Class 4 The World Around Us • Our Wondrous World • Unit: Health and Well-being • Chapter 5 • Reprint 2026–27
Answer-first chapter overview
Healthy meals combine varied foods and safe water. Different foods help the body with energy, growth and protection, so no single item supplies everything.
Learning focus
Students investigate balanced food, energy, body-building and protective foods, six tastes, diversity, clean water and mindful eating. This is one interdisciplinary learning area, not separate NCERT Science and Social Studies books.
Observation or inquiry activity
Plan a balanced local meal and label energy-giving, body-building and protective components.
Think and answer
- Why is food variety important?
- What does mindful eating mean?
- How can drinking water be kept safe?
How should this chapter be studied?
Begin with a safe real-world observation, read the official chapter, discuss evidence, complete the activity, and explain each answer in your own words.
Which book and grade does this page follow?
It follows Class 4 Our Wondrous World code deev1. Class 3 uses ceev1 and has a different 12-chapter sequence; those titles are not mixed here.
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Official sources: NCERT Chapter 5 PDF · CIET Our Wondrous World book page
Original NCERT Kaksha activity companion; no textbook passage or artwork is reproduced. Retired Looking Around chapters are excluded from the current navigation.