GK 2

Preface



We have often heard the saying -“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” but how many
of us actually believe in it? Most often it is only the first step that is difficult and intimidating, what follows
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START UP QUIZZI KIT (For Teachers only) these issues.
A special Start Up Quizzi Kit designed with interactive game based exercises (separate for each • Do It Yourself (DIY) activities, figured around specific environmental issues,
class) for initiating fun and learning in the classroom. The kit comprises of the following: encouraging children to use their creative abilities in using and recycling
• Start Up Launch-pad: A handbook for teacher, introducing them to the use of the Start Up resources that are available.
Quizzi Kit. It shall also contain content for 6 fully designed and compiled quiz shows to be • Jet Set Go – a journey which explores some of the major countries
conducted live in the classroom along with guidelines on how to conduct the quiz. The audio/ of the world and stimulating their young minds to explore lands
visual presentation for the quiz shows shall also be given along with the interactive CD. beyond their country.
• Start Up Think Tank (For classes 1-2): Look and Speak flash cards for initiating thinking and • Buzz Talk – introducing children to new age trending words and
speaking abilities. issues which they come across daily.
• Start Up Hide and Seek (For classes 1-2): Interactive board chart game. • Yoga Lessons – to encourage children to adopt a healthy lifestyle
• Start Up Brainstorm (For classes 3-8): An interactive classroom exercise aimed at initiating by starting with some simple yoga lessons. It categorically aims
Group Discussion in the class on trending topics, which children come across in their daily life. at asanas aimed to benefit young children, like asanas for
• Start Up News Bulletin (For classes 3-8): An exercise aimed at encouraging students to increasing height, better digestion, increasing stamina, better
collect current affairs news clips, discuss in class and prepare their own News bulletin concentration, etc.
board. An yearly complier designed with 12 brightly designed bulletin sheets, where students
paste the news headlines covering International news, National news, Sports news and In a nutshell, this series aims at propagating knowledge by encouraging
miscellaneous news. The bulletin sheets shall be placed on class soft board keeping them students to simply Start Up and take the first step to this new and
completely updated with all that is happening around them. exciting journey of knowledge and exploration.
• Interactive CD including Audio/Visual presentation of 6 quiz shows. Valuable suggestions for improving the content and quality of the book are
always welcome from the readers.
-Author

CONTENTS





Science Ahead:
Discovering India:
17. Connecting us ............ 8
World view: 18. Across the Universe .... 15 28. Capital cities ..................24
29. Colours of India ........... 36-37
1. What they do? ...................9 19. Air and water ........ 20-21 30. Second names .................44
2. All in a year .................... 12 20. Inside me ................ 22 31. In my India .................... 45

3. Check them out! .............. 13 21. More about computers . 32 32. Leaders of the past ...........49
4. Four corners .................. 17 22. Road safety ............. 46 33. Know your land ............ 52-53

5. Just around you .............. 19 23. Smart machines ......... 48
6. Capital cities – World ........ 28 34. Indian faces ................... 56
7. Weather report ................ 29

8. Special days ................... 50
9. Global faces ................... 58 Sports shot:

10. Must see ........................ 60 Melting pot:
11. Big and small .................. 62 24. Sports store .................. 23 Life around: 42. Holy books ................. 35
25. In the sports world ...........34 43. More music ................. 55
26. Sports puzzle ..................54 35. Desert life .......................... 7 44. Cartoon and characters .. 63
27. Name the game ...............57 36. Underwater .....................10-11

37. Who will I be? ......................14
World of Words: 38. Plant parts we eat .................18

12. Group them together ........16 39. Up, down and below ..........30-31

13. Same to same .................25 LIFE-CYCLE: 40. Interesting insects ................ 33 Smart minds:
14. Magic words .................. 47 Journey of milk – from 41. Types of plants .................... 39 (mental)

15. Famous tales ..................59 cow to cup .....................26-27 45. Light or heavy .............38
16. Figure me out ................ 61 46. Watch the signs .......... 43
ECO-SCOPE: 47. Shhh! It is a secret........51

Plants – your green friends ..40–41
Test Paper I .............. 69 48. Round the year ........64-65
DIY: Test Paper II ............. 70 49. Pattern path ...............67


Dress up your green friends .....42 Test Paper III ............. 71 50. Balance please ............68
Test Paper IV ............ 72 (physical)
BUZZ TALK: Answers Fit food for fit mind (poster)

What is the internet? .............66

































































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25 Colours of India 5. This is Mr. and Mrs.Abdul. They

wear a ‘phiran’. They drink the
pink tea called ‘Noon chai’ to
Meet these people from different parts of India. See what they eat keep themselves warm. They

and how they dress. live in .

Can you name the state in which they live?



