ARAVALI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HOLIDAY HOMEWORK CLASS VIII Dear children, We are sure that all of you must be enjoying your holidays. You must have started making plans to visit your grandparents, relatives and friends, watching television during the day, taking a dip in the swimming pool and joining some activity classes with your friends. We wish that you enjoy every minute of this long break with your family and friends. It will be great if you are able to find time to visit museums and monuments, learn new things, explore new areas near your house, play indoor and outdoor games , read as many story books as you can , help your parents and grandparents, go for morning walk and play in the park in the evenings during your long summer break. We are giving a short assignment for the vacation. We have tried to make the work enjoyable keeping in mind your interest. Space out the work & the child will enjoy doing it. HAPPY EXPLORING ! Enjoy your holidays! S – sunny all the day U – umbrella all the way M – mango just I want M – more & more juicy E – evenings are bit cool R – refreshing drink a glass full Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space based satellite system that provides location and time. Find more information about it and prepare a Power Point Presentation showing its usage / advantages. (Justify your data). Prepare a project on the given question keeping the following pointers in mind.      Trace the history of GPS Where and how it is being used Benefits in today’s world Think of ways as to how and where can you take it to the next level Give an area where you feel GPS is required immediately(may be in your school or any where else)and how it can be effectively used . **NOTE ** 1. For the homework assigned you have to make a power point presentation along with data presentation with pictures and write-ups (handwritten) on A-4 size sheet. 2. Individual presentations will be appreciated for which a proper schedule to present them will be intimated later after the school reopens in the month of July. Criteria to        judge the presentation are as follows: Presentation ( content ) Eye contact Confidence Research work Validity of data Usage of vocabulary Analysis and Synthesizing of data *Prepare well for Formative Assessments -1 *Read the biography of Surya Kant Tripathi Nirala, also read any one of his stories written by him. (It will be considered as Hindi FA-1 activity)