HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

                                      CLASS: IX  SESSION :- 2023-24

                                                  SUBJECT: ENGLISH

Instructions:-

1. Use A4 Size sheets
2. Make Attractive and  Colourful Sheets
3. Make a Travelogue on Lakshadweep Island OR Andaman & Nicobar Islands in your file. Paste Pictures and give detailed description of the island.

Hints: Location, Photogenic description-Key attraction-some cultural background.

1. Write a dairy entry of your visit to’ Waste To Wonder’ Park describing your experiences of the day.
2. Read the book ‘Wings of Fire’ OR ‘you are Born To Blossom’ by APJ Abdul Kalam and write a book review for the same. Make sure you include your personal response to the review. Write a bio –sketch also of APJ Abdul Kalam.
3. Collect any five news items on the given issues and paste them in your file. Comment in 100-120 words. The given roll no’s will work on the following topics.
   1. Technological Developments (1-10)
   2. Enviourmental Issues (11-20)
   3. Women Centric Issues(21-30)
   4. Educational Sector (31 Onwards)
4. Where there is a will, there is a way’ use this proverb to write an original story.

      SUBJECT: Mathematics

Do the entire work(except point 3& pt.4)in the Maths Register

1. Write and learn the squares from 2 to 30 and cubes from 2 to 20.
2. Write and learn the tables from 2 to 19.

Make a Portfolio of 25 pages. ((As per CBSE Curriculum, portfolio carries marks of internal assessment.)

1. Write down the activities in the lab manual which was discussed in the class. 
2. Solve the given assignment in the Maths Register.
3. Revise the work done so far.

  SUBJECT: Physics

Activity on acceleration

Take a ball(a plastic or a tennis ball)and it is thrown downwards from a height of 10 feet(celling of your is 10 feet above) or 13 feet (from first floor balcony or from any height of your choice. A stopwatch (stopwatch in the mobile can be used)is used to measure the time taken by the ball to reach the ground perform the above act at least three times and record your observations. A formula s=ut+1/2 at² is used to find acceleration (a).Here initial velocity (u) will be zero in each case.

The following are the components of your activity.

1. Aim
2. Material Required
3. Formula Used
4. Observation (in tabular form)

1. Calculations
2. Result

You must write this activity in your physics notebook.

                                                            SUBJECT: Chemistry

1. Do this assignment in your chemistry notebook.

1. A substance has a definite volume but no definite shape. State whether this substance
   1. is a solid, liquid or gas.
2. A substance has a definite shape as well as definite volume. Which physical state
   1. is represented by this statement?
3. A substance has neither a fixed shape nor a fixed volume. State whether it is a solid , liquid or a gas.
4. Name the physical state of matter which can be easily compressed.
5. Give one common characteristic between solids and liquids.
6. Give one common characteristic between liquids and gases
7. Do the following activity at home and write the observation in your notebook
   1. Put an unlit incense stick in one corner of the room. How close do you have to go near it so as to get its smell?
   2. Now light the incense stick. What happens? Do you get the smell sitting at a distance?Write down your observation.
   3. Which characteristics property of particles of matter is shown by this activity?
   4. Why do we get the smell when we light the incense stick?
   5. The intermixing of particles of two different types of matter on their own called.
8. Complete your Practical file.

                                                            SUBJECT: Biology

1. Prepare a portfolio consisting of 15-20 Pages based on the topics given below:

Roll no

1. Air-Its importance and pollution                  (1-10)
2. Water- Its importance and pollution           (11-20)
3. Soil- Its importance and pollution              (21-30)
4. Enviourmental Issues- Green House Effect & Ozone Depletion      (31-42)
5. Prepare a colourful chart on ivory sheet (half or Full) based on any topic of your choice like Festivals, Important days, Variety of plants or Diversity of Animals, useful Quotation etc.

1. Use loose sheets-Coloured or White
2. Cover should be handmade and well decorated.

Note: As per CBSE curriculum, the portfolio carries five marks of internal assessment.

SUBJECT: Social Science

1. Prepare a report on Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) elections in Karnataka.(Points to be covered)
2. Number of constituencies.
3. Reserved constituencies.
4. Declaration of the dates of elections.
5. Campaigning by the political parties.
6. Voting done at the polling booths.
7. Results of the Elections.
8. Visit your neighbouring or home town village. Observe the different economic activities. Collect the pictures and paste them in your registers.
9. On the outline map of India show the features given on Page number 15 of Geography book.
10. Paste the pictures of Karl Marx, Adolf Hitler and write few lines about them.
11. Make a Project on Art Integration-

Do a comparative study between Delhi & Lakshadweep on the basis of following points-(5 Pages with colourful Pictures)

1. Landscape
2. Vegetation
3. Type of houses
4. Cultural Variation

Note: Do the entire work in homework register.