CBSE Class 8 Social Science, Chapter 1: Natural Resources and Their Use
NCERT Exploring Society: India and Beyond Part 1, pages 1–20. 17 topics, about 7 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpages 1–2
- When does Nature become a Resource?pages 2–3
- Categories of Natural Resourcespages 3–4
- Resources essential for lifepage 4
- Resources for materialspage 4
- Resources for energypages 4–5
- Renewable and non-renewable resourcespage 5
- Renewable resourcespages 5–8
- Non-renewable resourcespage 8
- Distribution of Natural Resources and its Implicationspages 8–11
- The ‘Paradox of Plenty’page 11
- Responsible and Wise Use of Natural Resources: Stewardshippage 12
- Restoration and regeneration of renewable resourcespages 12–13
- Overexploitation of groundwater: a caselet from Punjabpages 13–15
- The case of cementpages 15–16
- A caselet from Sikkimpages 16–17
- Responsible and judicious use of resourcespages 17–19
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.