Madhubun Engage with Science Textbook for Class 5

The series Engage with Science: Experiment, Experience, Express has been designed keeping in mind the experimental learning model. Its modular design and clearly defined pedagogy help learners focus on first experimenting with a concept (by doing), then experience it (by assimilating) and finally express it in simpler terms (by articulating).

• Brush Up: Each chapter begins with an activity to kick start the road to effective learning
• Checkpoint: A set of objective questions to assess the understanding of the learner just after completing a topic
• Activity: In the lab or hands-on activities to inculcate scientific temper and appreciate the importance of scientific method
• Out of the Box: A set of questions to make learners hone their critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Subject Integration: Concepts or ideas posed to learners to bridge the boundaries of all the subjects they learn each day
• Do You Know: Extra or additional bits of information to make the subject interesting and relatable
• Building Together: Concepts or ideas for possible projects to enable learners learn from not just doing but reflecting on what they have learnt
• Weblinks: Suggestive links from the internet of engaging videos or documentaries on certain topics to enable learners research and understand concepts on their own
• Video clips: Handy clips to see things on the go and to make learning interactive
• i-book: Digital support in the form of animations, videos, interactive activities, test generators and widgets
• My Journal: Space for the learner to think and write about their experience on the learning and exhibit their creative skills
• Life Skills: Bits of information or suggestive activities to make learners empathetic about environment and their surroundings
• Case Study: A paragraph on important people or places or organisations or practices related to a topic for the learners to understand and explore more
• Worksheets: A set of additional rubrics apart from the ones given in Exercises that stand out and allow the learners to express and assess their understanding
•  My Health and Food Guide: A booklet published in collaboration with FSSAI, Government of India that aim to inculcate better understanding of the practices to a healthy and hygienic India