Academic Session 2016-2017
CLASS – IV
Holiday Research Work
Student’s Name:
Date:
Summer Vacation is probably the best time of the year for you all; it’s time for loads of
icecream, time to visit grandparents and getting pampered to no end and of course bonding
with cousins. School is fun too, with learning happening at all times, summer vacation can also
be a time for learning with lots of activities around.
Here are few tasks for you to be completed during the vacation. Do remember to complete the
given tasks after reading them carefully. You need to bring your research work to school on
the first day of school without fail.
Happy Holidays!
Some Tips to make this holiday special:
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Have a family dinner every day of the holidays.
Play board games with your parents and sibling and show them who is the
smartest.
Visit your grandparents and relatives whom you have not seen for a few years.
Spend some quality time with an elderly person in the family or neighborhood.
Children if you are stuck, please feel free to contact us on the given number and e-mail id.
Helpline:
Coordinator’s Helpline: 9246550324.
For any suggestions & feedback please mail us at:[email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],[email protected]
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Some useful tips for summer vacation
Some do’s and don’ts during summer vacation:
Do’s
9 Drink lots of water.
9 Carry a water bottle everywhere you go.
9 Wear light cotton clothes.
9 Have plenty of seasonal fruits like muskmelon, water-melon, orange, cucumber, etc.
9 Drink a glass of buttermilk every meal time.
9 Discover your creativity through Research work sheets.
9 Study for half an hour to one hour every day.
9 Explore various games.
9 Enjoy your holiday trips.
Don’ts:
9 Don’t be out of house in afternoon sun.
9 Don’t have junk food.
9 Don’t watch too much TV.
9 Don’t waste time in being lazy.
9 Don’t dirty your place of living.
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Activities & Tasks
Activities for Fun
9 Read an age appropriate story book and make a Venn diagram of the characters involved.
9 Watch the movie “Jungle Book” and learn the song Baloo sings with Mowgli – ‘Bare
necessities…!’.
Research Tasks
Theme: DISEASES-When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot
manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth become useless, and intelligence.
Task 1:•
Explore the causes of diseases and analyze the preventive measures.
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Make a booklet of causes, symptoms and effects of the diseases.
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What measures will you take to prevent such diseases?
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Paste or draw pictures of the diseases.
Task 2:
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Epidemics spread due to various agents of diseases.
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Let’s find out how an insect affects our health.
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Find the comprehension passage and fun worksheet to answer and built your vocabulary and
thinking skills.
Task 3: Carry out a survey of the most popular food items in your family and present the
result in the form of a pictograph and answer the questions in the attached worksheet.
Task 4: Create your own creative scrap book which mentions the precautions you can take to
avoid a sun stroke (paste related pictures) in Telugu.
Task 5: Write a paragraph on Swach Bharat Abhiyan pioneer by our Honourable Prime
Minister Narender Modiji in Hindi and present it in a scrap book form(Paste suitable pictures)
Task 6: Draw and label the human body and face. Use French vocabulary for labelling the
parts (Refer text book).
Task 7: We know that computer gets sick due to virus. Do a Google search and paste the
pictures of five viruses and write 5 points how is it harmful to computer in Ms-word.
Task 8:Design a balanced diet plate.
Summer vacations are eagerly awaited. These days can enrich our lives and give us
plenty of memories. It is the best time for acquiring many new skills and learning good
habits. This research work has been designed in a way that can enhance your learning
ability. This Research work is aimed to make you a good Inquirer. By the end of the
vacation we can expect you to bloom into a Knowledgeable, Caring and Reflective Inquirer!
Be a cooperative, independent and responsible child during your vacation.
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MATH WORKSHEET
Answer the following questions for the survey you have done:
a) Which food was consumed in maximum quantity and how many?
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b) Which food was consumed in minimum quantity and how many?
__________________________________________________________
c)Name the food item that was the most favourite?
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d) What is the total number of food items shown on the chart?
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e) Which is the healthiest food among all?
