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Idaho Grade 6 Science Online Center
Idaho tests science in grades 5, 8, and 11, not in grade 6, so sixth grade is the year to build the ideas ISAT Science will ask about later. Practice tests, skill quizzes, flashcards, and every Idaho science standard for this grade, free.
Standards source: Idaho Content Standards, Idaho Department of Education.
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Idaho Science by Grade
Every Idaho science center, grade 1 through grade 8.
Start With a Practice Test
Six full, timed grade 6 science practice tests, 40 questions each, instant scoring, and a written explanation for every question. Idaho does not test science this year, so use these to find gaps early. Each one opens right here.
Idaho Grade 6 Science Practice Test 1
A full diagnostic across every science area for this grade.
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Idaho Grade 6 Science Practice Test 2
Fresh questions and new phenomena to build accuracy.
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Idaho Grade 6 Science Practice Test 3
New problems that push reading of data, models, and evidence.
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Idaho Grade 6 Science Practice Test 4
Another complete, timed exam to build pacing and stamina.
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Idaho Grade 6 Science Practice Test 5
A brand-new mixed set to test how ready you are.
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Idaho Grade 6 Science Practice Test 6
A final full-length simulation to confirm you are ready.
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Grade 6 Science Skill Quizzes
Pick one science area, answer 10 questions, and see exactly where the idea broke down. Each quiz opens right here.
Matter and Its Properties
A quick 10-question check on matter and its properties, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.
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Forces and Motion
A quick 10-question check on forces and motion, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.
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Energy
A quick 10-question check on energy, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.
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Waves and Information
A quick 10-question check on waves and information, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.
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Cells, Structures and Life Processes
A quick 10-question check on cells, structures and life processes, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.
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Ecosystems and Heredity
A quick 10-question check on ecosystems and heredity, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.
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Evolution, Fossils and Adaptation
A quick 10-question check on evolution, fossils and adaptation, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.
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Earth and Space Systems
A quick 10-question check on earth and space systems, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.
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Earth, Human Activity and Engineering
A quick 10-question check on earth, human activity and engineering, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.
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Grade 6 Science Study Tools
A few minutes of review between practice tests. Both open right here.
Grade 6 Science Flashcards
All 166 terms this grade is expected to know. Search the deck, filter by science area, star the hard ones, and mark off what you have down.
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Grade 6 Science Quick Review
Every must-know idea for this grade on one page, grouped by science area, with the vocabulary for each one.
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This Idaho grade 6 science center is part of the Effortless Math library. Practice tests, skill quizzes, flashcards, and the state's own standards are connected so a student always has a clear next step instead of a wall of links.
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Idaho Grade 6 Science Snapshot
Idaho Grade 6 Science Topics
These are the 54 science standards Idaho sets for grade 6, from the Idaho Science Content Standards, grouped and ordered exactly the way the state's own standards document groups them. Each one is tagged with its official code so you can trace it straight back to the state document.
Idaho standard codes
PS Physical science
- PS-1.1PS-1.5Particles, Atoms, Elements, and Compounds
- PS-1.2PS-1.3PS-4.2Material Properties and Uses
- PS-1.4PS-3.3PS-3.5Energy Forms, Transfer, and Transformation
- PS-1.6Chemical and Physical Changes
- PS-2.1PS-2.2PS-2.3PS-2.5Forces, Motion, and Interactions
- PS-2.4PS-3.2Gravity and Object Motion
- PS-3.1Scientific Tools, Measurement, and Data Displays
- PS-3.4Matter Properties, States, and Classification
- PS-4.1Light, Sound, and Wave Behavior
- PS-4.3Present Qualitative Scientific Technical Information Claim Digitized Signals
LS Life science
- LS-1.1LS-1.3LS-1.6LS-4.4LS-4.6Cells, Body Systems, and Genetics
- LS-1.2LS-1.4LS-1.5LS-2.1LS-2.2LS-3.1+4Organism Needs, Structures, and Life Cycles
- LS-2.3LS-2.5Ecosystems, Food Webs, and Matter Flow
- LS-2.4Flow Energy Through Trophic Levels Ecosystem
- LS-2.6Solutions Maintaining Biodiversity Ecosystem Services Coral Reef Biodiversity
- LS-4.1Earth Materials, Rocks, Fossils, and Landforms
ESS Earth and space science
- ESS-1.1ESS-1.2ESS-1.3ESS-2.4Sun, Moon, Earth, Stars, and Space Systems
- ESS-1.4ESS-2.1ESS-2.3Earth Materials, Rocks, Fossils, and Landforms
- ESS-2.2Explanation Based Evidence Geoscience Processes Changed Earth'S Surface
- ESS-2.5Data Provide Evidence Motions Complex Interactions Air Masses
- ESS-2.6Water Cycle, Weather, Climate, and Atmosphere
- ESS-3.1ESS-3.3ESS-3.4Natural Resources and Human Impacts
- ESS-3.2Data Natural Hazards Forecast Future Catastrophic Events Mitigate
- ESS-3.5Scientific Questions, Investigations, and Evidence
Grouped and ordered from the state's own standards document.
