Chapter 13
A River's Tale
1) What is the colour of the river where it begins?
2) At some places, there are many fish in the river, at others there are only a few and at some places there are dead fish. What could be the reason for this? Discuss.
3) What can be seen in the river before it reaches the village?
4) At which places did the colour of the water in the river change? Why did this happen? Discuss.
5) Which of the places shown in the picture would you like to live in? Why?
6) Would you like to change any of the things that you see in the picture? Why and how?
7) Have you seen people throwing different things into rivers or water bodies?
8) What could be done to keep rivers clean? Discuss.
9) If you wanted to drink some water, from which part of the river would you like to drink? Why?
10) In the last part of the picture the river flows into the sea. Have you ever seen the sea? Where? In a movie, or somewhere else?
11) Have you ever been near a river or sea? When?
12) Show with your hands, how the waves in the sea move.
13) Is the water from the sea drinkable? Why?
14) Do you think that there would be changes taking place in a river, pond or stream at different times of the year? What kind of changes would these be? Discuss.
15) Will there be the same amount of water in the ponds or rivers during the rainy season and in summer?
16) Is there a pond, river or lake near your town or city ? Find out.
17) Are there any changes in the water during summers, the rainy season and in winters?
18) What are the different kinds of water animals found there?
19) What kind of trees and plants grow around it?
20) What are the kinds of birds that come there?
21) Have you ever seen or read about floods? Where?
22) What happens when there is a flood?
23) Have you seen dirty water in a river or pond? Where?
24) How would you know if the water is dirty? If the water looks clean, can you be sure that it is alright to drink that water? Discuss.
25) For this activity you will need to bring certain things from your home. You will find most of these in the kitchen.
26) Salt, sugar, cooking soda, haldi, flour and dal (about half a teaspoon each).
27) Lemon Juice, soap water, sherbet, oil (one spoonful each).
28) Do all things dissolve in water?
29) Does the colour of the water always change?
30) Did oil dissolve in water? How can you say whether it has dissolved or not?
31) How is drinking water cleaned in your house?
32) Find out the many different ways of cleaning water at home
33) Draw pictures showing any two ways of cleaning the water.
Type by- Gauri Bora
