ICSE

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Class 1

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Environmental Studies

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By - Geeta Nair

Essential Environmental Studies for Class 1

ISBN/SKU: 9789352561117

Key Highlights

1. Integrated Learning Approach:

  • Focused on learning about, through, and for the environment, promoting holistic understanding and awareness.
  • Encourages discussions and questioning, engaging children with their surroundings and enhancing their cognitive abilities.

2. Stimulating Exercises and Activities:

  • Thoughtfully curated exercises and activities stimulate critical thinking, encouraging children to frame questions and explore their quest for knowledge.
  • Interactive tasks foster hands-on learning, ensuring active engagement with the subject matter.

3. Simple Language and Eye-catching Illustrations:

  • Presented in simple, lucid language accessible to young learners, promoting effortless comprehension.
  • Vibrant and captivating illustrations enhance visual appeal, making the learning experience delightful and engaging.

4. Comprehensive Scope:

  • Progressively extends the child's understanding from self-awareness to encompass family, neighborhood, locality, and the broader national context.
  • Explores biological, social, and cultural aspects using relatable examples from everyday life, enhancing contextual understanding.

5. Environmental Sensitivity and Nature Appreciation:

  • Cultivates a sense of responsibility and sensitivity towards the environment, nurturing eco-conscious individuals.
  • Fosters a love for nature, encouraging a harmonious relationship between children and the natural world.

6. Online Support Features:

  • Animated Concept Explanation: Engaging chapter-wise animations elucidate key concepts, enhancing visual understanding.
  • Interactive Exercises: Chapter-wise interactive exercises provide a platform for active participation and reinforcement of learning.
  • Worksheets: Tailored worksheets enhance practice, reinforcing concepts and ensuring mastery.
  • Test Paper Generator (for Teachers): A valuable tool allowing teachers to create custom test papers for comprehensive assessments.

We are confident that Essential Environmental Studies for Class 1 will not only meet but exceed your expectations, fostering a lifelong love for learning and environmental stewardship in every young mind. Your esteemed suggestions for further improvements are always welcome as we continue our commitment to providing top-tier educational resources.

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About the Book

The Essential Primary Environmental Studies for Classes 1 & 2 is based on the latest curriculum prepared and recommended by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi. In this new curriculum for Classes 1 and 2, Environmental Studies has been identified as a core curricular area, focusing on natural, social and cultural environment in an integrated manner.

Objectives of teaching-learning of Environmental Studies in Classes 1 & 2 are to :

  • Learn about the environment.
  • Learn through the environment.
  • Learn for the environment.
  • Enhance/promote curiosity and creativity in relation to the surroundings.
  • Develop an appreciation for diversity in the immediate surroundings.
  • Develop sensitivity towards elderly/old, differently abled and dis-advantaged groups of the society.

The present series has been developed and designed keeping in mind the above objectives. The series promotes learning by asking appropriate questions, and carrying out discussions with adults at home, in school and among themselves. This approach has been adopted because it has been increasingly felt that children learn more through talking, observing and discussing with other people –both adults and children.

Some salient features of these books are :

  • The books contain Exercises and Activities throughout the text that will stimulate the thinking of the children and encourage them to frame their own questions in their quest for knowledge.
  • The text is in simple and lucid language with eye-catching illustrations.
  • It gradually extends the child’s understanding of his/her world, beginning from the immediateself to include the family, the neighbourhood, the locality and also the country.
  • It develops understanding about biological, social and cultural aspects of life by citing examples from everyday life.
  • It inculcates sensitivity for environment and life, and love for nature.

Features of Online Support :

  • Chapter-wise animated explanation of all the key concepts
  • Chapter-wise Interactive Exercises
  • Chapter-wise Worksheets
  • Test Paper Generator (only for teachers)


We are sure that these books would serve the purpose for which they are intended. We would welcome your esteemed suggestions for further improvement.

Category Course Book
Format Digital Book
No. of pages 1

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