CBSE Syllabus For Class 6 Science: Knowing the Syllabus is very important for the students of Class 6. Shaalaa has also provided a list of topics that every student needs to understand.
The CBSE Class 6 Science syllabus for the academic year 2022-2023 is based on the Board's guidelines. Students should read the Class 6 Science Syllabus to learn about the subject's subjects and subtopics.
Students will discover the unit names, chapters under each unit, and subtopics under each chapter in the CBSE Class 6 Science Syllabus pdf 2022-2023. They will also receive a complete practical syllabus for Class 6 Science in addition to this.
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CBSE Class 6 Science Revised Syllabus
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Syllabus
CBSE Class 6 Science Syllabus for Science
1 Food: Where Does It Come From?
- Food Variety
- Ingredients of Food
- Plant Sources
- Plant as Food (Plant Product)
- Animal Sources
- Animal Products used as Food
- Classification of Animal
- Animal and their food
- Classification of animal on the basis of food
- Herbivores
- Carnivores
- Omnivores
- Scavengers
- Decomposers
- Food and Its Types
2 Components of Food
- Food and Its Types
- What Do Different Food Items Contain?
- Test for Carbohydrates/Starch
- Test for Protein
- Test for Fats
- Nutrients and Nutrition
- What are Nutrients?
- Types of Nutrients
- Functions of Nutrients/Need of Nutrients
- Some important Nutrients
- What do various nutrients do for our body?
- Component of Food
- Balanced Diet
- Obesity and Its Prevention
- Deficiency Diseases
- Diseases Due Deficiency in Vitamin
- Diseases Due Deficiency in Minerals
3 Fibre to Fabric
4 Sorting Materials into Groups
5 Separation of Substances
- Mixture
- Types of Mixtures
- Separation of Mixtures
- Methods of Separation
- Solutions
- Water - a Universal Solvent
- Universal Solvent
- Experiment: To show that ordinary tap water contains dissolved solids.
- Importance of dissolved salts in water.
- Air dissolved in water.
- Experiment: To show that tap water contains dissolved gases (air).
- Importance of air dissolved in water.
- Components of Solutions
- Different Types of Solutions
- Different Types of Solutions:
- Supersaturated solution
- Unsaturated solution
- Saturated solution
- Aqueous solution
- Non-aqueous solution
- Dilute solution
- Concentrated solution
- Saturated Solutions
- What is a Saturated Solution?
- How to Prepare a Saturated Solution?
- Factors affecting the Point of Saturation
- Effect of cooling and heating of Saturation
- Everyday Examples of Saturated Solution
6 Changes Around Us
- Change
- Classification of Change: Reversible and Irreversible Changes
- Classification of Change: Desirable and Undesirable Changes
- Classification of Change: Natural and Man-made Changes
- Classification of Change: Periodic and Non-periodic Changes
- Classification of Change: Slow and Fast Changes
- Classification of Change: Physical Changes
- Classification of Change: Chemical Changes
- Chemical Change
- Properties of Chemical Change
- Importance of Chemical Change
- Effect of Heat on Solid, Liquid and Gases
7 Getting to Know Plants
- Plant Forms and Functions
- Classification of Plants
- Plant Stem
- Plant Leaf
- Photosynthesis - Food Making Process in Plants
- Photosynthesis
- Requirements for Photosynthesis
- Process of Photosynthesis
- Transpiration
- Transpiration
- Demonstration of Transpiration
- Exchange of Gases
- Root System
- Types of Root System
- Flower
- Structure of a Bisexual Flower
8 Body Movements
- Human Body and Its Movements
- Joints and Its Classification
- Joints
- Classification of joints
- Fibrous Joint
- Cartilaginous Joint
- Synovial Joint
⇒ Types of synovial joints
a) Ball and Socket Joint
b) Hinge Joint
c) Pivot Joint
d) Gliding Joint
e) Saddle Joint
- Human Skeleton System
- The Human skeleton: Exoskeleton and Endoskeleton
- Function of Human skeleton
- Constituents of Skeleton
- The Human Skeleton: Appendicular Skeleton
- Appendicular Skeleton
- Forelimb (30 bones)
- Hind limb (30 bones)
- Girdles
- Each half of the pectoral girdle consists of:
⇒ Clavicle
⇒ Acromion
⇒ Glenoid cavity - Each half of the pelvie girdle consists of:
⇒ Acetabulum
- The Human Skeleton: Axial Skeleton
- Axial skeleton
- Skull (22 bones): Cranial (8 bones), Facial (14 bones), Hyoid bone (1 bone), ear ossicles (6 bones)
- Vertebral Column (26 bones): Atlas, cervical region (7), thoracic region (12), lumbar region (5), sacral region (1-fused) and coccygeal region (1-fused)
- Sternum and Ribs: Sternum, Ribs, Bicephalic, Seven pairs, True ribs, False ribs, Veretebra-chondral ribs, Floating ribs.
- Bone and Its Types
- Bone
- Types of Bones
- Long Bones
- Short Bones
- Flat Bones
- Irregular Bones
- Muscles and Its Types
- Voluntary Muscles or Skeletal Muscles
- Involuntary Muscles or Smooth muscle
- Cardiac Muscles
- Muscular System
- Structure of muscles
- How do muscles work?
