# Where Are You Hiding?

## Overview
This chapter strengthens students' spatial reasoning, observational skills, and understanding of perspectives through playful activities like hide and seek, grid games, building with matchboxes, and map drawing. It introduces the concepts of **top**, **side**, and **front views** of objects and encourages students to explore directions and locations using simple grids and maps.

## Key Topics Covered

### 1. Hide and Seek - Understanding Perspective
- Children play hide and seek while observing from different viewpoints.
- Mini, Bholu, Rani, and Jagat look at a brick and draw it from different angles.
- Students learn:
- **Top View**: How something looks from above.
- **Front View**: How it looks from the front.
- **Side View**: How it appears from the side.
- Activity: Match the correct drawing to the correct view of the brick.

### 2. Identify Views of Objects
- Several objects are shown (chair, pencil, bottle, cap, etc.) from different perspectives.
- Children identify:
- The name of the object.
- The view shown (top, side, front).
- Encourages understanding of **visual perspective**.

### 3. Drawing Buildings Using Boxes
- Jagat and Mini make buildings using matchboxes.
- Students draw top, side, and front views of their own creations.
- Promotes **3D visualization** and creativity.
- Peer challenge: Match a drawing with the actual building created.

### 4. School Scene – Understanding Position
- Jagat's cat tries to find him in class from a window.
- Students identify:
- Position of Jagat.
- Items on desks using **rows and columns**.
- Helps in understanding **relative position** and use of spatial terms like "top right", "middle desk", etc.

### 5. Grid Game – Bholu’s Grid
- A 3×3 grid is introduced.
- Rani gives clues and Bholu places objects based on them:
- Pencil at top-left.
- Eraser at top-right.
- Apple in center.
- Ball at bottom-left.
- Helps in understanding coordinates and placement in **grid format**.

### 6. Grid Game — Treasure Hunt
- A 4×4 grid game.
- One player gives directional clues (e.g., 2 steps left, 1 step up) to help the other find an object.
- Reinforces understanding of **movement**, **direction**, and **position** in a fun and interactive way.

### 7. Shortest Path and Movement
- From the starting point, children trace paths to reach fruits like mango, orange, or flower.
- Determine:
- Number of steps.
- Shortest route.
- Encourages **logical thinking** and **problem-solving** using directions.

### 8. Drone Around the School – Top View
- Gyan’s drone shows a top view of the school.
- Children identify visible items like playground, trees, and building structures.
- Helps in **recognizing aerial views** and real-world applications.

### 9. Sight Map – Navigating School Spaces
- Sight map shows key locations: Grade IV class, sports room, kitchen, medical room, etc.
- Students trace:
- Different routes from one point to another.
- Shortest path.
- Directions like left, right, straight.
- Enhances **map reading** and **directional vocabulary**.

## New Terms

| Term | Definition |
|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Top View | How an object looks when seen from directly above |
| Front View | How an object looks when seen from the front side |
| Side View | How an object looks when seen from the side |
| Perspective | A point of view or angle from which something is seen |
| Grid | A set of rows and columns used to locate positions |
| Row | A horizontal line of items or positions |
| Column | A vertical line of items or positions |
| Aerial View | View from above, often from a drone or airplane |
| Path | A route or course taken to move from one point to another |
| Direction | The course along which someone or something moves |

## Practice Questions

### Easy (3)
1. What do we call the view of an object from the top?
- **Answer**: Top View
- **Explanation**: When you look at something from above, it’s the top view.

2. In Bholu’s grid, what is kept in the top left corner?
- **Answer**: Pencil
- **Explanation**: As per the clues, the pencil is placed in the top left.

3. Which view shows the front face of a chair?
- **Answer**: Front View
- **Explanation**: The front side shows how it looks from the front.

### Medium (2)
4. Mini took 2 steps left and 1 step up. Which object did she reach?
- **Answer**: (Answer depends on specific grid – Orange in example)
- **Explanation**: Steps help find exact positions in the treasure grid.

5. From the library, how will you reach the medical room?
- **Answer**: Go straight and turn right (based on map provided)
- **Explanation**: Follows the layout of the school map.

### Difficult (3)
6. Draw a matchbox building and sketch its top, front, and side view.
- **Answer**: (Student-created drawing)
- **Explanation**: Encourages 3D thinking and artistic skills.

7. If the ball is in row 3 and column 1, where is it located in Bholu’s grid?
- **Answer**: Bottom-left corner
- **Explanation**: Row 3 is bottom, column 1 is left.

8. Which path is shorter: from playground to IT room or to sports room?
- **Answer**: Depends on map; likely to IT room
- **Explanation**: Students compare paths on the school map.

### Very Difficult (2)
9. Trace and describe two different paths from Grade IV to the Stage. Which is shorter?
- **Answer**: (Student exploration; varies)
- **Explanation**: Involves map reading and route comparison.

10. Create your own 3×3 grid and give five clues to a friend to fill it correctly.
- **Answer**: (Student-designed)
- **Explanation**: Tests understanding of placement and direction with clues.

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