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Class 5

EVS: Our Wondrous World

95 lessons in 10 chapters, explained in plain words.

Water — The Essence of Life

  1. Freshwater and salt water
  2. Everyone needs water
  3. Three forms of water
  4. The water cycle
  5. Groundwater
  6. Helping rain soak in
  7. How rivers flow
  8. Rivers to the sea
  9. Life in a pond
  10. Pond plants

Journey of a River

  1. The Godavari's journey
  2. Dakshina Ganga
  3. Tributaries
  4. Rivers that never dry up
  5. How rivers help us
  6. Dams
  7. River pollution
  8. Dissolve or not?
  9. Floods
  10. Flood safety
  11. Saving water

The Mystery of Food

  1. Why food spoils
  2. What microbes need
  3. Ways to keep food
  4. Preserved foods
  5. Helpful microbes
  6. Fruits of the season
  7. Our teeth
  8. Chewing well
  9. Healthy teeth

Our School — A Happy Place

  1. A green school
  2. The school explorer team
  3. Managing waste
  4. Keeping cool
  5. Trees at school
  6. A dripping tap
  7. Safe at the school gate
  8. A fire drill
  9. Kind at school

Our Vibrant Country

  1. Independence Day and Republic Day
  2. The National Flag
  3. Our currency notes
  4. The National Emblem
  5. National animal and bird
  6. India's languages
  7. Many kinds make us strong
  8. Headgear
  9. Drums of India

Some Unique Places

  1. Islands of India
  2. Found in one place only
  3. Safe on a boat
  4. The Sundarbans
  5. Northeast India
  6. Saving the Hargila
  7. The Western Ghats
  8. Protected areas
  9. Sea animals

Energy — How Things Work

  1. What energy is
  2. Energy in simple activities
  3. Food gives energy
  4. Fuels
  5. What electricity does
  6. Safe with electricity
  7. Clean energy
  8. Sun, wind and water at work
  9. Homes that use nature's energy
  10. The energy chain

Clothes — How Things are Made

  1. Animals that weave
  2. What weaving is
  3. India's handlooms
  4. Spinning thread
  5. Natural and synthetic fibres
  6. Silk
  7. The tailorbird
  8. The running stitch
  9. Embroideries of India
  10. Reusing clothes

Rhythms of Nature

  1. Changes around us
  2. Day and night
  3. The globe
  4. Seasons
  5. India's six seasons
  6. Seasons and crops
  7. Festivals and seasons
  8. Signs of rain

Earth — Our Shared Home

  1. The Earth from space
  2. My address
  3. Nature has no borders
  4. The story of yoga
  5. The story of the chilli
  6. The story of sugar
  7. The story of the marigold
  8. Cows that went to Brazil
  9. Came to India, went from India
  10. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam