🌿 Plants and Animals Live Together
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🌿 Plants and Animals Live Together
Class 3 – EVS (Our Wondrous World)
🌱 1. Plants and Animals Stay Together
Wherever plants grow, animals, birds, and insects are also found. Plants give shade, food, and shelter to many creatures. Animals live on plants, under plants, and around plants.
- 🐸 Frog resting on a leaf
- 🐦 Bird singing on a branch
- 🐿️ Squirrel hiding in a tree hollow
- 🐛 Caterpillar chewing a leaf
- 🦋 Butterfly sitting on a flower
- 🐜 Ants making nests with leaves
🌳 2. How Animals Use Plants
Animals depend on plants for food, shelter, and rest. Without plants, many animals cannot survive.
- 🐪 Camels – eat leaves
- 🐒 Monkeys – eat fruits
- 🦋 Butterflies & Sunbirds – drink nectar from flowers
- 🐦 Squirrels, Crows, Owls – use tree hollows or twigs for nests
- 🪺 Tailorbirds – stitch leaves to build nests
🌍 3. Life in the Soil
Soil is the top layer of the Earth. It is full of tiny bits of rocks, old leaves, roots, stems, and even remains of animals. This makes the soil rich and full of life.
Insects and small animals find food and shelter in the soil.
- 🐜 Ants, termites, beetles, grasshoppers
- 🪱 Earthworms, millipedes (especially during rains)
Rainy Season: Many new plants sprout and more animals appear.
🐦 4. Sounds of Birds
Birds make different sounds to talk to each other, to find food, or to warn of danger. We hear bird sounds best in the morning and evening.
Example: Pigeon says “Gutru Gu”.
🎧 Activity: Cup your ears with your hands to listen more clearly!
🍂 5. Observing Changes in Nature
Nature is always changing. If we look closely, we can see many small changes happening around us:
- Soil looks, smells, and feels different after rain.
- Plants shed old leaves and grow new ones.
- Seeds hidden in the soil sprout when watered or when it rains.
🦋 6. The Life of a Butterfly
A butterfly’s life is full of changes. It goes through 4 stages:
- 🐛 Caterpillar hatches from an egg and eats leaves.
- It grows and then stops eating.
- It makes a cocoon (pupa).
- It comes out and flies away as a beautiful butterfly.
📖 Quick Recap
- 🌱 Plants and animals always live together.
- 🐾 Animals need plants for food and shelter.
- 🌍 Soil is full of tiny living creatures.
- 🐦 Birds make different sounds, best heard in morning.
- 🌧️ Rains bring new life in plants and animals.
- 🦋 Caterpillar → Cocoon → Butterfly.
📝 Activities for Students
- ✏️ Draw your favourite plant and show animals around it.
- 👂 Listen to bird sounds in the morning and write them down.
- 🪱 Observe soil before and after rain – note colour, smell, and feel.
- 🦋 Tell the story of a butterfly’s life in your own words.
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