Grade Six Science Content and Skills
Grade six science content and skills are based on the Virginia Standards of Learning for Science. Grade six students are encouraged to build upon prior knowledge and developed science process skills to analyze science topics with more depth and rigor. Students focus on the topics below.
- Science and Engineering Practices
- Energy Sources and Transformation
- Energy in the Atmosphere
- Matter
- Weather
- Earth's Water
- Watershed Systems
- The Solar System
Science Standards of Learning Assessment
Full implementation of the 2018 Standards of Learning (SOL) begins with the 2022-23 academic year. State testing of the 2018 SOL starts in spring 2023. To access the 2018 Science SOL, please visit the Virginia Department of Education Science Standards of Learning website.