Hi I am Arunita Sarkar as a teacher I have more than 15 years of experience, currently working as mother teacher in a renowned CBSE school in Mumbai Maharashtra. To be associated with a dynamic organization which provides optimal learning opportunities to enhance career development and exploit potential abilities to achieve organizational goals for the benefit of the company and the individual. 

Degree: Bachelors of Arts - University: Burdwan university

Degree: B.ED - University: Singhaniya

ICSE Class 2 EVS Syllabus is important, as it helps to grasp the concepts of the subject – one of the 3 major subjects that you learn in Class 2. Maths and Science being the other 2, students usually give less importance to EVS, or Environmental Studies. But, as a surprise to many, Environmental Studies is as important as the rest subjects, as it delivers the important etiquette that has to be adopted by students in their life.

• Learning Objectives:

  Theme 1: About Me

  Theme 2: Others in my World

  Theme 3: My Needs: Food

  Theme 4: My Needs: Water

  Theme 5: My Need- Shelter

  Theme 6: My Need – Clothing

  Theme 7: My Need – Air

  Theme 8: Keeping oneself Clean, Safe and Healthy

  Theme 9: Places in the Neighbourhood

  Theme 10: Plants

  Theme 11: Animals

  Theme 12: Transport

  Theme 13: Communication

  Theme 14: The World Around Me: Sun, Moon, Sky and Stars

  Theme 15: Time, Space, Direction 

• Course Outline:

  Theme 1: About Me

  • Describe personal details verbally as well as in simple written form about their likes and  • Dislikes and respect other’s likes/dislikes;  • Describe functions of different body parts including the sense organs;  • Draw and label external parts of the body, sense organs, self-portrait;  • Enlist various activities done by different external organs;  • Share personal hobbies and appreciate other’s hobbies; • Make choices about their toys, dresses and other belongings; • Engage and take interest in small and large group activities; • Communicate (orally as well as written) one’s point of view about personal things (dresses,  • Toys, etc.);  • Take interest and solve puzzles and problems related to various body parts, dresses, toys; • Demonstrate the use of extended vocabulary related to the theme; • Identify one’s own and others’ feelings and develop control over their emotions;
  •  Engage and learn to cooperate in small and large group activities;  • Appreciate and respect the differences among their peer group.

   

  Theme 2: Others in my World

  • Identify and speak about the relationship he/she has with extended family members;  • Draw family tree of extended family members;  • Discuss and narrate how festivals are celebrated at home/school and in the neighbourhood;  • Appreciate the need for celebration of national days and other festivals/other important days;  • Take care of pets and show empathy and compassion towards pets;  • Show care and concern towards old, sick and differently abled;  • Appreciate the cooperation and support of neighbours/ others;  • Describe the role of family members and also express one’s own role

  Theme 3: My Needs: Food

   • Identify and name various food items;  • Discuss need for food for human body; • Collect/draw pictures of various kind of food items and name them; • Cite examples of food items we get from plants and animals;  • Explain the need of various kind of foods required for body building, energy giving and body  • Resistance (immunity of the body to diseases etc.);  • Identify junk food and give reasons why it is not good for health; • Develop sensitivity and respect for food; • Develop respect for the diversity of food in the peer group, within families and different age Groups.  

  Theme 4: My Needs: Water

   • Identify and differentiate between natural and man-made water resources;  • Discuss the need of water in daily life for plants and animals; • Draw and label pictures of water resources; • Cite examples of natural and man-made sources; • Discuss ways to keep the water sources clean; • Discuss and suggest ways to prevent the misuse of water; • Suggest and share various ways to purify drinking water at home/school;  • Explain reasons of water pollution in the surroundings (awareness level only);  • Appreciate the judicious use of water in school/at home 

  Theme 5: My Need- Shelter

   • Identify various types of houses and name them;  • Cite examples of type of houses built in different parts of the world;  • Respect diversity in houses and discuss reasons for diversity in houses; • Discuss need for cleanliness in houses;  • Enlist kind of material used for making different types of houses;  • Draw pictures and label parts of houses; • Make models of various kind of houses

   Theme 6: My Need – Clothing

   • Discuss the need of clothes for living beings;  • Identify various kind of materials used for making clothes; • Identify sources of natural and man-made fibres; • Give examples of natural and man-made fibres;  • Differentiate among various cloth materials and give examples of each kind of material;  • Draw pictures of various kind of dresses worn by males and females, made from these  Materials;  • Give reasons why cotton clothes should be worn in summer and silk/woollen clothes in winters,  • Rayon/ synthetic in the rainy season; 

  Theme 7: My Need – Air

  • Observe some properties of air;  • Demonstrate (with the support of elders) that air has weight, occupies space, expands  •  Identify and discuss various causes of air pollution;  • Suggest some ways to deal with air pollution from smoke/ fumes;  • Name some common diseases, spread through air;  • Discuss various ways to prevent these diseases;  • Demonstrate simple exercises, asanas/ deep breathing for use of air for healthy living.  

