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About the Book Curiosity, Textbook of Science for Grade 6 learners has been crafted in alignment with the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023. The policy advocates a radical shift from a content-based education to a competency-based education,
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Fig.12.1 An Electric Cell. metal cap is the positive terminal of the electric cell. The metal disc is the negative terminal. All electric cells have two terminals; a positive terminal and a negative terminal. An electric cell produces electricity from the chemicals stored inside it. When the chemicals in the electric cell are used up, the ...
1.Plants much smaller than you. 2.Plants that are about your size, and. 3.Plants which are much taller than you. Feel their stem and try to bend them gently to see if they are tender or hard. Table 7.1 Categories of plants. Plant n ame. Column1 H eight. Column 2 Stem. Column 3 Where do the branches appear.
Activity 1. Look around you and collect as many objects as you can — an eraser, plastic scale, pen, pencil, notebook, single sheet of paper, tracing paper or a piece of cloth. Try to look at something far away, through each of these objects (Fig. 11.1).
List them in Column 1 of Table 6.1. List things, animals and plants, found in the other regions that are also shown in the table. You can collect the examples scattered through this chapter to fill Table 6.1. Discuss also with your friends, parents and teachers, to find more examples to fill the tables.
interesting books in libraries that talk of animals, plants and minerals of different regions. Try and include many plants, animals and objects, big and small, in each of the columns in this table. What kind of objects will we find that may not be animals or plants? Perhaps parts of plants like dried leaves, or parts of animals, like bones. We ...
13 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.
5 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 tea (Fig. Fig. 5.1 Separating tea leaves with a strainer. Grain is separated from stalks, while harvesting.
1 Components of Food. In lower classes, 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 preparation of lady’s finger (bhindi).
