Science (OLD)

CBSE class 6 Science syllabus, question papers, online tests and important questions as per CBSE syllabus. Notes, test papers and school exam question papers with solutions. Main topics are: Food-Where does it Come From, Components of Food, Fibre to Fabric, Sorting Materials into Groups, Separation of Substances, Changes around Us, Getting To Know Plants, Body Movements, The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings, Motion and Measurement of Distances, Light, Shadows and Reflections, Electricity and Circuits, Fun with Magnets, Water, Air around Us, Garbage in, Garbage out.

1. Food Sources of food What are the various sources of our food? What do other animals eat?

Components of food What is our food made up of? Why do we eat a variety of food?

Cleaning food How do we separate the grains after harvesting the wheat /rice crop?

2. Materials

Materials of daily use What are our clothes Made of? How did people manage when there were no clothes?
Are some of our clothes made of materials obtained from plants? In what kinds of places do these plants grow? Which parts of the plants are used for making clothes?

Different kinds of materials
What kinds of things do we see around us?

How things change/ react with one another In what ways do things change on being heated? Do they change back on being cooled? Why does a burning candle get shorter?

How much salt can be dissolved in a cup of water?

3.The World of the Living
Things around us
Are all things around us living? What is the difference between living and non-living? Are all living things similar? Do all living things move? Where do plants and animals live? Can we grow plants in the dark?

The habitat of the living
How does habitat affect plants and animals? How do fish live in water?

Plants – form and function
What is the structure and function of various parts of the plants - stem, leaf and roots? How do different flowers differ from one another? How does one study flowers?

Animals – form and function
What is inside our bodies? How do animals move? Do all animals have bones in their bodies? How do fishes move? And birds fly? What about snakes, snails, earthworms?

4. Moving Things, People and Ideas

Moving
How did people travel from one place to another in earlier times? How did they know how far they had travelled? How do we know that something is moving? How do we know how far it has moved?

5. How things work

Electric current and circuits
How does a torch work?
Do all materials allow current to flow through them?

Magnets
What is a magnet?
Where on a magnet do things stick?
How is a magnet used to find direction?
How do two magnets behave when brought close to each other?

6. Natural Phenomena
Rain, thunder and lightning
Where does rain come from? How do clouds form?

Light
Which are the things we can see through?
When are shadows formed? Do you get a shadow at night – when there is no light in the room, no moonlight or other source of light? What colour is a shadow?
On what kinds of surfaces can we see images?

7. Natural Resources Importance of water What will happen to soil, people, domestic animals, rivers, ponds and plants and animals if it does not rain this year?
What will happen to soil, people, domestic animals, plants and animals living in rivers and ponds, if it rains heavily?
Importance of air
Why do earthworms come out of the soil when it rains?
Waste
Do you throw away fruit and vegetable peels and cuttings? Can these be reused? If we dump them anywhere, will it harm the surroundings? What if we throw them in plastic bags?