Class 6 English 3.7 At The Science Fair

Class 6 English 3.7At The Science Fair

1. Answer the following questions : 

(a) What two basic rules were followed in the Science Fair ? 

Ans: The two basic rules to be followed in the Science Fair were:

Everything should be handled by students

The entertainment booths and refreshment stalls had to have a scientific base.

(b) How early did the preparations for the Science Fair begin ?

Ans: The preparations for the Science Fair began a couple of months in advance.

(c) How was the committee formed ? 

Ans: A committee of parents and teachers was set up to look after all the work of the fair. Some students representative were also taken on the committee to give them a firsthand experience of managing big programmes.

(d)What themes did the committee identify ? 

Ans: The themes identified by the committee were – Plant, Animals, Properties of Substances, Energy, Science in our Everyday Life, Latest News from the World of Science and Food and Nutrition.

(e) How did the students prepare for their stalls/presentations ? 

Ans: Stalls were allotted to many groups of children. Each group selected a topic/idea from the chosen themes. The young scientists began collecting a lot of information about their topic using their science text book, their school library and the internet. They shared and discussed this information in their groups and decided the exact activity for their stall deciding whether they would build and display a model, give a demonstration, present their project through posters or simply exhibit a collection.

(f) What did Mr Gizare appreciate the most ? 

Ans: Mr Gizare appreciated the fact that in most of the stalls, visitors could try out the various science experiments and models.

(g) What did the Clean Brigade do ?

Ans: The Clean Brigade members made rounds of the Fair spreading the message of cleanliness and they had vowed to keep the school premises spick and span during the Fair.

 2. Make charts to show the important points to remember while making

 (a) A graphic presentation  

(b) An oral presentation. 

Ans: (a) A graphic presentation:

Write to the point so that a visitor may read a chart or poster at a glance.

Make use of bullet points or bulleted lists.

Use pictures and diagrams and label them.

Use pictograms, graphs, pie-charts etc. to show numerical data.

Plan all your posters, charts properly before you start making them.

Make a rough ‘mini-copy’ before you begin work on the big, final poster or chart.

Don’t forget to check your spellings, sentences or other errors in the ‘mini-copy’ itself.

Use different colours to highlight important features, but use them judiciously.

If you have used any text, pictures, diagrams, etc. from elsewhere, acknowledge the source.

(b) An oral presentation:

3. Relate the themes of the Fair to your science textbook by writing the relevant chapter numbers under each theme. 

Ans: (Write on your own)

4. Find, in your science textbook, the topics of the stalls handled by students of VI A. (Write the page number.) 

Ans: (Write on your own)

5. What themes would you like to add to the themes given in this passage ? 

Ans: (Write on your own)

6. Imagine you are visiting the Science Fair. What other stalls (apart from the ones mentioned here) are you likely to find there ? Try to list at least five more stalls. 

Ans: (Write on your own)

7. Using your imagination, and information from other sources, describe any one stall in detail. 

Ans: (Write on your own)