PUMPA - SMART LEARNING
எங்கள் ஆசிரியர்களுடன் 1-ஆன்-1 ஆலோசனை நேரத்தைப் பெறுங்கள். டாப்பர் ஆவதற்கு நாங்கள் பயிற்சி அளிப்போம்
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Theory
| Number | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Astronomy | To give an introduction about the branch of science called Astronomy, to explain the celestial bodies in the universe in detail. |
| 2. | Ancient astronomers | To clearly learn about the findings of an ancient Indian astronomer, Aryabhatta, the proposal of heliocentric theory by Nicholaus Coppernicus, and also about the invention of telescope. |
| 3. | Moon | To clearly explain about the natural satellite of the Earth - Moon, and about the phases of the Moon. |
| 4. | Phases of the Moon | To explain in detail with a diagram about the formation of different phases of the Moon and the trick to find the phase. |
| 5. | Importance of Moon | To explain about the festivals celebrated based on the phases of the moon, surface of the moon, possibilities of life and landing on the moon. |
| 6. | Stars | To explain about the stars, its visibility, and pole star. |
| 7. | Light-year | To explain about measuring the distance in terms of light-year with a star as an example. |
| 8. | Constellation | To brief about constellations, and its types. |
| 9. | Ursa Major constellation | To clearly learn and explain about the appearance, ancient stories of Ursa Major constellation in detail and also about the methods to locate the pole star. |
| 10. | Other constellations | This theory explains about other constellations like Orion, Sirius, and Cassiopeia. |
| 11. | Summary | A summary to brief through all the concepts learned in the previous theories. |
Practice Questions
| Number | Name | Type | Difficulty | Marks | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Celestial objects | 1st type - receptive | easy | 2 m. | To know about the celestial objects. |
| 2. | Galaxies and universe | 1st type - receptive | easy | 2 m. | To know about the examples of celestial objects, constellation, galaxies, and universe. |
| 3. | Astronomy | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 4 m. | To apply the concepts learned about the basic terms used in astronomy. |
| 4. | Phases of the moon | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 6 m. | To know about the different phases of the Moon in detail and also the festivals celebrated on based on those phases. |
| 5. | Astronomy in India | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 6 m. | To understand and apply the concepts learned about the basic astronomy in anicient India and also about the shapes of the Moon. |
| 6. | Ancient astronomers | 3rd type - analysis | hard | 7 m. | To know about the ancient astronomers and also about the Moon in detail. |
| 7. | Shapes of moon and constellation | 2nd type - interpretation | easy | 2 m. | To know the names of the different phases of the Moon and also the shapes of constellation on seeing the images. |
| 8. | Distance of stars in kilometres | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 4 m. | To apply the formula and calculate the value of light years in terms of kilometres. |
| 9. | Calculation of light years | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 5 m. | To know the method to calculate the distance between stars and galaxies from Earth in terms of light years. |
| 10. | Group of stars and Moon | 1st type - receptive | easy | 2 m. | To know about the different shapes of Moon and also the constellations on seeing the image. |
| 11. | Light years | 2nd type - interpretation | easy | 2 m. | To know about the constellations with the different types of stars, and the calculation of light years. |
| 12. | Orion and Leo Major | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 5 m. | To know about the Orion, Cassiopeia and Leo Major constellaltions in detail. |
| 13. | Different types of constellations | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 4 m. | To know about various constellations, their common names, and the resemblence of shapes in them. |
| 14. | Lunar phases | 2nd type - interpretation | hard | 8 m. | To know about the order in which the lunar phases occur. |
| 15. | Pole star | 2nd type - interpretation | hard | 8 m. | To analyse and arrange the steps to find a pole star using the Ursa Major constellation and also to guess various constellation using the given hints. |
| 16. | Ancient astronomy | 2nd type - interpretation | medium | 4 m. | To apply the concepts learned about the ancient astronomy, its observations, and heliocentric theory. |
| 17. | Objects in the sky | 2nd type - interpretation | easy | 2 m. | To remember and apply the names of various objects present in the sky. |
| 18. | Colour of a star | 3rd type - analysis | medium | 4 m. | To know about the stars - its colour, the groups, and its types. |
| 19. | Celestial bodies in the Universe | 1st type - receptive | easy | 2 m. | To know about the ancient astronomers, and the celestial bodies in the Universe. |
Questions for Teacher Use
| Number | Name | Type | Difficulty | Marks | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mythological stories on constellation | Other | hard | 10 m. | An activity to know about the ancient mythological stories about various constellations. |
| 2. | Galaxy | Other | medium | 6 m. | To reason out the questions based on the Moon, distance of stars and constellations. |
| 3. | Formation of phases of the Moon | Other | hard | 10 m. | To draw the moon in differnt phases and to write about the formation of the phases of the Moon in detail. |
| 4. | Lunar calendar | Other | hard | 10 m. | An activity to make a simple lunar calandar at home to have a better understanding of all the phases. |
Tests
| Number | Name | Recomended time: | Difficulty | Marks | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Training test 1 | 00:15:00 | easy | 10 m. | To get trained on the basics of celestial bodies present in the Universe and the study of these celestial bodies called Astronomy. |
| 2. | Training test 2 | 00:15:00 | medium | 9 m. | To get trained on the formula for calculating light year and the group of stars forming different constellations. |
Periodic assessments
| Number | Name | Recomended time: | Difficulty | Marks | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Homework test 1 | 00:20:00 | medium | 15 m. | To practice and get familiarize about the facts on ancient Astronomers, different phases of Moon and also about constellations. |
| 2. | Homework test 2 | 00:20:00 | medium | 10 m. | To test the basic concept learned about the different shapes of the Moon by doing a simple activity of making a lunar calendar for over a month. |
| 3. | Homework test 3 | 00:20:00 | medium | 15 m. | To get trained on the order in which the phases of the Moon occurs, and practice on the concept learned about the constellations like Orion, Cassiopeia and Leo Major. |
| 4. | Progress test 1 | 00:20:00 | medium | 22 m. | To check the progress gained on learning about the formation of the different phases of the Moon, and the ancient Indians knowledge on Astronomy. |
| 5. | Progress test 2 | 00:20:00 | hard | 19 m. | To test the progress on the calculating light years and the distance of a celestial object by solving various problems with a unit of kilometre, and also to draw the different constellations along with their ancient mythological stories behind it. |
| 6. | Progress test 3 | 00:20:00 | medium | 16 m. | To test the progress gained on learning about the pole star, different colours of the star based on their temperature, and also about the ancient Astronomy. |
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