Stability and Change

Stability and Change Worksheet (Grade 6 Science, TEKS 6.5G)

Help grade 6 students notice what keeps a system stable and what makes it change. This one-page reading and activity sheet opens with the guiding question "What causes a system to stay the same or change?" and uses a deer population and the weather as examples.

What's Inside

• A thinking lens box with the guiding question
• An example chart on a stable population that changes after a drought, and on weather
• Activity 1: Students write S (stability) or C (change) for six examples
• Activity 2: Students circle the factor, temperature, water, or food, that caused four changes
• A visual answer key with answers marked in red

How Teachers Use It

Use it to introduce the recurring themes, then return to the guiding question in ecosystem and weather units. It also works as practice for TEKS 6.5G. 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 6.5G: analyze and explain how factors or conditions impact stability and change in objects, organisms, and systems. 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.