CBSE Syllabus for Class 6 Science

CBSE Syllabus for Class 6 Science

CBSE Class 6 Physics Syllabus

Motion and Measurements of Distances

A.1 History of Transportation
A.2 Measurement of Length – Distance
A.3 Conventional Methods of Measurement
A.4 Standard Units of Measurement
A.5 Types of Motion

Fun with Magnets

D.1 Discovery of Magnets
D.2 Magnet
D.3 Poles of a magnet
D.4 Like poles repel and unlike poles attract
D.5 Magnetic Field of Earth and Compass

Light, Shadows, and Reflection

B.1 Object types – transparent,translucent and opaque
B.2 Shadows
B.3 Eclipse : Solar and Lunar Eclipse
B.4 Pinhole camera
B.5 Mirrors and reflections

Electricity and Circuits

C.1 Electric current
C.2 Electric circuit
C.3 Components of basic electric circuit : Cell , Switch, and Bulb
C.4 Conductor
C.5 Insulator

CBSE Class 6 Chemistry Syllabus

Fibre to Fabric

A.1 Variety in fabrics
A.2 Fibres : Natural and Synthetic Fibres (Classification)
A.3 Plant Fibre – Cotton : Cultivation and Uses (ginning, spinning, weaving, and knitting)
A.4 Plant Fiber – Jute : Cultivation and Uses
A.5 Animal Fiber – Wool : Cultivation and Uses (4 steps for processing wool)
A.6 Animal Fiber – Silk : Cultivation and Uses
A.7 Types of soil required for the growth of different fibrous plants

Sorting Materials into Groups

B.1 Objects Around Us
B.2 Different properties of different materials: Appearance, Hardness,Transparency
B.3 Solubility
B.4 Advantages of sorting materials into groups

Seperation of Substances

C.1 Separation of substances : Why?
C.2 Separation of solids from other solids : Hand picking
C.3 Separation of solids from other solids : Threshing
C.4 Separation of solids from other solids : Winnowing
C.5 Separation of solids from other solids : Sieving
C.7 Separation of water soluble solids: Evaporation and Condensation
C.8 Separation of insoluble solids from liquids : Sedimentation
C.9 Separation of insoluble solids from liquids : Decantation and Loading
C.10 Separation of insoluble solids from liquids : Filteration
C.11 Saturated solutions
C.12 Separation of imiscible liquids : Churning and Centrifugation

Water

D.1 Water and its importance
D.2 Dependenc of life on water
D.3 Water Cycle
D.4 Water conservation & methods for water conservation
D.5 Droughts and floods
D.6 Introduction to rainwater harvesting

Air Around Us

E.1 Presence of Air and its importance
E.2 Constituents of Air

Changes Around Us

F.1 What is Change ?
F.2 Types of Change : Reversible and Non Reversible Changes
F.3 Ways by which changes occur ( boiling, condensation, heating of metal, freezing and melting)

CBSE Class 6 Biology Syllabus

Food: where does it come from?

A.1 Plant parts and animal products as sources of food
A.2 Herbivores
A.3 Carnivores
A.4 Omnivores

Components of food

B.1 Carbohydrates – their sources and significance for human health
B.2 Fats – their sources and significance for human health
B.3 Proteins – their sources and significance for human health
B.4 Vitamins – their sources and significance for human health
B.5 Minerals – their sources and significance for human health
B.6 Fibres – their sources and significance for human health
B.7 Balanced diet
B.8 Diseases and disabilities due to food deficiencies

Getting to know plants

C.1 Classification of plants on the basis of their
C.2 Classification of plants on the basis of their life Cycle
C.3 Parts of a plant : Root System
C.4 Parts of a plant : Shoot System
C.5 Parts of a flower and their function

Body movements

D.1 Human Body and Its Movements
D.2 Types of Joints in Human Body
D.3 Skeletal system of birds
D.4 Skeletal system of fish
D.5 Skeletal system of snail
D.6 Skeletal system of earthworm

The Living organisms and their surroundings

E.1 Living/non-living characteristics
E.2 Organisms and The Surroundings where they live: Habitats and Adaptation
E.3 Terrestrial Habitats : Deserts
E.4 Aquatic Habitats
E.5 Terrestrial Habitats : Mountain Regions
E.6 Terrestrial Habitats : Grasslands
E.7 Biotic and abiotic things around us
E.8 Other Adaptations in Plants

Garbage in, garbage out

F.1 Sources of waste
F.2 Introduction to types of waste
F.3 Recycling of waste products
F.4 Biodegradeble and Non-biodegradeble waste
F.5 Ill effects of plastics and plastic management
F.6 Different methods of waste disposal
F.7 Rotting is supported by animals/animal and plant products