The Blue Planet Environmental Studies Course Book 4 (A.Y. 2023-24)Onward


Book Description

The Blue Planet, Environmental Studies is a series of five books for Classes 1 to 5. The series is planned to meet the vision of NCF (National Curriculum Framework), by NCERT. The importance is given on the development of different skills as per NEP (National Education Polley) 2020. Salient Features of the Series • Each chapter is developed with well graded topics closely linked with the daily experiences of the children from their surroundings. • Concepts or topics are presented using simple language and illustrations with vibrant colourful pictures. • Each chapter is introduced with an interesting and interactive warm-up exercise as a Starter. • Many interesting facts related to each chapter are placed under Faetopedia to develop the natural curiosity in young minds and to provide them a useful tool for extended learning. • In-text exercises and some hands-on activities are provided in Pause to Do section to sharpen the concepts thoroughly. • Application and analysis based questions are given in HOTS section to develop logical thinking skills in children. • Pair and Share section provides some interesting topics which could be discussed and shared with the friends and elders. • A variety of questions are provided in Let's Revise section at the end of each chapter. It encourage children to recall, compare and analyse different concepts and phenomena they studied in each chapter. • Skill Based Questions are provided that address the different cognitive levels. These questions are aligned with the NEP 2020 (Art Integration, Case Study Based, Picture Based, Scenario BuDding, Inferential, Exploration, etc). • Life skill based questions are designed to inculcate moral values and skills needed for betterment of life from the very young age. • Suggestive guidelines for teachers are given in Teacher's Note to enhance the process of learning. Online Support • Animated/Video Lessons • Interactive Exercises • Worksheets • E-Book (For Teachers Only) Teacher's Resource Book • Plan to achieve the learning objectives for effective teaching. • Overview of the lesson to help teachers easily recapitulate the finer points of the lessons. • A complete Answer Key of each chapter of the course book. The series provides a basic knowledge of the environment and ensures that children develop a positive attitude towards environment and its protection. Constructive feedback and suggestions are welcome. -Author




The Blue Planet Environmental Studies Course Book 2 (A.Y. 2023-24)Onward


Book Description

The Blue Planet, Environmental Studies is a series of five books for Classes 1 to 5. The series is planned to meet the vision of NCF (National Curriculum Framework), by NCERT. The importance is given on the development of different skills as per NEP (National Education Polley) 2020. Salient Features of the Series • Each chapter is developed with well graded topics closely linked with the daily experiences of the children from their surroundings. • Concepts or topics are presented using simple language and illustrations with vibrant colourful pictures. • Each chapter is introduced with an interesting and interactive warm-up exercise as a Starter. • Many interesting facts related to each chapter are placed under Faetopedia to develop the natural curiosity in young minds and to provide them a useful tool for extended learning. • In-text exercises and some hands-on activities are provided in Pause to Do section to sharpen the concepts thoroughly. • Application and analysis based questions are given in HOTS section to develop logical thinking skills in children. • Pair and Share section provides some interesting topics which could be discussed and shared with the friends and elders. • A variety of questions are provided in Let's Revise section at the end of each chapter. It encourage children to recall, compare and analyse different concepts and phenomena they studied in each chapter. • Skill Based Questions are provided that address the different cognitive levels. These questions are aligned with the NEP 2020 (Art Integration, Case Study Based, Picture Based, Scenario BuDding, Inferential, Exploration, etc). • Life skill based questions are designed to inculcate moral values and skills needed for betterment of life from the very young age. • Suggestive guidelines for teachers are given in Teacher's Note to enhance the process of learning. Online Support • Animated/Video Lessons • Interactive Exercises • Worksheets • E-Book (For Teachers Only) Teacher's Resource Book • Plan to achieve the learning objectives for effective teaching. • Overview of the lesson to help teachers easily recapitulate the finer points of the lessons. • A complete Answer Key of each chapter of the course book. The series provides a basic knowledge of the environment and ensures that children develop a positive attitude towards environment and its protection. Constructive feedback and suggestions are welcome. -Author




