Do you know about the ABCD rule of packing your backpack for a trek? Watch this video and find out!
In the previous videos, you learnt about what to take on a high-altitude trek. This week, let’s learn about how to pack your backpack. Did you know that there’s just one rule you need to follow while packing your bag? The ABCD Rule – it’s as simple as that! Watch this video to find out more about the rule.
How well do you know the five food groups and which foods belong in them? Try out the drag-and-drop challenge now!
One part of healthy living is ensuring you eat healthy. To achieve this, you have to make sure to eat from all the five food groups. These foods provide the nutrients needed to help you grow and maintain a healthy body.
Do you know the foods that belong in each food group? Go through the slides below to find out! Scroll right to read.
Donald Duck and Walt Disney have been an inspiration for many authors, story-tellers and even film makers! Let’s look at some interesting titbits…
Can’t believe it’s 83 years of Donald Duck and a wonderful world of creativity, humour and adventure! Let’s see if you can guess some of these toughies!
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Can you correctly identify these iconic classical musicians? Take the quiz to find out!
Can you correctly identify these famous musicians from the classical music era? Move the slider from right to left to find out the answer.
1. This musician was born in Germany in 1770 and is known to be one of the greatest composers of classical music. He was often quite grumpy and scruffy! He would also demand that people listen to his music and would stop playing if people started talking. Later on in life, he became completely deaf but that never stopped him from composing new music. Who is he?
2. This musician was born in Austria in 1756, was another great composer from the classical music era and was considered a musical virtuoso. He wrote and composed around 600 pieces of music. He began to compose music from the age of five! He was playing music for royalty all over Europe from the age of six! Although he wrote great music, he did not make much money from it. He died very poor. Who is he?
3. He was born in Germany in 1685 and was one of the greatest composer of classical music from the Baroque period. He wrote over 1000 pieces of music! Much of his music was written for the church and to teach people how to play an instrument, especially the harpsichord or the organ. Who is he?
4. This musician was born in Poland in 1810. He started composing when he was only seven years old! He played the piano for the Tsar (like a king) of Russia when he was 15. The Tsar liked it so much that he gave him a diamond ring. Most of his music is written for the piano. His piano music was so new that he needed to write his own piano exercises to help him learn how to play it. Who is he?
5. This musician was born in France in 1862. He was one of the first to start the modern period of classical music. Most of his music was composed for the piano and his music often sounds quite soft and ‘dreamy’.
So, what’s new? Get the latest news from countries around the world with this interactive map.
Here is this week’s interactive news map! Click on the hotspots to read more.
Can you identify the odd one out from these countries? Try your hand at this quiz and see how many you get correct.
Here is a country-based quiz for you! Can you identify the odd one out from the below countries?
Learn more about World Oceans Day with fun facts and activity sheets!
Did you know that June 8 is World Oceans Day? A healthy world ocean is critical to our survival. Every year, World Oceans Day provides a unique opportunity to honour, help protect, and conserve the world’s oceans. Oceans are very important because:
– They generate most of the oxygen we breathe
– They help feed us.
– They regulate our climate.
– They clean the water we drink.
– They offer a pharmacopoeia of medicines.
– They provide limitless inspiration!
Click here to download activity sheets to learn more about World Oceans Day.
The third episode of ‘Child Actors’ will keep you guessing! A few from the present, and a few from the past…
Did you manage to guess the child stars from last week? Let’s look at some interesting ones this week – move the slider from bottom to top to find out who they are!
1. At the age of twelve, she gained widespread recognition as Claudia in Interview with the Vampire (1994), a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in Little Women the same year and in Jumanji the following year. You might have probably seen her in a ‘Spiderman’ movie!
2. She studied dancing and acting in New York, and starred in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace while still at high school on Long Island. She has won various awards including the Academy Awards (Oscars), BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild awards. You might have seen her in one of her more recent roles in the movie ‘Thor’!
3. He made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II (1989). He is best known for his high-profile leading role as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–03).
4. She was an American actress, singer, dancer, businesswoman, and diplomat who was Hollywood’s box-office wonder as a child actress from 1935 to 1938. As an adult, she was named United States ambassador to Ghana and to Czechoslovakia and also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States.
Wow! Some tough ones there. That’s all for this week! We shall be back with more!
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Time to put your thinking caps back on! How many answers can you get right on this general knowledge quiz?
Here’s a fun and easy way to learn how to make yummy crepes. Read on to find out how.
Here is a recipe for how to make crepes. It’s very easy. However, you will first need to match the tiles to find out what ingredients you will need. Click on the tiles to match identical pairs of ingredients.
For written instructions:
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