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Science 6
Student Activity Book
Gulfishan Shafeeu
Educational Development Centre
Written by: Gulfishan Shafeeu
Edited by: Gulfishan Shafeeu
Layout & design by: Khadheeja Abdulla
Computer Graphics by: Khadheeja Abdulla
Illustrations by: Wajeedha Ismail and Khadheeja Abdulla
Proof read by: Gulfishan Shafeeu, Ahmed Manik,
and Khadheeja Abdulla
Cover Designed by: Mohamed Tholal
Cover Photographs By: Ali Nishan
First edition: 2005
ISBN: 99915-0-530-X
Ref No: A-50/2004/DPE
© 2005 Educational Development Centre
Ministry of Education
Republic of Maldives
Printed by:
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Acknowledgement
The author is grateful and would like to acknowledge all the professionals who
helped in the production of the book, Science 6-Student Activity Book.
Special mention must go to Mrs Zahiya Zareer (EDC), Mr Ahmed Manik (EDC) and
Mrs Mariyam Azra (EDC) for their guidance.
There are many others who have kindly provided their assistance.
These include Khadheeja Abdulla (EDC), Wajeedha Ismail (EDC) Mariyam Maalika
(EDC), Mohamed Tholal (EDC), and Ali Nishan (ITEK).
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This book is written to meet the requirements of Science in the National
Curriculum.This activity book is designed for teaching Science for grade 6. The right
to modify this book lies exclusively with the Educational Development Centre of
Ministry of Education.
Ministry of Education
Introduction
This book is intended to use by students of grade 6. This should be used with the
book, science for grade 6.
In the textbook, each topic is divided into sub topics and labeled as 1a, 1b etc.
The activity book includes activities to reinforce concepts introduced in these
subtopics.
The activity book includes a wide range of activities to promote the use of all the
necessary skills like communication skills, investigation skills, data handling, etc.
that needs to be developed by the students.
You might need to use improvised and readily available equipment and materials
rather than sophisticated laboratory apparatus in doing some of the activities in the
textbook.
Teachers should use the teacher’s manual to fully understand and appreciate how
the textbook and activity book could be used to maximize the learning of science
concepts.
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Contents
1
4
Measurement
1c
How Can You Compare
and Measure?
2
1d
Area and Volume
4
Time and Mass
6
Temperature
8
1e-1f
1g
2
2a
Cells
10
2a
Alive or ...?
12
2b
Microscope
14
2b
The Block of Life
16
2c
Looking at Cells
18
2d
Division of Labour
20
3
4a
Measuring Forces
30
4b
Light and Heavy
32
4c
Easy Going
34
4d
Working Out Running and
Walking Speed
36
Word Search
38
5
Cells
Light
Light Travells+Shadow
Challenge
40
5c
Source of Light
44
5d
How To Make a Spectrum 48
5a+5b
6
Variety of Life
Forces and Motion
3a
What is an Animal?
22
6a
3b
Where Do We Belong?
24
6b+6c
3c
Pick a Plant
26
3d
The Key To The Class
28
Unicellular
Organisms
Mould +Bacterial Terrarium 50
The Spread of Infection
+Aids
54
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7
11
Matter and
Material
7b
Three Phases of Matter
56
7c
Material
58
Useful Metals+
Change Of State
66
7d+7e
Mixtures
11a
Mixtures
84
11b
Separating Sugar from
Rice
86
11c
Investigate Dissolving
88
11f
What’s in a Mixture?
90
Find the Mystery Word
94
8
Soil
8a
Testing Soil
70
12b
Does Air Have Pressure? 96
8b
Analysing Soil Sample
72
12c
Identifying Oxygen and
Carbon dioxide
98
12c
Indicator Test and Water
in Air
100
9
12
13
Elements
9a+9b
Elements+State of Matter
9c
Properties of Metals and
Non-Metals
76
9c
Atoms and Elements
78
10
74
10b
Water Cycle
80
10c
Water Survey
82
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Changes
13a
Can Heat Change Matter
102
13b
Can Light Change Matter
104
13c
Can Mixing Change Matter 106
14
Water
Air Around Us
Science and
Technology
14a
Science and Technology
in My Community
109
14b
Transport and Using
Microprocessors
112
Word Search
114