Viva Environmental Studies, Book 3
Viva Environmental Studies, Book 3
Life Skills and Value Focused
₹485.00
Go to cartISBN: 9789386824974
Bind: Paperback
Year: 2020
Pages: 132
Size: 8.5 x 11 Inch
Publisher: Viva Education
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: Worldwide
Description:
Environmental Studies is a carefully graded set of five books. It strictly follows the NCF guidelines and the NCERT syllabus. Lucid explanations accompanied by varied and colourful illustrations facilitate learning through visual stimulation. The books aim to gently train children to see the harmony between society and environment. All efforts have been made to expose the children to the physical world and its natural and man-made components. The larger goal of the series is to sensitize children to their social environment and their responsibilities towards it.
Some Salient Features
• Bright, colourful and child-friendly illustrations
• Answer Orally for quick recapitulation
• Ample questions given to develop thinking skills
• Values and life skills based discussion in Grandma asks... to inculcate values and enhance interpersonal skills
• Factoids in Fact Ant to increase general knowledge
• Nuggets of wisdom in Grandma says... to make children aware and responsible
• A variety of questions in the exercises for assessment
• Plenty of knowledge-testing projects and activities given in Activity Time
• Sample test paper as Let's Revise after every unit
• More practice questions given at the end of each book
Teacher's Resource Pack
Answer Key
Teacher's CD
• Flip book
• Test generator
• Animated lessons with activities
Study Material Available at www.vivadigital.in
• Answer Keys
• Work Books
• Test Papers
Target Audience:
Students of Environmental Studies, class 3.
Contents:
Chapter 1: My Family and Me • Types of family - Nuclear family • Joint family • Single-parent family • People in a family • Family tree • Things that the family teaches us • New relatives • Meeting family members • Whom do I look like•
Chapter 2: Caring for Others • Growing Old • Taking care of old people • Physically challenged people
Chapter 3: People Around Us • Meaning of occupation • Community helpers • Social workers • Family at work • Working children • Ways to help working children
Chapter 4: Playing Is Fun • Importance of playing • Outdoor games • Indoor games • Team games • Games in the past • Game as occupation
Chapter 5: Plants • Kinds of plants • Plants and climate • Plants are our friends • New plants
Chapter 6: Leaves in Our Lives • Leaf diversity • Leaves are useful • Shedding of leaves
Chapter 7: The World of Animals • Animals vary in size • Movement in animals • Uses of tail • Food of animals - herbivores • carnivores • omnivores • scavengers
Chapter 8: Tiny Animals • Features of insects • Harmful insects • Useful insects • Spiders • Worms
Chapter 9: Birds • Features of birds • Feathers • Neck movement • Birds and their sounds • Beaks • Migratory birds
Chapter 10: Sources of Food • lmportance of food • Food from plants • Food from animals • Cultural diversity in food
Chapter 11: Cooking and Eating • Reasons for cooking food • Methods of cooking • Vessels used for cooking • Type of stoves and fuels • Eating in a family
Chapter 12: Houses - Good and Clean • Need of house • Living together • Types of houses • Ways to keep a house clean • Decorating a house • Some unusual houses
Chapter 13: Animals in Our Homes • Difference between pet and domestic animals • Shelter for animals • Food for animals • Unwanted animals in our house • Ways to keep our house free from unwanted animals
Chapter 14: Maps and Directions • Directions • Sketch • Plan • Map
Chapter 15: Water - A Necessity • lmportance of water • Ways to get water • Ways to save water • Water pollution • Ways to reduce water pollution
Chapter 16: Water in Our Lives • Natural Sources of water • From water bodies to our taps • Volume and shape of water • Storage of water • Safe handling of water • The water cycle • Rainwater harvesting
Chapter 17: Travelling to Places • History of transport • Reasons for travelling • Land transport • Air transport • Water transport • Special means of transport
Chapter 18: Means of Communication • Meaning of communication • Telephones • Postal communication • Journey of a letter • Mass communication • Communicating without speaking
Chapter 19: Clothes We Wear • Importance of clothes • Weaving • Knitting • Colouring the cloth • Making patterns • Wearing clothes
Chapter 20: The Potter's Wheel • The potter's wheel • Making a pot • Pottery in our lives
About the Authors:
Zainab H. Razavi is an educational books editor and a resource person based in New Delhi. She did her M.A.in History from Delhi University, where she is currently a research scholar.
Neha Sharma is a gold medalist in M.Tech. from Guru Gobind Singh lndraprastha University. She did her M.Sc. in Physics from University of Delhi and has worked as an Assistant Professor in Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida for more than seven years. Presently she is working as PGT Physics in Venkateshwar Global School, Rohini.