- Coordination of Muscles
- Antagonistic Muscles
- Movement in Different Animals
9 The Living Organisms - Characteristics and Habitats
- Biodiversity
- Biodiversity
- Type of biodiversity
(i) Genetic diversity
(ii) Species diversity
(iii) Ecosystem diversity - Global biodiversity and a proportionate number of species of major taxa of plants, invertebrates and vertebrates
- Habitat and Its Types
- Habitat
- Types of Habitats
- Aquatic habitat: Fresh water Habitat and Marine water habitat
- Terrestrial habitat: Forest habitat, Grassland habitat, and Desert habitat
- Adaptations and Its Types
- Adaptation
- Some more examples of adaptations
- Three basic types of adaptations
- Structural adaptations
- Physiological adaptations
- Behavioural adaptations
- Structure of an Ecosystem
- Biotic Components
- Producers
- Primary consumers
- Secondary consumers
- Tertiary consumers
- Abiotic Components
- Sunlight
- Air
- Water
- Temperature
- Soil
- Interaction between biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem
- Adaptations of Plants
- Adaptation in Animals
- Characteristics of Organisms
- Growth
- Food is necessary for growth
- Respiration
- Excretion
- Responsiveness to stimuli and movement
- Reproduction
- A definite lifespan
10 Motion and Measurement of Distances
- Story of Transport
- Measurements
- Unit and Its Types
- Unit Systems
- Unit Systems:
- FPS: Foot Pound Second system
- CGS: Centimetre Gram Second system
- MKS: Metre Kilogram Second system
- SI: System International
- International System of Units (SI System)
- SI System of unit
- Why do we need SI Units?
- Multiples and Sub-multiples of SI Units
- Devices for Measuring Length
- Use of a metre ruler to measure length
- Description of a metre ruler
- Measurement of length of an object with a metre ruler
- Parallax Error
- Use of measuring tape to measure length
- Description of a measuring tape
- Measuring the Length of a Curved Line
- Motion and Rest
- What is rest?
- What is motion?
- Rest and motion are relative
- Types of Motion
- Multiple Motion
11 Light, Shadows and Reflections
- Light
- Luminous and Non-luminous Bodies
- Some Important Terms Related to Light
- Shadow
- Formation of Shadow
- Rectilinear Propagation of Light
- A Pinhole Camera
- Mirrors and Its Types
- Reflection of Light
- Reflection of Light
- How do we see an object?
12 Electricity and Circuits
- Electricity
- Electric Cell
- Electric Cell
- Types of Cell: Primary Cells and Secondary Cells
- Dry Cell
- Lead-Acid Cell
- Ni-Cd cell
- Difference between primary cell and secondary cell
- A Bulb Connected to an Electric Cell
- Electric Circuit
- Electric circuit
- Circuit Diagram
- The flow of electricity in a circuit
- Arrangement of Circuits: Open Circuit and Closed
- Electric Switch
- Switch
- Switches in two groups
- Reason for connecting the switch in the live wire
- Safety precaution while using a switch
- Conductors and Insulators
- Conductors
- Insulators (Non-Conductors)
13 Fun with Magnets
- Magnet and Its Characteristics
- Magnet
- Properties of a magnet
1) Attractive Property
2) Directive Property
3) Laws of magnetic poles
4) Poles exist in pairs
5) Sure test of polarity
6) Magnetic induction
- Uses of Magnets
- Discovery of Magnets
- Classification of Magnets
- Classification of Magnets
1) Natural Magnet
2) Artificial Magnet
- Classification of Magnets
- Magnetic and Non-magnetic Materials
- Magnetic Pole
- Finding Directions with a Magnet
- Making a Magnet
- Magnetic Properties
- Demagnetization of a Magnet
14 Water
- Water, Our Lifeline
- Introduction
- Water: A Compound
- Occurrence of water
- Importance of Water
- Where Do We Get Water From?
- Biogeochemical Cycle
- Water Cycle
- Water Cycle
- Evaporation
- Sublimation
- Transpiration
- Condensation
- Precipitation
- Runoff
- Infiltration
- Percolation
- Importance of water cycle
- Human impacts on the water cycle
- Water Cycle
- Flood
- Drought (Famine)
- Water Management (Conservation of Water)
15 Air Around Us
- Air Around Us
- Air Around us
- Properties of air
- Experiments with an empty bottle
- Composition and Components of Air
- Components of Air: Water Vapour
- Components of Air: Oxygen
- Components of Air: Nitrogen
- Components of Air: Carbon Dioxide
- Components of Air: Dust and Smoke
- Importance of Air for Survival of Plants and Animals in Water and Soil
- How is the Oxygen in the Atmosphere Replaced?
16 Garbage In, Garbage Out
- Waste and Its Categories
- Waste
- Categories of Waste
- Domestic waste
- Industrial waste
- Agricultural waste
- Municipal waste
- e-waste (electronic waste)
- Science teaching and research laboratories wastes
- Biological waste
- Non Biological waste
- Disposal of Waste Water
- Solid Waste Management
- Vermicomposting
- Waste Separation Exercise
- Recycling of Paper
- Man-made Fibre: Plastics
- Harmful Effects of Plastics
- Recycling of Plastic
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