Can you find the names of these wonderful mammals that live in the ocean? Check out this word game.
The seas and oceans are home to many wonderful creatures. Dolphins, whales, vaquitas, and more. How much do you know about them?
Try your hand at this word search and see if you can spot all 10 marine mammals.
These arithmetic equations are missing something – the symbols! Can you complete them?
The equations below may seem simple, but without the symbols, they are incomplete! Can you drag and drop the right arithmetic sign into the boxes to complete the equations?
Here’s a little fun at the post office. Can you spot all the differences?
How do you think people communicated before phones and cellphones made things easier? Well, one way was through letters. You would write a letter on a piece of paper, put it in an envelope, go to the post office, buy the necessary stamps to stick to the envelope and send it off. However, it was hard to tell when the receiver would get the mail; it could be days, weeks or even months!
Times have changed and letters may not be as common as they once were, but post offices are still up and running and fully functional. A post office is a place where people can send their mails (letters or packages of items) from one place to another. You can send mail nearly anywhere in the world now.
People who use postal services pay in advance. The senders make a small payment to send the mail; the heavier the mail, the more it costs. People mail their letters and packages by taking them directly to the post office. At the post office, postal workers sort the mail by size and type. Then they will stamp it with the date of when it was received. Then the mail is sorted according to its destination (i.e. the place where it is going). The mail is sent by truck, train, ship, or aeroplane. At the destination, the postman delivers the mail to each address on the cover.
Here’s a fun activity for you. Maria has come to the post office to collect one of her packages because no one was home when the delivery person came to drop it off. Compare the two images and spot all the differences.
Bend and Stretch along with these easy yoga postures. Try them out to keep yourself fit. Play on…
Yoga is over 5,000 years old. The word yoga comes from Sanskrit and means union. It is one of the oldest physical disciplines in the world and there are around 84 classic Yoga Asanas. Today, let’s learn about eight of them.
Christopher the crab wanted to be like everyone else. But an incident with a baby seagull changed his mind. Read on to find out what happened…
Have you ever wanted to change something about yourself because you didn’t like it? Well, so did Christopher the crab, but he soon learnt to appreciate being unique. Scroll through the slides below to read his story and perhaps you can also appreciate being wonderfully unique!
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How much do you know about postage stamps? Here is some info to get you started on this fascinating subject and an interactive quiz as well.
With email, WhatsApp and video calls, the art of writing a letter is slowly going out of fashion. One very important part of sending a letter was the postage stamp. A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that a sender buys from the postal department and then fixes onto the letter or parcel that he/she wants to send.
The first adhesive postage stamp – known as the Penny Black – was first issued in Great Britain in 1840. Each country has a range of stamps it issues to commemorate events or people. This is what it looked like:
Here is a look at some of the stamps issued by the Indian government:
How different do you think these are from the Penny Black?
Philately is the study of stamps and stamp collecting is a world famous hobby. However the two are not the same. To build a collection of rare and valuable stamps requires some level of philatelic knowledge.
Here is an activity-based game for you on stamps.
Here’s a crossword that’s all about art and creativity. How many of these terms do you know?
Drawing painting and art have been around for millions for years. Canvas, paints, rock drawings, chalk are some of the things needed for art. Here’s a crossword just for you. Let the creative juices flow.
(Part #1) Beginning a new fortnightly column that combines storytelling with aeronautical science. In this episode, begin your first flying lesson — with a paper plane!
King Ravana was well known for his aeronautics and design skills. Legend has it that he built the Pushpaka vimaan — a flying chariot — with the help of his father-in-law Mayasura, the great architect who ruled Talatalaloka.
Meghnath, the eldest son of Ravana and his wife Mandodari, was a very smart kid, and curious about flight techniques. He would always sit with his father and grandfather when they designed and tested flying machines.
(Illustration: Sahil Upalekar)
One such day, Ravana, after a flight on his pushpaka vimaan, wanted to do some updates on his plane. Ravana and Mayasura were in the workshop making some changes to the flight control system, when Meghnath entered.
Meghnath: What are you doing, grandpa?
Mayasura: We are trying to update the flying machine so that it can reach the Svarga Loka (heavenly world).
Meghnath: That means it will be able to fly till the edge of Mount Meru (the sacred five-peaked mountain).
Ravana: Yes. Twelve kilometres above the ground. We can reach the Svarga Loka and say hello to our old friend, Indira, the king of Svarga.
Meghnath: Dad, when you will teach me how to fly and to build these flying machines?
Ravana (to Mayasura): Uncle, he is now six years old. Is it a right age to start?
Mayasura: Of course, my king! His birth made the people in heaven scared, and he plays with lions! He is absolutely ready to learn the basics.
Meghnath: Thank you, grandpa! I am so excited! Let’s start!
Ravana: Of course, son. Before you begin building actual machines, you can start making small planes using paper and learn how to control them. Let us start with the “Dart” plane, one of the fast-moving ones.
February 13 is World Radio Day. Take a trip down memory lane to see how the device became the powerhouse it is now.
You may think a radio is old fashioned and out of date but it’s an example of technology that’s never gone out of use. Take a look at how it came to be what it is today. The radio was one of the first modes of ‘wireless’ communication. The term ‘radio’ actually refers to the technology of using radio waves to carry information but, over time, began to be applied to the device itself. The technology for the electric telegraph and telephone, which were developed earlier, helped develop the radio.
Go through the timeline below to get a brief peek into the history of how the radio came to be.
As the seasons change and the weather becomes a little warmer, look out for the sprinkles of spring around you. Here’s a memory game to help.
You know spring is right around the corner when you see splashes of colours in the trees and shrubs around you. Play this memory game to find out about some of the common springtime flowers.
