Unit 1 MORE ABOUT ANIMALS!

In this unit, students will learn about:

list the animals they see in their surroundings (land and water).
recognise that animals that live on land are different in features
from those that live in water.
recognise that all animals have young ones that grow into
adults.
name different animals and their young ones. For example,
horse and foal, cat and kitten, dog and puppy, hen and chick,
frogs and tadpoles, butterflies and caterpillars etc).
identify that some young animals do not look like their parents
(frogs and butterflies etc.)
list the animals that feed their young ones and look after them.
name different places where animals live (water, forests,
mountains, deserts etc.)

KEYWORDS:

breathe: take air through nose and mouth into the body
gills: the organ used to breathe by fish or other water animals

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 There are different kinds of animals on our Earth.
Animals are found in different places. Some animals live
on land. Some live in water, and some live both in water
and on land.
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 Unit 1 - MORE ABOUT ANIMALS!

LAND ANIMALS
On your way from school to home, you must have seen
some animals like dogs, cats, cows, etc. These animals
live on land. We keep some of these animals in our
homes as pets.

Animals that live on the land have body coverings

according to the weather they live in. Most land animals
have legs to move. They have lungs to breathe. Land
animals live in places like:

Forest (deer, leopard, fox, tiger, squirrel etc)

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 Desert (camel, scorpion etc)
Mountains (snow leopard,
markhor, mountain goat etc)

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WATER ANIMALS
Many kinds of animals live in water. Animals like fish,
octopus, whale, shark and many others live in water.
Some fish live in rivers while some live in seawater.

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Animals which live in water have

The shape of a fish
bodies such that they can live
body and fins help the
under water. They have special fish to swim around
body parts so that they can in water. Fish breathe
through gills.
swim in water. They breathe
oxygen from water. Most of these
animals have gills to breathe
and fins to swim. Whales and
dolphins do not have gills, they
breathe through their lungs.
Some water animals have scales
on their bodies.
LAND AND WATER ANIMALS
Some animals live both on land
and in water. For example frog,
crocodile, tortoise. Frogs lay eggs
underwater and live on land near
water when they grow up.

QUICK
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C
 ircle the land animals and tick mark animals which
live in water.

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 ANIMALS AND THEIR BABIES Echidna is a
mammal which
Animals have young ones that grow lays eggs.
into adult animals. Adult animals
take care of their young ones.
They teach their young ones how
to find food and protect
themselves.
Animals that give birth
to their young ones are
called mammals. For
example, cow, giraffe,
Bird feeding its
hippopotamus, etc. are young ones.
mammals.

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Some young animals look like their parents when they are
born.
The baby of a cat is called a kitten.
The baby of a dog is called a puppy.
The baby of a horse is called a foal.
All of these young ones resemble their parents.
Whereas some young ones do not look like their parents
e.g., butterfly and caterpillar, frog and tadpole.

Animals like hen,

duck, lizard, most
snakes and fish lay
eggs

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animals

live on live in
land water

have
lungs
fur gills

animal grow into

adults
some dont
resemble their
young
parents ones

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CHAPTER
REVIEW
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER:
1  hich one of the following groups of animals lives on
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land?
a cat, dog, parrot b dog, lion, cat
c crow, cow, seahorse d fish, shark, dolphin

2 Which of the following animals lives in water?

a b c d

3 Which one of the following animals can fly?

a b c d

4  hich one of the following animals lives both on land and

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in water?
a crocodile b camel c elephant d horse
5 Which one of the following does not resemble its parent?
a tadpole b kitten c puppy d foal

GIVE ONE WORD ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING:

1 Name one animal which lives on a mountain.
2 Do all animals lay eggs?

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 3 What are mammals?
4 Name one animal which lives both on land and in water.

