Deep inside our oceans dwell fascinating creatures called sea cucumbers. There are over 1,000 known species of them, but there are believed to be many more. Find out more about these food-shaped marine animals.
Have you ever heard of sea cucumbers? These creatures, whose bodies resemble the shape of an actual cucumber, come in a rainbow of colours and varying sizes. Spines and warts cover their skin and rows of tube feet help them move. Sea cucumbers play an important role in our marine eco-system, but are now being threatened by over-fishing, as they are considered a delicacy in some parts of the world.
Take the quiz below to learn more about sea cucumbers.
Image 1) courtesy, Brocken Inaglory [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]; Image 2) NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, via AP; Image 3) Zoological Survey of India.
We’ve got some interesting facts from the recently concluded 17th Lok Sabha election, but it’s up to you to guess the numbers for each. See how many you can get right…
India is the world’s largest democracy. So, the democratic process it uses to choose its leader is a large-scale exercise that involves crores of voters, lakhs of officials, and thousands of parties and candidates.
The 2019 General Election that took place from April 11 until May 19 was the longest election in the country in terms of the number of days the polling was held for – 39 days! Around 90 crore people were eligible to vote in this election, which is close to the total population of Europe and Brazil combined!
That’s not all. Here are more mind-boggling numbers-based facts about this election, but we’ve left it up to you to guess them.
We’ve left out the numbers in each fact listed below. Click on the number you think is right in the corresponding image and see how many you get correct…
Illustrations: Freepik
You may not be ready to take up a job yet but you should certainly know all forms of letter writing including a job application.
You might think this is too early for you to start applying for a job. You’re right. But look at it this way: What is the harm in thinking right now about the kind of job you are suited to?
Right now, we are looking at a job that you will create out of what you like doing best. So you can add a creative job description – something that you would like to do if you were living in an imaginary world.
So, this week’s writing task is two-fold:
A. Write an creative job description. If you look at the career/job opportunities pages of your newspaper, you will see advertisements for various jobs. When you see the job description, you get an idea of what kind of job it is and what kind of person is needed to do that job.
Most of these advertisements give:
B. Write a job application for the job you have created.
The writer is the author of Fun with Creative Writing, a series of workbooks from level 1 to 8, and has co-authored Anyone Can Write, a teachers’ resource book, both published by Foundation Books (Cambridge University Press)
Add here, subtract there, how good are you with simple equations? Try this memory game to see how fast you can solve these problems.
Addition, subtraction and multiplication are just some of the many forms of equations in maths. Here is a memory game to challenge you. How quickly do you think you can solve these equations by matching them?
With the help of the pictures take a guess at what these common phrases used in theatre lingo could be.
Did you know that many times theatre artists do not use common phrases and words to define their actions? They say things differently. While some were coined from superstitious beliefs, others came about because of literal actions, and yet others because of famous personalities or groups.
Let’s look at some of these phrases. Look at the images, read the clues, and guess the phrase.
Next time you are in a play, impress your company by using these phrases.
Are you up for a little adventure at the beach? Look closely and find the hidden words in the picture.
It’s sun, sand and surf time! Look closely and find eight hidden words connected to the theme in the picture. Click on the spot you think has a hidden word to see if you are right.
Good luck. Remember to scour the sand.
With summer vacations almost over and school just around the corner, get your own planner to sort through the days ahead of you. Learn about the green sea turtles along the way…
Take a trip around the country and discover some of India’s World Heritage Sites with this interactive quiz.
Every year, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates sites of cultural, historical and natural importance as World Heritage Sites.
Thus far, 37 sites from India are awarded the World Heritage Site status. How many of these do you know? From the pictures and the description given, identify the names of the following World Heritage Sites from India.
The Champions League and Europa League finals are set to be played this week. Do you know what is special this time around? Here’s a look into these European finals…
England have made a clean sweep of the major European finals this season. Tottenham Hotspur will be playing Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League final and London rivals Chelsea and Arsenal will face-off in the UEFA Europa League final. In fact, this is the first time that a nation has provided all the major European finalists in a single season!
Considering that all four finalists are from England, the cups will definitely be going home to that country. This will be the 12th time that clubs from one nation will be winning both the competitions. In fact, it will be the fifth time in six seasons. Spain had both the winners of the Champions League and Europa League in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018!
Click to expand and read a quick preview for both these finals along with other trivia…
Having read the above previews, answer the following multiple choice questions:
Photos: AP, REUTERS
Known for their pyramids, calendars, astronomical calculations and chocolate-making skills, the Maya civilisation has been a major influence in the history of the world.
Maya civilisation was developed by the Maya people – an indigenous people of Mexico and Central America who inhabited the lands comprising parts of modern-day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and Honduras.
The name comes from the ancient Yucatan city of Mayapan, the last capital of the Mayan Kingdom.
The civilisation is known for its highly sophisticated writing system, art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system.
Here is a brief look at the civilisation through the ages.