AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SEC-46 GURGAON

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

CLASS X

Science

CHEMISTRY

PREPARE POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

(MINIMUM 5 SLIDES, MAXIMUM 10 SLIDES)

ROLL NO:1-10 WILL PREPARE PPT 1.

ROLL NO.11-20 WILL PREPARE PPT.2

ROLL NO.21-33 WILL PREPARE PPT.3

PPT1-------TYPES OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS

PPT2--------CORROSION

PPT3-------RANCIDITY

PLEASE GET HARD COPIES OF PPTS MADE BY YOU

PHYSICS

Dear students first find out where the electricity meter (noting the units consumed in

your house ) is installed . Then fill in the following information table:

Reading of the

meter on 1st

June

Reading of the

meter on 15th

June

Total units

consumed in 15

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Amount

charged for

one unit

Total amount

for 15 days

Now analyse and suggest some ways by which you can reduce the amount of the units

consumed. Adopt the strategy and then find the units consumed by 30th June in the

same format given above. You need to do this work on A4 Sheet methodically and the

assignment based on the chapter –ELECTRICITY in Physics Register which will be

checked and marked after the holidays.

Make power point presentations on the following topics:

Conventional sources of energy (Roll No 1-5)

Biogas (Roll No 6-10)

Solar energy (Roll No 11-15)

Nuclear energy (Roll No 16-20)

Geothermal energy (Roll No 21-25)

Tidal energy (Roll No 30 till last Roll No)

BIOLOGY

1.Investigatory project- To measure the pulse rate of your own self under the following

conditions.

a) Just after waking up b) One hour after Breakfast c) 40 minutes after the physical

activity (jogging or playing any sport). d) Before going to the bed.

Record your observation in a tabular format and assign the scientific reason for the

variation in the observation.

2. Investigatory project – To collect the information on at least three Food allergens.

Mention the symptoms of the allergens on the Human System. Also find out the food

substitutes and medicines available in the market.

FRENCH

1. Preparez un projet (un dossier et CD avec les illustrations) sur un des themes

suivants :

a. le systeme d’education francais

b. les transports en France

c. le systeme politique en France

SOCIAL SCIENCE

GEOGRAPHY

PROJECT WORK IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT

PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF PROJECT REPORT

Following essentials are required to be fulfilled for its preparation and submission-

1. The total length of the project will not be more than 20 written pages of foolscap (A4 size)

2. The project report will be hand written and credit will be awarded to original

drawings, illustrations and creative use of materials.

3. The project report will be presented in a neatly bound simple folder.

4. The project report will be developed in this sequence.

Cover page should be of red color only.

Cover page showing project file, student information, school and year.

Acknowledgments ( acknowledging the institution, offices and libraries visited and

person who have helped)

Project overview; purpose, aim, methodology, experiences while doing project.

Chapters with suitable headings

Summary and conclusion based on findings.

Bibliography

5. All the photographs and sketches should be labeled and related to the theme.

6. Project evaluation Performa will be attached at the end of the report.

Topics/Themes for Project Work on Disaster Management

Do Any One of the Following:-

Project 1_ Role of Govt./Non-Government functionaries in your locality in Disaster Management.

Interview any two of the Govt. /Non-Government functionaries in your locality on

their role in Disaster Management.

Senior District Magistrate

Additional District Magistrate

Sarpanch/MP/MLA

Head of any NGO working in your locality – dealing in Disaster Management

Police inspector, Superintendent of Police

Civil Defence Warden/elected representatives

Home guard personnel

NCC Commandant in the school

Deputy Commissioner of Municipality

School Principal

Carry out a survey by enquiring from at least 20 persons from different walks of

life (such as shopkeepers, housewives, senior citizens, college students, etc.) in

your locality on the hazards prevalent, and preventive measures they have taken or

would like to take to reduce the impact.

Prepare a Survey report highlighting the areas where awareness is needed and the

local resources available in the locality to create awareness.

Project 2: Generating Awareness on Disaster Management

Design a 10 minute skit on Disaster Management.

Design posters on do’s and don'ts of various hazards prevalent in that area.

Visit a slum community and enact the skit by using the posters. The Skit and the posters can

also be used to make the junior students aware.

PROJECT 3 - Preparation of Models of Disaster Resilient Structures

Make layouts of models based on structural improvement in buildings in a rural/ urban

community in coastal areas prone to floods/cyclones or in areas prone to

earthquakes/landslides. Show the special features of the buildings and indicate the early

warning system that could be best used in that community.

PROJECT 4 - Pocket Guide on First Aid

Prepare a pocket guide on First Aid for your school. The First Aid pocket guide should

contain aid that needs to be given for fractures, poisoning, cuts and burns, heat and cold

wave and other threats that are prevalent in that area. The content shared in the guide

should be supported with adequate pictures so as to give a clear and elaborate understanding

about the topic. Choose awareness campaign strategy for either senior citizens or illiterate

people and prepare a brief write-up.

