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Natural Sciences — Grade 6

A CAPS-aligned Grade 6 Natural Sciences course covering ecosystems and food chains, mixtures and how to separate them, simple electric circuits, and the solar system. Every idea is given twice — a careful Theory explanation and an intuition-first Visual picture — with examples from South African life and plenty of practice with hints and full solutions.

≈ 11 h 18 min6 sections · 32 lessonsNo ratings yet
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What you'll learn

  • Describe an ecosystem as living and non-living parts working together, and build food chains and food webs that show where the energy in every meal comes from
  • Explain what a mixture is and choose a sensible separation method — hand sorting, sieving, filtering, magnetism, evaporation or distillation — by matching the method to a difference in properties
  • Build and explain a simple electric circuit with cells, wires, a switch and a bulb, sort materials into conductors and insulators, and apply basic electrical safety
  • Name the Sun and the eight planets in order, explain that planets orbit the Sun while moons orbit planets, and describe how distance from the Sun changes the length of a planet's year

Before you start

  • Sort living from non-living things and describe what living things need to stay alive (Grade 4-5)
  • Recognise the three states of matter and describe melting, freezing, evaporation and condensation (Grade 5)
  • Add, subtract and compare whole numbers and simple decimals, and read a simple table

Course content

0/32 lessons
1. Ecosystems and Food Chains4 lessons
  1. What Is an Ecosystem?Lesson18 min
  2. Producers, Consumers and DecomposersLesson18 min
  3. Food Chains: Following the EnergyLesson18 min
  4. Food Webs and Keeping the BalanceLesson18 min
2. Mixtures and How to Separate Them4 lessons
  1. What Is a Mixture?Lesson18 min
  2. Solutions and DissolvingLesson18 min
  3. Separating Mixtures: Sorting, Sieving, Filtering, MagnetsLesson20 min
  4. Getting Both Back: Evaporation and DistillationLesson20 min
3. Electric Circuits4 lessons
  1. What Is an Electric Circuit?Lesson18 min
  2. Conductors and InsulatorsLesson18 min
  3. Switches and Controlling a CircuitLesson18 min
  4. Electricity in Our Lives — and Staying SafeLesson18 min
4. The Solar System4 lessons
  1. The Sun: Our Own StarLesson18 min
  2. The Eight PlanetsLesson20 min
  3. Orbits: How the Planets MoveLesson18 min
  4. Moons, Asteroids and Watching the SkyLesson18 min
5. Extended Study 18 lessons
  1. What Is an Ecosystem?: Concept MapLesson24 min
  2. Producers, Consumers and Decomposers: Concept MapLesson24 min
  3. Food Chains: Following the Energy: Concept MapLesson24 min
  4. Food Webs and Keeping the Balance: Concept MapLesson24 min
  5. What Is a Mixture?: Concept MapLesson24 min
  6. Solutions and Dissolving: Concept MapLesson24 min
  7. Separating Mixtures: Sorting, Sieving, Filtering, Magnets: Concept MapLesson24 min
  8. Getting Both Back: Evaporation and Distillation: Concept MapLesson24 min
6. Extended Study 28 lessons
  1. What Is an Electric Circuit?: Concept MapLesson24 min
  2. Conductors and Insulators: Concept MapLesson24 min
  3. Switches and Controlling a Circuit: Concept MapLesson24 min
  4. Electricity in Our Lives — and Staying Safe: Concept MapLesson24 min
  5. The Sun: Our Own Star: Concept MapLesson24 min
  6. The Eight Planets: Concept MapLesson24 min
  7. Orbits: How the Planets Move: Concept MapLesson24 min
  8. Moons, Asteroids and Watching the Sky: Concept MapLesson24 min