UNESCO proclaimed October 5 to be World Teachers’ Day in 1994, celebrating the great step made for teachers concerning their status…
World Teachers’ Day, also known as International Teachers Day, is held annually on October 5 since 1994, and commemorates teacher organizations worldwide. Its aim is to mobilize support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers.
It is a day devoted to appreciating, assessing, and improving the educators of the world. The real point is to provide a time to look at and address issues pertaining to teachers. Strangely one of the most central, vital professionals to society does not receive the respect it deserves in some parts of the world.
Here’s some interesting movie trivia based on inspiring teachers! Can you guess the answers?
Source: Wikipedia | Wikimedia Commons | UNESCO
World Animal Day is celebrated around the world by schools, organisations, and individual members of the public who care about animals…
World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare. It is celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. The Mission of World Animal Day is to end animal cruelty by raising the status of animals in order to advance welfare standards around the globe.
Here are a few campaigns that happened as part of World Animal Day. (Roll over to know the animal in the picture!)
The celebration of World Animal Day unites the animal welfare movement, mobilising it into a global force to make the world a better place for all animals. It’s celebrated in different ways in every country, irrespective of nationality, religion, faith or political ideology. Through increased awareness and education we can create a world where animals are always recognised as sentient beings and full regard is always paid to their welfare.
Sources: Wikipedia | www.worldanimalday.org.uk
The saxophone is used in classical music, military bands, marching bands, and jazz and has slowly found its way into Indian music…
The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments. The saxophone was developed in 1846 by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian instrument maker, flautist, and clarinetist.
A saxophone consists of holes in the instrument which the player closes using a system of key mechanisms. When the player presses a key, a pad either covers a hole or lifts off a hole, lowering or raising the pitch, respectively. Click on the hotspots to know some of the important parts…
In the recent past, saxophones have found their way into fusion and mainstream music thanks to players like Kenny G and Kadri Gopalnath. Do listen to some of their music when you get a chance…
Some interesting newsmakers this week from ‘soccer’ to American football! Let’s take a look…
Welcome back to the world of sport! India has been hosting a lot of tournaments in the recent past and now, it is the turn of football. The 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup, a biennial event, will be held in India between October 6 and October 28. Did you know that this is the first time that a FIFA tournament is being held in the country? American Football has also been in the news this week and so we bring you some questions from these events! Take your shot…
Source : Wikimedia Commons
Experts and sportspersons say that it is important to keep your core strong. What do you mean by your ‘core’ muscles? Let’s take a look…
The core is a collection of muscles which stabilizes and moves the spine. Core-strength exercises strengthen your core muscles, including your abdominal muscles, back muscles and the muscles around the pelvis. Strong core muscles make it easier to do many physical activities. You can do core-strength exercises on a carpeted floor or mat. Watch the video…
Learn how to do a cool trick with just a match box and some yarn and wow your friends! Watch the video to find out how…
Here’s an exciting Science workshop for you. Get down to business as you learn to build simple, yet cool machines!
Have you ever wondered what a marine biologist does for a living? Take a glimpse into the life of one now!
Rajkumar Rajan is a marine biologist. Here’s a peep into his working day as he explores the wonders of the deep.
The ‘Atbash Cipher’ is one of the simplest forms of coding messages. Try your hand at it and see how quickly you can unravel these puzzles!
The ‘Atbash Cipher’ is a code formed by taking the alphabet and mapping it to its reverse, so that the first letter becomes the last letter, the second letter becomes the second last letter, and so on. That is, A will be Z and B will be Y etc.
Use the code below to crack the codes that follow.
The ‘Atbash Cipher’ is one of the simplest forms of coding messages. Try your hand at it and see how quickly you can unravel these puzzles!
The ‘Atbash Cipher’ is a code formed by taking the alphabet and mapping it to its reverse, so that the first letter becomes the last letter, the second letter becomes the second last letter, and so on. That is, A will be Z and B will be Y etc.
Grab a piece of paper and a pencil and see how quickly you can crack these codes
