6th-graders-pls-look#post-1460978 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 23:56:06 +0000 MrsLilybugg 1460978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So my nephew always loved science- it was his favorite subject in school. This year (6th grade) he hates it - he is so discouraged and I think it might be an overambitious teacher? This is her first year teaching science after resigning from a different profession. **I get that just because it's her first year doesn't mean she doesn't know what she's doing.** So please I hope nobody takes offense to this :) BUT I can't help but feel that this class is her "guinea pig". He is in a normal curriculum. Not Advanced. Not Honors. Just plain Science class. My sister looked up the typical curriculum and it's nowhere near what he is coming home with. She googled some of the questions and 10th grade curriculums showed up for most of the questions.</p> <p>If you have a child in the 6th grade, or teach science in the 6th grade - is this in line with what you see?<br /> I'm going to copy/paste the latest homework.</p> <p>Boyle’s Law Problems</p> <p>1. A gas occupies 12.3 liters at a pressure of 40.0 mmHg. What is the volume when the pressure is increased to 60.0 mmHg?<br /> V1 = 12.3 L P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 40.0 mmHg V2 = P1V1 = (40.0 mmHg)(12.3 L) = 8.2 L<br /> P2 = 60.0 mmHg P2 60.0 mmHg</p> <p>2. If a gas at 25°C occupies 3.60 liters at a pressure of 1.00 atm, what will be its volume at a pressure of 2.50 atm?<br /> V1 = 3.60 L P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 1.00 atm V2 = P1V1 = (1.00 atm)(3.60 L) = 1.44 L<br /> P2 = 2.50 atm P2 2.50 atm</p> <p>3. A gas occupies 1.56 L at 1.00 atm. What will be the volume of this gas if the pressure becomes 3.00 atm?<br /> V1 = 1.56 L P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 1.00 atm V2 = P1V1 = (1.00 atm)(1.56 L) = 0.52L<br /> P2 = 3.00 atm P2 3.00 atm</p> <p>4. A gas occupies 11.2 liters at 0.860 atm. What is the pressure if the volume becomes<br /> 15.0 L?<br /> V1 = 11.2 L P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = 15.0 L<br /> P1 = 0.860 atm P2 = P1V1 = (0.860 atm)(11.2 L) = 0.642 atm<br /> P2 = ? V2 15.0 L</p> <p>5. 500.0 mL of a gas is collected at 545.0 mmHg. What will the volume be at standard pressure?<br /> V1 = 500.0 mL P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 545.0 mmHg V2 = P1V1 = (545.0 mmHg)(500.0 mL) = 358.6 mL<br /> P2 = 760 mmHg P2 760 mmHg</p> <p>6. Convert 350.0 mL at 740.0 mmHg to its new volume at standard pressure.<br /> V1 = 350.0 mL P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 740.0 mmHg V2 = P1V1 = (350.0 mmHg)(740.0 mL) = 340.8 mL<br /> P2 = 760 mmHg P2 760 mmHg</p> <p>7. Convert 338 L at 63.0 atm to its new volume at standard pressure.<br /> V1 = 338 L P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 63.0 atm V2 = P1V1 = (63.0 atm)(338 L) = 21294 L<br /> P2 = 1 atm P2 1 atm</p> <p>8. A gas occupies 4.31 liters at a pressure of 0.755 atm. Determine the volume if the pressure is increased to 1.25 atm.<br /> V1 = 4.31 L P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 0.755 atm V2 = P1V1 = (0.755 atm)(4.31 L) = 2.60 L<br /> P2 = 1.25 atm P2 1.25 atm</p> <p>9. 600.0 mL of a gas is at a pressure of 8.00 atm. What is the volume of the gas at 2.00 atm?<br /> V1 = 600 mL P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 8.00 atm V2 = P1V1 = (8.00 atm)(600 mL) = 2400 mL<br /> P2 = 2.00 atm P2 2.00 atm</p> <p>10. 