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प्रश्न
- Can you find the state in which you live? Write its name on the map.
- Which are the states next to the state you live in?
- Have you been to any other state?
- Shahmir thinks that there are lines drawn on the ground between the states. What do you think?
उत्तर
- Yes, I can find Karnataka the place I live in.
- The states next to Karnataka are Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Goa.
- Yes, I had been to Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu states.
- I think these lines are just on the map and not reality.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What do you think the earth looks like? Make a drawing of the earth in your notebook. On your drawing show where you are. Take a look at your friends’ drawings too.
Can you now say why Sunita’s hair kept standing?
To play this you will need a small stone, a bigger stone (lemon-sized), a thick roll of paper (which can be made with layers of paper), a mouse, and an elephant made of paper.
- Take a string about 2 feet long.
- At one end of the string tie the small stone. Stick or tie the mouse to the stone. - Put the string into the roll of paper.
- At the other end of the string tie the bigger stone and stick the elephant.
- Hold the roll of paper and move your hand to rotate the small stone.
- Who is pulling whom? You will be surprised! The mouse lifts the elephant! How did this magic happen?
- Can you see India?
- Can you recognize any other place?
- Where is the sea?
- Do you find anything similar between the globe and this picture of the earth? In what ways are they different?
- Do you think Sunita could make out Pakistan, Nepal, and Burma separately when she saw the earth from space?
Do you think the moon is flat like the coin or round like a ball?
Look at the moon tonight and draw what it looks like. Look and draw again after one week, and then after 15 days.
| Today’s Date | Date after a week | Date after 15 days |
Given below are the times at which the moon rises and sets in Delhi (on the given days).
| Date |
Time of moonrise (hours: minutes) |
Time of moon (hours: minutes)set |
| 28-10-2007 | 19:16 | 08:50 |
| 29-10-2007 | 20:17 | 10:03 |
| 30-10-2007 | 21:22 | 11:08 |
| 31-10-2007 | 22:29 | 12:03 |
- On 28 October the moon came out at ___ minutes past ___ o’clock.
- On 29 October the moon came out at ___ minutes past ___ o’clock.
- On 29 October there was a difference of ___ hours and ___ minutes in the time of the moonrise (as compared to 28 October).
See how the earth is looking. Can you see the surface of the moon? Do you have some questions after looking at this picture? Write down those questions and discuss them in the class.
Why do we see stars mostly at night?
Why don’t you try to do the same with a coin? How many centimeters away from the eye did you keep the coin to hide the moon?
