Balbharati solutions for Integrated 5 Standard Part 4 [English Medium] Maharashtra State Board chapter 2 - Optional Activities : (A) Productive Fields of Work [Latest edition]

Write what tool you would use for the following purposes.

1. To carry manure for plants: ______________________________.
2. To water potted plants: ______________________________.
3. To prepare a bed: ______________________________.
4. To spray a pesticide on vegetables: ______________________________.
5. For weeding: ______________________________.

Explain the precautions to be taken while using the tools well in advance. Give guidance where necessary.

Name the main types of crops.

Of which type is each of the following crops? 

1. wheat

2. sesame

3. green gram

4. fenugreek

5. sugarcane

What is called the specific time for sowing?

Visit an oil mill to observe how oil is pressed out of oil seeds and write a description of the process.

Help the children to collect specimens of some crops.

Write the names and uses of some of the unfamiliar fruits.

If possible, show children these exotic fruits and give some information about them.

If possible, watch in person how net fishing is, carried out.

Explain the precautions that need to be taken while fishing.

All the implements are manually operated. However, nowadays electrical appliances are used in food production. Make a list of these appliances and make a chart like the one above, showing their names and uses. Collect and stick their pictures in a scrapbook.

Write down the process of sprouting the pluses for making bhel.

Explain the advantages of eating sprouted pulses.

Obtain information about charkhas by visiting a charkha museum or exhibition. Obtain more detailed information about one of the charkhas.

Give information about weaving equipment using a charkha or pictures/videos of a charkha.

Observe an old dress which has hooks. Replace a missing hook with the method described in the textbook.

Make a doll using a coconut shell.

Make a list of the coir articles available in your house.

Urge the children to recall the coir articles they have seen, to name them, and to make a classified list of those articles. Help them if necessary to do the classification.

Make a clay model of a tortoise.

Visit a bamboo plantation. Observe how the work is carried out there and write a description of it. Study how bamboo is grown in your surroundings.

Arrange a visit to a bamboo farm and give students an opportunity for observation.

Sow the seeds and grow the seedlings. Observe the pot every day and write how it grows.