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Methodical recommendation:
Theory
| Number | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The solar system | To give an introduction on Universe, Galaxy, Milky Way and the solar system which is present in it. |
| 2. | The Sun | To explain in detail about the Sun, and the position of the rising Sun - Uttarayan and Dakshinayan (summer solstice and winter solstice). |
| 3. | The Planets | To give a clear insight on the definition and various conditions for a planet, its categories, and the method to identify a planet in the night sky. |
| 4. | Satellites | To explain about the general terms such as orbit, rotation, revolution with an example, and also about the types of satellites. |
| 5. | Inner planets: Mercury and Venus | To study in detail about the inner planets: Mercury and Venus, their appearance, rotation, revolution and their uniqueness. |
| 6. | Earth | To know about the planet Earth, the conditions for life existence, its tilted axis, and the rotation in brief. |
| 7. | Mars | To know about the last inner planet - Mars, its other names, satellites, India’s first Mars orbiter mission, the Mangalyaan, and the asteroid belt. |
| 8. | Jupiter | To study the largest planet in the solar system - Jupiter, appearance, uniqueness, its satellites, size compared to the planet Earth. |
| 9. | Saturn | To study in detail about the second gas giant - Saturn, its unique rings, natural satellites, and its density. |
| 10. | Outermost planets | To understand and study the outermost planets, Uranus and Neptune, its satellites and uniqueness in brief. |
| 11. | Summary 1 | A summary to brief through all the concepts learned in the previous theories. |
| 12. | Summary 2 | A summary to brief through all the concepts learned about the planets in the previous theories. |
Practice Questions
| Number | Name | Type | Difficulty | Marks | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Planets in solar system | 1st type - receptive | easy | 2 m. | To know about the names of the planets in the solar system. |
| 2. | Cluster of stars | 1st type - receptive | easy | 2 m. | To know about the Universe and the cluster of stars. |
| 3. | Inner and outer planets | 1st type - receptive | easy | 2 m. | To know about the categories of planets in the solar system. |
| 4. | Sun and planets | 1st type - receptive | easy | 2 m. | To get familiarize with the inner and the outer planets of the solar system. |
| 5. | Gaseous planets | 1st type - receptive | easy | 2 m. | To know about the basics of Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. |
| 6. | Rotation of a planet | 1st type - receptive | easy | 1 m. | To get familiarize and practice on the rotation period of planets in the solar system. |
| 7. | Revolution of a planet | 1st type - receptive | easy | 1 m. | To get familiarize and practice on the revolution period of planets in the solar system. |
| 8. | Names and satellites of planets | 1st type - receptive | easy | 2 m. | To get familiarize and practice on the different names and satellites of planets in the solar system. |
| 9. | Planets and its satellites | 2nd type - interpretation | easy | 2 m. | To remember and apply the natural satellites of the planets in the solar system. |
| 10. | Heavenly bodies | 2nd type - interpretation | easy | 1 m. | To find out the different heavenly bodies with the help of the given clues. |
| 11. | Position of Sun | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 4 m. | To practice on the concept of Sun, and its rising position - Uttarayan and Daskshnayan. |
| 12. | Planets order | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 4 m. | To learn how to arrange the planets in the order of increase and decrease in the distance from the Sun. |
| 13. | Mercury and Venus | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 4 m. | To get familiarize and practice the concept learned on the Inner planets: Mercury and Venus. |
| 14. | Rocky planets | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 4 m. | To familiarize with the concept of inner planets such as Mercury, Venus and Earth. |
| 15. | Gas giants | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 6 m. | To familiarize with the concept of inner planet - Mars and the outer gaseous planets - Jupiter and Saturn. |
| 16. | Giant planets | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 4 m. | To practice on the facts learned about the outer gaseous planets and ice giants. |
| 17. | Outer planets | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 4 m. | To practice on the concepts learned about the outer planets in the solar system. |
| 18. | Uniqueness of planets | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 4 m. | To apply the concepts learned about the planets. |
