Class 3 EVS – Taking Charge of Waste Activities

🌍 Class 3 EVS – Taking Charge of Waste

Book: Our Wondrous World (NCERT)
Chapter: Taking Charge of Waste
Class: III

---

Activity 1: Waste Sorting Game

How children will do it:

• The teacher places two paper dustbins in the class – one green and one blue.
• Small paper slips with names of waste items are kept in a box.
• One student comes forward, picks one slip and reads it aloud.
• The student decides which dustbin the waste should go into.
• The class confirms by clapping or correcting.

Example:
Slip says: “Banana peel”
Student puts it in the Green dustbin.

Learning Outcome: Children understand wet and dry waste segregation.

Activity 2: My Daily Waste Talk

How children will do it:

• Children sit in a circle.
• Each child gets a turn to speak.
• The child names one thing they throw away every day.
• The teacher writes common answers on the blackboard.

Example student responses:
“I throw pencil shavings.”
“I throw chocolate wrappers.”
“I throw fruit peels.”

Learning Outcome: Children realise waste is created by daily activities.

Activity 3: Reduce or Reuse Cards

How children will do it:

• The teacher shows situation cards or reads them aloud.
• Students think and answer whether it is Reduce or Reuse.
• Children also explain how they can do it.

Example:
Situation: “Using cloth bag instead of plastic bag”
Student answer: Reduce

Situation: “Making toys from old newspapers”
Student answer: Reuse

Learning Outcome: Children understand Reduce and Reuse clearly.

Activity 4: Clean vs Dirty Place Role Play

How children will do it:

• Two students come to the front.
• One student acts as a clean place.
• The other acts as a dirty place.
• They speak one or two lines each.

Example dialogue:
Clean place: “I feel happy and healthy.”
Dirty place: “I smell bad and make people sick.”

Learning Outcome: Children connect cleanliness with health.

Activity 5: Thank You Cleanliness Drawing

How children will do it:

• Children draw a picture of a clean park, dustbin or broom.
• They write a short thank you message.
• Teacher discusses the role of sanitation workers.

Example message:
“Thank you for keeping our school clean.”

Learning Outcome: Children develop respect and responsibility.

---

Conclusion:
These activities help children observe, speak, think, act and reflect — exactly as suggested by NCERT and Kendriya Vidyalaya competency-based learning.

Want not, Waste not 🌱