Friday, April 24, 2009

Holidays Homework - Class VIII

Class VIII
Holidays Homework
English


Q1. Make a project file on any one of the given topics
a) Fashion
b) Environment
The project must be presented very neatly with colorful borders, picture, photographs and drawings. It should be written in the following way:-
1. Chapter 1 – Introduction
2. Chapter 2- The changing ideas about the topic
3. Chapter 3 – Description of the various things and issues related to your topic
4. Chapter 4- A report of your analysis of what people feel about your topic on the basis of your interview of five people from different age groups (Attach a copy of you questionnaire along with this chapter)
5. Your suggestions and recommendations Reference sites Wikipedia. Org/Wiki/fashion Wikipedia.org/wiki/environment

Q2. Write the review of any one English movie that you have seen and enjoyed. Do your work of sheets. Your work should be neat and clean. You can add pictures, photographs or drawings if you like) Each review should carry the following details about the film
a) Its title
b) The name of the director
c) The names of the writers of the story and the dialogues
d) Genre what kind of a film it is whether it is a cartoon film, an adventure story/ a comedy, a tragedy, a historical drama and the like
e) The best thing about the film and the thing about it that you did not like.
f) Recommendation – why people should see it.

Refer to Saturday/ Sunday edition / H.T. or any National daily

English Reader
Unit 1- Changing Times Pages 1 to 10, Pg 11-14 B1, B2, B3, B4 and C1 Pg 15 C2, C3, C4
Unit 2- Dreams Unlimited Pg 23 to 33 , Pg – 35- 38 C3 to C8

Unit 4- Fashion Pg No. 62 to 73 Pg 75 to 80 (C1 to C8)

Attempt all exercises in the book itself.

Grammar – Attempt the following topics in the workbook

Unit 1 - Tenses (Pg 1-12)

Unit 3 - Modals (Pg 21 – 30)

Literature Reader Make a glossary in your fair register from the chapter 4

(Father’s Help) Pick at least 20 words from the above mentioned chapter.

Holidays Home Work

Physics & Chemistry

1. List the main Hydro electric and Nuclear Power plants in India. Obtain information about their capacities and regions they serve.

2. Obtain information about the different Indian Satellites and their significant uses.

3. Observer the sky on a clear cloudless night and try to locate the some star patterns (constellations) and draw them in your note book.

4. Get date from the department of energy through net or otherwise to estimate the per capita consumption of energy per day in a family.

5. List and learn the symbols and radicals given in VII & VIII Text Books.

Biology

1. Make a chart in the form of a calendar and in a tabular form to represent the following information about : Tuberculosis, Typhoid, Polio, Rabies, Chicken Pox, Aids Name of Disease Causal Organism Mode of Transmission Precautionary Measure Take the help of your text book. Size of the calendar not to exceed more than that of a drawing sheet.

2. Make a 2 page project on ‘Green Revolution’ along with pictures.

3. Make a 2 page project report on ‘Any poultry form along with pictures.

4. In your scrap file write any 2 uses of Microorganisms in the following fields : Nature; Food; Medicine; Industry.

Holidays Homework

Class VIII

Social Science

1. Prepare a Project in about 15 to 20 pages on Disaster Management. Collect pictures related to Natural disasters and write about the causes and precautions to be taken during before and after a disaster.

Use A4 size sheets. Make a proper folder to keep the sheets. It should be hand written

2. Make a chart or model showing classification of Resources on the basis of – a) Renewability b) Origin c) Utilization d) Occurrence

3 Answer the following questions briefly in a separate note book

Chapter 1 – Resource Utilization and development

1. How is the utilization of the resources different in advanced societies from the ancient tunes? 2. What is conservations.

3. What type of humans resources are needed in a society?

4 There is a necessity to maintain proper balance between population and utilization of resources. Why?

5 ‘Human needs and wants are neither uniform nor static over the years. Justify the statement by giving examples

6 Define Human Resources.

Chapter 2

Natural Resources – Land, Soil and Water

1. Why is earth the unique planet among all in the solar system?

2. What is the proportion of land and water on the surface of earth?

3. Define Soil? How is it different from Humus?

4. What are the organic and inorganic components in soil?

5. How do plains support a large population as compared to the high altitudes?

6. What percent of the total land of a country should be under forest? Why?

7. Define soil erosion? What leads to sol erosion?

8. What are the various methods for soil conservation?

9. What is terrace farming?

10. What is Contour ploughing?

11. Explain the Hydroligical Cycle with diagram.

12. What is a multipurpose river valley project/? What are various purposes served by it?

Chapter 8 Modern World

1. List some Important development in the Europe during the period from 14th Century to 17th Century.

2. Why is the modern period known as ‘Age of Reason’?

3. What do you understand by Machine Age?

4. Name the Economic System that replaced Feudalism.

5. Name the countries that came under the influence of Industrial revolution during the 19th and 20th century.

6. What changes were brought in the field of Agriculture by Industrial revolution?

7. How did Industrial Revolutions affect the life of the people?

8. Why did the British and the French come to India?

9. Industrial Revolution resulted is the division of society into two classes. Name them

10. When and by whom was Crop Rotation introduced?

11. Define:- Feudalism, Colonialism, Imperialism, Capital, Division of Labour.

Chapter 17 A –

Global Concerns

1. Mention the factors that have transformed the World into a Global Family

2. What is the relations between population and Development

3. Ecological Balance and Environmental protection has been included in developmental programmes. Why?

4. Differentiate between developing and developed countries.

Chapter 22

Natural Disasters

1. Define focus and epicenter.

2. Which are the high risk prone areas of earthquakes in India?

3. What comes out of a volcanic eruption?

4. What are the effects of earthquake?

5. What are the damages caused by floods?

6. Name the drought prone areas of India.

HOLIDAYS HOMEWORK
CLASS-VIII Computer Sc.

Using scratch software, do any of the following:
-Design a story with moral.
-Design a tutorial having educational importance.
Make a utility/decorative object using waste compute peripherals like CD, Floppy, Mouse, cords etc.

Maths Holidays Homework

- Viii Maths.pdf (Revised)


VIII Sanskrit





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