400.0 mL of a gas are under a pressure of 800.0 torr. What would the volume of the gas be at a pressure of 1000.0 torr?<br /> V1 = 400.0 mL P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 800.0 torr V2 = P1V1 = (800.0 torr)(400.0 mL) = 320 mL<br /> P2 = 1000.0 torr P2 1000.0 torr</p> <p>11. 4.0 L of a gas are under a pressure of 6.00 atm. What is the volume of the gas at 2.00 atm?<br /> V1 = 4.0 L P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 6.00 atm V2 = P1V1 = (6.00 atm)(4.0 L) = 12 L<br /> P2 = 2 atm P2 2 atm</p> <p>12. A gas occupies 25.3 mL at a pressure of 790.5 mmHg. Determine the volume if the pressure is reduced to 0.804 atm.<br /> V1 = 25.3 mL P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 790.5 mmHg V2 = P1V1 = (790.5 atm)(25.3 L) = 2.92 mL<br /> P2 = 0.804 atm = 611.04 mmHg P2 611.04 mmHg</p> <p>13. A sample of a gas has a volume of 12.0 L and a pressure of 1.00 atm. If the pressure of a gas is increased to 2.00 atm, what is the new volume of the gas?<br /> V1 = 12.0 L P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 1.00 atm V2 = P1V1 = (1.00 atm)(12.0 L) = 6.0 L<br /> P2 = 2.00 atm P2 2.00 atm<br /> 14. A container of oxygen has a volume of 30.0 mL and a pressure of 4.00 atm. If the pressure of the oxygen gas is reduced to 2.00 atm and the temperature is kept constant, what is the new volume of the oxygen gas?<br /> V1 = 30.0 L P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 4.00 atm V2 = P1V1 = (4.00 atm)(30.0 L) = 60 L<br /> P2 = 2.00 atm P2 2.00 atm</p> <p>15. A tank of nitrogen has a volume of 14.0 L and a pressure of 760.0 mmHg. Find the volume of the nitrogen if its pressure is changed to 12.0 atm while its temperature remains constant.<br /> V1 = 14.0 L P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 760.0 mmHg = 1 atm V2 = P1V1 = (1 atm)(14.0 L) = 1.16 L<br /> P2 = 12.0 atm P2 12 atm</p> <p>16. A 40.0 L tank of ammonia has a pressure of 8.00 atm. Calculate the volume of the ammonia if its pressure is changed to 12.0 atm while its temperature remains constant.<br /> V1 = 40.0 L P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 8.00 atm V2 = P1V1 = (8.00 atm)(40.0 L) = 26.66 L<br /> P2 = 12.00 atm P2 12.00 atm</p> <p>17. Two hundred liters of helium at 2.00 atm and 28.0oC is placed into a tank with an internal pressure of 600.0 kPa. Fins the volume of the helium after it is compressed into the tank with the temperature of the tank remains 28.0oC.<br /> V1 = 200 L P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 2.00 atm V2 = P1V1 = (2.00 atm)(200 L) = 67.8 L<br /> P2 = 600.0 kPa = 5.9 atm P2 5.9 atm</p> <p>18. You are now wearing scuba gear and swimming under water at a depth of 66.0 ft. You are breathing air at 3.00 atm and your lung volume is 10.0 L. Your scuba gauge indicates that your air supply is low, so, to conserve air, you make a terrible and fatal mistake: you hold your breath while you surface. What happens to your lungs? Why?<br /> Your lungs expand (pressure and volume are inversely proportional). As the pressure decreases, the volume of your lungs increases. </p> <p>19. A 1.5 liter flask is filled with nitrogen at a pressure of 12 atmospheres. What size flask would be required to hold this gas at a pressure of 2.0 atmospheres?<br /> V1 = 1.5 L P1 V1 = P2 V2<br /> V2 = ?<br /> P1 = 12 atm V2 = P1V1 = (12 atm)(1.5 L) = 90 L<br /> P2 = 2.0 atm P2 2.0 atm </p>