Tamil Nadu HSE First Year Home Science case studies
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Home Science in the Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary First Year (Class 11) is a state-board subject that treats everyday family life as a field of applied science. It suits students who want a science-stream option that is less mathematical than physics or chemistry, and who are curious about food, clothing, shelter, children and money as practical problems. The Tamil Nadu HSE First Year Home Science case studies are 5 cases and about 4,670 words.
1The Pale Hostel Girl: Iron Tablets or a Better Plate?
Selvi, 15, studies in Class XI in a government school near Madurai and stays in a hostel. She is 152 cm tall and weighs 38 kg.
933 words, about 5 min2The Jam That Went Wrong: Sugar, Jars and a Shelf in the Sun
Lakshmi runs a small unit making tomato–pineapple jam from surplus fruit. In June she cooked 5 kg of fruit pulp with 3 kg of sugar, filled it hot into washed but still wet cold-drink bottles, tied cloth over the mouths with string, and stored the bottles on a shelf beside a window that gets strong afternoon sun.
898 words, about 4 min3Three Days, ₹800 and Three Stains: A Clothing Judgement Call
Ravi, a Class XI student in Coimbatore, is packing for a three-day NSS camp followed immediately by a family wedding. He must carry a white cotton uniform shirt with a blue ballpoint ink line on the pocket and a yellowed collar, a grey polyester-blend uniform trouser with a grease patch from his cycle chain, and a cotton towel stained with sambar.
966 words, about 5 min4Kavin, 32 Months, Five Words: Wait or Act?
Kavin is 2 years and 8 months old and lives with his parents and grandmother in Tiruchi. He walks and runs well, picks up a raisin with thumb and forefinger, and stacks three blocks.
948 words, about 5 min5The No-Cost EMI and the Cracked Drum
Mr Arumugam's family has a take-home income of ₹35,000 a month, savings of ₹18,000 and no emergency fund, and pays ₹6,500 rent. In the festival season he buys a washing machine priced at ₹22,000 on a '12-month no-cost EMI' plan.
925 words, about 5 min