Today in History: The Death of Ché Guevara
Fifty years since the Argentine revolutionary was martyred, Ché Guevara continues to be a youth icon. Watch the video to learn more about him…
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English Matters 8 – Quiz!
Take this quick quiz and find out if you know which word goes where! Can you get them all right?
One of the most common grammatical errors involves the use of there, their and they’re.
It’s actually quite easy to master the rules. When you mean to say they are, use they’re. For example: They’re very interested in the movie.
When you mean to say ‘in that place’ or introduce something, use there. For example: There is a need for water. When are you going there?
Their is a possessive pronoun. It is used to mean that something belongs to ‘them’.
Try this quick quiz and find out how many questions you can get right!
Quiz Whizz – 8
Take this general knowledge quiz! How many can you get right?
Globescan – October 6, 2017
How aware are you of developments in countries around the world? Take a look at this interactive map and find out!
Here is this week’s news from around the world! Click on the hotspots to read more.
English Matters 8 – Jumbled Sentences
We’re back with more mixed up sentences! Rearrange the words correctly so that they make sense.
Time for some more English exercises! All the sentences below are jumbled. Can you put them right?
Great going!
Post A Letter!
When was the last time you posted a letter? Download exciting postcards just to send to your friends and family!
Thinking Skills – 6
Ever wondered whether you have enough data to solve a problem or whether the question could be wrong?
Welcome back to the series on thinking skills! We look at a sixth one called the ‘sense of adequacy’. Sometimes when we solve problems or puzzles, we get this feeling that ‘something is wrong’! In some cases, it might very well be true. You might not have been given the complete problem (things are not adequate), or things could be deceiving!
Here’s a popular puzzle to illustrate the same. There is a triangle formed with coloured shapes. The shapes are then moved around to form another triangle of the same size (below). But suddenly you find an extra square! How is this possible?
This is difficult to figure out isn’t it? You get the feeling that you might be missing something. Quite literally. Probably it’s an optical illusion! In fact, it’s a bit of both. Let’s look at the two figures when they are superimposed on each other. Move the slider to notice the difference (around the arrow marks).
You will realize, the second figure has a slope (hypotenuse) that is slightly curved. So the area of the missing square has been distributed along the slope (hypotenuse) of the triangle. So you haven’t quite lost that square, it’s just that you thought that the line was straight. That was a tough one to figure out…see you soon!
World Teachers’ Day
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
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
Inside Musical Instruments – 4
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…