Interactives-Senior School Homework

http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/Moon/continent.html

English:
Update your poetry books based on 'My family and Other Animals.' make sure that all the poems that you wrote last term, based on the book, have been copied into your poetry books. Are you happy with the book cover? if not, redesign it. Add illustrations and images to your book to enhance its appeal and ensure that your 'About the Author' page is completed.

Write a poem titled 'An Ode to Achilles' and copy this into your poetry books too.

Science :

Modern day researchers are finding out ways to conserve energy. Citizens all over the world are in the process of finding out alternate sources of energy. The rising temperatures in our city over the past three months have made us completely dependent on air conditioners and refrigerators.
Without using electrical energy-
1. Design a house using measures/materials to insulate it from heat.
2. Think of innovative ways to prevent spoilage of perishable food items.

Social Science

Surf the following sites to learn more about ‘Continental Drift’.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html

Trace the world map and cut the outlines of different continents.
Now jumble the pieces and try to fit them like a jigsaw.
Paste this and the one available on the site in your HW assignment note book.
Write a short paragraph of about 100 words explaining how India was formed.

2. ‘I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be
judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.’ Martin Luther King

We have studied about Equality. Do you think that racism still exists in some parts of the world? Give your views with examples keeping in mind the recent development in USA
and Australia. (100 words)

Hindi:

Class 8

July	Mathematics: SOCIAL SCIENCE :English open assignments Hindi: open assignment

Class 9

July

Mathematics:

Political Science:

English:

1. In the modern world, the death of a public figure is given great media coverage. Present the assassination of Julius Caesar in such a manner.
2. Make a study of political assassinations, comparing the plot against Julius Caesar with the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

Economics:

Biotechnology:

Get a newspaper cutting or an internet article on a recent development in Biotechnology.Read the article and write about its main highlights in 100 words.

History:

open worksheet

Biology:

Download and print the worksheet on vertebrates. Submit on the 10th of July. In case you cannot take a print out do answer eth questions in your notebooks or on ruled sheets.

Hindi:

SANskrit

NIOS

Click to open worksheet - Home Science

Class 10

July

Mathematics:

Geography:

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HIndi:

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NIOS Economics

Q1: Collect information about the minimum amount required to open various deposit accounts in banks and the rates of interest payable on a savings,

recurring and fixed deposit account.
Q2: Describe the 3 indicators that describe whether a country is experiencing economic development.
Q3: What is a free enterprise economy? Examine its merits and demerits.
Q4: With the help of suitable examples examine how India combines the features of both capitalism and socialism.
Q5: collect information on any one agricultural insurance scheme provided by the government of India.

NIOS Business Studies

Q1: Examine the recent developments in the field of banking in terms of the facilities being offered to the customers.
Q2: What is a pay -in -slip? Examine its utility.
Q3: What is an ATM? How can it be used to withdraw and deposit cash in deposit accounts?
Q4: Define a “ negotiable instrument”. Explain “ certainty of person” and “ time of payment “ as features of negotiable instrument.
Q5: Differentiate between
v Time and demand bill
v Open and crossed cheque
Q6: Distinguish between a ‘savings’ and a ‘current’ bank account ,clearly stating the basis of differentiation.

English :

1. Design a travel brochure about your favourite tourist destination. Use illustrations.
2. Write an article for a science/environment magazine titled "Reducing India's dependence on Monsoons".

Political Science

History:

Class: 10ABC History Date:
Name: _________________

Revision- Nationalism in Indo-China and India

1. Answer in 1-2 sentences. 1x7=7
a) Why were people in villages angry with the British during the period of WW1?

b) Why did Mahatma Gandhi organize satyagraha in the Kheda district of Gujarat?

c) Explain the Rowlatt Act.

d) Mention two main features of the French part of Hanoi city.

e) Who were the ‘dalits’? What was Gandhiji’s attitude towards them?

f) Why did the dictatorship of Ngo Dinh Diem become unpopular?

