While going to pond she saw some animals on the groud. Animals live in different places. Some animals live in the trees, some in water. Some live on land, some live under the ground and some fly in the sky. Some animals even live in our houses.

1. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
CLASS III-CBSE
POONAM’S DAY OUT

2. Ma, please let me go to school today, I have been at home for the past
two days. I am getting bored – said by Poonam. But you still have
fever. Go outside and lie down on the cot replied Ma.

3. Poonam fell asleep on the cot. Suddenly, something fell on her face.
Poonam woke up at once and touched her cheek. Oh no, whose
mischief is this? Is it the crow’s or the pigeon’s? It seems it’s the
crow's. Poonam looked up. She saw many animals on the tree. Some
animals are jumping from one branch other and playing some
animals are building their nests with leaves. some animals are
sleeping on the branches.

4. Poonam picked up a leaf from the ground and wiped her cheek with
it. But her cheek was still sticky. She thought Let Me go and wash
my face in the nearby pond. While going to pond she saw some
animals on the groud. Animals live in different places. Some animals
live in the trees, some in water. Some live on land, some live under
the ground and some fly in the sky. Some animals even live in our
houses.

5. She saw some more animals in the pond she noticed that different
animals move in different ways to go from one place to another.
Some animals walk. Example: dog cat, cow, tiger etc. some move
by crawl. Example: snake, lizard, anaconda etc.

6. Some can fly to move from place to another. Example: birds some
swimin the water to move from place to another . For this, some
animals use their feet, some use their wings. Some animals even take
the help of their tail. She observed that some animals make different
kinds of sound . Crow, Koel, Dog, Frog, Sheep etc In the lesson the
word ‘animal’ is used for insects, birds & reptiles.

7. Let us know the meaning of insects, birds, reptiles and
mammals. Insects- insects are a small invertebrate animals. Their
body is covered with external skeleton segments. Some insects have
two, three or six pairs of joined legs .

8. Birds are a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal. Birds have
feathers, wings, a beak, and they are able to fly. Reptiles a cold-
blooded vertebrate animals. snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and
tortoises are include in this class. They have dry scaly skin, and
they laying soft-shelled eggs on land. animals which lay eggs are
called oviparous.

9. Mammals are a warm-blooded vertebrate animals. of they have hair
or fur on the body, females that secrete milk for the young ones , and
they directly give birth to young ones. Animals which give directly
birth to young ones are called viviparous .