What do the October skies have in store for us?
A stellar display
Amateur astronomer alert! Here’s what you can look out for in the October night sky.
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Quiz Whizz: October 2, 2024
A middle-of-the-week quiz to get you thinking. How many of these questions can you answer?
Want something to do on a holiday? Here’s a set of six questions to set your brain cells buzzing. Get set and go!
Born to lead
October 2 is the birth anniversary of two great leaders of India: Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri. Read on to know more…
Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Gujarat. Thirty-five years later, on October 2, 1904, Lal Bahadur Shastri was born in Mughalsarai, a small railway town seven miles from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Both these men were born to lead the country. While Gandhi led the freedom struggle, Shastri was the second Prime Minister of independent India. Read on to know more about these two great men.
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The wonder of words
Want to make your speech more impactful and colourful? Then, think about using figures of speech. Watch this video to know what these are.
Fold a furry friend
With a few clever folds, make yourself a cute paper panda. Read on to see how it’s done.
It’s craft time! With just a paper and a few folds, you can make yourself a fun companion. Follow the steps below to find out how to make your own Origami panda.
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Fit as a fiddle
Dumbbells, kettlebells, weights, treadmill … what’s common to all of them? It’s fitness. Now try your hand at this crossword based on fitness-related words.
We all need to get fit! It is important that we make exercising a part of our daily routine. So here’s a crossword based on fitness-related words.
Where every equation counts
How do you solve equations? Learn some simple tips and apply them in this mathematical activity.
An equation is a mathematical statement that shows the equality of two expressions. It consists of two sides separated by an equal sign.
Here are some tips for solving linear equations
Isolate the Variable: Your goal is to get the variable (usually x) by itself on one side of the equation.
Balance Both Sides: Whatever operation you perform on one side of the equation, do the same on the other side to maintain balance.
Combine Like Terms: If there are multiple terms with the same variable or constants on one side, combine them to simplify the equation.
Check Your Solution: Once you solve for the variable, plug it back into the original equation to verify that it satisfies the equation.
Now that you have a few tips try your hand at these problems
Which planet are you?
Which planetary qualities do you embody? Take this fun personality quiz and find out.
The Solar System has eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The planets closest to the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. They are also known as terrestrial planets because they have solid surfaces. Venus is the Earth’s closest planetary neighbour. Earth is the fifth largest planet. Mars is a dusty, cold, desert world with a very thin atmosphere.
The giant planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – do not have hard surfaces, but swirling gases above a core. Jupiter and Saturn are gas giants. Uranus and Neptune are ice giants. Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. If you imagine it to be a hollow shell, then around 1,000 Earths would fit inside. Saturn is the second-largest planet in our solar system. The seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus has the third largest diameter of planets in our solar system.
Beyond Neptune, there is a newer class of smaller worlds called dwarf planets. These include Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris.
Take this for-fun-only quiz and find out which planet you can identify with.
Monthly Planner: October 2024
What are your plans for October? Use this planner to figure out what to do this month.
Hit a home run
These idioms are all mixed up. Can you help us put them right? Get started now.
From “out of the park” to “on the ball,” we use sports idioms in our everyday language without even realising it. These phrases, borrowed from the world of sports, help us express various concepts.
Activity for you! Can you complete these idioms correctly?