Class 6 - Science

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SYLLABUS:

1. OUR FOOD: Different types of food materials – Food ingredients – Different sources of food materials (Plant parts and animal products) – People and food habits – Different methods of preparing food – Preservation of food.

2. PLAYING WITH MAGNETS: Why pins and metal objects stick to pin holders and iron almirahs – Magnets of different shapes (Bar, Ring, Horse Shoe, Disc) – Finding materials attracted by magnets – Separation by using magnets – Poles of bar magnet – Finding directions with a bar magnet – Earth as a magnet – Know about magnetic compass – Make your own compass – Magnetic attraction and repulsion – Finding whether an object is magnetic or not – Making your own magnet – Magnetic induction.

3. RAIN – WHERE DOES IT COME FROM: How we predict about rain – Water and its forms – Formation of clouds – Process of evaporation – Condensation – How clouds give rain – Clouds in kitchen – Monsoons – Water cycle.

4. WHAT DO ANIMALS EAT: How animals find food – Animal food habits (Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores) – From finding meal to eating it – Body parts used in taking food in hen, cow, dog, frog and others – Different types of beaks and food collection – Getting food using tongue – Hunting as a way of getting food – Filtering and sucking methods – Food chain – Animal colonies and food.

5. MATERIAL AND THINGS: Breakable and non-breakable objects – Materials used to make different objects – Objects made from different materials – Same material used for different objects – Properties of materials – Transparent and opaque objects – States of materials – Classification of materials (Solids, Liquids, Gases) – Sinking and insoluble substances in water.

6. HABITAT: Habitat as a place where organisms live – Organisms living under ground, on ground, in water and on water – Pond as habitat – Organisms living at different levels of a pond – Tree as habitat – Various levels of a tree suitable for organisms – House as habitat – Orchard as habitat – Terrestrial habitats – Aquatic habitats – Desert habitats – Diversity of habitats in Telugu States – Good habitat and good life – Conservation of habitats.

7. SEPARATION OF SUBSTANCES: Substances and mixtures – Components of natural and man-made mixtures – Hand picking – Winnowing – Sedimentation – Decantation – Sieving – Filtration – Crystallization – Distillation – Sublimation – Chromatography – Using water in separation of materials.

8. FIBRE TO FABRIC: Types of fabrics – Quality of fabrics – Fabrics in different seasons – Selection and priority of dress – Things made of fabric – Natural fibres – Artificial fibres – Characteristics of fibres – Ginning – Spinning – Making cotton yarn from cotton fibre – Weaving – Power looms – Hand looms – Making jute yarn – Characteristics of jute yarn – Mat making.

9. PLANTS: PARTS AND FUNCTIONS: Parts of plants – Identification of plant parts – Types of roots – Functions of roots – Absorption of water – Leaves – Venation – Types of venations – Functions of leaf – Observation of stomata – Transpiration – Stem support – Carrying food materials.

10. CHANGES AROUND US: Observation of changes – Milk changing into curd – Comparing milk and curd – Conditions for making curd – Changing seasons – Comparing duration of day in December and May – Sunrise directions in different seasons – Changes in shadows during winter and summer – Indicators and causes of change – Comparing milk-to-curd and seasonal changes – Categorising changes.

11. WATER IN OUR LIFE: Water and its uses – Measuring volume of water – Quantity of water – Daily water usage – Sources of water – Safe drinking water and its stages – Water on Earth – Wells – Drought and water scarcity – Effects of drought – Water wastage – Floods as a natural hazard.

12. SIMPLE ELECTRIC CIRCUITS: Cell – Bulb – Circuit – Simple electric circuit – Switch – Electric switch – Torch light – Conductors – Insulators – Story of the bulb.

13. LEARNING HOW TO MEASURE: Measurements in daily life – Measuring lengths – Story of scale – Measuring height – Measuring length accurately using meter scale – Precautions while using meter scale – Measuring thickness of thin objects – Measuring thickness of a coin – Measuring length of a curved path – Measurement of area – Standard units of area – Measuring area of regular surfaces – Measuring area of irregular surfaces – Measurement of volume – Measurement of volume of liquids – Measuring cylinder – Measuring volume of irregular solids using measuring cylinder.

14. MOVEMENTS IN ANIMALS: Human body and movement – Muscles – Touch your shoulder – Fold and unfold – How muscles work – Bones – Jaw bone – Clavicle – Ribs – Backbone – Pelvic girdle – Skull – Cartilage – Types of joints – Backbone as a spring – Ball and socket joint – Hinge joint – Neck joint – Fixed joints – Movement in animals – Locomotion in fish – Birds – Snake – Snail.

15. LIGHT, SHADOWS AND IMAGES: How we see objects – Formation of shadows – Guessing objects by shadows – Colour of shadows – Shape of shadows – Different shadows of the same object – Pinhole camera – Images with magnifying lens – Reflection of light.

16. LIVING AND NON-LIVING: Living and non-living things – Characteristics of living and non-living things – Movement – Food – Growth – Breathing – Waste removal – Reproduction – Oviparous and viviparous animals – Response to stimuli in Mimosa pudica – Response to light by earthworms – Seeds living or non-living – Prepare your own magnifier – Microscope – Compound microscope and parts – Bread mould – Microscopic organisms – Bacteria – Microorganisms in water.