Class 3 The World Around Us • Our Wondrous World • Unit: Gifts of Nature • Chapter 8 • Reprint 2026–27
Answer-first chapter overview
A varied diet provides different nutrients and reflects seasons, regions and local crops. Food choices should be balanced rather than based on taste alone.
Learning focus
Students investigate food and water needs, taste, balanced diet, grains, pulses, produce, seasons, regions, plant parts and sources. 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.
Observation activity
Design a balanced meal using a grain, pulse or protein source, vegetable, fruit and water.
Think and answer
- Why does the body need different kinds of food?
- Which plant parts can we eat?
- How do season and region affect food habits?
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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Official sources: NCERT Chapter 8 PDF · complete official book route
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.