G.D.

GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, PATNA

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 ENGLISH

Beyond the classroom!

The summer assignment in English will help you to enhance your educational quotient!
Do away with monotony and explore your English Literature books as they hold the mirror
up to different aspects of life and people.
Instructions : Use 2 pages of your blue Literature notebook. Make a neat and
attractive research project on any ONE of the following:

CHOOSE ONLY ONE TOPIC FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST:

1. Use 2 pages to create a profile of the famous author Ruskin Bond OR James Herriot OR
H.G. Wells. Put interesting facts and pictures and autobiographical details about him. Add
details of famous books, quotes or stories written by him.

2. Use 2 pages to present an analysis of Robert Frost OR Walt Whitman OR Carl Sandburg
as a famous American Poet. Find some of the famous poems / lines written by this poet on
poemhunter.com. Add details about the poet’s life.

3. Read the section, Glimpses of India, on page 85 of your textbooks: First Flight. Based
on this choose any ONE of the following tasks:

Choose a destination in India which is on your wish list for the winter vacations. Create 2
pages about this place which includes : things to do / places to see / food trail/ places or
persons of interest. Add relevant pictures and information. Give your reason for wanting
to visit.

OR

Collect information about tea and coffee: their evolution as a drink, their beneficial
qualities and their cultural relevance. Use 2 pages of the notebook to make a comparison
between the two. Include history, brewing process, recipes, medicinal values and any other
interesting fact.

4. Use 2 pages of your notebook and prepare a Book Review on: Diary of a Young Girl by
Anne Frank.

Include the following in your Book Review:

● Theme / analysis
● Important features of the characters
● Relevant and interesting incidents
● How you were impressed by the book.

Important Note : The homework must be original and the proper references should be
made in accordance with the task.

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Neat presentation would be highly appreciated. Do NOT use stickers / pearls / stones /
glitter

HINDI

Material/Resources Required:
A4 size sheets, colour pens, glue, scissors.

SOCIAL SCIENCES

CBSE Project Work

Objectives: The overall objective of the project work is to help students gain an insight
and understanding of the theme and see all the Social Science disciplines from an
interdisciplinary perspective. Students will be able to apply their prior conceptual
knowledge that they have learnt over the years in order to prepare the project report. If
required, students may go out, collect data and use different primary and secondary
resources to prepare the project. The project work will help in art integration, enhancing
the Life Skills of the students.
Topics: Social Issues
OR
Sustainable Development

Material/Resources Required:
size or file size simple sheets, recycle waste paper for Cover page, information and
pictures from the internet, other stationary material. Once the project is completed,
present it in a small file folder.

Instructions:

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You may use information on the given topics from the internet.

Sustainable development is based on optimum and judicious use of resources, their

conservation; reuse , reduce and recycle resources; sustainable use of waste generated by
a number of factories.

Social Issues - Any one of the following social issues- poverty, child labor, gender
inequality, unemployment,caste, literacy, hunger, dowry system can be taken up. You can
present your project to discuss the topic, prevailing conditions and solutions to tackle the
problem.

The Project work will be assessed on the following: content accuracy, originality,
Presentation and creativity.

Work Specification:
The project work should include- Title/ cover page, list of content, Introduction,main
content, conclusion.

Date of Submission: As soon as when the school reopens in JULY after summer
vacation.

GEOGRAPHY

Material/Resources Required:
Geography Notebook, colours, drawing material, pictures and diagrams from the internet.

Instructions:
Design the title page of the project using your creativity. Present the work aesthetically
in the geography notebook.
Work Specification:
● Rainwater Harvesting: Many areas in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Odisha, Madhya
Pradesh face acute water scarcity. In Tamil Nadu underground water is almost
depleted. The only solution to solve the water woes is Rain Water Harvesting- save
it in depressions, recharge wells, reservoirs or divert into inundation canals. Prepare
this short research based project highlighting the efforts of self help groups eg.
Jal Saheli, jal panchayat and suggest other methods of rain water harvesting.
Complete your pending tasks and map work.

Date of Submission: As soon as when the school reopens in JULY after summer
vacation.

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HISTORY

Material/Resources Required:
NCERT Textbook, Internet, History notebooks, pictures, Indian Political map

Instructions:
A) Do ANY 1 in your history notebooks.
B) The students can make use of the textbook and the internet for the project.
C) The project should not exceed more than 3 pages.
D) The students' work should showcase their creativity and be presented aesthetically in
their notebooks.

Work Specification:
RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
Write a detailed report on Germania OR Marianne OR Bharatmata. Support your answer
with the help of pictures and sources. Mention the sources used.
OR
NATIONALISM IN INDIA
Imagine you are a peasant or a woman participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Explain what the experience meant in your life. Support your work with the help of Map
and images.

Date of Submission: As soon as when the school reopens in JULY after summer
vacation.

ECONOMICS

Material/Resources Required:
A4 size sheets, colour pens, glue, scissors.

Instructions:
Economics is one of the social sciences, which has great influence on every human being.

