Class 3 The World Around Us • Our Wondrous World • Unit: Life Around Us • Chapter 6 • Reprint 2026–27
Answer-first chapter overview
Living in harmony means meeting human needs while avoiding unnecessary harm to plants and animals. Small creatures also play important roles.
Learning focus
Students investigate animals near homes, plant uses, mutual dependence, seed dispersal, soil, empathy and observation. 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
Make a kind-action chart for birds, insects, street animals and plants. Include safe actions only.
Think and answer
- How can animals help plants spread seeds?
- Why should we avoid harming “uninvited” animals?
- Give one example of mutual dependence.
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.