Science Olympiad Syllabus for class 6 Online Classes

1. Science Syllabus for Olympiads – Class 6
Food and its Components:
1) Food and nutrients
2) Ingredients of food
3) Sources of food
4) Food habits of animals
5) Food chain
6) Components of food: Carbohydrates, fats, minerals, proteins, vitamins, water, roughage.
7) Testing of nutrients
8) Nutrients in some common food items
9) Different types of food:
a) Energy-giving foods
b) Body-building foods
c) Protective foods
10) Balanced diet
11) Deficiency diseases:
a) Deficiency of carbohydrate
b) Deficiency of proteins and fats: Kwashiorkor, Marasmus
c) Deficiency of vitamins and minerals: Scurvy, rickets, anaemia, goiter
Fibre to Fabric:
1) Clothing material-history
2) Kinds of fibre:
i. Natural fibre: Cotton (Ginning, spinning, weaving), Wool, Silk, Jute
ii. Synthetic fibre
3) Properties, manufacture and uses of natural and synthetic fibres
Sorting and Separation of Materials:
1) Matter- its meaning and composition
2) States of Matter: Solids, Liquids and Gases
3) Characteristics of Solids, Liquids and Gases (Shape, texture and Volume)
4) Distinguishing properties of Solids, liquids and Gases
5) Classification of matter
6) Properties of materials: Appearance, lustre, texture, state, solubility in water, Density-
floating and sinking, transparency
7) Mixture and pure substances
8) Mixture (components of more than one substance combine in any proportion, original
properties of the components are retained)
9) Types of mixture: Homogeneous and heterogenous mixture
10) Properties of mixtures

2. 11) Necessity of separation
12) Methods of separation:
a. Separating solids from other solids
i. Threshing and winnowing
ii. Hand-picking
iii. Sieving
b. Separating insoluble solids from liquids
i. Sedimentation and decantation
ii. Filtration
iii. Loading
c. Application of methods of separation-obtaining drinking water
d. Separating soluble solids from liquids
i. Evaporation
ii. Distillation
e. Separating liquids: miscible and immiscible liquids
f. Separation using more than method
13) Solubility
a. Solvent, solute and solution
b. Universal solvent
14) Importance of water as a solvent
15) Effect of temperature on solubility
Changes Around Us:
1) Cause that can bring about changes in Shape, size, position, colour, state, internal
structure
2) Reversible and irreversible changes
3) Physical and chemical changes
4) Changes when different substances are mixed: Example, Reaction between washing
soda and lemon juice
5) Exothermic and endothermic reaction
6) Other types of changes: Fast, slow, periodic and non-periodic changes
Living Organisms and their Surroundings:
1) Biotic components and their interactions:
a. Producers
b. Consumers
c. Decomposers
d. Interactions among biotic components
2) Abiotic components and their interactions with biotic components
3) Habitat and types of habitat
a. Aquatic or water habitats: Marine, freshwater, coastal habitats
b. Terrestrial or land habitats: Desert, grassland, rainforest, tundra or polar habitats

3. 4) Adaptations:
a. Adaptations for desert habitats, water habitats, polar and mountain habitats,
grassland habitats, tropical rainforests habitats, aquatic habitats
i. Plant life
ii. Animal life
5) Characteristics of the living beings
a. Food, growth, respiration, responding to stimuli, reproduction, living organisms
and excretion, movement
Motion and Measurement of Distances:
1) Physical quantities
2) Standard units:
a. Multiples and submultiples of units
3) Measurement of Length:
a. Concept of length as distance between two points
b. Measurement of length (ruler, measuring tape)
c. Units (with symbol and full name)
d. Measuring the length of a curved line: Using thread and using a divider
4) Measurement of Mass:
a. Concept of Mass as matter contained in an object
b. Measurement of Mass (Beam Balance, Electronic Balance)
c. Units (with symbol and full name)
5) Measurement of Time:
a. Concept of time and explanation in terms of hours, minutes and seconds.
b. Measurement of Time (Clock, watch, stop watch)
c. Units (with symbol and full name)
6) Measurement of Temperature:
a. Temperature as a measure of degree of hotness or coldness of body
b. Measurement of temperature (clinical thermometer, laboratory thermometer)
c. Normal temperature of a human body
d. Units (with symbol and full name)
7) Measurement of Area:
a. Concept of area
8) Definition of motion
a. Story of transport
9) Types of motion
a. Translatory motion
b. Rotational motion
c. Periodic motion
10) Different motions at the same time

4. Light, Shadow and Reflections:
1) Sources of light
a. Luminous objects
b. Non-luminous objects
2) Rays and beam
3) Transparent, opaque and translucent object
4) Rectilinear Propagation of Light.
5) Applications of rectilinear propagation of light.
6) Pinhole camera:
a. Principle and Working
b. Factors on which the size of the image produced depends on
7) Shadows:
a. Umbra
b. Penumbra
c. Natural Shadows – Eclipse
i. Solar eclipse
ii. Lunar eclipse
8) Difference between shadows and images
9) Reflection of light by a plane mirror
Electricity and Circuits:
1) Electric current
2) Electric circuits
3) Electric components
4) Conductors and insulators
a. Testing which substance is a conductor and which is an insulator
5) Electric cells: Dry cells, car battery, solar cell, button cell (no technical knowledge to be
given)
Fun with Magnets:
1) Magnetic and non-magnetic substances
2) Characteristics of a magnet
3) Properties of magnets
4) Poles of magnet
5) Magnetic field around a magnet
6) Earth’s magnetic field
a. The magnetic compass
7) Making of Magnets
8) Permanent & temporary magnets and their uses
9) Electromagnets and choice of material for the core of electromagnet
10) Care & storage of magnets
11) Demagnetization by heating, hammering and electricity

5. Our Environment:
1) Importance of water in everyday life (household purpose, industry, watering plants, etc.)
2) Water resources (well, river, hand pump, lakes, pond, etc.)
3) Water cycle
4) Change of state of water
5) Capacity to dissolve many salts in it
6) Definition of Solute, Solvent and Solution
7) Importance of water for sustenance of life on earth.
8) Reasons for water pollution; its prevention; conservation of water
9) Air is present everywhere around us.
10) Air - a mixture of gases namely, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapour; dust
and smoke as pollutants.
11) Percentage composition of air.
12) Uses of the components present (importance of nitrogen to plants to be mentioned)
13) Definition of atmosphere as layer of air around the earth
14) Oxygen cycle
15) Type of waste
a. Biodegradable waste
b. Non-biodegradable waste
16) Reusing and recycling waste
a. Segregation of waste
b. Recycling biodegradable waste
c. Reusing and recycling paper
d. Reusing and recycling non-biodegradable waste
e. Disposal of plastics
17) Advantages of recycling
18) Ways to reduce waste
19) Four R’s of managing waste