Science
Year 6 · Curriculum for Wales
Year 6 science covers classification of living things into broad groups, the circulatory system and the effects of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the body, and how nutrients and water are transported within animals.
Evolution and inheritance are introduced through fossils, adaptation and natural selection. Light is studied as travelling in straight lines to explain shadows and reflection, and electricity work covers the effect of voltage on circuits and recognised circuit symbols.
Enquiry work at this level expects pupils to plan and justify their approach, control variables, and report conclusions with the degree of confidence the evidence actually supports: the exact skills Year 7 science assumes.
Important Topics
- Living Things & ClassificationClassifying plants, animals and micro-organisms into broad groups.
- Animals Including HumansThe circulatory system, transport of nutrients, and diet, exercise and lifestyle.
- Evolution & InheritanceFossils, adaptation, inherited characteristics and natural selection.
- LightLight travelling in straight lines, shadows, reflection and how we see.
- ElectricityThe effect of voltage on circuits, and using recognised circuit symbols.
- Scientific EnquiryPlanning and justifying enquiry, controlling variables and reporting conclusions.
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