Class 5 / The World Around Us (EVS)
CBSE Class 5 The World Around Us (EVS), Chapter 1: Water — The Essence of Life
NCERT Our Wondrous World, pages 3–20. 11 topics, about 4 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpages 3–7
- Water has Different Formspages 7–8
- Observing Changespages 8–9
- Water Cyclepages 9–10
- Groundwaterpages 10–11
- Surface Waterpages 12–14
- Our Lifeline — Rivers in Indiapages 14–15
- Life in Waterpages 16–17
- Information Cardpages 18–21
- Types of Plants in Waterpage 21
- Let us reflectpage 22
Teach this chapter at home
- A day-by-day plan with the exact textbook pages for each day.
- A step-by-step script for each day, so you know what to say and ask, written from the NCERT chapter.
- A quiz at the end and a written task you can check with a photo of the notebook.
Textbook pages follow the 2026-27 NCERT print and can differ by a page or two in older prints. Adhian Gurus is not affiliated with NCERT or CBSE.