DWARKA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK-2018-19

CLASS –VIII

Dear Students The much- awaited holidays are here yet again and it’s time to play and have fun! We have planned some creative projects for you - , assignments to make the optimum use of your energy and give a vent to your creativity so that you continue learning during the holidays as well. Note to the parents:

Kindly encourage your ward to read the newspaper daily to develop the habit of read-

ing.

Tell them to work upon their handwriting, how important it is to write with a good

hand and how one’s personality can outshine with good handwriting.

Tell them to help at least one person in the neighbourhood during the vacations to in-

culcate the concept of value education in them.

Educate your child to work upon petty household work during the vacations to under-

stand the importance of being clean and keeping the surroundings clean.

Tell them the importance of nature. At least everyone should do one plantation in sur-

roundings.

General instructions:

All the work should be neat, presentable, original and should conform to the guide-

lines.

Students’ own creativity and work will be appreciated.

Revise July UT-1 syllabus.

Submit the Holiday Homework between June 28, 2018 and June 29, 2018. Timings:

9:00am – 11:00am

Mathematics

1. Do all review exercise of Chapter: 1, 2, 22 in your maths register.

2. Project – Model making

Prepare a model with a short report on the following topics. (use of thermocol is not al-lowed.)

1. Identity (a+b)2= a2+2ab+b2 (a-b)2= a2-2ab+b2 (any one) Roll No. 1-6 a2-b2= (a+b)(a-b)

2. Application of mathematics in nature Roll No. 7-8 3. Congruency of triangles Roll No. 9-10 4. Tangram Roll No. 11-13 5. Pythagoras theorem (working) Roll No. 14-15 6. Data handling (Bar graph/ Histogram/ Pie chart) Roll No 16-1 7. Model of a City Roll No. 18-20 8. Working Model of Properties of triangle Roll No. 21-23 9. Triangle is the strongest shape Roll No. 24-26 10. Game on Probability Roll No. 26-28 11. Properties of Quadrilaterals Roll No. 29-30 12. Family of Quadrilaterals Roll No. 31-34 13. Different types of bridges Roll No. 35-39

NOTE: Assignment Booklet homework to be done in a separate A – 4 size register cov-

ered with brown paper.

SOCIAL STUDIES

I. HISTORY

Highlight the achievements of Modern History of India on any one of the

following aspects:

1. ART: Music, Dance, Theater, Sculpture, Medicine, Painting etc.

2. ARCHITECTURE: Buildings, Museums, etc. that were designed dur-

ing the Colonial Period

3. LITERATURE: Contribution in Literature during the Colonial Rule.

Present the findings in form of a Report. Student should consult Ch-10

(History) and can take the help of Internet as well. Add colourful

pictures to support your findings. Write the report in S.St Notebook.

II. GEOGRAPHY

India faces many natural disasters like Earthquakes, Floods, and

Tsunami etc. every year. Refer Chapter-10 (Geography) and Internet

and make a project on Disasters that India face. Project should include

answer to the questions like:

1. How these Disasters occur?

2. What are the effects of these disasters on the living and non-living

world?

3. What measures should be taken to minimize the adverse effects of such

disasters?

Support your project with colourful pictures. Use A4 size sheets to do the

project.

III. CIVICS

“Justice delayed is Justice denied.” Explain the statement with the relevant

examples from India. Present your findings in form of an Article. Write the

article in S.St Notebook.

ENGLISH

READING & WRITING PROJECT

Duration Summer holidays. Q1. Read the following play written by `William Shakespeare’ and make a project on it.

`The Merchant Of Venice’ Your project must contain the following features, keeping in mind the theme of the project:

Cover page should be unusual yet relevant

Table of contents

About the author and his body of work (one page)

Summary of the play (one page)

List of major characters (with 3-4 lines describing each of them)

Describe the character you liked the most and mention why (one page)

Extrapolate (conclude) about your most loved character’s l life after the story ends and Values imparted

through this activity.

EVALUATION CRITERIA : 10 marks Punctuality 1 mark Originality 2 mark Content 3 marks Creativity 2 marks Vocabulary and Grammar 2 marks (Points to keep it in mind while doing the homework ; Accuracy, neat presentation, Coherence and clarity of ideas) Q2 Take any ten idioms and write their correct expression and make sentences using idioms on a chart paper. `Be as creative as you can’ for doing this question. Example : a) Eager Beaver an enthusiastic person who works very hard

George is an eager beaver and is certain to succeed in business.

b) a slice of the pie a share of something such as money, profits, etc.

The company made big profits and the workers want a slice of the pie.

Q3 Do `Active & Passive Voice’ page no. 39 Q A & Q B of assignment booklet in the English Grammar notebook. Q4 Handwriting Booklet pages from 1 – 15 should be written neatly Note : 1.Contribute articles, poems, essays, facts related English, riddles for the school magazine. 2.Revise the complete syllabus taught till date for UT – 1 thoroughly.

