Grade 6 Science, Explained
Nepal’s Grade 6 Science and Technology curriculum, unit by unit in the order of CDC’s textbook, said clearly, with examples to work out, diagrams to play with, and a few surprises. For students with any Grade 6 science book.
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- Unit 1 Scientific Learning Will it sink or float? Guess first, then test, and you are already doing science. And how long is a table, if every hand’s bitta is different? Science and research
- Unit 2 Information and Communication Technology From the dhiki to the phone in your pocket, people have always made tools to make work easier. How do you make today’s tools work for you? Technology
- Unit 3 Organisms and their Structure Why can’t a fish live on land, or a yak in the warm Terai? Every plant and animal has a body built for its own home and its own food. Living things
- Unit 4 Biodiversity and Environment Take the tigers away and the deer eat the forest bare. Every living thing in a place depends on the others, and on us. Living things
- Unit 5 Life Process A plant makes its food out of air, water and sunlight. You can’t: so where does your dal bhat go, and how does it end up as you? Living things
- Unit 6 Force and Motion Are you sitting still, or rushing through space faster than a bullet? And how can one person tip over a one-tonne stone with an iron bar? Physics
- Unit 7 Energy in Daily Life Energy is never used up, only changed. Follow it from a lake to your light bulb, and from a madal to your ears. Physics
- Unit 8 Electricity and Magnetism How can a lemon make electricity, a nail become a magnet, and a thin wire save a house from fire? Physics
- Unit 9 Matter Salt vanishes in water, yet the water still tastes salty. Where did it go, and how do you get it back out? Chemistry
- Unit 10 Materials Used in Daily Life Soap, salt, baking soda, a steel spoon: you use dozens of materials every day. What makes each one right for its job, and when do they harm us? Chemistry
- Unit 11 The Earth and Space A handful of soil took centuries to make, and under it spins a hot, tilted ball racing round the Sun. Why does that bring us summer and winter? Earth and space
How to use this book
Each unit covers its part of the curriculum in the order of CDC’s textbook, whose page numbers are under each unit’s title; whichever book your school uses, you can read it alongside. Inside you’ll find:
- Worked examples: try them first; the answer stays hidden until you open it.
- Try it questions and each unit’s questions at the end, with hints and answers to open when you’re ready.
- Diagrams to play with: drag, slide and change things to see what happens.
- Did you know? boxes with the stories and surprises behind the science.
A companion to your textbook, not a replacement: study from the book your school uses, and where the two differ, follow your teacher. Every fact here has been checked against the textbook and other reliable sources, but these pages have not yet been reviewed by subject experts. If you find a mistake, please tell us.