Age (6-8)

Main Topics

• Explore living and non-living things and how they depend on each other.
• Discover different ecosystems and habitats around the world.
• Understand simple food chains and relationships between living things.
• Learn about water, air, soil, and their importance.
• Identify different types of pollution and their effects.
• Explore weather, seasons, and simple climate concepts.
• Understand natural resources and why we need to protect them.
• Discover endangered animals, biodiversity, and conservation.
• Practice Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and other eco-friendly habits.
• Develop problem-solving skills through environmental challenges and real-life situations.

Detailed Syllabus

1. Our Living World

• Living vs. non-living things.
• What plants and animals need to survive.
• How living things depend on their surroundings.
• Simple relationships between plants, animals, water, air, and soil.
• Observe and classify things found in the local environment.

2. Habitats & Ecosystems

• Forest, ocean, desert, river, pond, and grassland habitats.
• Identify animals and plants that live in different habitats.
• How animals and plants are suited to their homes.
• What happens when a habitat changes.
• Compare two different habitats.

3. Food Chains & Nature's Connections

• Sun → plant → animal.
• Producers and consumers in simple terms.
• Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.
• Build simple food chains.
• What happens if one part of a food chain disappears?

4. Water, Air & Soil

• Why plants, animals, and people need water and air.
• Fresh water and salt water.
• Basic water cycle.
• Importance of healthy soil.
• How plants depend on soil.
• Ways to save and protect water, air, and soil.

5. Pollution & Waste

• Air, water, and land pollution.
• Common sources of pollution.
• How pollution affects people, animals, and plants.
• Littering and its effects on wildlife.
• Sorting waste into different groups.
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

6. Weather, Seasons & Climate

• Sunny, rainy, windy, cloudy, and stormy weather.
• Four seasons and how they affect living things.
• Basic weather observations.
• Difference between weather and climate.
• Simple idea of a warming Earth.
• How changing weather can affect people, animals, and plants.

7. Natural Resources

• Water, sunlight, soil, forests, and minerals.
• Renewable and non-renewable resources in simple terms.
• Why natural resources should not be wasted.
• Saving electricity and water.
• Responsible use of everyday resources.

8. Animals, Plants & Conservation

• Endangered and extinct animals.
• Why some animals and plants become endangered.
• Protecting forests and wildlife.
• Importance of biodiversity in simple terms.
• National parks and wildlife protection.
• How children can help protect nature.

9. Green Living

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
• Avoid unnecessary plastic.
• Save water and electricity.
• Reuse everyday materials.
• Plant and care for trees.
• Keep schools, homes, and communities clean.
• Make environmentally friendly choices.

10. Environmental Challenges

• Picture-based environmental puzzles.
• Match problems with solutions.
• Identify a suitable eco-friendly choice.
• “What would happen if...?” environmental questions.
• Simple environmental investigations.
• Design a cleaner school, greener city, or wildlife-friendly garden.

Assessment level: Keep this group highly visual, concrete, and based on familiar environmental situations.

Important Note for Participants

The topics and subtopics provided are the main areas of the syllabus. They are not limited to only the examples mentioned.