📘 Class 5 EVS
Book: Our Wondrous World
Unit 5 – Our Amazing Planet
Chapter 9: Rhythms of Nature (Pages 145–160)
🌱 What is this Chapter About? (Pages 145–146)
This chapter teaches us:
- Changes in people, school and nature
- Day and night
- Rotation of Earth
- Seasons and their cycle
- How plants, animals and people change with seasons
- How festivals and food depend on seasons
✍️ Write – Changes in Your Life (Pages 147–148)
Sample Answers:
Yourself & friends:
- We are taller, stronger, learn new things.
School:
- New classrooms, more plants, new teachers.
Surrounding area:
- New houses, roads, more trees or shops.
Q1 (Page 148): Something that takes long time to change
Answer:
Mountains, big trees, or a small plant growing into a tree.
Q2–Q4 (Page 149): Things that change
- In a few years: School building, height of children
- Every year: Seasons, leaves falling and growing
- In minutes/seconds: Traffic lights, boiling water, clouds
🌞 Day and Night (Pages 149–150)
- It looks like the Sun moves, but actually the Earth rotates.
- When our part of Earth faces the Sun → Day
- When it turns away → Night
Activity 1 (Page 150)
Conclusion:
The Earth rotates, not the Sun.
🌍 Globe (Page 151)
- A globe is a model of Earth.
- Blue part = water, land part = countries
Find Out (Page 151)
When it is day in India, where is night?
Answer:
In countries on the opposite side of Earth (like parts of America).
📓 Seasons’ Journal & Chart (Pages 151–155)
You make a chart with:
- Plant life
- Birds & animals
- Air, heat & light
- Water
- Human activities
And fill it for:
- April–June
- July–September
- October–December
- January–March
🍂 What are Seasons? (Page 155)
- Seasons are repeating patterns in nature every year.
- They show us hot, cold, rainy and pleasant times.
🇮🇳 Six Seasons in India (Page 156)
| Season | Example Months (approx) |
|---|---|
| Vasanta (Spring) | Feb–March |
| Grishma (Summer) | April–June |
| Varsha (Monsoon) | July–Sept |
| Sharad (Autumn) | Oct |
| Hemant (Pre-winter) | Nov |
| Shishir (Winter) | Dec–Jan |
✍️ Write (Page 157)
How do you feel when season changes?
Answer:
I feel happy. I enjoy different foods and clothes in different seasons.
Would you like one season all year?
Answer:
No, because different seasons make life interesting.
🗣️ Discuss (Page 157)
Why winter in Kerala is different from Kashmir?
Answer:
Because of different location, height and climate.
🌾 Crops in Seasons (Page 157)
Example:
- Summer crops: Rice, maize
- Winter crops: Wheat, mustard
🎉 Festivals and Seasons (Page 158)
Match the following – Answers:
- Pongal, Makar Sankranti → (c) New year and harvest festival
- Holi → (a) Spring — when flowers bloom
- Diwali → (b) Autumn — after crops are harvested
- Baisakhi, Gudi Padwa, Vishu, Rongali Bihu → (d) Winter
🧠 Let Us Reflect – Answers (Pages 159–160)
1. Your experience of seasons
Answer:
Summer is hot, monsoon is rainy, winter is cold. Each season is different and fun.
2. Ask family members
Answer (sample):
Earlier winters were colder and summers were not so hot. Now climate is changing because of pollution and cutting trees.
3. Local names of seasons
(Write according to your language/region)
4. Fill the Table (Page 160) – Sample
| Season | Food | Clothes | Festivals | Nature |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Fruits | Light | Holi | Flowers |
| Summer | Curds, fruits | Cotton | — | Hot, dry |
| Monsoon | Hot food | Raincoat | — | Green, rainy |
| Autumn | Normal food | Light | Diwali | Clear sky |
| Pre-winter | Warm food | Light wool | — | Cool |
| Winter | Hot food | Woollen | Pongal | Cold |
5. Seasons’ journal experience
Answer:
It helped me observe nature carefully.
6. Drawing
Answer:
Draw Summer, Monsoon, Winter scenes.
🌟 Chapter Summary
- Nature changes in a fixed pattern
- Earth’s rotation causes day and night
- Seasons repeat every year
- Seasons affect plants, animals, food, clothes and festivals
- These changes are called Rhythms of Nature