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FEEDBACK FORM
(To be filled in by parent and student after discussion with each other)
1. The Holiday’s Homework was:
a) Lengthy
b)Short
c)Appropriate
b) Occasionally
c) Never
2. You required help:
a) Continuously
3. The time given to complete the assignment was:
a) Appropriate
b) Too less
c) Too much
4. The information required was:
a) Easily available
b) Difficult to find
5. Did your child enjoy doing the Homework? If ‘Yes’, why and if ‘No’ why not?
_______________________________________________________________________
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6. The most interesting part of the homework was…..
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7. While doing the homework, I learnt…..
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8. Which of the activity did your child enjoy the most?
_______________________________________________________________________
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9. What other activities would you like to do with your child during holidays?
_______________________________________________________________________
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10. How do you think your child benefited through holiday homework?
_______________________________________________________________________
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-- To be submitted to the Class Teacher
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Name: __________________________________
More Than Just a Snack Food
by Sandie Lee
It’s been around for over 5000 years. It was an important staple to the Aztec
Indians and it even helped in the inventing of the first microwave oven. Can
you guess what it is? That’s right, it’s popcorn.
The oldest corn ever discovered, was found in a New Mexico rock formation
called “the Bat Cave.” These ears of corn ranging from smaller than a penny to
about 10cm long, are thought to be approximately, 5600 years old. Kernels of
corn have also been found in tombs in Peru and some still pop after 1000 years.
Popcorn was known as momchitl to the 16th century Aztec Indians, and played
an important role in their lives. They used it not only as a food source, but also in
their ceremonies.
Did You Know...
The first microwave oven was 6
feet tall and weighed 341
kilograms. That’s 750 pounds!
Microwave popcorn sales
amount to 250 billion dollars a
year.
Garlands and headdresses were made from thick rows of popcorn and used in
traditional dances. Popcorn was also thought to bring peace and goodwill.
Perhaps that is why, statues of one of their most important gods, Tlaloc (Tlahloc), their ancient god of rain, was also adorned with popcorn necklaces.
One account tells of the Aztec people scattering momchitl before the
fishermen went out to sea. The popped corn represented hailstones and was
given to the god of water, in hopes of a safe journey for them.
Popcorn poppers have changed drastically over the years. Some ancient
poppers were made out of soapstone or clay. This covered bowl was hung
from a tripod-like holder and placed directly over the fire. Another method of
popping corn is from the Winnabago Indians. They just stabbed a pointy stick
through the entire cob, then held it close to the fire. When finished, it was eaten
like corn-on-the-cob.
Today, we have microwave ovens that do all the popping for us. In fact, it was
popcorn that actually helped invent the first microwave. In 1946 an engineer
by the name of Perry Spencer was experimenting with a new vacuum tube
called a magnetron. (Magnetrons are used to produce the high energy that is
used in microwaves.) When he was working with the magnatron, he realized
the candy bar in his pocket had melted. So being the electronics whiz that he
was, Percy Spencer had an idea and
immediately sent for some popcorn. This time he
placed the popcorn kernels near the tube and
soon history was made. The kernels popped and
he went on to create the first microwave oven.
Who knew popcorn had such a history? From
caves to ceremonies to microwaves, this fun
food has seen it all. Perhaps that’s why it has
stood the test of time and still remains a favorite
today.
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Popcorn Shapes
Popcorn pops into one of two
shapes. The snowflake, which
is big and fluffy or the
mushroom which is round and
firm.
The biggest popcorn ball
recorded today is from The
Popcorn Factory in Lake Forest
Illinois. It weighs in at 3,423
pounds and is 8 feet in
diameter and 24.5 feet
around. That’s about 50,000
times bigger than normal
popcorn balls and it’s all
edible.
Happy Popcorn
Day!
There’s actually a National
Popcorn Day. It’s celebrated
on January 19th. So get
popping and celebrate.
Name: __________________________________
More Than Just a Snack Food
by Sandie Lee
1.
2.
3.
