Unicus Global Science Olympiad Class 6 Syllabus

Class 6

1. Content Domain: Physics

Kinematics and Distance Measurement

1. Understanding speed, velocity, and acceleration
2. Distance and displacement
3. Interpretation of graphs representing motion
4. Different types of motion

Optics and Light Phenomena

1. Properties of light: reflection, refraction, and dispersion
2. Classification of objects based on how light interacts with them
3. Formation of shadows and their characteristics
4. Laws of reflection and their applications
5. Properties of mirrors and their uses

Electrical Circuits and Phenomena

1. Basics of electricity: conductors, insulators, and circuits
2. Understanding electrical symbols and circuit diagrams
3. Electric components and their uses: switches, bulbs, batteries, wires, and fuses

Magnetic Interactions and Applications

1. Properties of magnets: attraction, repulsion, and magnetic poles
2. Types of magnets: natural and artificial
3. Magnetic materials and non-magnetic materials
4. Earth's magnetism
5. Applications of magnets in daily life

2. Content Domain: Chemistry

Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures

1. Classification of elements (metals, non-metals, and noble gases), symbols of elements
2. Characteristics of compounds
3. Atoms and molecules
4. Uses of elements and compounds
5. Types and characteristics of mixtures
6. Methods of separation: filtration, decantation, evaporation, distillation, and magnetic separation
7. Arrangement of molecules in matter and their properties
8. Solubility and properties of solutions, movement of molecules (diffusion, osmosis)

Transformation of Matter

1. Physical and chemical properties of matter
2. Define and differentiate between various types of changes (physical changes vs. chemical changes, reversible vs. irreversible changes)
3. Factors that influence change (temperature, pressure, time, light)
4. Reactions and energy: exothermic and endothermic reactions

3. Content Domain: Biology

Introduction to Cell

1. Basics of the cell
2. Plant cell and animal cell
3. Cell organelles and their functions: cell wall, cell membrane, plastids, nucleus, vacuole, cytoplasm

Human Body

1. Components of major organ systems
2. General functions of organ systems
3. How organ systems work together

Life Sciences

1. Plant life: structure, function, and reproduction
2. Animal life
3. Characteristics of living organisms: growth, reproduction, response to stimuli, nutrition
4. Adaptations of plants and animals to their environment

Health and Hygiene

1. Communicable diseases: bacterial, viral, protozoal, diseases caused by worms
2. Modes of transmission of diseases
3. Ways to prevent communicable diseases
4. Maintaining health and hygiene

4. Content Domain: Environmental Science

Environmental Studies

1. Abiotic and biotic factors and their interactions
2. Different types of ecosystems
3. Interconnectedness within an ecosystem
4. Human activities and their impact on the environment