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NCERT Class VI Notes Science

All 16 chapters of NCERT Class VI Science as short, exam-focused Word notes.

  • 16 Chapters
  • Word (.docx) files
  • Super Short Notes
  • Pages 1–165
Format
Word (.docx)
Exam Relevance
All Exams
For Whom?
Beginners
Source
NCERT — Curiosity (Science)
Validity
5 years – Unlimited Access
Course Highlights

What you get?

Sixteen NCERT chapters, from where food comes from to what happens to the garbage — short enough to revise in one sitting.

  • 16 chapter files — Word documents, one per NCERT chapter — read them on a phone or print them.
  • Exam Corner in every chapter — The NCERT exercise questions with worked answers, chapter by chapter.
  • Memory Aids and Common Confusions — The mnemonics that make a chapter stick, and the traps that catch most students.
  • Super short notes — Sixteen chapters of Curiosity, the NCERT Class VI Science textbook, cut to what a beginner needs.
  • Access for five years — The files stay in your account till October 2031.
Course Details

About This Course!

What is inside, how it works, and who it is built for.

01

What these notes are?

Every chapter of Curiosity, the NCERT Class VI Science textbook rewritten as short notes. The definitions, the examples and the names stay as NCERT states them.

What goes away is the padding. A chapter that runs ten textbook pages becomes a file you can read in a single sitting, which is the whole point of revision.

02

How to use them?

A way that works, chapter by chapter:

  1. Read the chapter file once, before or right after the lesson.
  2. Attempt the Exam Corner without looking at the answers, then check.
  3. The night before a test, revise only the Memory Aids and the Common Confusions.

03

Who they are for?

Class VI students starting Science, and anyone older who wants the basics — what a magnet attracts, why a shadow forms, how a circuit closes — settled properly. The notes assume no prior reading — Chapter 1 begins with where our food comes from.

What's Included

Everything in this Course!

IncludedWord

16 chapter files

Word (.docx) · one per NCERT chapter

Each chapter of Curiosity is its own file, so you read one on a phone or print it for the desk.

IncludedAnswers

Exam Corner in every chapter

NCERT exercise questions, with worked answers

The questions NCERT asks at the end of each chapter, answered chapter by chapter — attempt them before you look.

IncludedRevision

Memory Aids and Common Confusions

Mnemonics, and the traps that catch most students

The short-hands that make a chapter stick, and the confusions worth clearing before you move on.

IncludedCoverage

Pages 1–165, no chapter skipped

NCERT pages 1–165, in sixteen short files

From Food – Where Does It Come from? to Garbage in, Garbage out.

Course Contents

What This Course Provides?

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 1–7

  • Food Variety
  • Food Materials and Sources
  • Plant Parts as Food
  • Animal Products as Food
  • Sprouted Seeds and Honey
  • What Do Animals Eat?

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 8–17

  • What Are Nutrients?
  • Tests for Nutrients
  • Test for Starch
  • Test for Protein
  • Test for Fat
  • What Do Nutrients Do for Our Body?
  • Carbohydrates
  • Fats
  • Proteins
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Dietary Fibres and Water
  • Dietary Fibres (Roughage)
  • Water
  • Balanced Diet
  • A Balanced Diet Does Not Need to Be Expensive
  • Nutrient Loss during Cooking
  • Too Much Fat – Obesity
  • Deficiency Diseases
  • Effects of Protein and Carbohydrate Deficiency
  • Deficiency Diseases – Vitamins and Minerals

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 18–25

  • Variety in Fabrics
  • The Fibre–Yarn–Fabric Chain
  • Types of Fibres
  • Cotton – A Plant Fibre
  • Jute – A Plant Fibre
  • Spinning – Fibre to Yarn
  • Yarn to Fabric – Weaving and Knitting
  • History of Clothing Material
  • Burn Test – Identifying Yarn Type

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 26–34

  • Objects around Us
  • Properties of Materials
  • Appearance and Lustre
  • Hardness
  • Solubility – Solids in Water
  • Solubility – Liquids and Gases in Water
  • Float or Sink in Water
  • Transparency
  • Why Do We Group Materials?

