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Provincial assessment · New Brunswick

Grade 6 Scientific Literacy Assessment

  • Grade 6

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Total time
1 h
Marked questions
30
Calculator
Approved models
Format
On a computer

NB Grade 6 Science Assessment practice test

The whole exam or the parts you choose, in its own format, on the clock.

  • Grade 6 Scientific Literacy Assessment in the MapleMind app: the exam in the appThe exam in the app
  • Grade 6 Scientific Literacy Assessment in the MapleMind app: its parts, and what you can use in eachIts parts, and what you can use in each
  • A multiple-choice question in a practice exam in the MapleMind app, with its timer and toolsA question, timed, with the exam’s tools
  • A practice exam’s marked result in the MapleMind app: the score, how the real exam reports it, and each part’s pointsThe marked result, part by part

A practice run of Saskatchewan’s Grade 9 math assessment.

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When

Spring assessment window

The dates are New Brunswick’s own, read on September 29, 2026. See the official schedule (gnb.ca)

What’s on it

3 topics. Investigation counts most, at 50%.

Nature of Science

  • Investigation
  • Sensemaking

Learning and Living Sustainably

  • Responsible and Sustainable Application
The skills it tests · 18 skills
  • Adaptive technologies
  • Balance and body position
  • Careers in sensory science
  • Corrective technologies
  • Design an accessibility device
  • Empathy and sensory impairments
  • Hearing: the ear
  • Keeping our senses healthy
  • Light and the electromagnetic spectrum
  • Protecting the sense organs
  • Science and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Seeing: vision
  • Smell receptors
  • Sound and how it travels
  • The life cycle of what we make
  • The nervous system
  • Touch, taste, and smell
  • Wayfinding technologies
From the courseScience, Grade 6Its Course CompanionScience, Grade 6

How it’s built

  1. Scientific literacy
    Time
    60 min
    Questions
    30
    Marks
    30
    Of the marks
    100%
    • Multiple choice
    • Numerical response
    • Questions in sets

    Questions set in the Grade 6 science units, on planning investigations, making sense of data and using science responsibly: multiple choice, drop-down, drag-and-drop, written answers, and building bar or line graphs.

How it’s marked

  1. Below Appropriate Achievement
  2. Appropriate Achievement
  3. Strong Achievement

A computer marks your answers. There's no pass mark: you get an achievement level, and Appropriate Achievement or above counts as successful.

On the day

One online sitting, followed by a short survey. You may use text-to-speech in English or French and a basic online calculator. Everyone may take up to double the time: 60 minutes plus another 60.

Getting ready

5 official documents to practise with, and 3 tips.

Official practice

Tips from the people who write it

  • Try the online practice first: it shows every kind of question, including drag-and-drop and graphing.
  • Read each question carefully: some want one answer, some all the right answers, and some clicking or dragging.
  • The test measures science skills, such as planning investigations, reading data and drawing conclusions.

After the exam

Results

Results are published by school, district and province, with summary results in the fall of 2027.

If you miss it

Barring exceptional circumstances, every student takes part. A student can be exempted when their Personalized Learning Plan says so, in the first stages of learning English, or after a serious illness, a bereavement or another event no one could plan for. Parents are always part of the decision.

From Assessments and evaluations (Anglophone sector), with the information for parents for each grade (gnb.ca) and Provincial Assessment Program: Protocols for Accommodations and Exemptions (gnb.ca), read on October 27, 2026.

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  • Parents

    Put the dates on the family calendar. The Parent Dashboard shows each practice exam’s result and the skills that need another look.

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  • Educators

    The topic weights and the official practice above make a review plan. Students can practise each skill on its own in MapleMind, free with daily limits.

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Questions about this exam

When is the Grade 6 Scientific Literacy Assessment in 2026–27?

The next sitting is May 25 to May 31, 2027.

How long is the Grade 6 Scientific Literacy Assessment?

It takes 1 hour in all, over 1 part.

How many questions are on the Grade 6 Scientific Literacy Assessment?

It has 30 marked questions.

Can you use a calculator on the Grade 6 Scientific Literacy Assessment?

Yes, a calculator from the approved list.

How are Grade 6 Scientific Literacy Assessment results reported?

At 3 levels: Below Appropriate Achievement, Appropriate Achievement and Strong Achievement.

Where can I find practice tests for the Grade 6 Scientific Literacy Assessment?

New Brunswick publishes G6 Scientific Literacy Assessment Practice (online). MapleMind also builds a full practice exam in its format, free with an account.

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Practise for the Grade 6 Scientific Literacy Assessment

Every skill on the Grade 6 Scientific Literacy Assessment, taught one at a time, then practised on questions written like the real ones.