The AP 3rd class EVS textbook PDF is the official NCERT Class 3 Environmental Studies book, Our Wondrous World — 12 chapters and 164 printed pages, with every chapter’s official file linked below. The book is NCERT’s own, and the links point to NCERT’s servers, not to a third-party upload.
The download table is the quick part. What the PDF alone does not show is what each chapter actually teaches, how many hands-on activities it expects, and where the year’s workload concentrates — that is what the rest of this page lays out, chapter by chapter.
AP 3rd Class EVS Textbook PDF — Official NCERT Chapter Downloads
| Ch. | Chapter | Pages | Official PDF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our Families and Communities | 18 | |
| 2 | Going to the Mela | 15 | |
| 3 | Celebrating Festivals | 11 | |
| 4 | Life Around Us | 17 | |
| 5 | Plants and Animals Live Together | 10 | |
| 6 | Living in Harmony | 12 | |
| 7 | Gifts of Nature | 16 | |
| 8 | Food We Eat | 9 | |
| 9 | Staying Healthy and Happy | 12 | |
| 10 | Things Around Us | 14 | |
| 11 | Making Things | 14 | |
| 12 | Taking Charge of Waste | 16 |
Every file in the table is NCERT’s own, hosted on ncert.nic.in — Chapter 1’s official PDF begins the numbering at ceev101.pdf, and the twelve chapter links follow that same pattern through ceev112.pdf. Open the chapter you need directly; these are the same files the NCERT site serves for this book.
The Class 3 EVS Book at a Glance
- 12 chapters across 164 printed pages, from Our Families and Communities to Taking Charge of Waste.
- 50 activities in all — every chapter carries between 2 and 6 hands-on tasks.
- Four units, each opening with an “About the Unit” page that sets up the chapters ahead.
- No printed end-of-chapter exercise sets — the book’s check of learning is the activities and the “Let us reflect” discussion prompts.
- Textbook contents and the examinable syllabus are not always identical — check the current official syllabus before planning what to assess.
What’s Inside Each Chapter
| Ch. | Chapter | Sections | Activities | Figures | Questions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our Families and Communities | — | 4 | — | — |
| 2 | Going to the Mela | — | 2 | — | — |
| 3 | Celebrating Festivals | — | 3 | — | — |
| 4 | Life Around Us | — | 6 | — | — |
| 5 | Plants and Animals Live Together | — | 3 | — | — |
| 6 | Living in Harmony | — | 4 | — | — |
| 7 | Gifts of Nature | — | 3 | — | — |
| 8 | Food We Eat | — | 3 | — | — |
| 9 | Staying Healthy and Happy | — | 4 | — | — |
| 10 | Things Around Us | — | 6 | — | — |
| 11 | Making Things | — | 6 | — | — |
| 12 | Taking Charge of Waste | — | 6 | — | — |
What the columns count: Sections means numbered section headings — this book uses unnumbered thematic headings such as Preparing for the Mela or Parts of a Plant, so that column reads 0 throughout. Activities counts the hands-on tasks, 50 in the whole book.
Questions counts printed end-of-chapter exercises, and there are none — the written work instead comes as “Let us reflect” discussion prompts that close many chapters. The book’s illustrations are unnumbered too, so they sit inside the running text rather than in a figure index.
Chapter 1: Our Families and Communities (pp. 1-18)
The book’s longest chapter (18 pages) opens the year with family and friends — playing, singing, a rain song, laughing — then moves to types of families and the many ways members end up helping each other.
Chapter 2: Going to the Mela (pp. 19-33)
Chapter 2 follows a family’s trip to a fair, from preparing for the mela to the journey and the day at the mela itself, and turns the outing into learning with reading a sketch and sharing experiences in class.
Chapter 3: Celebrating Festivals (pp. 34-44)
This chapter shows that festivals are celebrated differently in different homes — a festival of flowers, a sing-along, a matching task — and closes with Sarhul, presented in the book as a spring festival.
Chapter 4: Life Around Us (pp. 45-61)
The first nature chapter teaches parts of a plant and the kinds of plants around us — herbs and grasses, climbers and creepers, the jujube or ber, and barks — and it sets the year’s most personal task, “Make Friends with a Plant!“, which asks every child to befriend and observe one plant.
Chapter 5: Plants and Animals Live Together (pp. 62-71)
At just 10 pages this is the book’s shortest chapter: life in the soil, bird sounds and how different birds call differently, closing with a “Let us reflect” block whose final task is to put a sequence in order.
Chapter 6: Living in Harmony (pp. 72-83)
Chapter 6 makes interdependence concrete through the mango tree, busy clever ants and a guessing game, around the central idea that we need each other — and it sends children out to observe a real animal in the “Get to Know an Animal” activity.
Chapter 7: Gifts of Nature (pp. 84-99)
The unit on nature’s gifts turns to water: where rain comes from, how water is used in daily life, and why every drop counts — the chapter closes not with questions but with a “Put up an exhibition” task and a “Take Action” call for water conservation.
Chapter 8: Food We Eat (pp. 100-108)
A short, story-led chapter on food variety — favourite foods, the story of Shirin the runner, and the different things different families eat — ends its “Let us reflect” block on eating together.
Chapter 9: Staying Healthy and Happy (pp. 109-120)
The health chapter ties hygiene to a simple daily routine and to safe play, indoors and outdoors, and its hands-on highlight is a home-cleaner made from orange and lemon peels — an activity that needs an adult’s help.
