1st EVS Environmental Science: Term 3 Unit 3 - Transport

Learning Objectives

The Learners

• Identify the kinds of transport developed over the years

• Know about road safety

Let Us Discuss

What are the different vehicles that you see? How do you come to school?

Transport means movement of people and goods from one place to another.

Today we travel by road using scooters, auto rickshaws, cars, buses, vans, trains. A train can carry many more people than a bus or a van. We travel in the air using aeroplanes and helicopters and on water using ships and boats.

We can travel long distances in a short time using these modes of transport. They need fuel (petrol or diesel) to move.

The fire engine and the ambulance are special vehicles. A fire engine helps us to put out fires. An ambulance helps to take sick people to hospital.

Always give way to these vehicles

Tick (✓) the vehicles that use fuel to move.

Story of Transport

In early times man walked, used palanquins or animals like elephants and horses to travel from one place to another.

Elephants were used to travel across thick forests and were trained to carry loads and people.

Then man invented the wheel. No vehicle on the road can move without the wheel. Man used the wheel to make carts. He used animals like horses, bullocks and donkeys to pull carts with loads and to travel.

He made chariots and bicycles using the wheel. Then came all the vehicles that we see today - cars, buses, trains and auto rickshaws.

Colour the circle for the two wheelers in blue and for the four wheelers in red.

Bicycle

All of us love to ride this vehicle. Can you guess what it is? Yes! It is the bicycle. The bicycle has changed from olden times to the present day.

Parts of a Bicycle

Connect the parts of the bicycle with their names.

Road Safety

To be safe on the road, we must follow some rules.

1. Follow the signal.

• Red - Stop

• Yellow - Get ready

• Green - Go

2. Always walk on the footpath.

3. Cross the road only at the zebra crossing. Cross when the symbol of a person walking turns green.

4. Never hide behind vehicles.

5. Never run or play on the road.

Think and Answer

We should cross the road only at a zebra crossing. Why?

Why is it called a 'zebra' crossing?

Tick (✓) the correct word/phrase.

1. Go when the yellow / green light is on.

2. Walk on the footpath / road.

3. Cross at the zebra crossing / any other place.