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 35–45

  • Why We Separate Substances
  • Handpicking
  • Threshing
  • Winnowing
  • Sieving
  • Sedimentation, Decantation, and Filtration
  • Sedimentation
  • Decantation
  • Filtration
  • Evaporation
  • Condensation
  • Using More than One Method of Separation
  • Saturated Solution and Solubility

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 46–51

  • Reversible and Irreversible Changes
  • Ways of Bringing about a Change

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 52–65

  • Herbs, Shrubs, Trees, Creepers and Climbers
  • Stem
  • Leaf
  • Root
  • Flower

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 66–78

  • Types of Movement
  • Human Body and Its Movements
  • How Body Parts Move
  • Joints
  • Types of Joints
  • The Skeleton
  • Important Bones and Structures
  • Cartilage
  • Muscles
  • Gait of Animals
  • Earthworm
  • Snail
  • Cockroach
  • Birds
  • Fish
  • Snake
  • Yoga – for Better Health

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 79–94

  • Organisms and Their Surroundings
  • Habitat and Adaptation
  • Habitat
  • Adaptation
  • Biotic and Abiotic Components
  • Acclimatisation
  • Adaptations – Camel
  • Adaptations – Fish
  • A Journey through Terrestrial Habitats
  • Deserts
  • Mountain Regions
  • Grasslands
  • A Journey through Aquatic Habitats
  • Oceans
  • Ponds and Lakes
  • Characteristics of Organisms
  • Food
  • Growth
  • Respiration
  • Response to Stimuli
  • Excretion
  • Reproduction
  • Movement
  • Summary – Characteristics of Living Things

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 95–106

  • Story of Transport
  • Need for Measurement
  • Non-Standard Units and Their Problems
  • Standard Units of Measurement (SI System)
  • Correct Measurement of Length
  • Measuring the Length of a Curved Line
  • Motion – Rest and Movement
  • Types of Motion
  • Rectilinear Motion
  • Circular Motion
  • Periodic Motion
  • Combination of Motions

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 107–115

  • How We See Objects
  • Types of Objects by Light Behaviour
  • Shadows – What They Are and What They Need
  • Properties of Shadows
  • Pinhole Camera
  • Light Travels in a Straight Line
  • Mirrors and Reflections

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 116–124

  • Electric Cell
  • A Bulb Connected to an Electric Cell
  • An Electric Circuit
  • Electric Switch
  • Electric Conductors and Insulators

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 125–135

  • How Magnets Were Discovered
  • Magnetic and Non-Magnetic Materials
  • Poles of a Magnet
  • Finding Directions
  • Make Your Own Magnet
  • Attraction and Repulsion between Magnets
  • A Few Cautions

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 136–146

  • How Much Water Do We Use?
  • Where Do We Get Water from?
  • Water Cycle
  • Evaporation
  • Transpiration
  • Condensation and Cloud Formation
  • Rain, Hail, and Snow
  • The Water Cycle – Full Flow
  • 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

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 147–154

  • Is Air Present Everywhere around Us?
  • The Atmosphere
  • Activity: Air Occupies Space
  • What Is Air Made up of?
  • Water Vapour
  • Oxygen
  • Nitrogen
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Dust and Smoke
  • How the Nose Protects Us
  • How Does Oxygen Become Available to Animals and Plants Living in Water and Soil?
  • Oxygen in Water
  • Oxygen in Soil
  • How Is the Oxygen in the Atmosphere Replaced?
  • Uses of Air

Word (.docx) · textbook pages 155–165

  • What Is Garbage?
  • Dealing with Garbage – The Landfill
  • Composting
  • Vermicomposting
  • Recycling of Paper
  • Plastics – Boon or a Curse?
  • Reuse – Think before You Throw
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Course Help

Frequently asked questions

Sixteen Word (.docx) files — one per chapter of NCERT's Curiosity (Science).

Each file carries the chapter's facts, a Memory Aids section, a Common Confusions section and an Exam Corner with worked answers. You can read them on a phone, print them, or keep them offline.

NCERT's Curiosity, the Class VI Science textbook. The files follow it chapter by chapter, pages 1–165.

No. This is a digital set. Print it at home if you prefer paper.

Five years from purchase — till October 2031.

No, and it is not meant to be. This is Class VI school Science — it makes the basics solid so later reading is easier. UPSC-level Science and Technology comes much later.

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