NCERT Solutions for Curiosity Chapter 1 The Wonderful World of Science

About this chapter

Science is a way of thinking, observing and doing things to understand the world we live in and to uncover the secrets of the universe. It is not just a pile of facts to be memorised. The engine of science is curiosity — the habit of asking “how?” and “why?” about ordinary things. That is exactly why this Class 6 textbook is called Curiosity . Science is everywhere — in a grain of sand and in a mountain, in the kitchen and on the playground, at the bottom of the ocean and in a far-away galaxy. The scientific method has five steps: observe → question → guess → test → analyse . If the guess fails the test, you make a new guess and test again. A scientist is anyone who follows this method — a cook wondering why the dal spilled out of the cooker, a cycle repairer hunting for an air leak, an el

• Chapter opening
• What will we explore with the help of this book?
• Water, heat and the materials around us
• Finding answers on our own
• A problem you solved yourself
• The steps of the scientific method
• The scientific method in daily life
• Asking “Why?”
• Enjoy the journey of science