When did people first start popping popcorn?
a. shortly after the microwave was invented
b. in 1946
c. about one thousand years ago
d. over 5,000 years ago
When is National Popcorn Day?
a. the first or second week in January
b. the third or fourth week in January
c. seventeen days after New Year's Day
d. the last week in January
Draw a detailed picture of
an ancient clay popcorn
popper cooking on a fire.
Use information from the article
to form your illustration.
4.
Explain how the Winnabago Indians cooked popcorn.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
5.
6.
Who was Tlaloc?
a. the Aztec god of popcorn
b. the Aztec god of fishing
c. the Aztec god of rain
d. the Aztec god of peace and goodwill
Which sentence is an opinion?
a. Many people enjoy popcorn today.
b. Aztec people of long ago believed that popcorn brought peace and goodwill.
c. The biggest popcorn ball in the world is in Lake Forest, Illinois.
d. Today, the best way to pop popcorn is with a microwave oven.
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Name: __________________________________
More Than Just a Snack Food
by Sandie Lee
Fill in the missing letters to create a word from the article. Then, write the full word
on the line. Be sure you spell each word correctly.
1.
1. _________________________________
___ ___ r ___ ___ ___
clue: piece of corn
2.
2. _________________________________
___ ___ ___ e ___ ___ ___ i ___ s
clue: events performed on a special occasions
3.
___ ___ ___ t ___ ___ ___ i ___ g
3. _________________________________
clue: spreading around
4.
___ ___ ___ ___ s ___ ___ ___ ___ s
4. _________________________________
clue: balls of ice that fall from the sky
5.
___ i ___ ___ ___ ___ e ___
5. _________________________________
clue: distance across the middle of a circle of sphere
6.
___ ___ ___ p ___ ___
6. _________________________________
clue: three legged rack
7.
___ ___ ___ ___ t ___ ___ a l ___ y
7. _________________________________
clue: in an extreme way; severely
8.
___ ___ o ___ ___ ___ d
8. _________________________________
clue: decorated; added beauty
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More Than Just a Snack Food
by Sandie Lee
Bibliography
1. Casagrande B. Louis & Johnson A. Sylvia, Focus on Mexico, Minneapolis, MN, Lerner Publications
Company, 1986
2. Hughes Jill, Aztecs, New York, Gloucester Press, 1980
3. Macdonald, Fiona, How Would You Survive as an Aztec, http://www.sgw.ca/facts/Danbury CT, Franklin
Watts/Grolier Publishing, 1995
4. Essortment-Information and Advice You Want to Know, What is the History of Popcorn?
http://okok.essortment.com/whatisthehist_rsdt.htm
5. Encyclopedia Popcornica: Early Popcorn History
http://www.popcorn.org/encyclopedia/epanhist.cfm
6. Microtech-Who Invented Microwaves? http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/history.html
7. The Popcorn Factory-Worlds Largest Popcorn Ball
http://www.thepopcornfactory.com/popcorn/jump/landingball.asp
8. Wisconsin Gold Harvest Our Very Best Popcorn, Popcorn Trivia,
http://www.wisgold.com/popcornfacts.htm
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Name________________
Date________________
“Mosquitoes”
Reading Comprehension – Informational Passages
Directions: Read the passage. Then answer questions about the passage below.
Slap! Swat! How do those annoying mosquitoes find you? Is it your wonderful personality or is
it something else which attracts them? And why are you so rarely able to swat them before they fly off
to another feast?
There are about 3,500 species of mosquitoes in the world. Not all of them are in your back yard,
although sometimes it seems that the summer evening air is filled with them. There are about 200
species of mosquitoes in the United States –– about 80 species have been identified in Florida, which is
an ideal breeding area.
The word “mosquito” means “little fly” in Portuguese. Mosquitoes are members of the scientific
order Diptera, the “True Flies.” Like other “True Flies,” they have wings. But they are different from
some True Flies; their wings have scales. These tiny scales help eliminate the effects of friction. This
helps the mosquitoes skim quickly and efficiently through the air, making them almost impossible to
swat. The familiar high–pitched, annoying buzz of the mosquito comes from the sound of its wings
beating 600 times per second!
