🌈 Class 3 EVS – Lesson 10
“This World of Things”
✨ Classroom Activities to Understand the Lesson
This page contains **10 easy, practical, child-friendly activities** for Class 3 students. Each activity helps children understand materials, transparency, solids–liquids–gases, natural & artificial things etc. (Add images/videos later by clicking “Insert image/video” in Blogger!)
🟠 Activity 1: Material Hunt in the Classroom
How to do:
- Children look around for 2 minutes and list items made of wood, glass, plastic, metal.
- They draw one item from each group.
Materials Required:
- Notebook, pencil
Learning Benefit:
- Helps children identify materials around them and connect textbook concepts to real life.
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🟢 Activity 2: Transparent–Translucent–Opaque Sorting
How to do:
- Teacher gives objects: glass, butter paper, metal plate, paper cup etc.
- Children test if they can see through it.
- Sort into 3 groups.
Materials:
- Glass, tissue/butter paper, metal lid, paper, torch
Benefits:
- Children understand transparency and different material properties.
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🔵 Activity 3: Colour the World – Colour Filter Experiment
How to do:
- Children look at a white paper through coloured plastic sheets (red, blue, yellow).
- Observe how colours change.
Materials:
- Coloured transparent plastic sheets, torch, white paper
Benefits:
- Develops understanding of light, colour mixing, and transparency.
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🟣 Activity 4: Touch & Tell – Material Feel Test
How to do:
- Blindfold volunteer students.
- Give them objects: spoon, cloth, paper, plastic cup, comb.
- They describe feel: smooth, rough, cold, warm.
Materials:
- Cloth pieces, metal spoon, plastic items, paper, rubber
Benefits:
- Improves sensory learning and understanding of material properties.
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🟡 Activity 5: Sound Orchestra – Ting Ting Dhum Dhum
How to do:
- Tap different materials with a spoon.
- Write the sound: ting, thak, dhum.
- Make a small rhythm.
Materials:
- Metal spoon, glass, wood, plastic containers
Benefits:
- Children understand how materials produce different sounds.
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🔴 Activity 6: Does It Bend? – Flexibility Test
How to do:
- Give objects: rubber band, paper, cloth, stick, straw.
- Students test which can bend and which cannot.
Materials:
- Straw, rubber band, stick, paper, cloth
Benefits:
- Helps understand hard, soft, flexible materials.
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🧊 Activity 7: Solid – Liquid – Gas Sorting Game
How to do:
- Teacher shows items: water bottle, stone, balloon with air.
- Students classify into solids, liquids, gases.
Materials:
- Balloon, water, stone, perfume spray (optional)
Benefits:
- Simple hands-on learning of states of matter.
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🌿 Activity 8: Natural vs Artificial Sorting
How to do:
- Teacher shows picture cards of trees, birds, shoes, chair, rock.
- Children sort into natural & artificial categories.
Materials:
- Flashcards or printed pictures
Benefits:
- Helps children recognise natural resources & man-made materials.
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📦 Activity 9: Odd Pairs – Funny Wrong Material Game
How to do:
- Teacher shows examples: “Umbrella made of paper?”
- Children suggest funny wrong pairs.
- Explain why wrong.
Materials:
- Chart with object pictures
Benefits:
- Builds reasoning, critical thinking, and understanding of correct materials.
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🎨 Activity 10: Draw Your Classroom – Label Materials
How to do:
- Students draw their classroom.
- Label: table–wood, window–glass, fan–metal, mat–cloth.
Materials:
- Drawing notebook, colours
Benefits:
- Improves observation & understanding of materials around them.
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📚 Suggested TLM for Teacher
- Coloured plastic sheets
- Transparent, translucent, opaque objects
- Water bottle, balloon, stone set
- Picture flashcards (natural/artificial)
- Coloured chart papers
- Metal spoon, wooden plank, plastic lid
🥁 Dhol / Action Song for Fun Learning
“Ting ting thak thak,
Things around us – look and track!
Solid–liquid–gas we know,
Transparent, opaque – let’s go!”