NCERT Class 6 Science Water
Wate 14.3 WATER CYCLE Disappearing Trick of Water How many times have you noticed that water spilled on a floor dries up after some time? The water seems to disappear. Similarly, water disappears from wet clothes as they dry up (Fig. 14.4). Water from wet roads, rooftops and…
NCERT Class 6 Science The Living Organisms and their Sorroundings
The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings Paheli and Boojho went on vacation to many places of interest. One such trip took them to the river Ganga in Rishikesh. They climbed the mountains of the Himalayas, where it was very cold. They saw many kinds of trees on these …
NCERT Class 6 Science Separation of Substances
Separation of Substances There are many instances when we notice a substance being separated from a mixture of materials. Tea leaves are separated from the liquid with a strainer, while preparing Grain is separated from stalks, while harvesting. Milk or curd is churned to …
NCERT Class 6 Science Motion and Measurement of Distances
Motion and Measurement of Distances There was a general discussion among the children in Paheli and Boojho's class about the places they had visited during the summer vacations. Someone had gone to their native village by a train, then a bus, and finally a bullock cart. One…
NCERT Class 6 Science Light Shadows and Reflections
Light, Shadows and Reflections We see so many objects around us, colourful and different. On the way to school we see things like buses, cars, cycles, trees, animals and sometimes flowers. How do you think, we see all these objects? Think of the same places at night time if…
NCERT Class 6 Science Getting to Know Plants
Getting to Know Plants Go outside and observe all the plants around you. Do you se that some plants are small, some very big, while some are just patches of green on the soil? Some have green leaves, while some others have reddish ones. Some have huge red flowers, some have…
NCERT Class 6 Science Garbage in Garbage out
Garbage in, Garbage out We throw out so much rubbish or garbage everyday from our homes, schools, shops and offices. The grains, pulses, biscuits, mil or oil purchased in shops, are packedin plastic bags or tins. All these wrapping material go out as garbage. We sometimes…
NCERT Class 6 Science Fun with Magnets
Fun with Magnets Paheli and Boojho went to a place where a lot of waste material was piled into huge heaps. Something exciting was happening! A crane was moving towards the heap of junk. The long hand of the crane lowered a block over a heap. It then began to move. Guess,…
NCERT Class 6 Science Food Where Does It Come From
Food:Where Does It Come From? What did you eat at home today? Find out what your friend ate today. Did you eat the same kind of food yesterday and today? We all eat different kinds of food at different times, isn’t it? 1.1 FOOD VARIETY Activity 1 Ask your friends in the…
NCERT Class 6 Science Sorting Materials into Groups
Sorting Materials into Groups 4.1 OBJECTS AROUND US We saw that our food and clothes have so much variety in them. Not just food and clothes, there is such a vast variety of objects everywhere. We see around us, a chair, a bullock cart, a cycle, cooking utensils, books,…
NCERT Class 6 Science Fibre to Fabric
Fibre to Fabric Paheli and Boojho won the first prize in a Science Quiz competition held at their school. They were very excited and decided to use the prize money to buy clothes for their parents. When they saw a large variety of cloth material, they got confused (Fig. 3.1…
NCERT Class 6 Science Electricity and Circuits
Electricity and Circuits We use electricity for many purposes to make our tasks easier. For example, we use electricity to operate pumps that lift water from wells or from ground level to the roof top tank. What are other purposes for which you use electricity? List some of…
NCERT Class 6 Science Components of Food
Components of Food In Chapter 1, we made lists of the food items that we eat. We also identified food items eaten in different parts of India and marked these on its map. A meal could consist of chapati, dal and brinjal curry. Another may be rice, sambar and a vegetable…
NCERT Class 6 Science Changes Around us
Changes Around us What fun if you suddenly get some magical powers to change anything around you! What are the things you would want to change? Can some of the changes be grouped together? How can we group various changes? It might help, if we find some similarities between…