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Celebrating 100 years of the Titanic Expedition Titanic!

The ill-fated ship sank just four days after starting her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City.

happened and how a ship said to be "unsinkable" could have met such a fate!

1 Celebrating 100 years of the Titanic Expedition Titanic! CLASS 4 One of the most famous events in history is the sinking of Titanic. The ill-fated ship sank just four days after starting her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City.This event has been made into many films, books, and television documentaries as people still try to understand just what happened and how a ship said to be "unsinkable" could have met such a fate! RMS Titanic 100th Anniversary Limited Edition Commemorative Coin:- Find more pictures of Titanic coins and paste all of them on an A4 sheet and display in your class once you come back to school after the summer break! You may like to take up Stamp Collection as a hobby! Then go ahead and make a stamp album!

2 English Pack Your Bags! Some of the people travelling on Titanic were going on a holiday but many of them were moving to find new homes. Imagine that your family is moving to a new house but there s only enough room for you to carry one suitcase. Make a list of the most important things to go into your bag.

3 Write a report (150 words) as an archaeologist who has just discovered the remains of the Titanic under the sea.

4 COME SAIL WITH US! The Titanic was the most opulent, largest and most incredible ship ever built at the time of its maiden voyage. Hundreds of important people were on board, desperate to be there when history was made but not expecting the history that was to replace it. The ship s owners Cunard, wanted as many people to enjoy the trip of a lifetime so set about promoting the ship. In this activity, you are the advertising executives charged with selling the trip of a lifetime. You need to pick out all the information that would make people wish to sail on her and decide how they could promote it. You can choose to do a poster, a radio advertisement, for radio was becoming popular at that time, a newspaper advertisement or a feature for the news detailing the luxury and innovation on board. If you are doing a radio advert, record it on a CD. Visit and enjoy an online game! Lessons of Life: Maintain a diary this summer and write about the unique experiences you may have had which has taught you something important. Minimum of 10 entries should be there

5 Want to be called an ardent reader and a good speller? The link below has a list of books & spellings. Make your own reading record on how many books you can read in a month and learn the spellings to win the spelling challenge. Reading List Link: 20HHW/reading%20list%202012%20345.htm Spelling List Link 20HHW/Spelling%20List%202012%20345.htm

6 HINDI:-

8 MATH Art n Craft Consider yourself a shipping engineer, now design your unsinkable RMS Titanic 2012.Use Tux paint software. Now, fill in this picture with colorful cutouts of various geometrical shapes. Give a catching title to your Titanic. Titanic Questionaire: The following is some facts and figures about the Titanic. Read the information carefully and answer the given questions based on it. Use ruled sheets to answer the question with statements.

9 Titanic Facts and Figures The Titanic set sail on its famous journey at 12:00 noon on April 10, The first stop was Cherbourg, France. After picking up passengers, the Titanic once again set sail at 8:10pm toward Queenstown, Ireland. With 2227 people on board this great vessel left Queenstown toward New York at 1:30pm on Thursday April 11, The Titanic sailed on Friday April 12 and Saturday April 13 in clear weather. On Sunday, April 14 at 11:40pm, the Titanic struck an iceberg. 12:00am the captain was told that the Titanic would only stay afloat for a couple of hours. At 2:20am Monday April 15, 1912 the Titanic sank into the sea. Using the above information, answer the following questions: 1. How long was the Titanic at sail from the time it first set sail until it finally sank? 2. There were 2227 passengers on board the Titanic at the time that it sank. 14 of the lifeboats held 65 passengers each, 2 were emergency cutters which held 40 people each and 4 were collapsible boards which held 47 people each. How many people would all of these lifeboats hold? 3. Only 705 people survived the sinking of the Titanic. How many more people could have been saved? 4. How many more lifeboats were needed to save all people aboard the Titanic? We have all heard the common saying: Practice makes perfect! Hence, it is time to solve some hard-core mathematics sheets and reinforce our concepts. Solve the attached practice sheets. Online Fun Go the following websites and play online games as self-study: PRACTICE SHEETS NAME: SEC: DATE:

10 I. Read the questions carefully and choose the correct option for the answer: Q1 Which number is largest? 23,976 23,996 23,995 Q2 Some friends compared the sizes of their sticker collections. Sticker collections Name Number of stickers Deanna 535 Whitney 559 Mario 539 Carson 592 Who has the fewest stickers? Deanna Whitney Mario Carson

11 Q4 A concession stand worker at the movie theatre looked up how many bags of popcorn were sold in the past 4 months. Bags of popcorn sold Day Number of bags of popcorn Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday On which day did the movie theater sell the fewest bags of popcorn? Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Q6 Some truck drivers wrote down how far they each drove in the past month. Miles driven by truck drivers Name Miles Gabe 4,529 Wade 4,295 Marshall 4,259 Curtis 4,292 Who drove the fewest miles?

12 Gabe Wade Marshall Curtis Q7 The board of commerce gave a survey to determine how many employees work at each company. Company sizes Company Number of employees Township Real Estate 442 A to Z Books 482 Wakefield and Watson 428 Country Bakery 484 Which company has the most employees? Township Real Estate A to Z Books Wakefield and Watson Country Bakery Q8 A city recorded how many people rode the subway each month. Subway riders Month Number of riders September 71,942

13 October 79,124 November 79,142 December 77,142 In which month did the fewest people ride the subway? September October November December Q10 If = What number is shown using these Dienes blocks?

