Rivers provide fresh water, transportation, electricity and livelihood. How well do you know the rivers of India? Take the quiz to find out!
India is home to a large number of rivers. Go through the slides below to find out how well you know these rivers and learn a little bit more about them.
Do you know from which Indian states these theatre forms come? Take this crossword to find out!
India is home to a variety of theatre forms which have existed for over many centuries. Theatre has, over the years, been used as a means of telling stories – not only through acting, but also through singing and dancing. Do you know from which Indian states these theatre forms come? Take this crossword to find out!
Psst! Click on the light bulb icon to get hints for some of these questions!
Images from The Hindu Archives: Chhau Dance- C.V. Subrahmanyam; Kathakali-Thualsi Kakkat; Pandavani-K. Bhagya Prakash
From mats to baskets, weaving is a wonderful technique to master and recycle. Let’s take a look at some interesting basket-weaving…
Let’s look at the works of one of the most talented and multi-faceted personalities of his generation – Leonardo da Vinci…
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian whose areas of interest included painting, invention, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography!
We shall look at some of his works as an artist. Browse over these pictures and learn more about his early works!
Among the works created by Leonardo in the 16th century is the small portrait known as the Mona Lisa or “la Gioconda”, the laughing one. In the present era it is arguably the most famous painting in the world. Its fame rests, in particular, on the elusive smile on the woman’s face, its mysterious quality perhaps due to the subtly shadowed corners of the mouth and eyes such that the exact nature of the smile cannot be determined. Here are some of his famous paintings!
If you want to try an interesting project, here’s a background of the famous Mona Lisa. All you need to do is paint/sketch the foreground! Have fun!
Image Sources | Wikimedia Commons
They are colourful and delicious… Read on to find out how to make these tasty candy cookies!
Need something to munch on for an evening snack? How about some yummy candy cookies? Learn how to make these tasty treats by following the recipe below!
Click on the hotspots to read the instructions. Make sure to use equipment in the presence of an adult!
All of these words are named after people! Can you guess the words based on their meaning and origin?
Can you guess these words that are named after people, based on their meaning and origin? Read the clues, look at the pictures and guess the answer! Click on ‘click to see the answer’ to find out if your guess is correct!
Great going!
All of these words are named after people! Can you guess the words based on their meaning and origin?
Can you guess these words that are named after people, based on their meaning and origin? Read the clues, look at the pictures and guess the answer! Click on ‘click to see the answer’ to find out if your guess is correct!
Great going!
Here is the weekly round-up of news from around the world! Read on and stay updated!
Stay updated with the latest happenings around the world! Click on the hotspots to read more about the recent news in various countries.
Let us look at the famous Fibonacci series, which is a Mathematical series found in nature!
In Mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers are the numbers in the following integer sequence – 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55….and so on, called the Fibonacci sequence. It is characterised by the fact that every number after the first two is the sum of the two preceding numbers. Sometimes, the series is taken with 0 and 1 as the first two terms. From nature to Mathematics to Sanskrit, it has been an interesting area of research!
The Fibonacci sequence is named after Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci. The original problem that Fibonacci investigated (in the year 1202) was about how fast rabbits could breed in ideal circumstances. Suppose a newly-born pair of rabbits, one male, one female, are put in a field. Rabbits are able to mate at the age of one month so that at the end of its second month a female can produce another pair of rabbits. Suppose that our rabbits never die and that the female always produces one new pair (one male, one female) every month from the second month on. The puzzle that Fibonacci posed was – how many pairs will there be in one year (or at the start of every month? Well, the series would look something like this…
That’s a bit of an ideal scenario, but in nature, they appear in branching in trees, phyllotaxis (the arrangement of leaves on a stem), the fruit sprouts of a pineapple, the flowering of an artichoke, an uncurling fern, the arrangement of a pine cone’s bracts etc.
The Fibonacci series is related to the golden ratio as well. If we take the ratio of two successive numbers in Fibonacci’s series, (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ..) and divide each by the number before it, we will find the following series of numbers:
1/1 = 1, 2/1 = 2, 3/2 = 1.5, 5/3 = 1.666…, 8/5 = 1.6, 13/8 = 1.625, 21/13 = 1.61538…
If we represent this visually, it is a similar spiral to the golden spiral!
That was an interesting read about the Fibonacci series. Can you try and find more examples? See you soon!
Image Sources : Wikimedia Commons | Jahobr
Rivers provide fresh water, transportation, electricity and livelihood. How well do you know the rivers of India? Take the quiz to find out!
India is home to a large number of rivers. Go through the slides below to find out how well you know these rivers and learn a little bit more about them.
