NCERT Solutions For Class 4 EVS Chapter 3 A Day With Nandu

 

Chapter 3   A Day with Nandu

Find out

Nandu is only three months old, but he weighs 200 kilograms. What is your weight?

Ans – When I was three months old I weighed about 6 kg now I am 9 years old and I weigh 22 kg.

Can you find out – the weight of how many children like you will add up to Nandu’s weight?

Ans – Approximately the weight of 9 children of my weight will add up to Nandu’s weight.

Fun and Games

If you were Nandu, and you lived in a herd, what kind of things would you do?

Ans - If I were Nandu, and lived in a herd, I would play, run, eat green leaves and branches, lay down in the water and mud, fill water in the trunk and pour it into others.

In the elephant herd, the oldest female elephant decides everything. Who takes decisions in your family?

Ans - Most of the decisions in my family are taken by my father or my grandmother.

Make a collage of a herd of elephants in your notebook. For this, collect as many pictures of elephants that you can. Cut out the elephants and stick them in the notebook.

Ans- An example

Nandu did things that he liked to do. If you could spend a whole day with your friends, what all would you do?

Ans - If I could spend a whole day with my friends, I would like to do the following:

1 - I will go for a walk in the mountains with my friends.

2 - I will see high mountains, trees and wild animals with friends.

3 - There we sit on the grass and eat.

4 - After lunch, we will all dance by playing the song.

5 - Together we will play Antakshari, take photos, and have a lot of fun.

 

Find out and write, which other animals live in herds.

Ans - Elephant, Sheep, Cow, Goat, Deer, Horse, Zebra, Giraffe, Wolf, lion, Monkey, etc.

 

Do you also live in a group? Do you like to live together like that? What do you think are the good and the bad points of living in a group? Write them.

Ans – I like to be in a group.

Why I would like	Why I would not like
We can have a lot of fun in a group.	We can,t take our own decision.
We can take help from others.	Quarrels are more likely to occur in a group.
Group makes difficult tasks easier.
Living in a group also protects against enemies.

 

How do elephants feel when they kept in chains? Discuss and share your feelings.

Ans – Elephant does not like being chained. He would be sad. To keep an elephant tied like this is to take away its freedom. Humans should not treat any animals like this.

Have you ever taken a ride on an elephant? How did it feel?

Ans – Yes, I ride an elephant. I enjoyed it very much but the elephant moves very slowly.

Which animals have you sat on? Write their names.

Ans - Horse, elephant, camel, and buffalo.

You must have seen many animals around you - in books, in movies. Some may be alone, some in groups. Find out more about any one of these animals and write about it.

Ans - I saw many animals around me, one of which is a cow. Cow gives us milk and milk is good for health. Cow is of many colors. Cow is also called GAUMATA in India (HINDU RELIGION).Cow dung increases the fertility of the fields.

Think and Write

Why do you think the egret is sitting on the buffalo?

Ans – To eat insects found on the skin of buffalo the egret is sitting on the buffalo.

Have you seen any animal riding on another animal? Write its name.

The animal which is riding.

Ans - Egret

The animal which gives the ride.

Ans - Buffalo.

Which animals do we use for riding?

Ans - Horse, elephant, camel, yak, bull etc.

Which animals do we use for carrying loads?

Ans - Horse, buffalo elephant, donkey, mule, camel, ox, yak, goat etc.

 

Make Your Own Elephant

• Copy the drawing of the elephant given on the next page in a bigger size on a thick sheet of paper.

• Make small cuts where it says “cut” (X) in the picture. Be careful not to cut off the part.

• Fold along the dotted lines (……..)

• Fold the part with [////////] pattern and push them underneath.

• Cut out the tail and stick it on.

Your elephant is ready.

Colour and decorate it.

Put up an exhibition in class of all the paper-elephants that you have made.

What do they say?

Look at these pictures and read what these animals are sharing with their friends. Discuss these narratives sensitively in the class.

Discuss

You have read what these animals say. Why do you think that some of them are sad?

Ans - They are sad because many people catch them and use them for their own benefit, because of which they are deprived of freedom.

 

How do you think they are different - the monkeys that dance to entertain people and the monkeys that are free?

Ans - The monkeys that dance to entertain people do not enjoy freedom as they are caught and are used by the people for their own benefit, so they feel sad. But the monkeys that are free and live in the forest are happy. They do whatever they like. They can go wherever they want.

How many legs does this elephant have?

Ans - four