Viva Environmental Studies, Book 5
Viva Environmental Studies, Book 5
Life Skills and Value Focused
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Go to cartISBN: 9789386824998
Bind: Paperback
Year: 2020
Pages: 154
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 5.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Tracing Family History • Migration • Impact of migration • Changing family structure
Chapter 2: Feeling and Senses • Likes and dislikes • Sensing Things • Physically Challenged People • Some Special People
Chapter 3: Play Time • Playing is fun • Types of games • Team spirit • National game
Chapter 4: Traditional gmes in India • Local games in India • Martial arts • Wrestling • Gymnastics • Archery • Yoga • Changing nature of leisure
Chapter 5: Breathing Deeply • How do we breathe• • Breathing speed • Breath is hot and humid • Uses of breath • Breathe well
Chapter 6: Dignity of Labour • Domestic help • Dignity of labour
Chapter 7: Amazing Animal Senses • Kinds of animal senses • Animals also sleep • Animals also communicate
Chapter 8: Animals in Our Lives • Animal products we use • Other uses of animals • Animals help to earn money • Animals need care • Protecting wildlife • Tiger is in danger • Saving the tiger • Organizations for animal care
Chapter 9: Growing Plants • Reproducion from seeds • Seed dispersal • Reproduction from spores • Reproduction from other body parts • Plants from far away • Some plants and their origins
Chapter 10: Forest and Forest People • Meaning of forest • Importance of forests • Tribal life • Threats faced by tribal communities • Protection of trees/forests
Chapter 11: Food'sStorage and Shortage • Methods of food preservation • Wastage of food • Shortage of food • Nutrients in food • Deficiency diseases
Chapter 12: The Journey of Food • Process of digestion of food • Some tips for good digestion
Chapter 13: Food for Plants and Animals • Green plants make their own food • What happens to the food made by plants• • Some interesting plants • Food for animals • Relationship between plants and animals
Chapter 14: Living Together • Climatic conditions • Sharing resources and spaces
Chapter 15: Social Behaviour in Animals • Social behaviour of - ants - bees
Chapter 16: Natural Calamities • What are natural calamities• • Different types of natural calamities and their effects and precautions - cyclone - earthquake - tsunami - floods • Helping in times of disasters • Dealing with disasters • First aid - burns - cuts and wounds - fracture - sprain
Chapter 17: Water Drives Our Lives • Local sources of water • Ancient sources of water • Water for irrigation • Water and its properties
Chapter 18: They Live in Water • Aquatic plants • Aquatic animals • Mosquitoes
Chapter 19: Fuels We Use • Types of fuels • Vehicles without fuel • Other uses of fuel • Conserve fuel • Alternate fuels
Chapter 20: Adventure and Space • Adventure in the mountains - Training for mountain climbing • Space • the solar system • the night sky • the day sky • journey into space • Indians in space
Chapter 21: Historical Buildings • Taj Mahal • Qutub Minar • Sun Temple • Jantar Mantars • Gateway of lndia • Protecting our monuments
Chapter 22: From Field to Our Plate • Beginning of agriculture • Cultivation of crops • Stages in farming • Selling • Soil fertility • Overuse of natural resources
Chapter 23: Farmers and Farming • Farming in lndia • Subsistence farmers • Seasonal migration • Growing crops • Changing food habits • Food habits in different regions
Chapter 24: Simple Machines • Types of simple machines • lever • inclined plane • pulley • wheel and axle • screw • wedge
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.
