Theatre and plays never cease to entertain us. Now that you know what we are talking about…try your hand at this puzzle.
Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock. The play is set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Dairyman) and other tales by Sholem Aleichem. The story centers on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his Jewish religious and cultural traditions as outside influences encroach upon the family’s lives.
Shown below is an important scene from the play. Look on to spot five differences.
A saying is any brief, yet comprehensive written or spoken expression that is especially memorable because of its meaning or style.
Numbers, sequences, patterns, forms…there is always magic around the digits. Try your hand to see if you can find the missing ones.
A list of numbers that follow a certain sequence or pattern is called a Number Pattern. Example: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, … starts at 1 and jumps 3 every time. Another Example: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, … doubles each time.
Try your hand at these interesting patterns.
Art doesn’t always have to be in the form of paintings or drawaings, it can be architecture or sculptures too. Here are some works of art that must be on your list of “must-see”.
Art, like food, depends on the person. But, whatever their preferences, there are some foods that everyone loves. Similarly, people have their personal opinion about art too. However, there are some works of art that everyone must see and appreciate, at least once in their lifetime, for the sheer beauty and intensity of it.
Move the slider on the images below to find out a little more about some of these ‘must see’ forms of art.
World records have been set and broken in many categories — sports is one of them! Take a look to see if you know whether these statements are fact of fiction…
The Olympics and the IAAF World Championships in athletics are just some of the major sports events in which many world records have been set and broken. Do you know if the following statements are true or false?
Do mice really like cheese? Which country eats the most cheese in the world? Find out some fascinating ‘cheesy’ facts!
Don’t we all love cheese? Whether in a delicious pizza or in a bowl of hot pasta, cheese adds taste and depth to the dish.
Discover some interesting facts about this yummy food item by scrolling down.
Let’s celebrate some important friends — some furry, some fiery, yet all of them, absolutely popular, with a fun game!
They are furry, cute, and deceptively powerful. They can protect you from harm, but can also wreak havoc and destruction, depending on who they belong to. Yes — Pokemon!
February 27, Pokemon Day, so let’s celebrate. On this day, in 1996, the original Japanese Pokémon red and green version was released.
From the much-loved anime series, trading cards, video games, and more, the Pokemon franchise has mushroomed into a world of its own, across the world.
Anime
Pokémon, also known as Pokémon the Series, is an anime TV series based on the Pokémon video game series. It was originally broadcast on TV Tokyo in 1997. It follows the quest of the main character, Ash Ketchum, who on turning 10, starts his journey into the world of Pokémon, and dreams of becoming a Pokémon master. On the day he is to receive his first Pokémon, he wakes up in a panic, having overslept. Professor Oak, the local Pokémon researcher, has already given away the three Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle) to new Pokémon trainers, when Ash finally reaches Oak’s Lab. The only Pokémon that is left is a Pikachu.
Ash does his best to befriend Pikachu, but it does not trust him and does not even return to its Poké Ball, and also attacks Ash with its electric powers. It is only after Ash protects Pikachu from a group of angry Spearow that Pikachu realises how much Ash cares for him, paving way for a life-long friendship. Along with Tracy and Brock — two other Pokemon trainers he meets on the way — and their respective Pokemon, the trio fight Team Rocket’s Jessie and James, who are a part of the the crime syndicate that is forever looking to exploit Pokémon to achieve their goal of world domination.
Now figure out the who’s who of the Pokemon world by playing this memory game.
February 28 is National Science Day. The word Science comes from the Latin word scientia, which means knowledge. And, to acquire this, you need to question, think and absorb.
Several years ago, I visited the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (previously known as the Madras Observatory. Of the many inspiring stories about the Sun in this facility, the one that gave me goosebumps was the fact that the second lightest element in the universe — Helium, was discovered in Masulipatnam, a town in Andhra Pradesh,during a total solar eclipse in 1868, as part of the observations made by Madras Observatory Astronomers among others.
Moving from the Sun to the cosmos, at the Cosmic Ray Laboratory in Udhagamandalam, India, I came to know about some exciting research work; most of us are aware that our Earth behaves like a giant magnet due to its liquid core. This magnetic field is critical to the protection of the living system as it acts as a shield against several harmful radiation like cosmic rays. In fact, one team at the Udhagamandalam lab discovered that there was a temporary crack in the magnetic shield during a coronal mass ejection (large amounts of charged particles hurtled away from the Sun at very high speeds). But can you imagine the status of our planet if the magnetic field did not exist? It would have been disastrous.
But why was I curious to know what is happening inside the Sun? The solar eclipse? The magnetic field of Earth? The urge to understand the mysteries of how things work, or how to explore, discover or invent is natural.
Science is not just a collection of facts, it is a systematic method and rational approach towards understanding how nature or the things around us work, which of course begins with curiosity and questions. Treasure your questions and seek answers. Understanding why there are rainbow colours when sunlight falls on a CD will lead one to discovering how atmospheric constituents of different planets are found. Seeking to learn why the sky is blue will reveal why the colour of the stop signal is red. Every question you ask is important as it sends you on a science learning journey. Sometimes, seeking answers to a question will leave you with more questions. Whichever way it is, learning never stops.
On February 28, 1928, Dr. C.V. Raman discovered the Raman Effect for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. This day has been declared National Science Day by the Department of Science and Technology and is observed every year.
National Science Day is celebrated to encourage the spirit of science and to remind the integral role that science plays in our everyday life. Such a day also demonstrates that we humans have come far, from struggling to cross the oceans to space travel, from creating fire to building the largest of experiments — the Large Hadron Collider, from early footsteps found on Earth nearly four million years ago to the footstep on the Moon today.
At the end of it all always remember that a scientist is a kid at heart, and every kid is a born scientist, bubbling with curiosity and enthusiasm, at the same time willing to pursue dreams with focus and perseverance.
Women and Girls in Science
The seed for women researchers in India was sown when Dr. Kamala Sohonie became the first Indian woman to receive a PhD in science in 1939. She was a pioneering biochemist whose research involved nutritional values of the food consumed by poorest of Indian population. Her work paved way for a lot of women to be accepted in various Indian research institutes.
An example for the pivotal role Indian women have played in science is Dr. Sulochana Gadgil.
Monsoons are lifelines for farmers in India. In a country where the population is high, ensuring food for everyone is a nation’s priority. Dr. Gadgil made seminal contributions towards understanding the monsoon variability. She has also worked with farmers to derive farming techniques that are tailor made to monsoon variations. Apart from the academic opportunities, she credits her success to her husband who believed in every step of her career, and a wonderful family who have been very supportive throughout.
However, not every girl or woman is lucky to be supported enough to pursue her dreams in Science. The fact remains that women’s representation in research and innovation is far less across the globe. To highlight this, the United Nations has declared International Day for Women and Girls in Science on February 11.
Katherine Johnson, played a pivotal role to put a man on the moon. She calculated the trajectory for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon among other missions.
For most part of history, the struggles for a young girl to pick up science as a subject to study or a woman to take up a career in science were real, and to an extent continues to be.
Today, it is easier for girls and women to pursue a career in science. But there is still a long way to go. A day will dawn when there is equal representation of women in the scientific community, and recognition is awarded regardless of gender.
The writer is a Science Educator and Communicator at Mango Education.
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Mix together flour, eggs, milk, essence, cocoa…and presto! You have a cake!
