B. D. PUBLIC SCHOOL, BUDDHA COLONY, PATNA SUMMER VACATION ASSIGNMENT – 2015 CLASS – IV Dear children, The Summer Vacation is often taken as synonymous with fun and frolics, getting up late in the morning, playing for longer hours with friends, going on trips and watching fun-filled shows on television. But dear children, there are a lot of things that you can do to make your vacation more interesting and meaningful, along with doing all these fun and frolics. Here is a “Summer Vacation Activity Treasure Box” for you which will mould you for a better and successful forthcoming year. So, set out to hunt your Activity Treasure Box now. A few guidelines for your parents to make your long Summer break fruitful. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. “ Knowledge is Power”. Therefore, encourage your child to cultivate reading habit because it enhances the knowledge acquired as well as develops the vocabulary, language skills and improves spellings. “ A healthy mind lives in a healthy body”. So, encourage your child to play outdoor games because sports instill discipline, generate sporting spirits and channelize energy constructively. Also encourage him/her to play board games as chess, Ludo, Carrom, etc. “ Communication- the human connection – is the key to personal and career success”. Therefore, converse with your child preferably in English to help him/ her get comfortable with the language. Also encourage your child to read children‟s magazines and story books. Spend quality time with your child engaging him/ her in activities based on enhancing his/her powers of observation and imagination. Sensitize your child about the rich culture and heritage by watching different informative channels like „ The National Geographic‟, „Animal Planet‟, etc. Encourage your child to do the activities himself /herself and fix a specific time to do homework everyday. SCIENCE & EVS 1. Prepare a travel guide of your state. Your travel guide should include: a) Map of your state b) Main cities c) Climate, Flora and Fauna d) Transportation, rail, bus, ship e) Customs f) Hotels g) Shopping h) Tourist information office. i) Emergency information : Hospital j) Sports k) Places of tourist interest 2. Collect information about the crops which are grown in your state during the summer and the winter seasons. Make a table with following heads:Summer Crops of my State Sample Sowing Time Harvest Time Sowing Time Harvest Time -2Winter Crops of my State Sample 3. Know the names of the festivals that are celebrated in your state ( religious, harvest and national ). Collect colourful pictures of all the festivals. 4. Take a diya and decorate it with paints and mirrors. 5. Visit the zoo with your parents. Observe the different animals in the zoo. Find out more information about five animals which you have seen in the zoo. 6. Draw a well labeled diagram of human digestive system by using wool, cotton, match stick, etc. 7. Collect bits of cloth materials of different types from various places such as the tailor shop or a furnishing store. On a chart, stick the materials.a) Smooth/ rough b) Dull/ Shiny c) Fibres are closely packed/ loosely packed d) Cotton/ Synthetic e) Water proof/ not water proof. 8. Write a short note on Alexander Flaming. 9. Collect bills when your mother or father go for shopping. Calculate the rate of items. Check totals and compare them during the Summer vacation. 10. Find out about the main rivers of your state, their source of origin and where do they fall ? English 1. Read carefully and parse the following paragraph :Two best friends Adam and Edward were travelling together when they came face to face with a very big bear. „Oh No!‟, said Adam then ran fast and climbed a tree without thinking of his companion at all. Edward understood that alone he was no match for Bruin the bear. He threw quickly himself down on the ground and lay like a dead man. Bruin, the bear came near him, sniffed at his nose and ears. The man kept his courage, held his breath and kept still. Bruin, the bear thinking him dead walked away slowly. Now, Adam came down hurriedly from the tree and asked Edward, “Hey ! What did the bear wisher in your ear ? I saw him putting his mouth close to your ear”. “ Oh ! That‟s secret. Old Bruin advised me not to be friendly with those who leave their friends when they are in danger”. Pick out and write five – a) Nouns, b) Pronouns c) Adjectives d) Verbs e) Adverbs f) Preposition g) Conjunctions ( three ) h) Interjections ( three ) 2. Write one page writing daily in cursive writing Book. 3. Write your experience about the earthquake and paste the paper cutting ( News & photos ) related to it in your note-book. 4. Remember the four magic words.- Please, Thank You, Sorry and Excuse me”. Make these a part of your personality. Make one “ Thank you” card for your friend who has invited you to his birthday. 5. Make sentences with the given Homonyms and differentiate the meanings. a) Well, Well, b) Fly, Fly c) Bark, Bark d) Play, Play e) Bear, Bear 6. Write a poem written by Sarojini Naidu/ Rabindranath Tagore. 7. Find out the weather report from the newspaper of your city for a month in the following format:-3Date / Maximum temperature / Minimum Temperature / Humidity 1. 2. 8. Visit a bank and note down the counters they have in the bank like cash counter, saving counter etc. Maths 1. Memorize and write tables from 2 to 20 on a white chart paper. 2. Write the names of months in copy and show which festival is celebrated in which month by pasting its pictures in copy. 3. Make the model of abacus on thermocol with the help of pins and small balls of thermocol available in the market and show International place value chart. 4. Buy charts of different shapes and paste them on a white chart paper and show which shape shows which thing in your house. 5. Prepare the Indian and International place value chart in copy. 6. Write two lines about five great mathematicians. Soc. Sc. 1. Paste four political maps of India in your scrap book. Locate and mark the following places on the maps. a) States in the eastern part of India. b) Major rivers that start from the Himalayan range. c) States that share their boundaries with Bihar. d) Your favourite place in India. 2. On a big chart paper draw an outline map of India. Shade the physical divisions in the given colours :a) Northern mountain Dark Brown b) Northern plains Dark Green c) Indian Desert Yellow d) Plateau Pink e) Coastal Plain Light Green 3. Collect the pictures of all the Presidents of India and paste these on a chart paper. Below each picture, write their names and tenures. 4. Name the states of India through which the Tropic of cancer passes. 5. Write the names of states and union territories of India with their capitals. 6. Make a list of towns/cities situated besides the rivers of Ganga, Yamuna and Satluj. Computer 1. Draw the diagram of various input and Output devices on chart paper. Hindi