NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Chapter 11 Sunita in Space

11. Sunita in Space

Straight from the heart
What do you think the earth looks like? Make a drawing of
the earth in your notebook. On your drawing show where you
are. Take a look at your friends’ drawings too.
What is our earth really like?
Uzaira and Shahmir are playing with the globe.
While they play they are talking to each other.

Uzaira: Do you know that Sunita
Williams is visiting our school tomorrow?
I have heard that she has spent more than
six months in space.
Shahmir: (looking at the globe) Hmm... look here is America,
Africa. Hey, where is space?
Uzaira: The sky, stars, sun and moon, they are all in space.
Shahmir: Yes, I know. Sunita Williams went in a spaceship. I
saw on TV that she could see the earth from there.
Uzaira: Yes, from there the earth looked like this globe.
Shahmir: If our earth looks like this globe, then where are we?
(Uzaira takes a pen and places it on the globe.)
Uzaira : Here we are. This is India.
Shahmir: If we were here like this, we would all fall off. I think
we must be inside the globe.
Teacher’s Note : We know that scientists have also struggled to build an
understanding of the shape of the earth. It is difficult for young children to
understand the shape of the earth. Encourage children to express their
ideas freely.

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