Making Things Class 3 Questions and Answers Solutions

EVS Class 3 Chapter 11 Making Things Question Answer

Have you ever wondered? (Page 135)

Question 1.
What are these things made of?
Answer:
These things are made of clay.

Question 2.
Who has made them and how?
Answer:
A potter made them on the potter’s wheel.

Discuss (Page 137)

Question 1.
What are pots used for?
Answer:
Pots are used for storing and cooling of drinking water.

Question 2.
What other kinds of things do potters make?
Answer:
Potters make different types of pots, Diyas, toys, kulhad, birdbath, piggybank etc.

Question 3.
Why is the pot baked in a kiln?
Answer:
When potter make a pot out of clay, it is soft and can break easily. To make it strong and hard, potter baked it in a kiln.

Activity-1 (Page 137)

Question 1.
Have you wondered how clay takes a beautiful shape on a spinning wheel?
Answer:
Yes, I wondered.

Question 2.
Which of the products made by a potter do you use at home?
Answer:
We use pots, birdbath, piggybank and diyas at home.

Question 3.
Draw some of the products that you have seen at the potter’s place in the box given below.

Answer:

(Page 138)

Question 1.
In what ways do you help your parents and grandparents?
Answer:
I help my parents and grandparents by doing some small household work like watering plants, folding clothes, dusting, etc.

Activity-3 (Page 139)

Arrange the images in the correct order by numbering them from 1 to 5.

Answer:

Activity-4 (Page 140)

The following are some patterns with repeating shapes and lines.
Look around for patterns on plants.
Draw any pattern of a leaf in the given box. Give an example of your own.

Answer:

Look around for patterns on animals. Draw an animal which has patterns in the given box.

Answer:

Look around for patterns on things. Draw a pattern in the box.

Answer:

(Page 141)

Question 1.
Decorate the given objects with patterns.

Answer:

Patterns in Indian Pottery (Page 141)

These are some beautiful forms of pottery from different parts of India. Tick the ones that have patterns on them.

Answer:

Brick by Brick (Page 142)

Question 1.
Where have you seen bricks?
Answer:
I have seen bricks on a construction site.

Question 2.
Have you ever seen how bricks are made?
Answer:
No, I have not seen how bricks are made.

Discuss (Page 144)

Question 1.
Are all houses made of bricks?
Answer:
No, all houses are not made of bricks.

Question 2.
What do you think are other materials used to build houses?

Answer:
Mud, straw, bamboo, cow dung, and wood are other materials used to build houses.

Write (Page 144)

Question 1.
Why do you think mud houses are better for the environment?

Answer:
Mud is a natural material. So houses made from it would be eco-friendly and better for the environment.

Question 2.
Look around at the houses in your neighbourhood. What are the houses made of?

Answer:
Most of the houses in my neighbourhood are made of brick and cement.

Activity-5 (Page 145)

Look at the pictures below. Guess the name of each type of house. Fill it in the given table below.

Answer:

Activity-6 (Page 146)

Make a Wall
Make some bricks using a matchbox mould, small paper boxes, clay or atta (dough). Stack them in these two arrangements shown in the drawing.

Question 1.
Which one is sturdier?
Answer:
Second one is sturdier.

Question 2.
Which one falls more easily when pushed?
Answer:
First one falls more easily when pushed.

Discuss (Page 146)

Question 1.
Are there any safety rules at home?
Answer:
Yes, there are many safety rules at home such as do not play with knives, do not touch electric switches with wet hands, etc.

Question 2.
Do you have any safety rules at school?
Answer:
Yes, we have many safety rules at school such as do not run on stairs, do not jump on benches etc.

Let us Reflect (Page 147)

A. Write

Question 1.
What is the process of pot making?
Answer:
A potter takes wet clay, pound it, knead it, and then puts it on a potter’s wheel and shapes it by spinning it.

Question 2.
How do artists get ideas for their arts?
Answer:
Artists get ideas for their arts from nature and natural thing.

Question 3.
What is a kiln?
Answer:
A kiln is a type of furnace where clay products are baked at high temperature.

Question 4.
What are houses made of?
Answer:
Houses are made of brick, cement, wood, cow dung or glass.

Question 5.
You may also try to find videos on YouTube that show the process of things being made. Write down the steps in as much detail as possible.
Answer:
Do yourself.

B. Draw

Draw and colour any three different kinds of houses.

Answer:

C. Discuss

Question 1.
Why do we have different kinds of houses?
Answer:
Houses are different because people live in different places with different weather and they use the materials they have around them to build their homes.

Question 2.
Why do people wear helmets at construction sites?
Answer:
People wear helmets at construction sites to ensure their safety.

Question 3.
What would happen if there were no patterns in nature?
Answer:
If there were no patterns in nature, we wouldn’t see beautiful and repeating shapes and it would be hard for living things to survive.

D. Interview

Question 1.
Interview someone who makes crafts or toys in your locality. Share the information in the class.
Answer:
Do yourself with the help of teacher and parents.

Question 2.
Find out how some commonly used objects like pencils, erasers, pens and notebooks are made. Ask your elders.
Answer:
Do yourself.