2. What is meant by Satyagraha, as advocated by Gandhiji? 4

3.How did Gandhiji propose that non-cooperation could become a movement ? 3

4. Why do some historians consider the US war in Vietnam more brutal than the Second World War? 3

SANskrit

ECONOMICS:

Class 11A B C

July

Mathematics:

PSYCHOLOGY:

Sociology:

Political Science

Economics:

History:

Class: 11ABC History Date:
Assignment

Seeing Things Differently

Two people who view the same event may ‘see’ it differently
Read the following account of what may have happened when the Portuguese first met the Africans.
Think about how each of the following people might have viewed the event- a missionary; a Portuguese trader; an African and a historian
Write what each person might have thought in 20 words each

At the meeting, the Portuguese captain presented the African chiefs with gifts of horses, woven cloth and brass pitchers. The captain acted respectfully towards the chiefs. However, the crew’s guns were loaded with gifts and ready. The chiefs were happy with the gifts and agreed to trade. Yet they were only willing to allow the Portuguese to stay only for a week. The chiefs closed the meeting by showing the power they had through their gods. Men with masks representing each of their gods danced, pointing spears and knives at the Portuguese. The Portuguese traders paid little attention. Instead they noted the African’s strength and gold jewellery. The missionaries, very interested, handed out silver religious articles and talked to the Africans about the power of the Christian religion.

African:

HISTORICAL FILMS- Your Opinion

How can historical films help or hinder the student of history?

Choose a historical film that you have seen to support your answer
Write a persuasive argument to support your point of view in 100 words

English:

Economics:

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Business Studies:

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Accountancy

Look at the following video clipping on Basic Accounting Concepts-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu6bUFWaNZo
Read "Introduction to Accounting" from T.S. Grewal
Write a synopsis after watching and reading the above.

Geography:

Q.1. Everyday in our surroundings there is variations in natural as well as cultural phenomena. All the trees are not of the same variety and all the birds and animals you see are different. All these different elements are found on the earth. Can you now argue in not more than 100 words that Geography is the study of “areal differentiation”?

Q. Social Geography is primarily concerned with the ways in which social relations, identities and inequalities are created. Educational institutions are spatial grounds for heterogeneous groups. What important social aspects do you observe while you are in the school? Are they similar or dissimilar? Should they be included in the study of Geography or not? If yes, why?

Economics, ( NIOS)

You must be reading the news paper everyday.Select an article from it on ' Indian Economy ' , cut and paste it in your note book. Form 5 interesting questions based on it . This assignment will be graded and should be submitted on 8. 07. 2009.

Biotechnology:

Biotechnology has a lot of ethical issues attached, which need to be taken care of before any genetic modification is carried out. Write an essay of about 100 - 150 words on the various ethical issues that need to be addressed before any biotechnology research work is done.

Biology:

Prepare 10-15 slides in the form of a Power Point Presentation on any one taxonomic group of either a Prokaryote, Fungi, Plantae or Animalia. The Presentation would be judged on the basis of their Content and Presentation and the competition will be held on 10th July.Submit the presentation as a CD by 9th July.

Class 12 A B C

July

Mathematics:

click to open worksheet on populatiom,

BiotecHnology:

As you all know, the swine flu has spread across the world and work on its vaccine development is being done at full pace. Collect useful articles on the Development of vaccine for Swine Flu. Summarize the steps involved in the vaccine development in the form of a flowchart.

Biology:

1. You must have solved the Short and Long answer questions of the Question Bank of Biology from pages 5 to 19 in your assignment notebook.
(Important- Do not waste time in writing the questions in the notebooks. Solve the Very Short Answers in the Question Bank book itself.)
2. You need to submit the rough draft of your Investigatory Project by 8th July.
3. Multimedia Project in Biology - You are required to make a Multimedia presentation on any topic related to Genetics and Evolution. Your presentation must conform to the following guidelines:
1.      The presentations should be made using Microsoft PowerPoint
2.      It should comprise of text, graphics, animation and sound
3.      The presentations time is 10 mins. with approximately 15-20 slides.
4.      A final slide that acts as a reference section/ bibliography that lists all of the sources of information you used.
Your presentation will be assessed on the basis of the following parameters:

Content
Use of software / Multimedia features
Aesthetics
Communication skills

The deadline for submission of presentation is 15th July, 2009. Submit the presentation as a CD by 10 July.

Geography:

click to open worksheet on industrial revolution

Forest resources and Impact of population

Migration

Psychology:

soCIology: