TERM WISE SYLLABUS

SESSION – 2018-2019
CLASS-VI(PRATIBHA)
SUBJECT : SCIENCE

APRIL 2018 TO SEPTEMBER 2018

FIRST TERM

Theme Content suggestive Activities Learning Outcomes

CH 2 Components  Explores plants and animals as food sources.
of food 1. To identify food items rich in protein,  Identifies food ingredients (Chappati has atta
fats and carbohydrates. and water)
 What do different food  Investigation (Are carbohydrates only plant
Food 2. Totest the presence of starch ,fats or
items contain? source?)
proteins in the given food items .
 What do various  Perform activities (make hypothesis and
nutrients do for 3. To study the diseases caused due to the perform activities to test it).
our body? deficiency of various vitamins or  Records and analyses data (observation for
 Balanced diet the presence of nutrients)
minerals .
 Deficiency  Relates processes with cause (Deficiency
disease And diseases with diet).
 Activities suggested in Pragati-5  Awareness and values imbibed (minimizing
wastage of food)
 Applies learning of scientific concepts
(selecting food items for balanced diet).

CH – 3 FibreTo Fabric  Explores plant fibres (cotton, jute).

1. To collect different pieces of cloth
Material  Variety in fabrics from a tailor’s shop and group
 Fibre them as cotton, silk, woolen and
 Some plant fibres synthetic.
 Spinning cotton yarn 2. To make a thread from cotton ball.
 Identifies and differentiates fibres
 Investigation (what is clothing made up of?
Why do we wear cotton clothes during
summer)
  Yarn to fabric 3. To demonstrate the weaving of
cloth using coloured paper strips.
And
 Activities suggested in Pragati-5
 Identifies fabric by activities (water
absorbing capacities, by burning, etc.).
 Explains processing of plant fibres
 Draws conclusion that plant fibres have more
water absorbing capacity

Material  Explores materials on the basis of physical

CH – 5 1. To hand pick different items from a properties (soft, hard, transparency,
Separationof given mixture. appearance, soluble)
substances 2. To prepare saturated solution of  Identifies materials by doing activities
Methods of separation common salt. (dissolving or immersing in water)
 Hand Picking  Differentiates materials on the basis of
 Threshing, And physical properties.
 Winnowing,  Activities suggested in Pragati-5  Applies learning of scientific concept.
 Sieving,
 Sedimentation,
 Decantation,
 Filtration and
 Evaporation

The world CH – 7Gettingtoknow  Identifies (parts of plants) on the basis of

of living plants 1. To identify herbs ,shrubs and trees from position and structure.
 Herbs, shrubs and trees your school garden.  Classifies plants (herbs, shrubs, trees)
 Stem  Differentiates (tap and fibrous roots, parallel
2. To study the venation in leaves of
 Leaf or reticulate venation)
different plants
 Root  Observation of roots, stems, leaves and
 Flower And flowers.
 Draws diagram of roots, leaves and flowers.
 Activities suggested in Pragati-5
Natural CH – 14Water 1. To make a chart on water cycle.  Explores water (natural resource) with focus
Resources 2. To discuss the strategies of water on components of water cycle, loss of water
  How much
water do we
use?
 Where do we get water
from?
 Water cycle
 Back to the oceans
 What if it rains heavily?
 What happens if it does
not
 Rain for a long period?
 How can we conserve
water?
 Rainwater harvesting
conservation by making groups of
students.
3. To make a model chart / project on rain
water harvesting .
And
 Activities suggested in Pragati-5
by plants and rain water harvesting
 Investigation (what will happen if it does not
rain or rains heavily?)
 Draw and explain the chart of water cycle.
 Applies learning of scientific concepts in day
to day life (finding ways to cope with heavy
rains
 Awareness and values imbibed (minimizing
wastage of water), responds critically to
issues like water conservation, storing of rain
water

REVISION FOR MID – TERM

September 2018 EXAMINATION

OCTOBER 2018 TO FEBRUARY 2019

[(Second term)COMMON ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS]

Theme Content Activities Learning Outcomes

CH-8 Body Movement: 1. To study the human skeleton.
The world of  Human body and its 2. list of all the joints after studying  Explain the movement in
living movements them in human skeleton. animals and human beings.
 “Gait of animals” 3. To study the motion of animals  Explain and draw the
around us e.g earthworm. types of joints
And  To know the function of
 Activities suggested in Pragati-5 skeleton and joints in
human beings.
 CH – 9Living organisms and 1. Germinationof seed.  Relates adaptation of plants
theirsurroundings 2. To know about plants and animals and animals with their
found in different surroundings habitats.
 Organisms and the like forests , desert ,sea,  Classifies the component of
surroundings where they toknowaboutplant. habitat as biotic and abiotic
live 3. To study different animals of
 Habitat and adaptation water and land .eg. Animals living
 A journey through in forest , desert and ocean .
different habitats And
 Characteristics of the living beings  Activities suggested in Pragati-5

Natural  Constructs model using

Phenomenon CH – 11Light Shadows and 1. To study transparent, opaque and materials from
Reflection translucent objects with surroundings and explains
examples. their working. e.g. - Pinhole
 Transparent, opaque and 2. To make a model of pin hole camera, Periscope.
translucent objects camera.  Explain phenomenon of
 What exactly are And formation of shadows,
shadows?  Activities suggested in Pragati-5. reflection of light from plane
 A pinhole camera mirror .
 Mirrors and reflections
How Things  Explain and drawn open and
Work CH – 12Electricityandcircuit closed circuit.
1. To study open and closed  Identify conductor and
 Electric cell circuit. insulator from daily life.
 A bulb connected to an 2. To identify conductors and
electric cell insulators from daily life with the
 An electric circuit help of an electric circuit.
 Electric switch And
 Electric conductors and  Activities suggested in
insulators. Pragati-5.
How Things CH – 13FunwithMagnets
Work
 Magnetic and non-magnetic
materials
 Poles of magnet
 Finding directions
 Make your own magnet
Natural CH – 15AirAroundus
Resources
 Is air present everywhere
around us?
 What is air made up of?
 how does oxygen become
available to animals and plants
living in water and soil?
 How is the oxygen in the
atmosphere replaced?
Material CH – 3FibretoFabric
 Variety in fabrics
 Fibre
 Some plant fibres
 Spinning cotton yarn
 Yarn to fabric
February 2019- Revision for Common Annual School Examination 2018-19
1. To study the properties of  Investigation (Does a
magnet. freely suspended magnet
2. To differentiate between align in a particular
magnetic and non-magnetic direction
substances.  Use of compass needle for
And finding directions.
 Activities suggested in
Pragati-5
 Explain the variation in
1. To prepare different types of composition of air.
Firkis.  Explain about the harmful
2. To show that O2 is present in effects of smoke and dust.
air and helps in burning.
And
 Activities suggested in
Pragati-5.
Same as in first term Mid -
Term Examination