Cambridge Primary Checkpoint · Science 0097 · Stage 6
Checkpoint 6 Science — Complete Course
The whole Cambridge Primary Stage 6 Science curriculum — biology, chemistry, physics, Earth and space, and working scientifically — with clear diagrams, key words in Arabic, an interactive quiz on every page and full Checkpoint-style practice tests with printable PDFs.
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- Checkpoint 6 Science: The Test and How to PrepareEverything you need to know about the Cambridge Primary Checkpoint Science test — the two papers, the question styles, how the mark scheme works — and how to use this course to get ready.
- Thinking and Working Scientifically: Investigations, Variables, Tables and GraphsHow to plan a fair test, name the variables, measure accurately, record results, draw the right graph, spot anomalous results, write conclusions and improve an investigation — the skills that appear in almost every Checkpoint question.
Biology
- The Heart and Circulatory SystemHow the heart pumps blood through arteries, capillaries and veins to carry oxygen, nutrients and waste around the body — with pulse-rate investigations and Checkpoint-style practice.
- The Lungs and Respiratory SystemThe parts of the respiratory system, how oxygen moves from the air into the blood in the lungs, the difference between the air we breathe in and out, breathing rate and exercise, and how other vertebrates compare.
- Human Reproductive System and PubertyThe parts of the male and female reproductive systems and what each one does, and the body changes of puberty — explained calmly and clearly, with growth-graph practice in Checkpoint style.
- Diseases, Hygiene and the Body's DefencesWhat causes infectious diseases, how they spread through water, food, body fluids and insects, how hygiene stops them, and how skin, mucus and stomach acid defend the body.
- Food Chains, Food Webs, Energy and ToxinsHow to read food webs and find every food chain in them, where the energy comes from and how it passes along, and how toxic substances build up in top predators.
Chemistry
- Properties of Substances: Melting and Boiling Points, Gases, ConductorsMelting and boiling points as properties, how to find the state of a substance at any temperature, why gases have mass, and electrical and thermal conductors and insulators.
- Reversible Changes and DissolvingLearn which physical changes can be reversed and how, what really happens when a solid dissolves, and why solids dissolve faster and more in hot water — explained with the particle model.
- Boiling and EvaporationBoth boiling and evaporation turn a liquid into a gas — learn exactly how they differ, what the particles are doing, how to read heating graphs and how to plan evaporation investigations.
- Chemical Reactions: Reactants, Products and EvidenceWhat a chemical reaction is, how to name reactants and products in a word equation, and the three pieces of evidence Checkpoint asks about: a gas being produced, a change in colour and a change in temperature.
Physics
- Mass, Weight and GravityMass is how much matter an object has (kg); weight is the pull of gravity on it (N). Learn the difference, how to measure each, and why your weight would change on the Moon but your mass would not.
- Force Diagrams and Forces on Moving ObjectsDraw force diagrams that show the name, size and direction of each force, and use balanced and unbalanced forces to predict whether an object stays still, speeds up, slows down or changes direction.
- Floating and SinkingUnderstand why objects float or sink using weight and upthrust, and how changing the mass or the shape of an object can make it float or sink.
- Light: Reflection and RefractionHow a ray of light changes direction when it reflects from a plane mirror (angle of incidence = angle of reflection) and when it passes from one medium into another (refraction).
- Electric Circuits, Symbols, Series and ParallelDraw and read circuit diagrams with the standard symbols, and compare how bright lamps are in series and parallel circuits.
Earth and space
- Rocks and FossilsLearn to identify igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks from their features, and how fossils form in sedimentary rock — with diagrams, worked examples and a Checkpoint-style quiz.
- Types of SoilSandy, clay and loamy soils — what soil is made of, how to classify and test it, and how changes to soil can help or harm plants, with a Checkpoint-style quiz.
- The Rock CycleHow igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks form and change into each other through melting, solidification, erosion, sedimentation, burial and metamorphism.
- The Solar System and the Phases of the MoonThe Sun, the eight planets and the Moon — where they are, how they move, and why the Moon seems to change shape during its monthly cycle.
Practice tests
Full Checkpoint-style tests: Paper 1 and Paper 2, 35 minutes and 40 marks each.
- Checkpoint 6 Science — Practice Test 1A full timed Checkpoint-style Science test — two 35-minute papers worth 40 marks each — set in a school garden, on the Red Sea coast and on a fossil hunt in the Western Desert, with automatic marking, a mark scheme and full worked solutions.
- Checkpoint 6 Science — Practice Test 2A full two-paper practice test in Checkpoint style (2 × 35 minutes, 2 × 40 marks), with automatic marking and a full mark scheme. By Mohamed Abdelkriem.
- Checkpoint 6 Science — Practice Test 3A full two-paper practice test in Checkpoint style — 80 marks across a science museum, a Sinai camping trip, the school laboratory, a bicycle ride, a pond and a doctor's clinic — with full solutions and a mark scheme.