Year 6 science

IXL offers dozens of Year 6 science skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalised Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, national curriculum or standardised test.

IXL offers dozens of Year 6 science skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalised Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, national curriculum or standardised test.

A. Properties of matter

  1. 1
    Identify and sort solids, liquids and gases
  2. 2
    Understand conservation of matter using graphs
  3. 3
    Identify mixtures

C. Force and motion

  1. 1
    Identify directions of forces
  2. 2
    How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion?

D. Magnets

  1. 1
    Identify magnets that attract or repel
  2. 2
    Label magnets that attract or repel
  3. 3
    Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces

E. Energy

  1. 1
    Energy transformation

F. Electricity

  1. 1
    Introduction to static electricity and charged objects
  2. 2
    Electric circuits
  3. 3
    Conductors and insulators

G. Light

  1. 1
    How do we see objects?
  2. 2
    How does light travel and interact with matter?

I. Animals

  1. 1
    Read and construct animal life cycle diagrams
  2. 2
    Compare animal life cycles

L. Adaptations

  1. 1
    Introduction to adaptations
  2. 2
    Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths and necks
  3. 3
    Animal adaptations: feet and limbs
  4. 4
    Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings

N. Ecosystems

  1. 1
    Identify ecosystems
  2. 2
    Describe ecosystems
  3. 3
    Identify roles in food chains
  4. 4
    How does matter move in food chains?
  5. 5
    Interpret food webs I
  6. 6
    Interpret food webs II

O. Conservation and natural resources

  1. 1
    Science literacy: how can a community protect sea turtles?
  2. 2
    Evaluate natural energy sources

P. Rocks

  1. 1
    Identify rocks and minerals
  2. 2
    How do sedimentary rocks form?
  3. 3
    How do rock layers form?

R. Temperature

  1. 1
    Read a thermometer
  2. 2
    Compare temperatures on thermometers
  3. 3
    Collect and graph temperature data

S. Water on Earth

  1. 1
    Describe and graph water on Earth
  2. 2
    Label parts of water cycle diagrams
  3. 3
    Select parts of water cycle diagrams

U. Units and measurement

  1. 1
    Choose units of distance
  2. 2
    Choose units of mass
  3. 3
    Choose units of volume
  4. 4
    Abbreviate mass, volume and temperature units

V. Science practices and tools

  1. 1
    Identify laboratory tools