DAV GROUP OF SCHOOLS

COURSE OF STUDY 2017-2018

CLASS – 3 SUBJECT – SCIENCE

NAME OF THE BOOK – EUREKA PLUS 3

NAME OF THE PUBLISHER-

MACMILLAN PUBLISHER

NO. OF PERIODS PER WEEK – 5

 TERMWISE TOPICS

QUATERLY PORTIONS HALF YEARLY PORTIONS ANNUAL PORTIONS

Lesson-1 Living and Non Lesson-7 The food we Lesson-6 Human Body
living things eat
Lesson- 12 Soil
Lesson-2 Parts of a Plant Lesson- 8 Things around
us Lesson-13 Our Earth
Lesson-3 What do
animals eat? Lesson-9 The Air around Lesson-14 The Sun and
us the Moon
Lesson-4 Birds
Lesson-10 Water
Lesson-5 Insects
Lesson -11 Weather and
seasons

FIRST MID TERM SECOND MID TERM

Lesson-1 Living and Non Lesson-6 Human Body

living things Mark – 25
Time – 40 mins Lesson- 12 Soil
Lesson-2 Parts of a Plant

Quarterly and Half yearly Examinations- 30 mark (objective) + 70

mark ( descriptive)

Annual Examination- 20 mark (objective) + 60 mark (descriptive)

 MONTH / TOPIC / SUBTOPIC
DAYS
April Lesson-1 Living and Non living
things
 Difference between living
16 days
and non living things
 Living things respond to
stimuli
Lesson-2 Parts of a Plant
 Parts of a plant root
 Kinds of roots and its
functions
 Stem and its functions
Summer Vacation from May 1st to June 7th 2017
Lesson-2 Parts of a Plant
June
 Types of leaves
17 days
 Types of flowers
 Types of fruits
 Types of seeds
SUGGESTED ACTIVITY
 Classifing living and
non living things
 Showing the plants in
the school garden and
comparing it with
table and chair in the
classroom
 Drawing living and
non living things
 Showing plants
having fibrous and
tap root system
 Showing various
types of stems
 Various types of
leaves and stomata
are shown
 Different coloured
flowers , few and
many seeded fruits
are shown and drawn
 Growing a baby plant
from a seed is done
 MONTH / TOPIC / SUBTOPIC SUGGESTED ACTIVITY
DAYS

Lesson-3 What do animals eat?  Children are asked to

talk about eating
 Feeding habits of animals habits of various
 Plant eaters, flesh eaters animals with a mask.
and omnivores

July  Animals and plant eating  Showing pictures of

animals various types of birds
21 days and animals
 Useful insects  Drawing dragonfly
and Ladybird beetle
Lesson-4 Birds

 Body parts and various  Showing and drawing

types of beaks of birds different types of
beaks and claws of
birds

First Mid Term- 24th to 28th July 2017

Lesson 1 – Living and Non living things
Lesson 2 – Parts of a Plant

 Nests of birds  Children are given

August activity of making
tailor bird nest
20 days
 Drawing the beak of
parrot, Toucan, foot
of duck, Tailor bird
and Weaver bird nest
 MONTH / TOPIC / SUBTOPIC
DAYS
Lesson-5 Insects
 Body parts of Insects
 Useful insects
 How do insects eat,
breathe and reproduce
Revision for Quarterly Exam – September 1st to 12th 2017
Quarterly Examination – September 13th to 22nd 2017
Pooja Holidays – September 23rd to October 2nd 2017
October Lesson-7 The food we eat
18 days  Food groups, Vitamins
and Minerals
 Water
 Balanced diet
Lesson- 8 Things around us
 Types of materials
 Natural and man-made
materials
 Soft and Hard materials
 Heavy and light materials
 Natural materials from
plants, animals and earth
SUGGESTED ACTIVITY
 Showing specimens of
insects
 Eggs of cockroach,
mosquitos are shown
 Drawing the body
parts of insects
 Talk on various
nutrients in their
snacks and lunch
 Conducting food
exhibition in the class
 Drawing various
nutrients
 Showing various
natural materials, soft
and hard things,
heavy and light
materials
 Things we get from
coconut trees,
animals skins, and
earth are shown and
drawn
 Lesson-9 The Air around us  Pictures of wind mill,
November air pollution are
 What is air made up of? shown and drawn
22 days  Uses of air  Pictures of effects of
 Air pollution storm and breeze are
shown

Lesson-10 Water
 Pictures showing
 Sources of water sources of water are
shown
 Evaporation
 Evaporation is done
 Water cycle
and proved with wet
cloth
 Activity done in
Science lab, water
cycle is drawn

Lesson -11 Weather and

seasons  Various things used in
summer, winter,
 The weather around us monsoon are shown
and drawn
 Pictures of various
fruits, flowers we use
in different seasons
are shown

Revision for Half yearly Exam – December 1st to 12th 2017

Half yearly Examination – December 13th to 22nd 2017
Winter Vacation – December 23rd to January 1st 2018
 MONTH / TOPIC / SUBTOPIC
DAYS
January Lesson-6 Human Body
21 days  Organs of the body,
Respiratory system,
Digestive system
 Skeleton system,
Circulatory system,
Muscular system,
Nervous system,
Excretory system
Lesson- 12 Soil
 Formation of soil
 What is soil made up of?
 Types of soil
 Uses of soil
Lesson 13 Our Earth
February  Life on Earth
 Shape of Earth
20 days
Second Mid Term Examination – February 5th to 9th 2018
Lesson -6 Human Body
Lesson-12 Soil
 Movement of the Earth  Day and Night
 Rotation and
Revolution of Earth  Formation of
SUGGESTED ACTIVITY
 Chart of respiratory
and digestive system
is shown
 Encyclopaedia on
Human body is used
 Drawing circulatory
system and excretory
system
 Activity showing that
soil contains air and
water
 Types of soil are
shown
 Plants and animals
living in soil are
shown and drawn
 Showing the Globe ;
model of Earth
formation
seasons.Working
model from the lab is
 used.
 Drawing rotation and
revolution of the
Earth

Lesson-14 The Sun and the Moon  Model of solar

March system is shown and
 Solar system drawn
 Phases of the Moon  Working model of
13 days
 Why does the Moon look the same is used
different in different from the lab
nights?  Drawing the different
phases of the Moon

Revision Examination – 25th February to 6th March 2018

Annual Examination – 7th to 16th March 2018