  Theme 8: Keeping oneself Clean, Safe and Healthy

  • Identify various reasons of filth/garbage in the surroundings;  • Suggest some ways how to keep the surroundings clean (use of dustbin and segregation of  • Garbage);  • Discuss various ways of garbage disposal at home/in the surroundings;  • Discuss various benefits of physical activities like yoga, exercises, games;  • Emphasis and importance of outdoor games/activities;  • Enjoy and get involved in recreational activities.  

  Theme 9: Places in the Neighbourhood

   • Discuss and give reasons for need of the public places in the neighbourhood; • Identify various places in the neighbourhood and name them; • Explain various functions of each places in daily life; • Discuss need for emergency services in the neighbourhood; • Appreciate the services/help provided by various people who are involved in different Professions; • Appreciate the need of recreational/other important services available in the neighbourhood 

  Theme 10: Plants

  • Identify and name the different parts of the plant and discuss their functions;  • Draw main parts of a plant and label them;  • Appreciate the uses of various parts of a plant; 

  • Appreciate tree plantation and use of medicinal plants in daily life; • Distinguish between different kind of plants based on their habitat i.e., in water, on land; • Discuss reasons of modification of different parts of some plants 

  Theme 11: Animals

  • Discuss some observable characteristics of animals;  • Discuss characteristics/features of animals based on their variations; • Draw pictures of various animals and label their parts; • Differentiate and compare various animal habitats; • Show sensitivity and compassion towards animals;  

  Theme 12: Transport 

  • Discuss uses of transport in the surroundings; • Identify various kind of transport;  • Compare traffic seen in cities/villages;  • Give reasons of traffic jam and suggest ways to reduce it;  • Discuss cause of air and noise pollution;  • Stick/draw pictures of various kind of vehicles.  

  Theme 13: Communication

  • Discuss the need and importance of communication in day to day life; • Identify and list out various modes of communication; • Discuss the positive and negative use of some modes of communication; • Identify different ways of communication used in big / metro cities; • Demonstrate the use of some modes of communication. 

  Theme 14: The World Around Me: Sun, Moon, Sky and Stars

  • Identify the different heavenly bodies seen in day and at night;  • Distinguish between different heavenly bodies based on some observable features;  • Describe various heavenly bodies seen in the day/afternoon and at night;  • Draw pictures of the heavenly bodies; • Create / write/collect poems and songs on this theme;  • Collect pictures/information on this theme;  • Read symbolic maps/route maps. 

  Theme 15: Time, Space, Direction

  • Distinguish the different times in the one full day (24 hours) – morning, afternoon, evening,  • Night; • Discuss and list out the activities done in the morning, afternoon, evening and night;  • Talk about activities done today and yesterday and to be done tomorrow;  • Distinguish between left/right, above/below, near/far; up/down, etc.

  • Give and follow simple directions • Discriminate between location of various objects (on, in, below, above);  • Locate objects and places in the surroundings;  • Identify directions with the support of elders. 

• Recomended Audience:

  The audience of this course is students of Grade-2 from ICSE Board. All the Chapters are well designed and its coverage as per latest curriculum released by the board. Still Student have complete flexibility to enhance or modify the course coverage during the course of learning process with Teacher. We are expecting that students of Grade-2 should drive their classes with Teacher as per chapters mentioned and also as per syllabus of their school and applicable School district or Board.

• Pre-Requisite Requirement:

  For attending this course, prior knowledge of Grade-1 EVS  is required, this course assumes that students have prior experience with all the topics of EVS of Grade-1. This is not an introductory class for absolute beginners on EVS of Grade-1. Participants should already be familiar with the basic learning objective.

               

• Course Level:
  Intermediate
• Language of Teaching:
  English
• Class Schedule Availiability:
  Evening