VOCABULARY REVIEW
1 Animal which lives on land ________________
2 Animal which lives in water _________________
3 Part of body with which fish breathe. ________________

NAME THE YOUNG ONES OF THE FOLLOWING ANIMALS:

1 horse _____________________
2 frog _____________________
3 cat _____________________
4 dog _____________________

WHERE DO THE FOLLOWING ANIMALS LIVE? WRITE IN THE

CIRCLES.

deer snow leapord fox markhor

tiger mountain goat squirrel

Forest Mountain

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 Unit 2 ALL ABOUT PLANTS

In this unit, students will learn about:

identify major parts of a plant.

list the functions of the root, stem, leaf and flower.
identify different kinds of leaves found around them.
identify the roots that are eaten by people.
name a few plants around them which have flowers, and which
do not have flowers.

identify the fruits which have seeds in them.

recognize that some plants grow from seeds while others grow
from stems or roots

identify that soil, light, air and water are needed to grow a plant.
highlight the importance of plants for climate change.
recognize that people process the crops they grow for making
products (cotton to thread to cloth to garments).

KEYWORDS:

Plants, leaf, stem, roots, flower, fruits

nutrients: substance that helps a living thing grow

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 Like humans and animals, plants are also living things.
Plants are of many types and they are all around us.
Some plants grow on land whereas some grow in water.
You must have seen very small plants and some big
plants like trees.
Plants are very important. There are many They also give
uses of plants. Without plants life would us food like
vegetables,
not be possible on Earth. Plants give us fruits, cereals
oxygen. etc.

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Plants remove gases (CO2 ) which

Climate change
are harmful for the Earth. is the process of
our Earth heating
Excess of CO2 heats up the Earth up. We need more
which causes climate change. plants to protect
our planet!
PARTS OF A PLANT
Plants have different
parts and each part has
a different job to do.

Flower is the part

which make fruit.

Leaf makes food for

the plant.

Stem takes water and

minerals from the
roots to the leaves.

Roots grow in the

soil. They take up
water and minerals
from the soil.
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 QUICK
REVIEW
Complete the sentence:
1 Leaves make ______________________.
2 Stem takes ______________________.
3 Flowers make ______________________.
4 Roots take up ______________________.

Leaves are of different shapes and sizes.

Some are very small, some are long, and some are broad.

Go outside and
collect different
leaves. Observe the
differences between
them.

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Do you know we eat roots of some plants too?

Carrots, turnips, potatoes, beetroots are some vegetables

which are the root part of the plant.

Rose Some plants have

plant flowers.

Some plants do
Ferns
not have flowers.

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Look at the pictures above, all of these

Most of the plants
fruits have seeds in them. Can you grow from seeds.
name some fruits which have one seed Some plants can
in them and some which have more grow from stems
or roots too!
than one seed?

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HOW DO PLANTS GROW?

All living things need food to grow. They need nutrients
from soil, sunlight, air, and water to make their food
and grow.

Seeds take The seed When the Flowers

nutrients starts to grow plant breaks grow when
from the roots under through the the plant
soil. the ground ground it is fully
with the help starts getting grown.
of water and sunlight that
nutrients. helps the
leaves to grow.

QUICK
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Which part of the plant is under the ground?
Name one fruit which has only one seed.
Why are plants important for us, share one reason?

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water air clean

gives us fruit
plants and vegetables

flower
takes water and
minerals from the
roots to the leaves
stem
parts of
a plants takes up water and
minerals from soil
roots

makes food for the

leaf plant

growth
soil
of plants
seeds
light
stem or
roots
air water

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CHAPTER
REVIEW
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER:
1 ______________ take up water and minerals from the soil.
a roots b stem c leaves d flowers
2 ______________ makes food for the plants.
a leaf b roots c flowers d stem
3 ______________ is the root of a plant.
a beetroot b spinach c lettuce d rose
4 Plants grow from _______________.
a seeds b leaves c stem d air
5  lants need soil, water, light and _______________ to make
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their own food.
a air b wind c seeds d air

GIVE ONE WORD ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING:

1 What do plants provide us for breathing?
2 Which part of the plant is under the ground?
3 Besides water, soil, and air what does a plant need to
grow?
VOCABULARY REVIEW
1  art of the plant which takes water and minerals from the
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roots to the leaves. ________________
2 Taken by roots from the soil. ________________

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 LABEL THE FOLLOWING PLANT:

MARK WHETHER THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE TRUE OR

FALSE.

