NCERT Class 6 Syllabus for Science

VI
CLASS VI
SCIENCE

Questions Key Concepts Resources Activities/

1. Food (Periods - 20)
Sources of food
What are the various Plant parts and animal Examples of food from Germination of seeds
sources of our food? products as sources of different parts of plants such as mung, chick pea
What do other animals food; herbivores, and of food from animals etc.; preparing a chart on
eat? carnivores, omnivores. sources. food habits of animals
and food culture of
different regions of India.

Components of food
What is our food made Carbohydrates, fats, Mid Day Meal; Charts, Studying the variety of
up of ? Why do we eat a proteins, vitamins, pictures/films of children food in different regions
variety of food? minerals, fibres, their suffering from food in India; preparing a menu
for
Classes sources and significance deficiencies and disabilities. of balanced diet in the
at the for human health; context of the diversity of
Elementary balanced diet; diseases and foods eaten in different
disabilities due to food parts of the country.
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deficiencies. Classifying foods according
to food components; test
for starch, sugars, proteins
and fats.

Cleaning food
How do we separate the Threshing, winnowing, Talking to some elders Discussion on threshing,
grains after harvesting the hand picking, about practices after winnowing, handpicking;
wheat /rice crop? sedimentation, filtration. harvesting the crop; kit experiments on
materials. sedimentation, filtration.
Separating mixture of salt
and sand.

2. Materials (Periods - 26)
Materials of daily use
What are our clothes Different types of cloth Sharing of prior Whole class discussion.