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प्रश्न
Do you think the moon is flat like the coin or round like a ball?
उत्तर
I think the moon is round like a ball.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Can you think why Sunita’s hair was standing?
Take a 5 rupee coin and a small piece of paper. The paper should be about one-fourth the size of the coin.
- Hold the coin in one hand and the paper in the other. Drop them at the same time. What happened?
- Now place the tiny paper on the coin and drop them. What happened this time? Surprised!
- 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?
- Can you find India?
- Where all do you find the sea?
- Which countries can you see?
- Can you see some of the countries with which India plays cricket matches? For example England, Australia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and South Africa.
- What else can you see on the globe?
- 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?
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 |
What are the festivals related to the moon?
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.
Looking at earth from the space, Sunita said, “Different countries cannot be seen as separate from here. These lines are on paper. They are made by us.” What do you understand by this?
If you saw the moon rising at 7 pm today, would you see it at the same time tomorrow?
