Academic Session 2015-2016

Holiday Homework
Class VII
MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT

Theme: JUNK FOOD

We all love snacks like chips, burgers and chocolates. They taste delicious, are easily available
and mostly ready to eat. This food is often called junk food, because its nutritional value is very
low. It has a lot of sugar, fat and salt and very little proteins, vitamins and minerals. This
category of food includes all kinds of sweets, soft drinks, chips, burgers, pizza, ice cream or any
other fast food. Eating junk food is an unhealthy habit, which can cause serious health problems.
Let us find out more.
ENGLISH
GOOD FOOD and A WARM KITCHEN are what make a house a home (and an interesting
holiday homework too :))
GOOD FOOD: Create a recipe of a healthy snack of your choice. (Include as far as possible, a
variety of ingredients containing carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals.)
A WARM KITCHEN: Create a Pictionary of culinary terms (processes, tools, equipments,
etc.). The pictionary should include:
a
b
c
d

A culinary term beginning with each letter of the alphabet

A drawing or a cutout to illustrate the same
A sentence to bring out the meaning and the correct usage of the term
Design the cover page and give it a suitable title related to its theme FOOD

HINDI

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SCIENCE:
Answer the following questions with the help of books, magazines, newspapers or the
internet.
(A) What makes your diet healthy?
(B) Find healthy alternatives that are as tasty, but less harmful than junk food.
Chips
_________________________________________________________________________
Burger and Pizza
_________________________________________________________________
Soft drink _____________________________________________________________________

Ice cream
______________________________________________________________________
Instant noodles like Maggi
__________________________________________________________
Chocolate
______________________________________________________________________
Samosa

Rolls
Meal

What did Amount of water, soft drinks or other liquids

you eat you had during each meal and in between (in
litres)

Breakfast
Snacks
Lunch
Snacks
Dinner
Snacks
Kachori

(C) Besides diabetes and heart problems, what are the other ailments that can be triggered by
eating unhealthy food?

(D) Evaluate yourself: Write down what you eat during a week (Including sweets, cold drinks
and all kinds of munchies in snacks.
DAY .
Table 1

Table 2
Meal
Nutrients present in the entire meal
Breakfast
Snacks
Lunch
Snacks
Dinner
Snacks
(E) Afterwards, rate your food habits yourself. Mark all the unhealthy stuff you ate with a red
tick and the healthy food with a green tick. How healthy was your diet?
(F) Advertisements and information on packaging play a very critical role in forming food
habits.
Junk food producers have several marketing techniques to promote unhealthy food items on
the sly. For example, they print images of celebrities on the packaging and sometimes, give
fraudulent nutritional information. Can you think of some smart marketing strategies too?
MATHS:
(i) Next time you watch television: count the commercials shown in half an hour. Record your
observation in the following table using tally marks. Represent the data collected using
pictograph and bar graphs.
S.No. Category
1

Beauty/body products (toiletries, sanitisers, perfumes etc.)

Home products (furnishing, electronics, products used for

cleaning etc.)

Junk food (chips, fizzy drinks etc.)

Clothing

Accessories (watches, footwears, jewellery etc.)

Packaged healthy food products (bournvita, eggs, milk etc.)

Kids products (toys, school bags etc.)

(ii) How many promote junk food? What do you think about them?

Tally
marks

Frequency

(G) Do you think marketing for unhealthy food is right? Do you think there should be
marketing restrictions on unhealthy food?
(H) The body mass index (BMI), is a measure of relative size based on the mass and height of
an individuals height.
BMI =

Weight (kg)
(Height (m) x Height (m)

BMI indicates if an individual is overweight or underweight for his/her age.

i.
Given below is a list of height and weight for some students of your age group. Calculate
their BMI and indicate which of them are overweight or underweight for your age.
S.No.
Student
Height (cm)
Weight (kg)
1
Student E1
153
58
2
Student E2
148
35
3
Student E3
154
39
4
Student E4
149
45
5
Student E5
154
35
6
Student E6
138
50
7
Student E7
145
50
8
Student E8
153
63
9
Student E9
148
45
10
Student E10
143
32
11
Student E11
157
35
12
Student E12
146
38
13
Student E13
148
34
14
Student E14
150
55
15
Student E15
147
54
16
Student E16
142
43
17
Student E17
141
30
18
Student E18
160
60
19
Student E19
134
31
20
Student E20
158
41
21
Student E21
155
33
22
Student E22
148
34
23
Student E23
141
45
24
Student E24
137
26
25
Student E25
149
45
26
Student E26
146
40
27
Student E27
163
53
28
Student E28
156
41
29
Student E29
130
23
(ii) How can they modify their diet?
You have got your height and weight measured in the class by your friends (as SAC