1. This is Mr. and Mrs.Singh. They 6. This is Mr. and Mrs.Shinde.

love to eat butter and ghee. Every Sunday they go to
They drink lassi everyday. Chowpathy to eat their
They live in . favourite vada pav. They


live in .




2. This is Mr. and Mrs.Roy. 7. This is Mr. and Mrs.Nair.
They celebrate Durga Puja Mrs.Nair cooks dosas and

with joy and serve rosogollas appams very well. She serves
to their guests. They live in them on a banana leaf. They

.
live in .





3. This is Mr. and Mrs. Parekh. 8. This is Mr. and Mrs.Barua.
They love to have dhoklas Mrs.Barua cooks many rice
for snacks. They live in dishes during the Bihu festival.

. They live in .







4. This is Mr. and Mrs.Poddar. • In which state do you live?

Mrs.Poddar wears a lehenga- • What is the famous food dish of that state?
choli. They eat spicy food.

They live in . Kerala Maharashtra Gujarat Jammu and Kashmir

Punjab West Bengal Assam Rajasthan




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26 Light or heavy? 27 Types of plants



Every object has some weight. Plants are of different shapes and sizes.

In each pair below circle the object that is lighter. Read about them and use the clue box to name them.


1. 2. shrubs

trees

1. They are big and tall plants. creepers
The main stem is called the trunk. herbs

Small, thin stems are called climbers
branches.




2. These plants have very thin
and weak stems.

3. 4. They grow along the
ground.



4. These plants have
3. These plants do not grow tall. weak stems. They need
They do not have a trunk. the support of other
They have short, woody plants, sticks or wire

branches. nets to climb and grow.





5. 6. 5. These plants are very small.

They have soft green stems.





















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26 Light or heavy? 27 Types of plants



Every object has some weight. Plants are of different shapes and sizes.

In each pair below circle the object that is lighter. Read about them and use the clue box to name them.


1. 2. shrubs

trees

1. They are big and tall plants. creepers
The main stem is called the trunk. herbs

Small, thin stems are called climbers
branches.




2. These plants have very thin
and weak stems.

3. 4. They grow along the
ground.



4. These plants have
3. These plants do not grow tall. weak stems. They need
They do not have a trunk. the support of other
They have short, woody plants, sticks or wire

branches. nets to climb and grow.





5. 6. 5. These plants are very small.

They have soft green stems.





















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ECO- SCOPE

Your green
Plants - your green friends friends feel too…

Just like you, your green
Mother Earth has given us some beautiful green friends. Can you friends feel happy and sad

guess their names? Yes, they are the green plants around us. too. When someone harms
them they feel sad. When you

are happy around them, they
are happy too.

Plants are friends A little seed for me They like music just
for life… to sow, like you.

We need fresh air to live. A little soil to make it grow. Your green friends

Plants give out oxygen which care for you…
helps us to breathe. A little hole, a little pot, do you care?


Think… can you live A little wish and that is all. Your green friends really
without plants? A little Sun, a little shower, care for you.


My new green friend grows They give you clothes, food,
along. medicines
Help your green and many more things.
friends to grow…

Make more green Do you care for them?
Your green friends need water, Give them your love
sunlight and good soil to grow. friends… and care.

The best way to care for
Help them grow by… your green friends is to add

• giving them water. Do not hurt your more to your friend list.
green friends…
• allowing sunlight to fall on them. Plant some more trees.

Remember some plants need When you pluck flowers More green trees =
shade too. and leaves your green
friends are hurt. They healthy Mother Earth.
GROW
• sometimes turning the have life in them. GROW
soil around their Respect them.
roots.
GREEN
GREEN







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ECO- SCOPE

Your green
Plants - your green friends friends feel too…

Just like you, your green
Mother Earth has given us some beautiful green friends. Can you friends feel happy and sad

guess their names? Yes, they are the green plants around us. too. When someone harms
them they feel sad. When you

are happy around them, they
are happy too.

Plants are friends A little seed for me They like music just
for life… to sow, like you.

We need fresh air to live. A little soil to make it grow. Your green friends

Plants give out oxygen which care for you…
helps us to breathe. A little hole, a little pot, do you care?


Think… can you live A little wish and that is all. Your green friends really
without plants? A little Sun, a little shower, care for you.


My new green friend grows They give you clothes, food,
along. medicines
Help your green and many more things.
friends to grow…

Make more green Do you care for them?
Your green friends need water, Give them your love
sunlight and good soil to grow. friends… and care.

The best way to care for
Help them grow by… your green friends is to add

• giving them water. Do not hurt your more to your friend list.
green friends…
• allowing sunlight to fall on them. Plant some more trees.

Remember some plants need When you pluck flowers More green trees =
shade too. and leaves your green
friends are hurt. They healthy Mother Earth.
GROW
• sometimes turning the have life in them. GROW
soil around their Respect them.
roots.
GREEN
GREEN







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