CBSE · Class 6 · Science · Chapter 10

Living Creatures: Exploring their Characteristics

Identify the characteristics of living organisms and explore growth, movement, reproduction and life cycles.

8 lessons 45 min
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Lessons in this chapter

  1. 1What Makes Something Living?Investigate living and non-living things by testing familiar clues against difficult examples.
  2. 2Life Processes and ResponsesBuild a fuller picture of life through respiration, excretion, responses, reproduction and death.
  3. 3How Seeds GerminateUse a four-pot investigation to discover what a bean seed needs to begin growing.
  4. 4How Roots and Shoots GrowObserve how upright, inverted and side-lit seedlings reveal directional growth.
  5. 5The Life Cycle of a PlantFollow a bean plant from seed to a new generation of seeds and understand why it is a cycle.
  6. 6The Life Cycle of a MosquitoTrace the mosquito’s four changing forms and connect its water stages to careful prevention.
  7. 7The Life Cycle of a FrogFollow a frog from jelly-like spawn to an adult that can live in water and on land.
  8. 8Chapter Summary and PracticeConnect the evidence for life, the needs of seeds, and the different life cycles of plants, mosquitoes and frogs.
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