Summer Break Assignment - 2015 Necessary Guideline for Grade 9 Students Aim: Same theme across all subjects  To make child Acquire Perspective- the capacity to understand multiple viewpoints on a given topic.  To foster the acquisition of foundational knowledge, promotes integration of ideas from multiple disciplines and provides insight on how to apply knowledge will assessing the same through multidisciplinary study. Assessment marks: 10 per subject Teachers have to take report and do assessment for their respective part and pass it on to next subject teacher in the class. 1. From 6th to 10th September – to be marked between 6 and 10 marks. 2. From 13th September onwards – to be marked between 4 and 7 due to late submission. Mode of Presentation: 1. In a form of a report – arranged in a plastic folder. 2. Only one side of a page shall be used for writing. Ruled pages used for science record book can be used. 3. Full report shall be hand written, printing is not allowed- incase of printed report a flat 4 marks to be awarded. 4. Students are allowed to use colour pencil to add colour to the report. For heading and subheading they may use different colour gel pen. 5. Pasting of colour picture are allowed to add value. 6. Report should have minimum 30 sheets excluding cover, Assignment details and back page. a. Page -01 Cover of the report b. Page -02 Name, class and other personal details of the child c. Assignment pages for reference – not to be numbered. d. Page -03 Index – page number wise e. Page – 04 Separator – Colour Paper with subject written on the same. Shall not be numbered. f. Numbering to continue till end. g. At the end of every subject source, web links and bibliography shall be mentioned. Theme – SPORTS English and 2nd Language 1. Prepare a profile of an international sports person. 2. Write a diary entry by imagining yourself as a player who won an important match. 3. Prepare an imaginary school/house compound wall with English vocabulary (adjectives, adverbs, nouns etc) related to Sports and sports related activities. 4. Prepare a running commentary on your favourite sports as it is being played as a live match (using present tense structures). 5. Write a letter to the Sports Minister of your state briefing to him the need for improving the sports facilities in your village and also suggest ways to improve the same. 6. Write a poem expressing your great admiration for your favourite sports star. 7. Prepare a list of questionnaire to be used during an interview with a sports star who is visiting your town next month. 8. Prepare a lively advertisement for the FIFA WORLD CUP-2022, QATAR. Note: The same assignment as in English is to be attempted for the 2nd language as well. The approach shall be as taught and explained by your teacher. Social Science 1. Find out the historical evidences of Olympics and prepare a scrapbook using pictures. 2. Read a biography of a famous athlete, make a brief analysis about the type of coaching and parental support that athlete received. 3. Interview a sportsperson, regarding his sports experience, defeat and success. 4. Prepare a timeline series on major achievements and turning points associated with Indian Cricket. 5. Compare the need for sports rules and the significance of constitution for democracy. 6. Explain the role of sport, fitness, practice of Yoga, and physical education in our society, resulting the mental development and the issue of obesity. 7. What is the role of sports as a global phenomenon? 8. How does sport interact with other sectors of society such as business, health, welfare and education? 9. How significant is sports for the development and maintenance of personal,community and national identity with special reference to “Qatar National Vision 2022”? 10. Do you agree that Sports Tourism can bring unity among countries and talk about global harmony. Justify in support or against. Science 1. The Scientific laws or principles applied in five sport practices you like. 2. Sports Biomechanics 3. Sport Science – as a field of study and research. 4. Physical and mental health through sports. 5. Diet chart for sportsmen. 6. Sport medicine – Scope, development and research. 7. Science behind techniques used in sports. (Bending of a football or javelin throw etc.) Maths 1. In the Al Ahli sports club a triangular rack is designed in such a way that fifteen billiard balls perfectly fit into it. The al Wakra sports club has triangular rack whose side lengths are 20% more than that of the one at Al Ahli club. What is the largest number of the balls that fit into this racks. 2. The committee of DMIS annual sports day was analyzing the list of participants from various grades. They made the following observations: a. There are 60 students in grade 9. b. The number of boys and girls participating in the annual sports are in the ratio 3: 2 respectively. c. The number of girls not participating in the sports is 5 more than the number of boys not participating. d. The number of boys participating in the sports is 15. Can you help them to find how many girls are there in the class? 3. On the chessboard, what is the probability that a randomly chosen square is dark and it touches the outer edge of the board? 4. A Wimbledon tennis championship is played every year on a knock-out basis, i.e., players are out of the tournament when they lose a match at any stage. a) How many players participate in the 2015 tournament, If 31 matches are totally played? b) How many matches were played in the 2013 tournament, if 92 players totally participated? Although not always realized, mathematics plays a very important role in sports. Whether discussing a player’s statistics, a coaches formula for drafting certain players, or even a judges score for a particular athlete, mathematics are involved. Even concepts such as the likelihood of a particular athlete or team winning, a mere case of probability, and maintain equipment are mathematical in nature. 5. Christina, Martha, Natalie and Silvia are figure skaters who competed in the Winter Olympics. They finished at the first four positions in the event. There were no ties. Silvia, Martha, Christina and Natalie are also from different countries. One is from Canada, one is from China, one is from Croatia and one is from New Zealand. Using the following clues, determine who finished first, second, third and fourth, and for which country each athlete were competing? a) Christina did not beat Martha in the competition. b) The Croatian athlete did not finish in first place. c) The athlete from New Zealand finished in fourth place. d) Silvia finished ahead of the competitor from China. e) Christina competes for a country starting with ‘C’. f) Silvia is not from Canada. 6. In a four team softball league, each team has played every other team 4 times. Each team earned 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and no points for a loss. The total accumulated points were: Lions: 22 Tigers 19 Mounties 14 Royals 12 How many games ended in a win and how many games ended in a tie? 7. A, B, C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to B, If you give me 3 cards, you will have as many as I have at this moment while if D takes 5 cards from you, he will have as many as E has. A and C together have twice as many cards as E has. B and D together also have the same number of cards as A and C taken together. If together they have 150 cards, how many cards has C got? 8. In a cricket match, five batsmen A, B, C, D and E scored an average of 36 runs. D Scored 5 more than E; E scored 8 fewer than A; B scored as many as D and E combined; and B and C scored 107 between them. How many runs did E score? 9. .The playing chips of a board game are stored in cylindrical plastic cases. The plastic cases have a volume of 25120mm3 and a diameter of 40 mm. Which of the following is closest to the height of one playing chip if 50 playing chips can fit tightly into the plastic case as shown above? 10. Use FIFA rankings or medal tables from previous Olympic Games to make probability statements about the likelihood of teams from different countries or continents being successful. Discuss why some countries or teams from certain continents have a better chance of winning than others and whether or not this is fair.