NCERT Book Class 4 The World Around Us (Our Wonderous World) Chapter 9 Different Lands, Different Lives

Unit 5

Our Environment

About the Unit
This unit familiarises students with wear and celebrate. Students will also
various land forms, lives and wide be able to explore the unique plants
range of activities around them. It also and animals in these regions, gaining
introduces the sky including the Sun, a better understanding of how nature
the Moon and the stars. and culture are linked.
The world around us is full of They will also look at the sky —
wonders, from the land we walk on to the Sun, the Moon and the stars, and
the vast sky. ‘Our Environment’ invites related cultural practices. Through
students to explore the deep connection observation, hands-on activities and
between nature and the everyday life. creative expressions, students will
The experience of students in different be able to enrich their creative and
landforms like plains, deserts, coastal analytical skills. They will also develop
regions and mountains enables them a deeper appreciation for both the
to discover how the natural set up natural world and the societies, they
in these places shape what they eat, are part of.