6th grade

BE Smart: Bicultural Bimester 4 Unit 6 Grade:

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BE a Speaker (5 points)
Directions: Listen to a story about an alternative energy source. You will only hear it twice!
Before beginning, read the questions below so that you know what to listen for.
Then, listen to the story and circle the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is a type of energy produced by the ocean waters?

a) electrical b) solar c) wind

2. How much of Earth’s surface is covered by water?

a) over 70% b) 50% c) Over 90%

3. Why isn’t energy from the tides and waves being considered as an alternative energy
source?

a) Because it can’t b) Because they haven’t. c) Because it’s too

be converted. tried yet expensive.

4. Where does most of energy we get from the ocean come from?

a) the wind from the shore b) the waves c) under the ocean

5. Why is using the ocean as a source of energy important?

a) to spend less b) to create new c) to save non-renewable

money companies energy sources

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 BE a Reader
Directions: Read the story, look at the questions, and circle the correct answers.

A Light towards the Future

Thomas Alva Edison, an inventor, is considered an important part of the creation of the modern
world. He was born in Milan, Ohio in 1847 to a middle class family. He was the last of seven
children, and did not talk until he was almost four. He also had trouble hearing, which became
worse as he got older.
Thomas was a very curious child, and was always asking questions. Most adults, including his
teachers, did not have much patience with him. His mother, who thought he was very intelligent,
decided to school him at home. Thomas began reading in the town library at the age of 11. He
began with the bottom shelf, and did not stop until he had read every single book in the library.
This began a pattern, and throughout his life, he was mostly self-taught.
Thomas got a job as a telegraph operator, and began inventing things in his free time. He
was interested in electronics and helped improve and develop many devices, such as one that
improved the telegraph, the phonograph, as well as the telephone (though he didn’t invent it),
among many others. (By the age of 83 he had 1,093 patents.) He is mostly known for his work on
improving the incandescent light bulb and using it as an alternative to the gas lights used at that
time. His curiosity and creativity began the change that led to the modern world.
Remember that Thomas read all the books in the town library. Among the books that he read,
were the works of Shakespeare, which he loved. After reading them, he decided he wanted to be
an actor. Imagine what our world would be like if he had not changed his mind.

1. Thomas Edison came from...

a) a small family b) a rich family c) a large family

2. The electric light bulb...

a) was less practical b) was more efficient c) emitted more light.

than gas light. than gas light.

3. Many people think that...

a) Edison was deaf. b) Edison influenced the c) Edison was not

modern world. intelligent.

4. What was Thomas’s first job?

a) a phone operator b) an electrician c) a telegraph operator

5. What did Thomas want to be at one time, when he was young?

a) a doctor b) an electrician c) an actor

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 6th grade
BE Smart: Bicultural Bimester 4 Unit 6

BE a Mathematician (5 points)
Directions: Use the words below to complete the sentences.

arithmetic sequence geometric sequence common factor

common difference pattern

Teacher’s in
1. An is made by adding the same value each time.

2. A is the pattern that is continued by multiplying by the same

number each time.

3. The is a number continued by adding the same number to the last

number each time.

4. The value added to the pattern each time is called the .

5. A is made by multiplying by the same value each time.

BE a Mathematician (5 points)
Directions: Write the answers in complete sentences.

a) Name at least two types of prisms.

b) Write the formula to find the volume of a prism below.

c) What type of a polygon do you get by using a 90º angle in a circumference?

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 BE Literate, BE a Writer, BE a Scientist, BE Global (24 points)
Directions: Imagine a world without electricity. How would our lives be different? Write a
narrative or poem with your description of a world without electricity. Think of the
economy, type of products, transportation, food, entertainment, etc. Use as many
words as you can from the table below. Remember to use the graphic organizer to
help you organize your ideas.

BE Literate BE a Scientist BE Global

alternative magnet product

pollute condense services

patient state economics

generate evaporate market

extracted artificial consumers

Products Transportation

Economy Food

World without
Electricity

Entertainment

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