Salvador Dali was a prominent Spanish surrealist artist best known for his striking and bizarre images. Let’s take a look…
Based on Spanish naming customs, his name itself was fancy – ‘Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech’ or Salvador Dali for short! Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work.
Dalí’s expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. Take a look…
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What’s been your favourite city from the ones that you have travelled to? Here are some of the top cities as rated by travellers over the last few years…
Musical instruments belong to a family too: string, percussion or wind. Do you know which family these instruments are a part of?
Musical instruments are divided into three main categories: string instruments, percussion instruments and wind instrument.
String Instruments: Like the name suggests, these are instruments with strings may that be plucked, as in a guitar or harp, or bowed, as with a cello or a violin. This creates a vibration that causes a unique sound.
Percussion Instruments: Most percussion instruments make sounds when they are hit. For example: a drum or a tambourine. Others are shaken, such as maracas, or they may be rubbed or scratched, which will make the instrument vibrate and thus produce a sound.
Wind Instruments: These are further divided into two separate categories, brass instruments or woodwind instruments. Although brass instruments were originally made of brass and woodwind instruments have traditionally been made of wood, the material used to make the body of the instrument is not always a reliable guide to its family type. A more accurate way to determine whether an instrument is brass or woodwind is to examine how the player produces sound.
Brass Instruments: are made of brass or some other metal and make sound when air is blown inside. The musician’s lips pressed together must buzz causing the air inside the instrument to vibrate, which produces a sound.
Woodwind Instruments: produce sound when air (wind) is blown inside. Air might be blown across an edge, as with a flute; between a reed and a surface, as with a clarinet; or between two reeds, as with a bassoon. The sound happens when the air vibrates inside.
Check out the quiz below, and see if you can identify which family these instruments belong to.
Switzerland is famous for its mountains, lakes and hidden alpine towns! Let’s take a journey across this landscape, built using mud, clay, grass and lots of toys…
From the magnificent Mt. Matterhorn high up, to the lovely lakes down below, the Swiss landscape is really scenic. Switzerland has some of the world’s most scenic train routes as well! In this part of the Miniatur Wunderland, we journey through a few alpine towns and numerous mountains.
Did you know that the Jungfraujoch railway station, at an elevation of 3,454 metres, is the highest in Europe? It is difficult to build even part of such a railway set at home, but you might get an opportunity in a school project. Take a look…
Take a look at some well-known detectives from the fictional world brought to us by various authors through time.
Over time, mystery novels and stories have grown popular, giving us many well-known detectives such as Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot.
Here’s a quiz about some fictional detectives.
Where do you use ‘your’ and where do you use ‘you’re’? Find out if you can identify it correctly!
When to use your and you’re can be confusing since both words are pronounced the same way. It is important to understand the difference between both words and when they should be used.
You’re is a short way of writing of you are. On the other hand, your is a possessive adjective. When something is yours, it belongs to you.
All of the sentences below contain the words your or you’re. Try finding out whether they have been used correctly.
Where do you use ‘your’ and where do you use ‘you’re’? Find out if you can identify it correctly!
When to use your and you’re can be confusing since both words are pronounced the same way. It is important to understand the difference between both wors and when they should be used.
You’re is a short way of writing of you are. On the other hand, your is a possessive adjective. When something is yours, it belongs to you.
All of the sentences below contain the words your or you’re. Try finding out whether they have been used correctly.
Find out the latest news from your neighbouring states. Read on to learn more…
How aware are you of developments in states outside yours? Here are some of the latest happenings in the country! Click on the hotspots to read.
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With Pongal festivities in the air, here is a fun Math activity to do to celebrate the occasion. Try it out now…
The Lego House, that opened to the public a few months back, is an interesting space. Let’s take a look at what you can build…
Lego House offers experiences where children can learn through play. Let’s take a look at some of the areas that might appeal to you straight away…
Very interesting, wasn’t it? In the next part, we shall look at some of the experience zones more closely…