As economic life and the economy go through changes, the need to ground education in
children’s own experience becomes essential. While doing so, it is imperative to provide
them opportunities to acquire analytical skills to observe and understand the economic
realities.

The economics courses also contain many projects and activities. These will provide
opportunities for the learners to explore various economic issues both from their day-to-
day life and also from issues, which are broader and invisible in nature. The academic skills
that they learn in these courses would help to develop the projects and activities.

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Hopefully, the project on “Consumer Rights” will serve this purpose to the students.

Objectives of the Project

1. Highlight the issue of consumer rights within the context of the ways markets
operate in our country.
2. To sensitise learners and encourage them to participate in the consumer movement.
3. To understand the importance of being a well-informed consumer arose out of
consumer movement and active participation of people through their struggles over a
long period. This chapter also
4. Providing details of a few organisations helping consumers in different ways.
5. Sensitising the learners to be aware of the product before buying the same.

Work Specification:
1. Make sure to mention the source of your information.
2. Kindly add the following pages to your project:
● Acknowledgement
● Index
3. Images supporting your content will be appreciated.
4. The project should be handwritten only on A4 sheets.
5. Make sure to highlight the critical issues of the consumer movement in India.
6. Include case studies wherever necessary.
7. Do include an overview of the major milestones of the consumer movements in India.
8. Make sure that the facts are verified before they are incorporated in the project.
9. Consult your project coordinator (Eco Teacher) wherever necessary.
10.Recent developments in consumer movements and awareness drives should be
included in the project.

Kindly refer to the document in the link given below:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uHpkFjMZlWrrjS9YXwRp8vThsegwweEc/edit?u
sp=sharing&tid=111869721028664204907&rtpof=true&sd=true

Date of Submission : First week of July.

SCIENCE

Project Work
A. Project Work
Prepare a PPT in groups of 4 - 5 students on any one of the given topics. You are also
required to submit the print out of all the slides (max 15 slides).

The topics are given below :

1. Sustainable management of natural resources

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 2. Novel Gadgets based on AI PRINCIPLE e.g devices used in Medical, Forensic, cyber
safety applications.

B.Perform any 2 of the following activities and record your observations in your Physics
Register. Paste pictures or draw diagrams wherever possible to enhance the presentation
of your work.
Work Specification:
1. Find out which planets will be visible in the night sky in your vacation month. Spot
them in the sky, record their rising and setting time. You may use a night sky map.
2. Take a small Laser Light source (available as a small pen or a keychain) and make it
incident upon a glass tumbler half filled with water and dettol. Record your
observation explaining the phenomena upon shining the laser beam from one side of
the tumbler on the lower and upper halves . Draw a labeled diagram for the same.
3. Observe your own image in a vanity mirror, a plane mirror and your car's side view
mirror. Explain the difference in the images formed. Draw appropriate diagrams to
support your observations.

Date of Submission: 3/7/2023

MATHEMATICS

Part-A

Material/Resources Required:
A scrap book or A-3 or A-4 sheets, online research, coloured pens, glue and other
stationery material.

Instructions:
1. Choose any one topic for your project work.
2. Project in a scrapbook (12-15 pages) to be submitted to the subject teacher/
Powerpoint Presentation (12-15 slides) to be uploaded on Entab.
3.The project work shall be assessed on the following parameters - content, illustrations,
originality and creativity.

Work Specification:
TOPIC 1: ROLE OF MATHEMATICS IN MEDICINE AND LIFE SCIENCES - Math is a
crucial part of medicine. All the graphs, equations, statistics, and general math help us to
understand important aspects of human and veterinary medicine, biology, and science in
general.

Elaborate with the help of relevant information and

pictures/graphs/tables/illustrations/examples and create a colourful album.

TOPIC 2: APPLICATIONS OF ALGEBRA IN DAY-TO-DAY LIFE - Have you ever

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wondered how Algebra may be applied to solve real-life problems? We regularly see people
using Algebra in many parts of everyday life, examples - Outdoor Landscaping, Home
Improvement, Logical Thinking, Technology, Business, Marketing and Finance Management.
Elaborate any three from the above examples with the help of relevant information and
pictures/graphs/tables/illustrations/examples and create a colourful album.

Part B
Practice worksheet will be uploaded on Entab. Practice Questions to be done in the A4
sheet.

Date of Submission:By the first week of July and will be marked as part of internal
assessment.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (6th Subject)

Material/Resources Required:
A4 Sheets
Sketch-pens

Work Specification:
Home is where your heart is. Your home will always be the place for which you feel the
deepest affection, no matter where you are. Draw a floorplan of your dream home. Does it
have a swimming pool… or does it have a place for you to indulge in your favourite hobby...
Or if you like gardening... Do you have a garden indoors or outdoors? Imagine you can look
down from above at all the spaces in your dream home. What does it look like? Draw it out!

Design a layout of a floor plan of your dream smart home. Include any gadgets or
devices that you think will make it unique or “smart”.

Learning Outcomes:
● Analyze the implications of applying AI systems to organizations and the future of
work.
● Explain how to develop AI systems to meet business, organizational, and technology
requirements.

Date of Submission: 5/07/2023

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