Idaho Grade 6 Science Standards
The full text of every grade 6 science standard in the Idaho Science Content Standards. If your Idaho classroom or report card mentions a code, you will find it here.
PS Physical science
- PS-1.1Particles, Atoms, Elements, and CompoundsDevelop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules
- PS-1.2Material Properties and UsesAnalyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred
- PS-1.3Material Properties and UsesConstruct a scientific explanation, based on evidence, to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources
- PS-1.4Energy Forms, Transfer, and TransformationDevelop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed
- PS-1.5Particles, Atoms, Elements, and CompoundsDevelop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved
- PS-1.6Chemical and Physical ChangesUndertake a design project to construct, test, and/or modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes
- PS-2.1Forces, Motion, and InteractionsApply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects
- PS-2.2Forces, Motion, and InteractionsPlan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object's motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object
- PS-2.3Forces, Motion, and InteractionsAsk questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces
- PS-2.4Gravity and Object MotionConstruct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects
- PS-2.5Forces, Motion, and InteractionsConduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact
- PS-3.1Scientific Tools, Measurement, and Data DisplaysConstruct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object
- PS-3.2Gravity and Object MotionDevelop a model to describe the relationship between the relative positions of objects interacting at a distance and the relative potential energy in the system
- PS-3.3Energy Forms, Transfer, and TransformationApply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer
- PS-3.4Matter Properties, States, and ClassificationPlan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample
- PS-3.5Energy Forms, Transfer, and TransformationConstruct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object
- PS-4.1Light, Sound, and Wave BehaviorUse diagrams of a simple wave to explain that (1) a wave has a repeating pattern with a specific amplitude, frequency, and wavelength, and (2) the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in the wave
- PS-4.2Material Properties and UsesDevelop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials
- PS-4.3Present Qualitative Scientific Technical Information Claim Digitized SignalsPresent qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals (0s and 1s) can be used to encode and transmit information
LS Life science
- LS-1.1Cells, Body Systems, and GeneticsConduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells
- LS-1.2Organism Needs, Structures, and Life CyclesDevelop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function
- LS-1.3Cells, Body Systems, and GeneticsMake a claim supported by evidence for how a living organism is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells
- LS-1.4Organism Needs, Structures, and Life CyclesConstruct a scientific argument based on evidence to defend a claim of life for a specific object or organism
- LS-1.5Organism Needs, Structures, and Life CyclesConstruct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms
- LS-1.6Cells, Body Systems, and GeneticsDevelop a conceptual model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as matter moves through an organism
- LS-2.1Organism Needs, Structures, and Life CyclesAnalyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem
- LS-2.2Organism Needs, Structures, and Life CyclesConstruct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems
- LS-2.3Ecosystems, Food Webs, and Matter FlowDevelop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem
- LS-2.4Flow Energy Through Trophic Levels EcosystemDevelop a model to describe the flow of energy through the trophic levels of an ecosystem
- LS-2.5Ecosystems, Food Webs, and Matter FlowConstruct an argument supported by evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations
- LS-2.6Solutions Maintaining Biodiversity Ecosystem Services Coral Reef BiodiversityDesign and evaluate solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services
- LS-3.1Organism Needs, Structures, and Life CyclesDevelop and use a model to describe why mutations may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism
- LS-3.2Organism Needs, Structures, and Life CyclesDevelop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation
- LS-4.1Earth Materials, Rocks, Fossils, and LandformsAnalyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past
- LS-4.2Organism Needs, Structures, and Life CyclesApply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer relationships