Chapter 10: Things Around Us (pp. 121-134)
Chapter 10 opens the unit on materials with a look around the classroom: learning to spot the metals among everyday things, discovering see-through materials and what seeing through things means, before a “Take care!” safety note and a colouring task.
Chapter 11: Making Things (pp. 135-148)
A craft chapter built around a potter’s family: children make their own clay (with adult help), hunt for patterns in nature — on plants, animals and things — then on Indian pottery, and finish by laying bricks to “Make a Wall”.
Chapter 12: Taking Charge of Waste (pp. 149-164)
The closing chapter teaches waste segregation and managing waste — separating different types of waste, keeping surroundings clean, showing gratitude to the people who do this work — and its six activities round off the book by returning to the home-cleaner idea from Chapter 9.
How the 12 Chapters Are Grouped into Four Units
The 12 chapters are not a random string of topics. The book groups them into four units, and each unit opens with an “About the Unit” page that tells the reader what lies ahead.
| Unit | Chapters | Pages | Theme at a glance | Activities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Chapters 1-3 | pp. 1-44 | Family, friends and community life | 9 |
| Unit 2 | Chapters 4-6 | pp. 45-83 | Plants and animals living together | 13 |
| Unit 3 | Chapters 7-9 | pp. 84-120 | Water, food and staying healthy | 10 |
| Unit 4 | Chapters 10-12 | pp. 121-164 | Materials, making things and waste | 18 |
The unit rows add up to the book’s 50 activities. Unit 4 carries the heaviest hands-on load — 18 activities — because its three chapters are the sorting, crafting and waste chapters; Unit 1 is the gentlest, at 9.
Chapter Study Pages
This book’s chapters have individual study pages here, so you can revise one chapter at a time; the list below opens the pages that are ready.
| Ch. | Chapter page |
|---|---|
| 1 | Our Families and Communities |
| 2 | Going to the Mela |
| 3 | Celebrating Festivals |
| 4 | Life Around Us |
| 5 | Plants and Animals Live Together |
| 6 | Living in Harmony |
| 7 | Gifts of Nature |
| 8 | Food We Eat |
| 9 | Staying Healthy and Happy |
| 10 | Things Around Us |
| 11 | Making Things |
| 12 | Taking Charge of Waste |
How to Use This Book at Home or in Class
- Follow the book’s own unit order. Start with family and community (Chapters 1-3), then nature (Chapters 4-6), then water, food and health (Chapters 7-9), then materials and waste (Chapters 10-12). Each “About the Unit” page is designed as the entry point to the chapters ahead.
- Plan more time for the four 6-activity chapters — Chapters 4, 10, 11 and 12. They are the hands-on core of the year; each expects six tasks, not three.
- Take Chapters 4-6 outdoors and Chapters 10-12 indoors. The nature unit works best with real plants, soil and birds; the materials and craft unit works best with objects around the house — pots, cloth, plastic, clay.
- Two activities need an adult. The orange-and-lemon-peel home-cleaner (Chapter 9) and the clay-making task (Chapter 11) both involve mixing and handling that a parent or teacher should join in on.
- Treat the 50 activities as a term-long checklist. The book prints no exercises to mark, so the activities and the “Let us reflect” discussions are its real work. “No exercises means nothing to study” is the one mistake to avoid — a child who works through the activities has done the subject.
Related NCERT Resources
This listing is maintained for the 2026-27 academic session using the NCERT textbook information available to us. NCERT remains the authority for confirming the latest edition.
Start at the NCERT books index if you want the whole shelf rather than one class — it lists every class and subject this site covers. The Class 3 hub keeps this EVS book alongside the other Class 3 NCERT subjects, so you can move between them without another search. NCERT’s official site remains the final authority on the textbook itself.
Sources and Data Verification
- Edition. This page describes the NCERT Class 3 Environmental Studies textbook, Our Wondrous World, and links to NCERT’s own PDFs on ncert.nic.in.
- Coverage. It covers the 12 chapters of that book only — not the whole CBSE subject scheme.
- Session. This listing is maintained for the current academic session using the NCERT information available to us.
- Authority. NCERT settles textbooks, editions and PDFs; CBSE settles curriculum, syllabus and examinations.
Reference: NCERT Class 3 Environmental Studies textbook, official edition on ncert.nic.in. Activity names and section titles quoted from the textbook; page references are to the official PDF.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many chapters are in the NCERT Class 3 EVS textbook?
Twelve. The book runs from Our Families and Communities (Chapter 1) to Taking Charge of Waste (Chapter 12) across 164 printed pages, and the download table above links every chapter’s official PDF.
Is the AP 3rd class EVS textbook PDF free and official?
Yes. The files are NCERT’s own, hosted on ncert.nic.in, and every link in the download table opens the official PDF at no cost. No login or app is needed.
Which chapters of this book cover plants and animals?
Chapters 4 to 6. Life Around Us covers the parts and kinds of plants; Plants and Animals Live Together looks at soil life and bird sounds; Living in Harmony shows how plants and animals depend on each other.
Does this EVS book have exercise questions with answers?
No. The book prints no end-of-chapter exercise sets, so there is no answer key to copy. Its real work is the 50 hands-on activities and the “Let us reflect” discussion prompts that close many chapters.
What is the official name of the NCERT Class 3 EVS book?
Our Wondrous World, published by NCERT for Class 3 Environmental Studies. Its 12 chapter PDFs follow the ceev numbering pattern — ceev101.pdf through ceev112.pdf — on ncert.nic.in.