ह िंदी अपने विद्यालय की महत्ता ि भव्यता का िर्णन करते हुए एक सुुंदर ि आकर्णक विज्ञापन रचना कीजिए |

विद्यालय की हहुंदी पत्रिका हेतु ननम्नललखित ककनहीुं तीन विर्यों पर रचना कीजिए

स्िरचचत कविता लेिन (देशभजतत से ओत-प्रोत, पयाणिरर् स ेसुंबुंचित)

पहेललयााँ (पााँच) मुहािरे बोलते चचि (पााँच)

अपनी सुलेि कॉपी में प्रनतहदन एक पषृ्ठ सुलेि कीजिए | पषृ्ठ सुंख्या- (50-85)

भारतीय िेशभूर्ा या पाश्चात्य िेशभूर्ा – कौनसा सही ? पर िाद-वििाद के ललए तैयारी करें |

SCIENCE

NOTE- Do your Worksheet and Project work in Science note-book.

WORKSHEET I. Name the following –

1. The process of transferring the seedlings from nurseries to the fields.

2. The process of growing different crops alternately on the same field.

3. Microbe which helps to turn milk into curd.

4. Pasteurization was discovered by….

5. The ability of one’s body to resist a disease.

6. The measure of the ability of a substance to carry electric current.

7. Solutions that can pass the electric current due to ionization of their molecules.

II. Match the following:

1. Rhizobium a. producing antibiotic.

2. Penicillium b. fixing N2.

3. Cholera c. curd formation.

4. Lactobacillus d. Tuberculosis vaccine.

5. Gellidium e. making leather from animal skin.

6. BCG f. making of agar-agar

7. Tanning g. rich source of proteins and minerals.

8. Cyst h. unicellular fungus

9. Yeast i. hard outer covering

III. Name the causative agent of –

1. Rust of wheat

2. Typhoid

3. Anthrax

4. Foot and mouth disease

5. Red rot of the sugarcane

IV. Give reasons

1. Farmers prefer seed drill for sowing seeds.

2. Only dry seeds are stored for future use.

3. Viruses are connecting links between living and non-living.

4. Pasteurized milk can be consumed without boiling.

5. The food is dried in the Sun before their preservation.

V. Answer the following

1. Which method is safe to control weeds? Why?

2. What is meant by emasculation?

3. What is electric tester? For what purpose it is used?

4. What could be the possible reason if the bulb does not glow in the tester?

5. What are the applications of electrolysis?

6. What are the different effects produced by electric current?

VI. Rahul eats a dish made of chicken. After some time he feels vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, headache

and fever?

1. What type of disease is he suffering from?

2. What causes this disease?

VII. Ramu, a farmer, lives in Punjab. He grows legumes as fodder in one season and wheat in the next season.

1. What is this practice known as?

2. How does this practice help in replenishing the nutrients in the soil?

PROJECT-

(I) Smart Fabrics: You have heard of smart phones and cars but have you heard of smart fabrics too? Technological

development in the textile industry has led to the creation of a wide range of smart and modern textiles with a

variety of the applications. They are used in sportswear, medical and safety wear and fashion clothing. Some ma-

terials mixed with clothing can help to monitor your health and stress levels. During winters Skiers wear suits

that instantly hardened upon impact protecting the athletes from injury. Certain companies have come up with

smart fabrics that create a sense of wellbeing. They have anti stress or calm inducing properties.

(Q). Find out more about innovations in the world of fabrics. (II) Research and find out the answers to the following questions-

i) How is plastic formed?

ii) What do the code numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 stands for as applied to plastic recycling? Which of these are

safe to be used in microwave ovens?

iii) What do the terms ‘degradable plastic’ and ‘bioplastics’ means? Find out the names of the companies that

use these plastics and the reason for using them.

iv) How is plastic recycled? List some uses of this recycled plastic.

Science assignment Booklet Work Do Ch-14 ‘Chemical Effects of electric-current’ in Science assignment Booklet.

संस्कृत

संस्कृत पत्रिका हेतु कुछ रचनात्मक (जैस:ेकविता,कथा श्लोका: च) कार्य कीजजए |

संस्कृत कार्यपत्रिका को पेंससल द्िारा पूरा कीजजए |

संस्कृत में करिार्ा गर्ा संपूर्य कार्य इकाई परीक्षा-1 हेतु र्ाद कीजजए |

Class VIII Computers Science Holiday Homework I Complete Chapter-4 Exercises in the notebook (Fill in the Blanks, MCQ and Ques/Ans) and revise Chapter

1, 3 & 4 for Unit Test-1

II Make a collage on Chart or A3 Sheet of the Popular Social Networking sites (Paste the Picture of the

founder and write brief about them). Some examples of the websites are:

1.) Google

2) Gmail

3.) Yahoo

5.) Skype

6.) Twitter

7.) Youtube

8.) Facebook

9.) Microsoft

10.) Instagram

11.) Linkedin

12.) WhatApp

OR

Make a best out of waste some useful object from the different waste computers parts at your home. Some

creative ideas are: