CBSE Class 3 · Science
Getting to Know Plants
Official NCERT chapter from Our Wondrous World (book code ceev1). ExamMaster notes are original teaching at CBSE Class 3 depth.
This lesson follows the official chapter “Getting to Know Plants” in Our Wondrous World. The words below are ExamMaster’s teaching, not a paste from the book. Use the NCERT chapter for the classroom sequence; use these notes to hold the idea without copying exercises or figures.
- CBSE Class 3
- Easy level
- 8 concepts
1A plant is living because it grows and makes or takes food
Living here means the plant grows and has a food job: it makes food in leaves or takes food as that kind of plant does. A plastic stem fails those jobs.
Being green in a drawing is not the living test.
Figure. Living here means the plant grows and has a food job. A plastic stem fails both tests. Being green in a picture is not the test.
How it works
- Ask if it growsOver days, not a photo.
- Ask about a food jobMakes or takes food.
- If both fail, it is not this living plantA toy fails.
2Root, stem, and leaf each have a job
Roots hold and take water from soil. Stems carry and hold the plant up. Leaves are where many plants make food in light.
A pretty flower is not a substitute for naming those three jobs.
Figure. Three jobs, three parts: roots hold and take water, the stem carries and holds the plant up, leaves make food in light. A pretty flower is not a substitute for naming those jobs.
How it works
- Point to rootsHold and take water.
- Point to stemCarry, hold up.
- Point to leafFood-making in light, for green plants you can test.
3Sort plants by a test you can run, not by a pretty picture
Herb, shrub, or tree can wait for a size-and-stem test: soft stem, many woody stems, or one tall woody stem. Run the test on the plant in front of you.
A textbook drawing of a rose is not the roadside plant.
Figure. Herb, shrub, or tree is a stem-and-size test on the plant in front of you: soft stem, many woody stems, or one tall woody stem. A remembered rose picture is not the roadside plant.
How it works
- Pick one plant you can touch or see wellThe case.
- Run one testStem feel, or height.
- Sort by that testNot by a remembered picture.
4Where plants live, animals often live too
A hedge, a pond edge, or a tree is also a place. Animals use those places. This chapter only flags the pairing; the next chapter studies the pair.
Do not invent an animal you cannot point to.
Figure. A hedge, a pond edge, or a tree is also a place. Animals often use those places — but only name an animal you can point to. Do not invent a cartoon guest.
How it works
- Name the plant placeHedge, pond, tree.
- Look for an animal that uses itIf you can point.
- If none today, say soDo not draw a cartoon guest.
6A toy plant fails the jobs
A plastic tulip does not grow, does not make food, and has no water-taking root job. It fails the living test.
A shop label that says “plant” does not pass the test.
Figure. A plastic tulip does not grow, does not make food, and has no water-taking root. It fails the living test even if the shop calls it a plant.
How it works
- Try growFails.
- Try food jobFails.
- Name it a modelNot the living plant.
7Keep the claim at the plant you looked at
“This tulsi in the pot grows new leaves” is a claim you can keep. “All plants in the world” is too big for one look.
One honest plant is enough at this class.
Figure. “This tulsi in the pot grows new leaves” is a claim you can keep. “All plants in the world” is too big for one look.
How it works
- Name the plant you sawThis one.
- State the job you sawGrew, or had leaves in light.
- Stop at that plantDo not jump to every forest.
8The next chapter will add the animals beside them
Knowing the plant’s jobs is this chapter. Animals that eat, hide, or move seeds wait next door. Do not steal that chapter’s claims yet.
A plant-only page that lists ten animal names is jumping ahead.
Figure. This chapter holds the plant’s jobs. Animals that eat, hide, or move seeds wait next door. A plant-only page that lists ten animal names is jumping ahead.
How it works
- Finish the plant jobsRoot, stem, leaf, living test.
- Note that animals may be nearbyA flag.
- Leave pair-jobs for the next chapterEat, hide, pollen.
A plastic tulip is not a living plant because it
- Fails grow and food jobs
- Is the wrong colour
- Is too small
The living test is jobs, not the shop label.
Notes
- Mapped to the official NCERT chapter “Getting to Know Plants”. Original teaching only — no textbook sentences.
- Science here is Physics, Chemistry and Biology ideas at this class, never a language or social-science chapter.
Recap
Hold these pegs from the official chapter “Getting to Know Plants”. The wording is ExamMaster’s teaching, not a textbook recap.
- A plant is living because it grows and makes or takes food
- Living here means the plant grows and has a food job: it makes food in leaves or takes food as that kind of plant does.
- Root, stem, and leaf each have a job
- Roots hold and take water from soil. Stems carry and hold the plant up. Leaves are where many plants make food in light.
- Sort plants by a test you can run, not by a pretty picture
- Herb, shrub, or tree can wait for a size-and-stem test: soft stem, many woody stems, or one tall woody stem.
- Where plants live, animals often live too
- A hedge, a pond edge, or a tree is also a place.
- A pot plant and a roadside tree share jobs, not size
- Both can have root, stem, leaf jobs. The pot plant is not “not a plant” because it is small.
- A toy plant fails the jobs
- A plastic tulip does not grow, does not make food, and has no water-taking root job.
Practise Getting to Know Plants
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- A 4-question practice set that ends the chapter
- 1 quick check with worked explanations
- Timed mocks scored with the real marking scheme
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