Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect Worksheet (Grade 6 Science, TEKS 6.5B)

Cause and effect is one of the most important grade 6 science ideas. This one-page reading and activity sheet opens with the guiding questions "What caused this? What happened because of it?" and uses a simple up and down arrow chart with four core examples: particle motion and temperature, sunlight and plant growth, predators and prey, and force and motion.

What's Inside

• A thinking lens box with the two guiding questions
• A cause and effect chart with up and down arrows for four grade 6 examples
• Activity 1: Students decide if the bold part of five science sentences is the cause or the effect
• Activity 2: Students use the chart to circle up or down for four new situations
• A visual answer key with answers marked in red

How Teachers Use It

Use it to introduce cause and effect at the start of the year, then return to the chart in matter, ecosystems, and force units. It also works as practice for TEKS 6.5B. The sheet takes about 10 minutes, needs no prior knowledge, and prints clearly in black and white.

This worksheet is part of the Reading in Science series for grade 6. It supports TEKS 6.5B: identify and investigate cause-and-effect relationships to explain scientific phenomena or analyze problems. TEKS 6.5 is not a single unit. It is a set of recurring themes, so pair this sheet with the other TEKS 6.5 sheets and return to the guiding questions all year.

Why It Works

Each sheet opens with a thinking lens, a guiding question students can ask in every science unit, then shows it with grade 6 examples from life, Earth, and physical science. Activities stay at the circle, sort, match, and write-a-letter level, so students build confidence while the answer key lets teachers check work fast. The clean layout is also easy to project for a whole-class review.