| 19. | Hottest planet | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 4 m. | To practice on the concept of hottest planet, fastest planet, path of planets, and revolution. |
| 20. | Milky way galaxy | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 4 m. | To know about the general informations of the celestial bodies present in the galaxies. |
| 21. | Terrestrial planets | 2nd type - interpretation | hard | 7 m. | To practice on the concept of orbit, rotation and revolution of inner planets. |
| 22. | Ice giants | 2nd type - interpretation | hard | 7 m. | To practice on the concept learned on the inner rocky planets, outer gaseous planets, and the ice giants. |
| 23. | Summer and winter solstice | 3rd type - analysis | hard | 8 m. | To analyse the statements and apply the concepts learned about the solar system, position of the rising Sun, and Dakshnayan and Uttarayan. |
| 24. | Jovian planets | 3rd type - analysis | hard | 8 m. | To analyse and choose the correct reasons for the appearance, axis, revolution period of all the planets in the solar system. |
Questions for Teacher Use
| Number | Name | Type | Difficulty | Marks | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Volume of Jupiter and Earth | Other | medium | 6 m. | To workout the calculation to show that 1331 Earths can get occupied in Jupiter, by comparing its volumes using the formula of the volume of the sphere. |
| 2. | Parts of solar system | Other | medium | 5 m. | To label the various planets in the solar system with a few interesting facts about it. |
| 3. | Dwarf planet | Other | hard | 9 m. | To reason out the questions based on the dwarf planet and about the absence of satellite in Mercury and Venus. |
| 4. | Stars and planets | Other | hard | 8 m. | To reason out the questions based on the twinkling of stars, planets, and satellite. |
| 5. | Solar system model | Other | hard | 10 m. | A fun activity to make a model of Solar system using simple components present at home. |
| 6. | Collage on planets | Other | hard | 10 m. | To make a collage using the pictures of planets taken from the newspapers or articles and to write about the respective planets in brief. |
| 7. | Sun and eight planets | Other | hard | 10 m. | A creative exercise to draw the solar system and to write a few points about each planet. |
Tests
| Number | Name | Recomended time: | Difficulty | Marks | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Training test 1 | 00:15:00 | medium | 8 m. | To get trained on the basic concept of galaxy, names of the planets in the solar system along with the names given for the different position of the Sun. |
| 2. | Training test 2 | 00:15:00 | medium | 10 m. | To get trained on the satellites of all the planets in the solar system and also on the gaseous planets. |
| 3. | Training test 3 | 00:15:00 | medium | 7 m. | To get trained on the revolution period of all the planets in the solar system, different satellites of the planets and also on the hottest planet in the solar system - Venus. |
Periodic assessments
| Number | Name | Recomended time: | Difficulty | Marks | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Homework test 1 | 00:20:00 | medium | 14 m. | To practice on the reasoning questions based on Stars and the Planets, arrangement of planets in the solar system by categorising into inner and outer planets. |
| 2. | Homework test 2 | 00:20:00 | medium | 15 m. | To practice on the solar system by labelling the names of the planets, to analyse and answer the questions based on the Summer and the Winter solstice along with the Sun and their planets. |
| 3. | Homework test 3 | 00:20:00 | medium | 12 m. | To practice on the rotation period of all the planets in the solar system along with their unique characters and the last two ice giants of our system. |
| 4. | Homework test 4 | 00:20:00 | medium | 10 m. | An homework actvity based on the creativity to make a model of the solar system, by applying the corresponding order in which the planets are arranged. |
| 5. | Homework test 5 | 00:20:00 | medium | 15 m. | To practice on the general informations learned about the heavenly bodies present in the Milky way galaxy. |
| 6. | Progress test 1 | 00:20:00 | medium | 20 m. | To check the progress on learning about the orbit, rotation, revolution along with the reasoning questions based on dwarf planets and also about the smallest planet and the hottest planet in the solar system. |
| 7. | Progress test 2 | 00:20:00 | medium | 20 m. | To test the progress on the concept learned about the terrestrial planet, a calculation to show that the number of Earths occupied in the giant planet, along with an interesting activity to make a collage on the planets with a few words about it. |
| 8. | Progress test 3 | 00:20:00 | medium | 16 m. | To test the progress on learning the general informations about the outer planets or Jovian planets in the solar system. |
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