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प्रश्न
Do you think the moon is flat like the coin or round like a ball?
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उत्तर
I think the moon is round like a ball.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Can you think why Sunita’s hair was standing?
Can you now say why Sunita’s hair kept standing?
Take a 5 rupee coin and a small piece of paper. The paper should be about one-fourth the size of the coin.
- Hold the coin in one hand and the paper in the other. Drop them at the same time. What happened?
- Now place the tiny paper on the coin and drop them. What happened this time? Surprised!
- Can you find India?
- Where all do you find the sea?
- Which countries can you see?
- Can you see some of the countries with which India plays cricket matches? For example England, Australia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and South Africa.
- What else can you see on the globe?
Look at the moon tonight and draw what it looks like. Look and draw again after one week, and then after 15 days.
| Today’s Date | Date after a week | Date after 15 days |
What are the festivals related to the moon?
Given below are the times at which the moon rises and sets in Delhi (on the given days).
| Date |
Time of moonrise (hours: minutes) |
Time of moon (hours: minutes)set |
| 28-10-2007 | 19:16 | 08:50 |
| 29-10-2007 | 20:17 | 10:03 |
| 30-10-2007 | 21:22 | 11:08 |
| 31-10-2007 | 22:29 | 12:03 |
- On 28 October the moon came out at ___ minutes past ___ o’clock.
- On 29 October the moon came out at ___ minutes past ___ o’clock.
- On 29 October there was a difference of ___ hours and ___ minutes in the time of the moonrise (as compared to 28 October).
Why do children always slide down the slide and not slide up? If this slide were there in Sunita’s spacecraft, would children slide like this? Why?
Why don’t you try to do the same with a coin? How many centimeters away from the eye did you keep the coin to hide the moon?
If you saw the moon rising at 7 pm today, would you see it at the same time tomorrow?
