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Neptune The World Around Us #NEP #NCF

A series of books based on the World Around Us syllabus prescribed by the NCERT.

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NEPtune The World Around Us is a new series of books designed for Classes 1-5, based on the recommendations of the National Curriculum Framework 2023. Through its interdisciplinary approach, the series fulfils the curricular goals and learning outcomes of The World Around Us domain, relating concepts in Environmental Studies, basic Science and Social Science to real life. It helps children to make connections between the environment and human society, and acquire the skills, values and dispositions they need to be responsible and caring in thought and action.

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USPs	Book / Class	Chapter Number and name	Page Number
Caters to the core curricular area of Neptune: The World Around Us as specified in the NEP 2020 and the NCF-SE 2023	NWAU 1	Chapter 14: Patterns around us
	NWAU 2	Chapter 13: Changes around us
	NWAU 3	Chapter 2: Living in a Community
	NWAU 4	Chapter 18: Tools and Machines
	NWAU 5	Chapter 17: Types and states of matter
Ensures all curricular goals are fulfilled with content that is carefully matched to Learning Outcomes	NWAU 1	Chapter 6: Animals around us
	NWAU 3	Chapter 3: A Time to Celebrate
	NWAU 5	Chapter 3: When Plants Adapt
Uses stories, dialogue, narratives and pictures to teach concepts in a manner that is interactive, exploratory, immersive and child-centric	NWAU 1	Chapter 4: Time for Fun
	NWAU 2	Chapter 3: Let’s celebrate
	NWAU 5	Chapter 14: Our Past
	NWAU 5	Chapter 3: When Plants Adapt
Incorporates cross-cutting themes such as inclusion, gender equality, cultural rootedness and multilingualism	NWAU 1	Chapter 1: Me and My Family
	NWAU 2	Chapter 7: The Food We Eat
	NWAU 3	Chapter 4: Plants Around Us
	NWAU 4	Chapter 1: Living as a Family
Fosters a positive and compassionate attitude towards the natural environment, inspired by teachings from Indian traditions and practices	NWAU 2	Chapter 12: Places in our Neighbourhood
	NWAU 3	Chapter 4: Plants around us
	NWAU 4	Chapter 4: Plants around us
	NWAU 5	Chapter 6: Conserving our Resources
Has an activity-based and a discovery-based approach that induces curiosity and promotes experiential learning, exploration, investigation and critical thinking through hands-on activities and open-ended inquiries	NWAU 1	Chapter 15: The world around us
	NWAU 2	Chapter 13: Changes around us
	NWAU 3	Chapter 11: Finding our way
	NWAU 4	Chapter 7: Managing Our Waste
	NWAU 5	Chapter 13: Important Discoveries and Inventions
Provides a wide variety of assessments For, As and Of learning that are based on Bloom’s taxonomy	NWAU 1	Chapter 11: Staying healthy
	NWAU 2	Chapter 16: Changes in Things
	NWAU 4	Chapter 13: The Earth, Sun and Moon
Uses tags to reflect compliance with the requirements of the NCF	NWAU 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5	Prelim pages
Is supported by extensive digital resources that include:
· Animations and audio support for all chapters that offer a rich learning experience	NWAU 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5	All chapters
· Augmented Reality to make classroom teaching engaging and interactive	NWAU 1	Chapter 4: Time For Fun
· Smart App for all classes for conceptual enrichment and extended practice	NWAU 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5	All chapters
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Key Features	Book / Class	Chapter Number and name	Page number
Themes or topics presented through charming stories, dialogues, narratives and vibrant illustrations	NWAU 1	Chapter 3: People who help us
	NWAU 2	Chapter 9: The Houses We Live In
	NWAU 3	Chapter 16: Changing Shapes
	NWAU 4	Chapter 9: The Digestive System
	NWAU 5	Chapter 14: Our Past
Learning outcomes	NWAU 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5	Prelim pages
Dive in	NWAU 1	Chapter 6: Animals around us
	NWAU 2	Chapter 7: The food we eat
	NWAU 3	Chapter 11: Finding Our Way
	NWAU 4	Chapter 14: Changing Landforms
	NWAU 5	Chapter 16: Changes Around Us
