Category: Facts For Kids
Titan – Another Place Like Home
Saturn, the only planet with rings in our Solar System, has 53 moons! Imagine that! Most of Saturn’s moons are small like our Moon. However, one of its moons called the Titan is as big as a planet. Titan is the largest of Saturn’s moons and the second largest in our Solar System. Saturn’s moons […]
Algae Biofuel
Don’t we all know that burning petrol is bad for our environment? Even diesel and other fuels are no good. They all pollute our air. Air pollution levels in most cities is too high. Added to this, the price of these fuels are rising as their supply is reducing. There has been an urgent need […]
Face Blindness
Walking along the street, a stranger begins to approach you. The person looks you in the eye and beams as if he’s a friend. He even says ‘hello’. But you, on the other hand, only stare back. You fail to recognize him at all. Has something like this ever happened to you? Maybe the stranger […]
What is 3D Printing?
There is a unique technology that has come up recently. It is very useful and a lot of fun to play with. No, It’s not just a new video game or a new phone. It has to do something with the way you print. Can you guess what it is? It’s a brand new technology called […]
Super Singapore
An awesome travelogue by our little writer Esha – Ah, Singapore! You might say it is just another urbanised island with nothing special. That if you want to visit a place it should be grand, like Maldives. But no, Singapore is not what you think. It has beautiful attractions, clean air, and greenery everywhere. Do you want […]
Fossil Forests
Can you imagine our world without trees? Did you know that once upon a time our world was without them! Believe it or not – thousands of millions of years ago there were no trees on Earth at all. It was covered with tiny plants and short vegetation everywhere. About 400 million years ago, trees started […]
Agroforestry – A Farm In The Forest
Have you ever visited the countryside? What did you see there? Did you find acres of land covered with crops? Were the crops all the same kind? A typical farm is a piece land, usually covered with a single type of crop. Be it wheat, rice, maize, cotton or something else. Scientists thought the land […]
Worms That Eat Up Your Plastic
A big part of the 100 million tons of plastic produced every year worldwide ends up in the garbage. Our garbage dumps are getting bigger and bigger. Even our oceans are not safe. There is a large area right in the middle of the Pacific Ocean made only of floating trash. Called the Great Pacific […]
Ugh, Another Rodent
( Fun facts about hamsters – by Esha our little researcher @6th grade ) Everyone thinks that hamsters are mice and are yucky and unhygienic. Just like rodents are. That’s not true. Yes, they are rodents, but they make good house pets. Let us get to know more about them. They belong to a subfamily called […]
Genetically Modified Organisms
So, you meet your friend’s mother for the first time. And she quickly exclaims how much you look like your dad! Or like your uncle or grandparent or a distant cousin! Has that ever happened to you? How can one look similar to so many people in the family? Do all of us carry some […]
Roads That Absorb All The Water
In June 2007, the United Kingdom faced rainfall that was almost double the usual amount. The downpour became so intense that drains overflowed and spilled water onto the streets. Traffic was thrown out of gear. You could row a boat to get from place to place. Worse, the collected water weakened the road surface, creating […]
Hydrogen Powered Cars
The basic idea behind hydrogen fuel is simple – the hydrogen gas is passed through a stack of fuel cells that combines the pure hydrogen with oxygen from the air to create water, electricity, and heat. The fuel cells produce electricity as long as hydrogen is supplied to them. The only residual that is emitted […]