If you want to control the spread of these pesky insects, it is important to know how they live and
breed. As you will see, much of their life is spent in water, so getting rid of standing water plays a large
role in controlling mosquitoes. There are four stages in the lifetime of a mosquito: egg, larva, pupa, and
adult.
Mosquito eggs need water to hatch. Different species of mosquitoes prefer different places to lay
their eggs. Some prefer to lay their eggs in standing water, such as water in old tires or buckets. Others
like to lay their eggs in areas with a lot of organic material, like leaves and grass, so they lay their eggs
in marshes and swamps. Some prefer fresh water; some like saltwater.
Mosquito larvae are called “wigglers” because they move with jerking movements of their
bodies. They spend most of their time under the surface of the water, feeding on leaves and grass. They
must have air to stay alive, so they wiggle to the surface. The larvae shed their skin four times as they
grow and progress to the third stage, which is the pupa.
Mosquito pupae also need air to stay alive. They continue to feed on grasses and leaves under the
surface of the water, but they must come up for air. After several days in the pupa stage, the pupae
mature into adult mosquitoes.
Adult mosquitoes emerge after several days of growth. Some mosquitoes reach maturity in as
few as 5 days, but most require 10–14 days before they reach maturity. Variations in maturity time is
due to differences in species and differences in the temperature of the environment.
Adult mosquitoes mate within a few days of their emergence as adults. They eat fruit, nectar, and
any other sources of sugar they can find. Female mosquitoes need blood in order for their eggs to
develop. After the female has her meal of blood, she rests for two or three days before she lays her eggs.
The cycle of eating and laying eggs continues for one or two weeks, which is the lifetime of a mosquito.
Now you know that it is the female mosquitoes which bite you. But how do they find you ––
their meal of blood?
Mosquitoes seek out warmth and movement –– both properties of human beings and other
animals. They also seek carbon dioxide, which is exhaled by humans and other animals. So while it is
not exactly your wonderful personality which attracts them, the social activities of conversation and
laughter –– which involve movement and the exhalation of carbon dioxide –– are what attract these
annoying little insects!
Q u es t i o n s :
Vocabulary:
1) Why do mosquitoes’ wings have scales?
1) If something is annoying it is…
A. The scales reduce the effects of
friction.
B. The scales make the mosquitoes fly
more efficiently.
C. The scales help the mosquitoes float
in water.
D. Both A and B are correct.
E. Both A and C are correct.
2) Why do mosquitoes bite you?
A. quick.
B. evasive.
C. bothersome.
D. careless.
E. impenetrable.
2) What is the best synonym for ideal ?
A. They need blood to live.
B. Their eggs need blood to develop.
C. They need blood to become mature.
D. Both A and C are correct.
E. Both B and C are correct.
3) Where do mosquitoes lay their eggs?
A. In standing water.
B. In moist soil.
C. In fresh water.
D. In salt water.
F. Both C and D are correct.
E. All of the above are correct.
4) At what point are mosquitoes called
wigglers?
A. When they are larvae
B. When they are pupae
C. When they are adults
D. When they lay eggs
E. Both A and B are correct
5) How do mosquitoes find you?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
They are attracted to carbon dioxide.
They are attracted to movement.
They are attracted to warmth.
Both A and C are correct.
All of the above are correct.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
3) If
sweet
nice
perfect
identical
interesting
you eliminate something, you…
A. make it smaller.
B. get rid of it.
C. add to it.
D. design it.
E. Both A and B are correct.
4) What are organic materials?
A. Natural materials
B. Man–made materials
C. Factory–made products
D. Both B and C are correct
E. None of the above
5) What is the surface of the water?
A. The deep part of the water
B. The bottom of the water
C. The top of the water
D. Both A and B are correct
E. None of the above
6) Maturity means…
A. babyhood.
B. childhood.
C. adulthood.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
7) A variation is a(n)…
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
difference.
inconsistency.
agreement.
Both A and B are correct.
Both B and C are correct.