The Blue Planet Environmental Studies Course Book 3 (A.Y. 2023-24)Onward


Book Description

The Blue Planet, Environmental Studies is a series of five books for Classes 1 to 5. The series is planned to meet the vision of NCF (National Curriculum Framework), by NCERT. The importance is given on the development of different skills as per NEP (National Education Polley) 2020. Salient Features of the Series • Each chapter is developed with well graded topics closely linked with the daily experiences of the children from their surroundings. • Concepts or topics are presented using simple language and illustrations with vibrant colourful pictures. • Each chapter is introduced with an interesting and interactive warm-up exercise as a Starter. • Many interesting facts related to each chapter are placed under Faetopedia to develop the natural curiosity in young minds and to provide them a useful tool for extended learning. • In-text exercises and some hands-on activities are provided in Pause to Do section to sharpen the concepts thoroughly. • Application and analysis based questions are given in HOTS section to develop logical thinking skills in children. • Pair and Share section provides some interesting topics which could be discussed and shared with the friends and elders. • A variety of questions are provided in Let's Revise section at the end of each chapter. It encourage children to recall, compare and analyse different concepts and phenomena they studied in each chapter. • Skill Based Questions are provided that address the different cognitive levels. These questions are aligned with the NEP 2020 (Art Integration, Case Study Based, Picture Based, Scenario BuDding, Inferential, Exploration, etc). • Life skill based questions are designed to inculcate moral values and skills needed for betterment of life from the very young age. • Suggestive guidelines for teachers are given in Teacher's Note to enhance the process of learning. Online Support • Animated/Video Lessons • Interactive Exercises • Worksheets • E-Book (For Teachers Only) Teacher's Resource Book • Plan to achieve the learning objectives for effective teaching. • Overview of the lesson to help teachers easily recapitulate the finer points of the lessons. • A complete Answer Key of each chapter of the course book. The series provides a basic knowledge of the environment and ensures that children develop a positive attitude towards environment and its protection. Constructive feedback and suggestions are welcome. -Author




The Blue Planet Environmental Studies Course Book 5 (A.Y. 2023-24)Onward


Book Description

The Blue Planet, Environmental Studies is a series of five books for Classes 1 to 5. The series is planned to meet the vision of NCF (National Curriculum Framework), by NCERT. The importance is given on the development of different skills as per NEP (National Education Polley) 2020. Salient Features of the Series • Each chapter is developed with well graded topics closely linked with the daily experiences of the children from their surroundings. • Concepts or topics are presented using simple language and illustrations with vibrant colourful pictures. • Each chapter is introduced with an interesting and interactive warm-up exercise as a Starter. • Many interesting facts related to each chapter are placed under Faetopedia to develop the natural curiosity in young minds and to provide them a useful tool for extended learning. • In-text exercises and some hands-on activities are provided in Pause to Do section to sharpen the concepts thoroughly. • Application and analysis based questions are given in HOTS section to develop logical thinking skills in children. • Pair and Share section provides some interesting topics which could be discussed and shared with the friends and elders. • A variety of questions are provided in Let's Revise section at the end of each chapter. It encourage children to recall, compare and analyse different concepts and phenomena they studied in each chapter. • Skill Based Questions are provided that address the different cognitive levels. These questions are aligned with the NEP 2020 (Art Integration, Case Study Based, Picture Based, Scenario BuDding, Inferential, Exploration, etc). • Life skill based questions are designed to inculcate moral values and skills needed for betterment of life from the very young age. • Suggestive guidelines for teachers are given in Teacher's Note to enhance the process of learning. Online Support • Animated/Video Lessons • Interactive Exercises • Worksheets • E-Book (For Teachers Only) Teacher's Resource Book • Plan to achieve the learning objectives for effective teaching. • Overview of the lesson to help teachers easily recapitulate the finer points of the lessons. • A complete Answer Key of each chapter of the course book. The series provides a basic knowledge of the environment and ensures that children develop a positive attitude towards environment and its protection. Constructive feedback and suggestions are welcome. -Author




