Summer Solstice, Conjunction of Moon and Saturn and conjunction of moon and Jupiter… June’s a delight!
It was just yesterday when the nights were clear and dark and the new moon allowed one to observe faint objects such as galaxies and star clusters. In fact, another celestial delight enthralled the people of Russia, the Arctic Ocean, western Greenland, and Canada — an annular solar eclipse, which occurs when the moon is too far away from the Earth to completely cover the Sun. This results in a ring of light around the darkened moon. Also keep an eye out for the brightest planet Venus and red planet Mars in the early evening sky throughout June.
Time for some Q & A. How many of these can you get right?
Brush up on your GK with this quiz. How many of them do you know the answers to?
Here are 10 markers of a flourishing ecosystem. Now check if they apply to where you live.
With today being World Environment Day and June 8 being World Ocean Day, here is a quiz that revolves around these two vital aspects.
Today is World Environment Day. On June 8, we have World Ocean Day. Both are meant to raise awareness of and take action for the conservation and protection of these two vital parts of our planet.
This video quiz, therefore, has questions about the environment and the oceans. How many can you answer?
With World Environment Day falling tomorrow, try your hand at this crossword and see how much you know.
June 5 is World Environment Day. It is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for action to protect the environment. First conceived in 1974, it has since been a platform to raise awareness on environmental issue such as marine pollution, overpopulation, global warming, sustainable consumption, wildlife conservation, to name a few.
How much do you know about the environment? Try your hand at this crossword to find out.
It’s time for some summery fun along with quick puzzles. Are you game?
It’s time for some head-scratchers! These puzzles are all themed around summer. Each of these icons represents a number. Can you find out the correct answer?
When you are a part of an audience watching a play, you rarely give a thought to the number of people who were involved in making this possible. Solve this puzzle to identify them.
People go to a theatre to see plays and performances. A play or a drama is a story that is enacted for an audience. Theatrical productions feature elements other than a story like a musical or a puppet show, operas or ballets.
The main part of a theatre is the stage. The proscenium stage is the one commonly used. Here the action takes place under a large arch. The audience sits in front of the stage. Some theatres have a thrust stage, and this extends into the audience. They sit on three sides of the stage. The arena stage is where the audience sits all around the stage.
It takes several people to successfully produce a play. From the playwright to the director, to the lighting technician and the costume designer everyone plays an important role.
Can you find them in the theatre in this grid?
Discover some super healthy foods that help you hydrate yourself with this interactive memory game.
Staying hydrated is really important, especially during the hot summer when we tend to feel parched. Drinking plenty of water helps, of course. But did you know that you can also meet some of your hydration needs by eating certain foods that are rich in water?
This memory game features some of these foods. Can you match them with their silhouettes?
Six books that talk about environmental issues and what one can do to help. Read on …
World Environment Day is coming up on June 5. This is a time to reaffirm our commitment to conserving our natural resources and ensuring that future generations do not face a depleted and unliveable planet.
One way to learn about the environmental problems we are facing and what we can do as individuals is to read. Here are six books that offer a glimpse into various issues plaguing us today. Go on, get inspired.
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These amazing biodiversity hotspots of India are home to innumerable unique and fragile species of flora and fauna.
Nature has liberally painted a variety of landscapes in our country. Many of these have been demarcated as Biodiversity Hotspots — areas that have extremely rich and diverse flora and fauna, and are under threat of getting endangered. Officially, four out of the 36 Biodiversity Hotspots in the world are present in India: the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Indo-Burma region and the Sundaland. To these may be added the Sundarbans and the Terrai-Duar Savannah grasslands for their unique foliage and animal species.
Learn more about them in these dialogue cards.