Class 5 The World Around Us
A year along NCERT's own chapter spine: where the freshwater is and how it goes round, the journey a river makes from the hills to the sea, why food spoils and how a kitchen keeps it, what makes a school a green one, the flag and the symbols a country shares, the islands, mangroves and hills where things grow that grow nowhere else, what makes things move and light up, how thread becomes cloth, the rhythms of day and year, and the things that have travelled to and from this country.
Print the whole term as one worksheet pack →Life Around Us
- Water — the essence of lifeLesson
Name the forms water takes, follow it round the water cycle, tell groundwater from surface water, and recognise the plants and animals that live in freshwater.
- Journey of a riverLesson
Follow a river from its beginning in the hills to its delta at the sea, and say how a dam, a flood and pollution each change what the river does for the people around it.
Health and Well-being
- The mystery of foodLesson
Explain what makes food spoil, say how drying, oiling, canning and cooling each stop it, and name the teeth that cut, tear, crush and grind.
- Our school — a happy placeLesson
Say what makes a school a green school, sort its waste and its fire-drill rules the right way, and explain how shade, a white roof and a mended tap change the place you spend your day in.
Incredible India
- Our vibrant countryLesson
Say what the bands of the National Flag and the National Emblem stand for, explain why Republic Day falls on 26 January, and read the signs of India's diversity in its languages, headgear and music.
- Some unique placesLesson
Place the islands, the mangroves, the Northeast and the Western Ghats on a journey across India, and say what makes each of them home to living things found nowhere else.
Things Around Us
- Energy — how things workLesson
Say what energy does, name the sources a home and a vehicle run on, tell clean energy from fuels that pollute, and handle electricity safely.
- Clothes — how things are madeLesson
Follow cotton from fibre to thread to cloth, tell natural fibres from synthetic ones, put the silk moth's life cycle in order, and place India's handloom and embroidery traditions.
Our Amazing Planet
- Rhythms of natureLesson
Explain what makes day turn into night, read a globe, and name and order the six Indian seasons and the festivals that go with them.
- Earth — our shared homeLesson
Say what the Earth looks like from space, and trace the birds, foods and ideas that have travelled into this country and out of it.