activity). Calculate your own BMI using that data. Compare it with BMI range as per WHO
standards for age group 10 - 14 years given below and reflect upon whether you are
overweight or underweight. Describe how do you need to alter your diet.
Age in years
10 yrs
11yrs
12 yrs
13 yrs
14 yrs

Girls
16.7 - 17.2
17.2 - 17.9
18.0 - 18.7
18.8 - 19.5
19.6 - 20.2

Boys
16.4 - 16.9
16.9 - 17.5
17.5 - 18.2
18.2 - 18.9
19.0 - 19.8

SOCIAL SCIENCE
The summer vacations are round the corner and it is time for trying out your hand at innovative
activities and enjoying the process of doing so.
1. To break the summer heat, make yourself a special cooler.Make the drink using
different ingredients (Kokum, tamarind,Phalsa) Write down on an A4 size sheet the
process of making the drink and the region where the main ingredient is grown. Also
mention its special cooling property.
2. Our country is famous for the vibrant celebrations of festivals. Identify any 5 festivals
from different states and identify a food typical of that festival. What is the significance
of that cuisine and how has it come to be associated with the particular festival.
General Instructions:
Presentations should be hand drawn pictures and hand written content..

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cauinae AaOr ]sa kqaa maoM Aae iknhIM dao yaa tIna pa~aoM
ko baIca saMvaad[2- 3 vaa@ya] kao ica~ ko saaqa saMs kRt
maoM ilaiKe .yah kaya- A-4 coloured pastel/HANDMADE sheet] pr
kroM. yah kaya- Agast maoM Aayaaoijat kI jaanao vaalaI
SANSKRIT

klaa p`dSa-naI maoM p`stut ikyaa jaaegaa.

Aqavaa
Apnao ima~, iSaxak Aqavaa Apnao iksaI BaI pirvaar ko sadsya
ko ilae ek vaQaa-pna -p~[ ga`IiTMga kaD-] banaa[e ijasamaoM
saMskRt kI kao[- BaI saUi@t yaa Slaaok ihndI yaa AMga`jaI Aqako saaqa ilaKoM.[ e 4 rMgaIna pRYX ka p`yaaoga kroM.]
[Slaaok ima~, gau$ sad\vyavahar maQaur vaaNaI pirEama
ivaVa ko mah<va sao saMbaMiQat hao sakto hOM.
pustkalayaaoM, [NTrnaoT saMskRt kI paT\yapustkaoM sao
[nhoM p`aPt ikyaa jaa sakta hO.] Source: www.samskrutam.com

[gaitivaiQa ko AaQaar pr fa^rmaoiTva prIxaa ko Antga-t

maUlyaaMkna ikyaa jaaegaa.]
SPANISH
Compare and contrast the cuisines of Goa, Spain and Portugal. Present it on a A3
size sheet with the help of picture illustrations wherever possible.

COMPUTER SCIENCE:
On an A4 size sheet write down what is netiquette. Also write down the rules while working on
internet.
ART
Poster Making on Junk food vs Healthy Food (A3 size paper)

EVALUATION CRITERIA
ENGLISH
Recipe 2 marks
Pictionary- 8 marks (content 4, presentation
4)
HINDI

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MATHS
Collection of data : 2 marks
Presentation of data : 2 marks
Calculations: 1 mark
SCIENCE
Content (Information and accuracy) - 2
marks
Correct spellings 1 mark
Collection of data 3 marks
Viva- 2 marks

Presentation 1 mark
Bibliography- 1 mark
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Originality of research 4 marks
Presentation 3marks\
Viva 3 marks
SANSKRIT
maUlyaaMkna t<va1 maaOilakta
5 AMka:
p`stutIkrNa 5 AMka:
SPANISH
Presentation: 3 marks
Content 3 marks
Intercultural knowledge:

COMPUTER SCIENCE
Presentation: 5 marks
Content: 5 marks

4 marks