VISHWA BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL, NOIDA
HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (2017-18)
CLASS 8
Summer break is round the corner. Besides enjoyment you should also engage themselves in academics. Through holiday homework, you can enhance your knowledge and creative skills.
ENGLISH
Ruskin Bond’s “Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra’ is a picturesque representation of India- its flora and fauna. Based on your reading of the first five chapters of the book, prepare a colourful pamphlet on ‘Nature always wears the colours of its spirit’.
FRENCH
1. Write about one famous personality in France. (In copy) You can choose one of them from the list of personalities given below. (Do it in the notebook and also paste relevant pictures)
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1. Jeanne d’Arc / Napoleon / Bonaparte
2. Gustave Eiffel
3. Nicolas Sarkozy
4. Charles de Galle
5. Emma Watson
Include the following information while writing about the person.
1. What is this person famous for?
2. What is remarkable about what he did?
3. What difficulties or opposition did he face?
4. What impact did he have on the world at the time?
5. Why should we remember him today?
MATHEMATICS
1. Make a cube of any dimension (say 3x 3x 3)
2. Make 27 unit cubes to show the number of cubes required to fill the bigger cube.
SCIENCE
1. Immunity against a particular disease can be developed by a technique called vaccination. In our childhood, we are given vaccine drops to protect us against several diseases. Using your health card prepare immunization schedule given to you at different age / levels. (Do it in the notebook)
2. Revise chapter 1 and chapter 3 for the periodic test
SOCIAL SCIENCE
1. For conserving& maintaining biological diversity, areas both on land & in water are protected
through legal laws & other means. National parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries & biosphere reserves are
some of the protected areas created by our government. Mark 5 areas each of National parks,
Wildlife Sanctuaries and Biosphere Reserves on political map of India.
2. ‘The Jan Lokpal Bill’ has a long journey since 1968 & has undergone many twists & turns.
Make a project on this ‘bill ‘, stating its -
· reason for origin
· its growth over the years
· the leaders associated with the struggle to bring this into effect
· the recent developments
NOTE-
· Do it in the project file.
· The project should not be more than 8-10 pages.
· Paste relevant pictures, newspaper cuttings to make the project interesting and more authentic.
· Acknowledgement, Index, Bibliography is a must to be included in the project.
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COMPUTER
Do the activity given on page 41(Chapter 2 Introduction to ACCESS 2013) and paste the print out of design view and datasheet view along with the questions given in the activity in the Computer notebook.