- LS-4.3Organism Needs, Structures, and Life CyclesAnalyze visual evidence to compare patterns of similarities in the anatomical structures across multiple species of similar classification levels to identify relationships
- LS-4.4Cells, Body Systems, and GeneticsConstruct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment
- LS-4.5Organism Needs, Structures, and Life CyclesObtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how technologies allow humans to influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms
- LS-4.6Cells, Body Systems, and GeneticsUse mathematical models to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time
ESS Earth and space science
- ESS-1.1Sun, Moon, Earth, Stars, and Space SystemsDevelop and use a model of the Earth-Sun-Moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and seasons
- ESS-1.2Sun, Moon, Earth, Stars, and Space SystemsDevelop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the orbital motions within galaxies and the solar system
- ESS-1.3Sun, Moon, Earth, Stars, and Space SystemsAnalyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system
- ESS-1.4Earth Materials, Rocks, Fossils, and LandformsConstruct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to analyze Earth's history
- ESS-2.1Earth Materials, Rocks, Fossils, and LandformsDevelop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the internal and external flows of energy that drive the rock cycle processes
- ESS-2.2Explanation Based Evidence Geoscience Processes Changed Earth'S SurfaceConstruct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales
- ESS-2.3Earth Materials, Rocks, Fossils, and LandformsAnalyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions
- ESS-2.4Sun, Moon, Earth, Stars, and Space SystemsDevelop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the Sun and the force of gravity
- ESS-2.5Data Provide Evidence Motions Complex Interactions Air MassesCollect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions
- ESS-2.6Water Cycle, Weather, Climate, and AtmosphereDevelop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates
- ESS-3.1Natural Resources and Human ImpactsConstruct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are unevenly distributed as a result of past and current geologic processes
- ESS-3.2Data Natural Hazards Forecast Future Catastrophic Events MitigateAnalyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events to mitigate their effects
- ESS-3.3Natural Resources and Human ImpactsApply scientific practices to design a method for monitoring human activity and increasing beneficial human influences on the environment
- ESS-3.4Natural Resources and Human ImpactsConstruct an argument based on evidence for how changes in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources positively and negatively affect Earth's systems
- ESS-3.5Scientific Questions, Investigations, and EvidenceAsk questions to interpret evidence of the factors that cause climate variability throughout Earth's history
Source: Idaho Content Standards (adopted in 2022). Always check the current official document before relying on a code for placement or reporting.
Idaho Grade 6: Math and English Too
Science is one of three Idaho grade 6 centers. Same format, same standards-first approach, for the other two subjects.
Idaho Grade 6 Math
Six full practice tests, printable worksheets, step-by-step lessons, and every Idaho grade 6 math standard.
Idaho Grade 6 English
Reading, writing, and language standards for Idaho grade 6, broken into short skill targets with practice for each one.
Idaho Grade 6 Science FAQ
Does Idaho test science in grade 6?
No. Idaho gives ISAT Science in grades 5, 8, and 11, so grade 6 students do not sit a state science test this year. The standards on this page are still the ones grade 6 teachers teach, and they are what the next science test builds on.
Which standards does grade 6 science in Idaho follow?
Idaho follows the Idaho Science Content Standards, published by the Idaho Department of Education. All 54 of this grade's standards are listed further down the page with their official codes.
How long are the practice tests?
Each of the six practice tests has 40 questions and a 70-minute timer. The timer auto-submits at zero and you get your score, a breakdown by science area, and a written explanation for every question.
Is any of this free?
Yes, every practice test, quiz, and flashcard set on this page is free and needs no login. Your progress is saved in your own browser and nowhere else.
What is the fastest way to use this page?
Take practice test 1 cold. Look at the topic breakdown, pick the weakest science area, and do that skill quiz. Then read the quick review for that area and come back for practice test 2.
Grade 6 Science in Other States
Standards, practice tests, and quizzes for grade 6 science in every state and Washington, D.C.
Start With One Practice Test
Grade 6 is a building year for science in Idaho. Take a timed test, see which area is thinnest, and fix that one before it compounds.