Statement True False

1 All the plants have flowers.

2 Plants make their own food

3 All the fruits have two seeds.

4  he seed starts to grow roots under the
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ground with the help of water and nutrients.
5 The Earth’s axis is slightly tilted, causing day
and night.

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 Unit 3 THE NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT

In this unit, students will learn about:

recognize that the natural environment comprises of living and

non-living things.

name some natural resources of land, water and air.

recognize the importance of natural resources.
list the ways in which people use natural resources

KEYWORDS:

Environment, land, water, air, natural resources

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 There are many things around us which affect our life.
All these things make up our environment. The air we
breathe, the land we walk on, the soil in which plants
grow, the plants and animals, water etc. all make up the
environment.
The environment is formed by living and non-living things.
Look at the picture below:

You can see some living things: human beings, animals,

plants. Some non-living things in this picture are land,
water, air, soil, rocks etc.,
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Look around yourself, how many living and non-living things

can you identify?

NATURAL RESOURCES
Things which are found in nature and can be used by
people are called natural resources. Natural resources are
found all around us. Some of these resources come from
land, some from water and some from air.

air land

water

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 NATURAL RESOURCES FROM LAND

There are many things which we get from land. We use

land to build buildings, plant trees, grow crops and get
many more important things like coal, wood, rocks etc.

NATURAL RESOURCES FROM WATER

Without water life is very difficult on Earth. There are so

many things for which we need water. We need water for
drinking, cleaning, cooking, watering plants etc. Besides
water for our use we get many kinds of fish from the river
and seawater.
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NATURAL RESOURCES FROM AIR

Air is a very important resource for

human beings, plants, animals and
other living things. We get oxygen
from air to breathe. Flowing air is
used to produce electricity.

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 IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Land, water, and air are non-living things but all of them
are equally important for living things. Everything around
us is either made of natural resources or with the help of
natural resources. For example consider a glass of water,
water is a natural resource but the glass is also made out
of natural resources. Without natural resources survival
on Earth would become difficult.
We should take care while using these resources. Do not
waste water, throw rubbish on land in water. Plant more
trees to keep the air clean.

QUICK
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Unscramble the letters and find the right word to fill

the blanks.
a environment b natural

1  he ____________ is formed by living and non-living

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things.
2  hings which are found in nature and can be used
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by people are called ____________resources.

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HOW ARE NATURAL RESOURCES USED?

Some other resources besides mentioned above are
listed below:

SOIL SUNLIGHT RAINFORESTS

Plants get Provides light and Provides us with
minerals from soil heat necessary for trees which:
to grow. Some life. Keep the air CO2
animals live in soil. free. Helps in
preventing floods.
Provide us with
wood.

COAL
IRON For producing fuel
Used in electrical
wiring. Used to
make various OIL
things like Used in cars,
furniture, pots, aeroplanes. Used
pipes etc. to prepare plastic
NATURAL GAS and chemicals.

Used for heating,

cooking etc

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environment

living
things non-living
things
plants

animals, human land

beings water

air

land air

water

natural
resources

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CHAPTER
REVIEW
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER:
1  hich of the following things make up your classroom
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environment?
a students b floor c chairs d all of these
2 Which of the following is a natural resource?
a water b book c toothpaste d toy
3 From where do we get wood, crops, fruits?
a land b water c air d all of these
4 Which of the following is used to prepare plastic?
a soil b iron c sunlight d oil
5 Which of the following is used for heating?
a iron b soil c natural gas d rainforest

FILL THE FOLLOWING CIRCLES WITH TWO TYPES OF

RESOURCES EACH

Resources Resources Resources

from land from water from air

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 GIVE ONE-WORD ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING:
1 Where do we get heat and light from?
2 Which resource helps in preventing floods?
3 Which resource is used in electric wiring?

VOCABULARY REVIEW
1 Resources which are found in nature. _______________
2 We get this from air to breathe. _______________

IMAGINE YOU ARE IN A PARK, DRAW ALL THE NATURAL

RESOURCES YOU CAN THINK OF IN THE BOX BELOW:

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