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Y6 Science

The National Curriculum for Science in Year 6. 

Sc6/1    Working Scientifically





Sc6/1.4    using test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests

Sc6/1.5    using simple models to describe scientific ideas


Sc6/1.7    identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments.

Sc6/2.1    Living Things and their habitats


Sc6/2.1b    give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics.

Sc6/2.2    Animals including humans

Sc6/2.2a    identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood

Sc6/2.2b    recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function

Sc6/2.2c    describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans.

Sc6/2.3    Evolution

Sc6/2.3a    recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago

Sc6/3.2b    recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents

Sc6/2.3c    identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution.

Sc6/4.1    Light

Sc6/4.1a    recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines



Sc6/4.1d    use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them

Sc6/4.2    Electricity

Sc6/4.2a    associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit


Sc6/4.2c    use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram.