Project, Connecting to Self, Steps to Success

PROJECT

C. Compare the travel maps of Vasco da Gama and Columbus.

Fill in the table with the prompts. Frame sentences with the help of the table.

1. Vasco da Gama started from Portugal in the year 1497-1499 reached Calicut in Kerala-India and found black pepper. 

2. Christopher Columbus started from Portugal in the year 1492-1504 reached South America and found chilli. 

CONNECTING TO SELF

Look at the pictures and read the given information.

D. Look at the table carefully. Then complete the points below.

1. The paddy plants are given manure after 35 days.

2. The plants take 30 days in ripening phase.

3. It takes 10 days to harvest the rice.

4. The rice grains have to be dried and then stored.

5. We plant the grain for 35-90 days before boiling.

E. Talk in groups. Then share your thoughts with the class.

* Do you usually eat all the food served to you? If not, what are the reasons? When you eat lunch at school, which are the dishes you don't eat or waste?

* Why do you avoid certain food items?

* Can you think of ways to reduce the amount of food wasted in your school?

* Have you seen or known anyone in need of food? Have you helped them? How?

* Take a pledge in your group not to waste food.

[CLASSROOM ACTIVITY]

STEPS TO SUCCESS

1. Four of the following five are alike in certain ways and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

a) Garlic

b) Sesame

c) Mustard

d) Olive

e) Corn

Answer: e) Corn

2. In a certain code language if KBOVBSZ is the code word for JANUARY, what is the code word for OCTOBER?

a) PDUBCFS

b) PDUPCFS

c) BDUPCFB

d) PDUPCFM

Answer: b) PDUPCFS

LEARNING LINKS AND REFERENCES

ICT Corner

Spices

Experience the life of spices by playing the game.

Screen shot of the spices game

Procedure

1. Scan the QR code. It will go to a website.

2. You can see a link for the software / application.

3. Click the link to download the software / application.

4. Open the game and you can move the spices by using the pointers.

5. Like this you can find more games on spices locate the appropriate one and use it.

Steps to install the game

Step – 1

Type the word, ‘spices’ in the search bar of the Android play store

Step – 2

Install the game and start to play it using the pointers

Step – 3

You can install similar such applications from play store

Language Activity

Share your views about the spices with your friend after playing this spices game.