Ant-Bytes	NWAU 1	Chapter 5: Plants Around Us
	NWAU 5	Chapter 6: Conserving Our Resources
Antennae	NWAU 2	Chapter 15: Patterns Around Us
	NWAU 3	Chapter 14: Changing Means of Communication
	NWAU 4	Chapter 6: Our Resources
Activity time	NWAU 1	Chapter 14: Patterns Around Us
	NWAU 3	Chapter 12: Patterns Around Us
	NWAU 4	Chapter 2: Living in a Community
	NWAU 5	Chapter 15: Governing our Communities
Key words	NWAU 2	Chapter 6: Our Body
	NWAU 4	Chapter 17: Materials in our Daily Lives
Reflect and learn	NWAU 2	Chapter 11: Staying Safe
	NWAU 5	Chapter 17: Types and States of Matter
	NWAU 4	Chapter 5: Animals Around Us
Do and learn	NWAU 1	Chapter 12: Staying Safe
	NWAU 2	Chapter 2: People Who Help Us
	NWAU 3	Chapter 16: Changing Shapes
	NWAU 4	Chapter 16: Changes Around Us
A step further	NWAU 1	Chapter 4: Time for Fun
	NWAU 3	Chapter 10: Our Needs
	NWAU 4	Chapter 11: Work People Do
	NWAU 5	Chapter 16: Changes Around Us
Detailed tags to show alignment with the NEP and the NCF	NWAU 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5	Prelim pages
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Key Elements	Book / Class	Chapter Number and name	Page number
Lesson Plans	NWAU 1	Chapter 2: How We Change
Question Bank with Answers	NWAU 2	Chapter 2: People In Our Lives
Worksheets with Answer Key	NWAU 3	Chapter 3: A Time To Celebrate
Answer Key for Students’ Book	NWAU 4	Chapter 3: Living and Non-living Things
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Key Feature	Book / Class	Unit Number	Page Number
Graded Competencies at each stage and systematic Learning Outcomes for each year (NEP)	1 (C-9.5 Comprehends narrated/read-out stories and identifies characters, storyline…)	1	4
	4 (C-3.1 Writes a paragraph to express understanding and experiences)	11	77
	8 (C-4.2 Identifies literary devices, such as simile…)	8	69
Activity-based and integrated approaches to promote experiential and holistic learning (NEP)	1	9	50
	4	2	10
	8	5	36
Enhanced attention to sustainability, inclusiveness, and values and dispositions (NEP)	1	4	17
	4	1	8
	8	10	84
Active India knowledge and local knowledge to build effective democratic participation (NEP)	4	3	23
	8	8	70
Integrated assessments for, as and of learning to fulfil learning outcomes and acquire Higher Order capacities (NEP)	1	1	1
	4	10	72
	8	6	50
Extensive digital resources: · Animations and audio support for all texts, poems and plays (NEP)	1	10	51
	4	4	24
	8	2	11
Important Features · Rich selection of texts from different genres and themes	1	Contents
	4	Contents
	8	Contents
· Enjoying the Text (1 to 3) and Appreciating the Text (4 to 8) (questions focused on enjoying the texts and poems, and appreciating literary style and devices in the higher classes)	1	7	37
	4	8	56
	8	2	17
· Writing (1 to 8) (tasks to cover different forms, with an emphasis on creative writing)	1	3	16
	4	8	57
	8	10	85
· Going Further (1 to 8) (post-reading activities to encourage integrated learning)	1	1	7
	4	5	37
	8	7	60
· Embedded Questions (1 to 8) (while-reading questions to gauge students’ understanding of the text)	1	3	13
	4	9	59
	8	5	41
· Learning Journal (3 to 8) (This is for self-assessment at the end of each unit, by way of reflection on the learning outcomes.)	4	7	53
	8	4	35
· Warm Up (1 to 8)	1	6	27
	4	1	1
	8	1	1
· Detailed on-page tags to show alignment with the NEP and the NCF (1 to 8) NEP	1	9	48
	4	6	38
	8	9	71
· Detailed listing of learning objectives across skill areas (3 to 8)	4	Holistic Lesson Objectives
	8	Holistic Lesson Objectives

Key Feature	Book / Class	Unit / Chapter Number	Page Number
Thematically linked to the Textbook	WB1	Worksheet 3	20
	WB 4	Worksheet 4	22
	WB 8	Worksheet 2	12
Special attention to reading sub-skills	WB 2	Worksheet 4	20
	WB 4	Worksheet 8	54
	WB 8	Worksheet 3	27
Extensive practice for grammar, vocabulary and writing	WB 1	Worksheet 8	61
	WB 4	Worksheet 1	4
	WB 8	Worksheet 2	24
Consolidated revision worksheets for assessment	WB1	Practice Worksheet 2	70
	WB 4	Practice Worksheet 1	35
	WB 8	Practice Worksheet 1	36
On-page tags of NEP features	WB1	Worksheet 6	47
	WB 4	Worksheet 4	22
	WB 8	Worksheet 6	69

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