Science

Grade 6 science: heredity, circuits, rocks

An AR classroom game for Grade 6. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 6 questions in an interactive multiple choice activity.

Play Host a classroom

A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

01
Which trait is inherited?
- hair colour
- swimming
- speaking Chinese
Read the explanation
Hair colour comes from your parents; skills come from practice.
02
In a parallel circuit, what happens if one bulb fails?
- the others get much brighter
- the others stay lit
- all the others go out
Read the explanation
A parallel circuit has several paths, so current still reaches the others.
03
Which lens does a magnifying glass use?
- a concave lens
- a mirror
- a convex lens
Read the explanation
A magnifying glass uses a convex lens, which gathers light and enlarges the image.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

A mixed Grade 6 review: an inherited trait, parallel circuits, the magnifying glass, marble, solar cells and the first step of engineering design. The six items are six different topics, so the set is not tied to any single indicator; use it as a general review.

What's in the worksheet

6 questions, multiple choice with three options each - The inherited trait: hair colour (distractors swimming, speaking Chinese) - One bulb fails in a parallel circuit: the others stay lit - A magnifying glass uses a convex lens; marble is metamorphic - Solar cells turn light energy into electricity; engineering design starts by defining the problem

How to use it in class

A 5-minute review before Grade 6 finals or O-NET, solo. Check the gradebook for the most-missed question and replay its topic set, such as QS-SCI-P6-ELEC-01 for question 2 or QS-SCI-P6-CAT-01 for question 4. Question 6 connects to design and technology lessons. You can link it to a class and record it in the gradebook.

Common sticking points

- Question 4: choosing sedimentary, knowing marble comes from limestone, which is sedimentary. Explain that heat and pressure turn limestone into a metamorphic rock. - Question 2: choosing the others get much brighter, thinking the spare current goes to them. Build the circuit to show the brightness barely changes. - Question 3: choosing a concave lens, mixing it up with glasses for short sight.