Uganda Primary 6 Integrated Science

Term I

1. Classification of Animals (20 Periods)

• Classifying Vertebrates and Invertebrates
• Vertebrates
• Warm-blooded animals
• Mammals
• Birds
• Cold-blooded animals
• Reptiles
• Fish
• Amphibians
• Invertebrates
• Arthropods (insects, arachnids, myriapods, crustaceans)
• Molluscs
• Worms (flatworms, segmented worms, roundworms)
• Care for and Protection of Vertebrates and Invertebrates

2. Sound Energy (20 Periods)

• Sources of Sound (natural and artificial)
• Pitch, Frequency and Volume of Sound
• How Sound Travels
• How Sound is Produced, Stored and Reproduced
• The Human Ear
• Diseases and Disorders of the Human Ear
• Care for the Human Ear

3. Circulatory System (10 Periods)

• Blood Circulation
• Structure and Function of the Heart
• Blood Vessels
• Composition and Functions of Blood
• Diseases and Disorders of the Circulatory System
• HIV/AIDS and blood
• Increasing the Volume of Blood in Circulation

4. Alcohol, Smoking and Drugs in Society (10 Periods)

• Alcohol and Alcoholism
• Effects of Alcoholism on the Individual, Family, and Community
• Smoking
• Effects of smoking on the individual and family
• Passive and active smoking
• Drugs
• Essential Drugs
• Storage of drugs
• Characteristics of essential drugs
• Factors that Lead to Alcoholism, Smoking, Drug Abuse and Misuse
• Drug abuse and misuse
• Effects of drugs on the individual, family, and community
• Drug dependence
• Life Skills to Counteract Alcoholism, Smoking and Drug Dependence

Term II

5. Classification of Plants (20 Periods)

• Classification of Flowering Plants
• Legumes and cereals
• Non-Flowering Plants
• Spore-bearing plants (mosses, ferns, lichens)
• Conifers
• Algae
• Seed Dispersal
• Mechanism
• Agents of seed dispersal
• Plant Propagation
• Economic Value of Plants to People

6. Keeping Cattle (20 Periods)

• Cattle
• Types of Cattle
• Breeds of Cattle
• External Features of a Cow and a Bull
• Caring for Cattle
• Grazing and Watering Cattle
• Housing Cattle
• Mating, Gestation Period and Calving
• Milking and Milk Products
• Cattle Pests and Diseases
• Practices that Harm Cattle
• Starting a Livestock Farm

7. Resources in the Environment (10 Periods)

• Resources
• Non-living Things as Resources
• Living Things as Resources
• Harvesting Resources
• How People Make Use of Available Resources
• Renewable and Non-renewable Resources
• Caring for and Conserving Resources

8. Respiratory System (10 Periods)

• Respiration
• Respiratory Organs
• Lungs and Breathing
• Respiration in Relation to Food and Oxygen
• Diseases and Disorders of the System
• Keeping the System in a Healthy Working Condition

Term III

9. Science at Home and in Our Community (10 Periods)

• Preparation of Clean and Safe Water for Drinking and Washing
• Boiling, filtering, treating, distilling and decanting
• Making Salt from Plant Materials
• Cleaning Clothes in a Home

10. Accidents and First Aid (15 Periods)

• Burns and Scalds
• Fever and Convulsions
• Drowning and Near Drowning
• Fainting
• Foreign Bodies in Passages

11. Sanitation (15 Periods)

• Toilets and Latrines
• The VIP Latrine and Ecosan
• Conventional (ordinary latrine) and Potty
• The Water Closet Toilet
• Importance of Using Toilet/Latrine
• Proper use and Maintenance of Toilets and Latrines

12. The Reproductive System (20 Periods)

• Growth and Development in Human Beings
• Puberty and Adolescence
• Primary and Secondary Sex Characteristics
• Social and Emotional Changes
• Reproductive Organs and Cells (male and female)
• Fertilisation, Conception and Pregnancy
• Reproductive Health
• Problems in Pregnancy
• Teenage Pregnancy
• Care for Reproductive Organs
• Common Diseases and Disorders of the System
• Family Planning
• Importance
• Methods (natural and artificial)
• Myths and misconceptions about family planning
• Child spacing