Syllabus

Standard 1

• Identification of animals, wild / domestic

• Panchatantra Stories, Jataka Tales, stories from the Bible

• Songs / Rhymes about animals

Suggested Activities

• Visit to a zoo

• Feeding birds, animals

• Story telling with Puppets

• Mimicry of animal sounds

Standard 2

• Animals- Food habits, homes

• Songs /Rhymes of animals

• Animal stories from Puranas

• Bharathiyar songs

Suggested Activities

• Making models of animal homes

• Making collages of animals

• Making animal masks

• Story telling

Standard 3

• Useful animals – domestic animals

• The cow – sacred to Hindus

• Food web and Food Chains

• Fairy tales, Hans Anderson stories

Suggested Activities

• Preparing a scrap book, ‘My Book of Animals”

• Storytelling

• Dramatizing stories on animals, role play

• Paper folding to make animal figures

Standard 4

• Importance and preservation of forests

• Extinct and endangered animals

• Protecting animals (basic laws, common cruelties)

• Appreciating nature

Suggested Activities

• Growing potted plants

• Visit to a bird sanctuary

• Reading of stories on compassion

• Dramatizing and enacting skits on the above topics

• Planting of saplings – Vanamahotsav day

Standard 5

• Importance of cattle in our country

• Goshalas and pinjarpoles

• Cows – how they are important to our life

• Interdependence of flora and fauna

• Wild life sanctuaries and their importance

• Stories on compassion

Suggested Activities

• Visit to goshalas, dairy farms, pinjarpoles

• Visit to sanctuaries

• Adopting pets and animals

• Collect information, maintain a scrap book on endangered Species

• Get to know about various agencies and projects to conserve wildlife

Standard 6

• Green Revolution, White Revolution

• Bio diversity

• Environment Protection

• Pollution and solutions to reduce it

• Sensitizing children to differently abled people

• Vegetarianism and health benefits

Suggested Activities

• Visit to special schools and helping the challenged children

• Dramatization, role play, skits on the above topics

• Visit to poultry farms, sanctuaries

• Celebrate kindness day, exchange anecdotes on special acts of kindness

• Making scrap books to gather information on environment protection

• Making an animal calendar

Standard 7

• Biodegradable and non biodegradable waste, efficient disposal of waste

• Renewable and non renewable sources of energy

• Ways to conserve energy

• Soil erosion, conservation, role of micro organisms

• Pesticides, insecticides, fertilizers, and their effect on human beings

• Cattle shelter and protection of aged animals

• Awareness of underprivileged and orphaned children

• Vegetarianism and the benefits on health

Suggested Activities

• Visit to a veterinary hospital

• Making of paper bags, using cloth bags

• Making compost pits, natural manure

• Visit to cows shelters, agencies like PFA, SPCA, Blue Cross, etc.

• Visit to an orphanage, sharing and caring

• Organizing rallies for a good cause

Standard 8

• Environment and pollution – air, water soil, noise

• Ecosystem and its conservation

• Protection of wildlife – (hunting, poaching, smuggling)

• Use of animals in cosmetic industry, silk industry, leather industry

• Awareness of old age homes and the implications

• Vegetarianism and the benefits on health

Suggested Activities

• Organizing Eco Clubs in school

• Cleaning the campus

• Maintaining a school garden

• Projects on endangered species

• Visit to an old age home and making time to help the aged

• Rescuing injured animals and caring for them

• Quiz and debates on pollution issues

• Collecting information on nutritional value in a vegetarian diet

• Putting biodegradable waste to good use

Standard 9 & 10

• Green house effect

• Global warming

• Rain Water harvesting and conserving water

• Villages and rural life

• Various agencies for animal welfare

• Wild Life Act and laws of animal welfare

• Awareness of drugs to enhance productivity of animals

• Zoonotic diseases – rabies, anthrax, etc

• Scientific facts on vegetarianism

Suggested Activities

• Projects on green house effect, global warming, pollution

• PPT on the above topics

• Visit to a village

• Poster preparation

• Organizing rallies for a cause

• Visit to Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board

• Rescuing and adopting injured animals

• Projects to create public awareness to ill treatment of animals and solutions