14 Q11 Solve: 7 thousands = tens Q12 An actor was asked informed how many fan letters he received each day. Fan letters received Day Number of fan letters Thursday 35,794 Friday 33,924 Saturday 39,574 Monday 35,974 On which day he received the maximum letters? Thursday Saturday

15 Friday Monday Q13 Complete the table. Rule: Round to the nearest million In Out 4,270,726 6,639,156 7,000,000 6,863,826 8,311,798 Q14 Which statement is true? 901,791,350, ,903,195, ,510,911,309 > 961,510,911, ,501,131, ,501,131, ,011,936, ,106,791,093 Q15 On which day were the fewest fan letters received? Thursday Friday Saturday Monday

16 II. Add the numbers down and across. Then add the totals you calculated. The sum of the last row should equal the sum of the last column. One example has been done for you III> Complete the following crossword puzzle by using the clues given after

17 down down 2. 3.down down 4. Round 36 to the nearest tens Round 85,602 to the nearest place. hundreds place. Round 3,507 to hundreds place. the down 5. Round 8,825 to the thousands place. down 7. Round 652 to the hundreds place. down 9. Round 27,593 to the hundreds place. down 11. Round 2,812 to the thousands place. across 1. Round 49,455 to the thousands place. across 14. Round 96,224 to the hundreds place. across 16. nearest Round 8,167 to thousands place. the nearest down 6. nearest Round 37,951 to thousands place. down 8. nearest Round 82 to the place. down 10. nearest Round 291 to hundreds place. down 12. nearest Round 85 to the place. across 13. nearest Round 57,726 to thousands place. across 15. nearest Round 16 to the place. across 17. the nearest nearest tens the nearest nearest tens the nearest nearest tens

18 Round 383 to the nearest tens place. across 18. Round 51 to the nearest tens place. across 20. Round 82,271 to the nearest hundreds place. across 22. Round 88,721 to the nearest tens place. across 24. Round 27,093 to the nearest thousands place. across 26. Round 1,496 to the nearest hundreds place. IV. Round 5,566 to the nearest thousands place. across 19. Round 67,623 to the nearest hundreds place. across 21. Round 898 to the nearest tens place. across 23. Round 4,258 to the nearest thousands place. across 25. Round 25,954 to the nearest tens place. across 27. Round 553 to the nearest hundreds place. Following are the bank entries of Mr. Brown for a month in his mini statement. (use additional sheets of paper to solve and attach those sheets) a. How much amount Mr Brown had on 14th June before the withdrawal? b. How much amount was deposited in all in Mr. Brown s account in these15 days? ***** MINI STATEMENT ATM withdrawal Rs Cheque deposit Rs withdrawal Shopping Rs salary deposit Rs18650 Andy is trying to find a secret code with the help of the instructions given below. Help her finding the secret code. (use additional sheets of paper to solve and attach those sheets) Amount available as on Rs

19 a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. Find the difference between 5680 and Get the sum of your answer above and 7,090? Take away from the answer. Add the smallest 4-digit number to it. Subtract a number to get the greatest 3-digit number. Increase the number you get so by Find the sum of the number you get above and its successor. Subtract the smallest 4-digit number with different digits from it. The predecessor of the number is the secret code you are looking for. Mind-boggling Mathematical Facts: Research about the 100 years of Titanic and create a colorful collection of astounding Mathematical facts about the unsinkable Titanic and the people associated with it.

EVS/GENERAL SCIENCE Activity :-PLAN AN ITINERARY FOR A CRUISE LINER Reference :- Route of Titanic s Sea Voyage Sample of Titanic s Itinerary:- 1912 Day / Date Port of Call Arrival Departure Activity

20 EVS/GENERAL SCIENCE Activity :-PLAN AN ITINERARY FOR A CRUISE LINER Reference :- Route of Titanic s Sea Voyage Sample of Titanic s Itinerary: Day / Date Port of Call Arrival Departure Activity Sun / 08th Southampton - 3:00 PM RMS Titanic set off on its historic Apr and memorable voyage. Its route UK passes through Cherbourg where she is to pick up passengers on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic destined for New York. Mon / 09th Cobh, Ireland 2:30 PM 11:30 PM Apr RMS Titanic s last port of call before starting across Atlantic ocean. a fascinating heritage tour exploring the town. There will be other interesting excursions on offer Tue /10th Cruising Heading across the Atlantic, time AprWed / to relax and make the most of the 11 Apr Thu ships facilities, enjoy a workout in / 12 Apr Fri the gym, pampering in the spa or / 13 Apr Thu / 19Apr Fri 20th Apr join in various activities. New York 8:00 AM - Scheduled end of the historic voyage at the port of New York, Manhattan Cruise terminal. Visiting one of the cities many Museums.

21 Above is the sample itinerary of the voyage of original Titanic which sank on the night of 14 Apr 1912 along with the map depicting the route which the ship was to follow. Using your imagination: (a) Plan an itinerary for a cruise liner which is planned to sail from Mumbai to London, with Karachi (Pakistan) and Marseilles (France) as intermediate ports of call. (b)show the route to be followed by the cruise liner on a map. (c)write about which activities you would like to do on board the ship. (d) You could also mention the important places en route the voyage. Go to the site and enjoy! French CLASS 4(2L) Sur une feuille colorée, écrivez un petit paragraphe (50-75 mots) sur un animal de la mer (nom, couleur, yeux,..). CLASS 4(3L) Go to your friend s house and write an informal conversation on an A4 sheet. Also record this conversation on a CD. Spanish /German SPANISH GERMAN Draw a ship in a sea and Draw a ship in a sea and label label at least 10 things in at least 10 things in German. Spanish. Illustrate and write the basic conversation between the people on the ship.

22 ASSET EXAMS There will be one question uploaded on the link below every day and the answer of the previous day s question will be discussed the next day. In order to prepare for the upcoming Asset exam you are advised to attempt these questions everyday icfolder/asset/asset%20may% htm

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