The Blue Planet Environmental Studies Course Book 1 (A.Y. 2023-24)Onward


Book Description

The Blue Planet, Environmental Studies is a series of five books for Classes 1 to 5. The series is planned to meet the vision of NCF (National Curriculum Framework), by NCERT. The importance is given on the development of different skills as per NEP (National Education Polley) 2020. Salient Features of the Series • Each chapter is developed with well graded topics closely linked with the daily experiences of the children from their surroundings. • Concepts or topics are presented using simple language and illustrations with vibrant colourful pictures. • Each chapter is introduced with an interesting and interactive warm-up exercise as a Starter. • Many interesting facts related to each chapter are placed under Faetopedia to develop the natural curiosity in young minds and to provide them a useful tool for extended learning. • In-text exercises and some hands-on activities are provided in Pause to Do section to sharpen the concepts thoroughly. • Application and analysis based questions are given in HOTS section to develop logical thinking skills in children. • Pair and Share section provides some interesting topics which could be discussed and shared with the friends and elders. • A variety of questions are provided in Let's Revise section at the end of each chapter. It encourage children to recall, compare and analyse different concepts and phenomena they studied in each chapter. • Skill Based Questions are provided that address the different cognitive levels. These questions are aligned with the NEP 2020 (Art Integration, Case Study Based, Picture Based, Scenario BuDding, Inferential, Exploration, etc). • Life skill based questions are designed to inculcate moral values and skills needed for betterment of life from the very young age. • Suggestive guidelines for teachers are given in Teacher's Note to enhance the process of learning. Online Support • Animated/Video Lessons • Interactive Exercises • Worksheets • E-Book (For Teachers Only) Teacher's Resource Book • Plan to achieve the learning objectives for effective teaching. • Overview of the lesson to help teachers easily recapitulate the finer points of the lessons. • A complete Answer Key of each chapter of the course book. The series provides a basic knowledge of the environment and ensures that children develop a positive attitude towards environment and its protection. Constructive feedback and suggestions are welcome. -Author




The 2030 Spike


Book Description

The clock is relentlessly ticking! Our world teeters on a knife-edge between a peaceful and prosperous future for all, and a dark winter of death and destruction that threatens to smother the light of civilization. Within 30 years, in the 2030 decade, six powerful 'drivers' will converge with unprecedented force in a statistical spike that could tear humanity apart and plunge the world into a new Dark Age. Depleted fuel supplies, massive population growth, poverty, global climate change, famine, growing water shortages and international lawlessness are on a crash course with potentially catastrophic consequences. In the face of both doomsaying and denial over the state of our world, Colin Mason cuts through the rhetoric and reams of conflicting data to muster the evidence to illustrate a broad picture of the world as it is, and our possible futures. Ultimately his message is clear; we must act decisively, collectively and immediately to alter the trajectory of humanity away from catastrophe. Offering over 100 priorities for immediate action, The 2030 Spike serves as a guidebook for humanity through the treacherous minefields and wastelands ahead to a bright, peaceful and prosperous future in which all humans have the opportunity to thrive and build a better civilization. This book is powerful and essential reading for all people concerned with the future of humanity and planet earth.




The Water Footprint Assessment Manual


Book Description

People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Indirect use refers to the 'virtual water' embedded in tradable goods and commodities, such as cereals, sugar or cotton. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business. This book offers a complete and up-to-date overview of the global standard on water footprint assessment as developed by the Water Footprint Network. More specifically it: o Provides a comprehensive set of methods for water footprint assessment o Shows how water footprints can be calculated for individual processes and products, as well as for consumers, nations and businesses o Contains detailed worked examples of how to calculate green, blue and grey water footprints o Describes how to assess the sustainability of the aggregated water footprint within a river basin or the water footprint of a specific product o Includes an extensive library of possible measures that can contribute to water footprint reduction




The Limits to Growth


Book Description

Examines the factors which limit human economic and population growth and outlines the steps necessary for achieving a balance between population and production. Bibliogs




bookdown


Book Description

bookdown: Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown presents a much easier way to write books and technical publications than traditional tools such as LaTeX and Word. The bookdown package inherits the simplicity of syntax and flexibility for data analysis from R Markdown, and extends R Markdown for technical writing, so that you can make better use of document elements such as figures, tables, equations, theorems, citations, and references. Similar to LaTeX, you can number and cross-reference these elements with bookdown. Your document can even include live examples so readers can interact with them while reading the book. The book can be rendered to multiple output formats, including LaTeX/PDF, HTML, EPUB, and Word, thus making it easy to put your documents online. The style and theme of these output formats can be customized. We used books and R primarily for examples in this book, but bookdown is not only for books or R. Most features introduced in this book also apply to other types of publications: journal papers, reports, dissertations, course handouts, study notes, and even novels. You do not have to use R, either. Other choices of computing languages include Python, C, C++, SQL, Bash, Stan, JavaScript, and so on, although R is best supported. You can also leave out computing, for example, to write a fiction. This book itself is an example of publishing with bookdown and R Markdown, and its source is fully available on GitHub.




The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate


Book Description

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.