Plot-8, Sector-23, Rohini, New Delhi-110085

Session 2021-2022
Name: ……………………… Class: VI

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Dear Students, Major Landforms of the Earth and ‘Our country – India’
Date: / You
/2021 Winter
all must have visited different places on Break
a family trip or a school holiday. Were theseSubject:
places Geography
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the same? Or were they all different? Holiday Homework

Dear Students,
You all must have visited different places on a family trip or a school holiday. Were these places all
the same? Or were they all different?
We all know that one – fourth of the Earth's surface is covered by land. The portion which forms land
on Earth's surface is not the same everywhere. At some places the land may be too high, at some
places very low, some areas would be lush green and certain areas are dry and barren. Our planet
Earth is a beautiful collaboration of various physical features. These different physical features are
called the various landforms on the surface of the Earth. These are geographical features that control
the ecosystem, climate, weather and the essence of life on earth. In simple terms, we say that any
shape on the Earth's surface is known as a landform. There are various processes that lead to the
formation of landforms- internal process and external process.
Let us see how many landforms you can recognize

 Identify the landforms. Write your answers on the boxes.

Wow, you know them all!!

In this sheet, we will take you to a trip to the different variations on the earth surface through the
different landforms – hills, plateau, plains etc. This sheet is intended to introduce Chapter ‘Major
landforms of the Earth’ and ‘Our country – India’. Certain task has an accompanying page number
from book/ video, link/ web-link/ observation task.
You are recommended to take the help of your parents while you work on this sheet. Ask your parents
about their experiences of travelling, meaning of a travel agency, booking of tickets etc. Remember!
You will need all this knowledge to explore the landforms across the globe. Hope you have a fun time
in this exploration trip.
Discussion around this sheet and this concept would be taken up in the class after the vacations to
clarify core concepts and to resolve queries.
Welcome Aboard!! Let’s begin the journey……

Task – 1

i) Have you ever imagine living in a camp on mountains, riding a camel in the
deserts or travelling down a river on a raft? Well!! Fasten your seatbelts because
here is your chance to visit adventurous places and explore different types of
landforms. Imagine you are a traveller and you got a chance to visit either
mountains, plains, or an island, where would you like to visit? Write about your
favourite spot and tell us more about it.

 You can include following points to share your experience -

a) Place you would like to visit and Location of the place
b) Environment of the place you have visited
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LET’S EXPLORE MORE!!

ii) Hurry Up!! Let’s sail and explore various landforms through the link –
https://edpuzzle.com/media/61b2c792f0c1474318a053e6

Let’s Read
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Imagine you are a journalist. Your mission is to go and look for the last snow leopard
surviving in the Himalayas.
i) When you meet her, speak to her about the changes that she has experienced in
the mountains due to disturbances caused by humans.
ii) How does she feel?
iii) What we can do to protect the mountains?

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Task- 3

Let’s go on a vacation with Billie.

As the holidays approaches near, Billie, the fox made a vacation plan to Goa. Billie booked a
ticket for Goa and started packing all his winter clothes for the vacation.
As soon as he reaches Goa, he decided to relax on Calangute Beach. Excited Billie rushes
towards the beach with his chair and juice. Upon reaching to the beach, he started worrying.
Billie started crying. Why?

Because …… Billie forgot to bring his summer clothes with him as he thought that he would
only need winter clothes in Goa.
Help Billie!!
 Students can you tell Billie, why he should not have packed winter clothes for a
vacation in Goa?
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Task – 4

Landform Diorama
Introduction
India is marked by a diversity of physical features such as mountains, plateaus, plains, coasts
and islands.

Instructions:
 Each student has been assigned a landform according to their roll numbers.

Roll numbers Landform

 1–5 Himalayas
 6 – 10 The Northern Indian Plains
 11 – 15 Great Indian Desert
 16 – 20 Peninsular Plateau
 21 – 25 Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats
 26 – 30 Coastal Plains
 31 – 36 Islands
  Students will make a diorama of the landform assigned to them according to their roll
numbers. A diorama is simply a “shoebox creation.” They need to research on the
landform and create a scene of the landform in shoe box or other small cardboard
box.
 Some materials you might use for creating your scene:
Aluminium foil, cotton balls, blades of grass, popsicles sticks, paint, plastic
figures, clay, toothpicks, etc.
 A note card should be attached to the top of the diorama. Students should write the
name of the landform.
 A description of the landform, and some examples of this landform in India will be
given by the student in the class while presenting their diorama of the landform.

For Reference:

 Students can also take reference from the following videos / links for creating
Diorama of landforms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbMIftcd6Tk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6C4TyJvCMc
https://alittlepinchofperfect.com/landform-diorama-social-studies-craft-for-kids/

 Complete the Diorama during your winter vacations.

 Presentation of the diorama will be graded as the Asynchronous Task.

Task – 5
Map Work

India's terrain varies widely, from the Thar Desert in the west to jungles in the northeast. A
fertile area called the Ganges Plain covers much of northern India. Discover the physical
divisions of India with the help of a map.

Link: https://wordwall.net/resource/20296209/physical-divisions-of-india