PROJECT 5 - Institutional Case Study on Disaster Response

Visit a local NGO/agency such as the United Nations, Red Cross/ Voluntary Youth

Organisations like Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), National Cadet Corp (NCC), Bharat

Scouts and Guides etc; and prepare a case study on how the agencies played a major role in

Disaster Response.

PROJECT 6 - Communication facilities for Disaster Management

Choose any one method of communication from various means of communication like

radio/satellite/television/ Ham radio which are used by Government departments such as

the Indian Meteorological Department to disseminate information. Find out how the

information is disseminated by them at various levels during disasters. Prepare a report.

PROJECT 7: Preparation of Disaster Contingency Plan

Prepare a Contingency Plan either for your school or home/community.. The Plan should be

based on an actual survey of your area/locality or school. The Plan prepared should consist of

the following maps, inventory of resources available and a seasonality calendar highlighting

the seasons prone to various hazards prevalent in that locality/school.

A social map

A Resource map

A Vulnerability map on the outline map of your locality.

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MATHEMATICS

Project Work

Dear Students,

You have to do one project in class X. Please do the project which has been

allotted to you. Keep the following points in mind while writing the project report.

Acknowledgement

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Material/Sources of information used

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Result

Note: Please do the project neatly .You can use colours as well. You will be getting

marks for the project.

Project 1 will be done by roll no. 1,3, 8, 15, 22.

Project 2 will be done by roll no. 2, 10,9, 16, 23.

Project 4 will be done by roll no. 4,17,11,18,25.

Project 5 will be done by roll no. 5,12,19,24,26.

Project 6 will be done by roll no. 6,13,20,27,29

Project 7 will be done by roll no. 7,14,21,28,30

1- Title: Displacement and rotation of geometrical figure.

Objective: To study the distance between different points of a geometrical figure (line,

triangle, square, parallelogram, rectangle) when it is displaced or rotated.

Procedure- Take a graph paper and draw X axis and Y axis such that the graph is divided into

four quadrants. Now let’s for example take a triangle and place it in the first quadrant and

note the coordinates of the vertices of the triangle. Now displace the triangle on the graph

horizontally into other quadrants and note the coordinates. Find out what happens the length

of the sides of the figure.

2- Title: Prepare architectural layout of a house/ flat.

Procedure-The plan of flat should incorporate all shapes related to circles (lawns,

semicircular balcony, kitchen in shape of segment, sectorial washrooms).

1) Report should contain layout with scale.

2) Layout contains sectors, semi circles and circular areas.

3) Area of all sectors, segments in layout.

4) Cost of flooring of each room.

3- Title: Trigonometry useful for Navigation Purposes

Objective: To understand use of trigonometric ratios in navigation.

4- Title: Beautiful curves in Mathematics.

Objective: To understand the concept of different types of curves in Mathematics.

5- Title: History of Number System

Objective: To find origin, Mathematicians involved, writing of numbers in different scripts,

contribution of Indian Mathematician to Number system.

6- Title: Mathematics in Fashion Technology.

Objective: How can Mathematics is related to fashion technology.

7- Title: Indian Mathematician

Objective: To create interest and awareness in the personality behind the mathematical

concept.

Take one of your favourite topics and find the mathematician behind it. Write the

biography mentioning the place they belong, date of birth, family background, achievements

in the field of mathematics and paste pictures also.

Amity Yuva Vichar Manch – Scientific Paper Presentation

Students need to prepare a power point presentation (18 to 20 slides) on the topics (in

form of case study) given below. A hard copy of the same needs to be submitted to

the subject teacher for assessment.

Class X Chemistry- Better Transport System necessity for Green Earth.

ENGLISH

Speaking Tree Activity

During the Holidays, pick out any two Articles from ‘The Speaking Tree’ series in The Times

of India. Cut them out and paste them on a Cartridge sheet each along with the date they

were printed on. Then make a list of all the Verbs in each article.

The Verbs demarcated should be of the following categories -

a) Finite and Non finite

b) Verbs which represent the different tenses used in the articles

Book Jacket

Design a book jacket for any of the Literature lessons done in April and May, 2011

The Parameters required are : a) Name of the Book/ Lesson

b) Name of the Author

c) Name and Logo of Publisher

d) Short Summary of book/ lesson

e) Short write-up on the life of the Author

f) Pictorial representation on the front cover and Back cover

(back cover –optional)

g) Comments on the book by any two critics

Speech

Draft a speech on ‘Intellectual Corruption”, based on the inputs given by the teacher in

class. (Plagiarism, doing Sub- standard work, giving incomplete information to others to ruin

their effort, etc.)

Global Times Activity

A. Urban Dictionary : Bored of the usual mundane drab words? It’s time to revamp

your word dictionary with stylish, trendy, innovative words that have seeped into our urban

lingo. E.g. Frenemy = friend + enemy ( a special category of friends you hang out with,

despite the fact that you dislike them. The conflict in

this kind of relationship could be because of rivalry,

jealousy, greed, etc)

Prepare a list of five words of this type, with their meaning and make a sentence with

each of them ; to express/elucidate their meaning clearly.

B. Science Facts : Share some interesting and lesser known (not so well

known)

Facts and Discoveries of Science in about 300- 500

words.