Class 3 The World Around Us • Our Wondrous World • Unit: Gifts of Nature • Chapter 7 • Reprint 2026–27
Answer-first chapter overview
Rainwater may soak into soil or flow into streams, rivers and lakes. Clean water is limited and must be stored, used and protected carefully.
Learning focus
Students investigate rain, absorption, groundwater, rivers and lakes, household sources, storage, safe water and conservation. This is one interdisciplinary Class 3 learning area integrating the natural and social world; it is not split into separate Science and Social Studies books.
Scope note: This Class 3 chapter follows rainwater movement, sources, safety and conservation. It does not teach the full water cycle, which the book reserves for a later grade.
Observation activity
Keep a one-day water-use record. Mark one use you can reduce without affecting hygiene or health.
Think and answer
- Where can rainwater go after it falls?
- How can stored drinking water stay safe?
- Give three practical water-saving actions.
How should this chapter be studied?
Start from a real observation, discuss what you notice, use the official chapter for context, complete the activity safely, and answer in your own words.
Is “EVS” the official current title?
The official curricular-area name is The World Around Us and the book is Our Wondrous World. “EVS” is only a familiar search synonym here.
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Original NCERT Kaksha activity companion. No textbook passage or artwork is reproduced. No CIET audio link is claimed because the current Class 3 audio index does not list this book.