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Theory
| Number | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number 1. | Name Astronomy | Description To give an introduction about the branch of science called Astronomy, to explain the celestial bodies in the universe in detail. |
| Number 2. | Name Ancient astronomers | Description 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. |
| Number 3. | Name Moon | Description To clearly explain about the natural satellite of the Earth - Moon, and about the phases of the Moon. |
| Number 4. | Name Phases of the Moon | Description To explain in detail with a diagram about the formation of different phases of the Moon and the trick to find the phase. |
| Number 5. | Name Importance of Moon | Description 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. |
| Number 6. | Name Stars | Description To explain about the stars, its visibility, and pole star. |
| Number 7. | Name Light-year | Description To explain about measuring the distance in terms of light-year with a star as an example. |
| Number 8. | Name Constellation | Description To brief about constellations, and its types. |
| Number 9. | Name Ursa Major constellation | Description 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. |
| Number 10. | Name Other constellations | Description This theory explains about other constellations like Orion, Sirius, and Cassiopeia. |
| Number 11. | Name Summary | Description A summary to brief through all the concepts learned in the previous theories. |
Practice Questions
| Number | Name | Type | Difficulty | Marks | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number 1. | Name Celestial objects | Type 1st type - receptive | Difficulty easy | Marks 2 m. | Description To know about the celestial objects. |
| Number 2. | Name Galaxies and universe | Type 1st type - receptive | Difficulty easy | Marks 2 m. | Description To know about the examples of celestial objects, constellation, galaxies, and universe. |
| Number 3. | Name Astronomy | Type 2nd type - interpretation | Difficulty medium | Marks 4 m. | Description To apply the concepts learned about the basic terms used in astronomy. |
| Number 4. | Name Phases of the moon | Type 2nd type - interpretation | Difficulty medium | Marks 6 m. | Description To know about the different phases of the Moon in detail and also the festivals celebrated on based on those phases. |
| Number 5. | Name Astronomy in India | Type 2nd type - interpretation | Difficulty medium | Marks 6 m. | Description To understand and apply the concepts learned about the basic astronomy in anicient India and also about the shapes of the Moon. |
| Number 6. | Name Ancient astronomers | Type 3rd type - analysis | Difficulty hard | Marks 7 m. | Description To know about the ancient astronomers and also about the Moon in detail. |
| Number 7. | Name Shapes of moon and constellation | Type 2nd type - interpretation | Difficulty easy | Marks 2 m. | Description To know the names of the different phases of the Moon and also the shapes of constellation on seeing the images. |
| Number 8. | Name Distance of stars in kilometres | Type 2nd type - interpretation | Difficulty medium | Marks 4 m. | Description To apply the formula and calculate the value of light years in terms of kilometres. |
| Number 9. | Name Calculation of light years | Type 2nd type - interpretation | Difficulty medium | Marks 5 m. | Description To know the method to calculate the distance between stars and galaxies from Earth in terms of light years. |
| Number 10. | Name Group of stars and Moon | Type 1st type - receptive | Difficulty easy | Marks 2 m. | Description To know about the different shapes of Moon and also the constellations on seeing the image. |
| Number 11. | Name Light years | Type 2nd type - interpretation | Difficulty easy | Marks 2 m. | Description To know about the constellations with the different types of stars, and the calculation of light years. |
| Number 12. | Name Orion and Leo Major | Type 2nd type - interpretation | Difficulty medium | Marks 5 m. | Description To know about the Orion, Cassiopeia and Leo Major constellaltions in detail. |
| Number 13. | Name Different types of constellations | Type 2nd type - interpretation | Difficulty medium | Marks 4 m. | Description To know about various constellations, their common names, and the resemblence of shapes in them. |
| Number 14. | Name Lunar phases | Type 2nd type - interpretation | Difficulty hard | Marks 8 m. | Description To know about the order in which the lunar phases occur. |
| Number 15. | Name Pole star | Type 2nd type - interpretation | Difficulty hard | Marks 8 m. | Description 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. |
| Number 16. | Name Ancient astronomy | Type 2nd type - interpretation | Difficulty medium | Marks 4 m. | Description To apply the concepts learned about the ancient astronomy, its observations, and heliocentric theory. |
| Number 17. | Name Objects in the sky | Type 2nd type - interpretation | Difficulty easy | Marks 2 m. | Description To remember and apply the names of various objects present in the sky. |
| Number 18. | Name Colour of a star | Type 3rd type - analysis | Difficulty medium | Marks 4 m. | Description To know about the stars - its colour, the groups, and its types. |
| Number 19. | Name Celestial bodies in the Universe | Type 1st type - receptive | Difficulty easy | Marks 2 m. | Description To know about the ancient astronomers, and the celestial bodies in the Universe. |
Questions for Teacher Use
| Number | Name | Type | Difficulty | Marks | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number 1. | Name Mythological stories on constellation | Type Other | Difficulty hard | Marks 10 m. | Description An activity to know about the ancient mythological stories about various constellations. |
| Number 2. | Name Galaxy | Type Other | Difficulty medium | Marks 6 m. | Description To reason out the questions based on the Moon, distance of stars and constellations. |
| Number 3. | Name Formation of phases of the Moon | Type Other | Difficulty hard | Marks 10 m. | Description To draw the moon in differnt phases and to write about the formation of the phases of the Moon in detail. |
| Number 4. | Name Lunar calendar | Type Other | Difficulty hard | Marks 10 m. | Description 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number 1. | Name Training test 1 | Recomended time: 00:15:00 | Difficulty easy | Marks 10 m. | Description To get trained on the basics of celestial bodies present in the Universe and the study of these celestial bodies called Astronomy. |
| Number 2. | Name Training test 2 | Recomended time: 00:15:00 | Difficulty medium | Marks 9 m. | Description 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number 1. | Name Homework test 1 | Recomended time: 00:20:00 | Difficulty medium | Marks 15 m. | Description To practice and get familiarize about the facts on ancient Astronomers, different phases of Moon and also about constellations. |
| Number 2. | Name Homework test 2 | Recomended time: 00:20:00 | Difficulty medium | Marks 10 m. | Description 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. |
| Number 3. | Name Homework test 3 | Recomended time: 00:20:00 | Difficulty medium | Marks 15 m. | Description 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. |
| Number 4. | Name Progress test 1 | Recomended time: 00:20:00 | Difficulty medium | Marks 22 m. | Description To check the progress gained on learning about the formation of the different phases of the Moon, and the ancient Indians knowledge on Astronomy. |
| Number 5. | Name Progress test 2 | Recomended time: 00:20:00 | Difficulty hard | Marks 19 m. | Description 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. |
| Number 6. | Name Progress test 3 | Recomended time: 00:20:00 | Difficulty medium | Marks 16 m. | Description 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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