Author: Kinooze Learning
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Water Water All Around Me!
Our Earth is made up of land and water. Some very large parts of land are called continents. Some very large parts of water are called ocean and seas. In the oceans and seas are some smaller land parts that are completely surrounded by water. There are what we call islands. Islands come in different…
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Indian Presidential Elections 2012
You must be thinking, Who is the president? Who decides who will become the president? Do we have a president in our country? Hmmm, Let us try to understand. Every country needs a government which has many policy makers. This government helps in the running of the country. The head of this government is called the…
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RISAT 1, Guess what is it?
RISAT 1, India’s first Radar Satellite launch is a “grand success” by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). What’s Radar?What’s Satellite? Let’s try to understand. Imagine an ocean wave. It’s in the ocean, made of water and can travel some distance. If we have to draw it on paper, we make a wavy line that goes…
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Our Heart
Heart is the most important organ of the body and it is a muscle! It cleans our blood and circulates it throughout the body. In our body , Blood is carried in blood vessels. These are almost like water pipes but only much much smaller. Blood vessels are of two kinds : Arteries and Veins.…
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The Stone Age
The Stone Age was a time thousands of years ago, when early humans lived in caves and jungles. Life was simple, and there were only two main things to do – to protect themselves from the wild animals and to gather food. It started almost with the evolution of mankind. For both purposes, people made…
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Preparation for Olympics 2012
India will send 46 athletes for this year’s London Olympics, besides four coaches and support staff. Winning a medal in Olympics is a proud moment for the athlete as well as the nation. To make sure that athletes perform their best, indian government has released money for their training abroad, hire of expert coaches, doctors…
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Dirty Air !
You cannot see it or Hold it or Eat it But you have to have it. You guessed it right!! It is the air that we breathe and it’s everywhere. So it is really sad that something that is so important for us is getting dirty. All the smoke from the chimneys, airplanes and automobiles…
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Metro Rail in Chennai Soon!
Metro rails belong to a railway system called Rapid Transit System. It is an electric rail system. Metro trains have unmatched ability to transport large number of people quickly over short distances locally. This largely reduces traffic on roads. Since bigger cities have a lot of traffic, Metro is therefore located in a city or…
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Achoo!! Allergy??
Must have frequently heard people saying ” I have a bad allergy from mushrooms, I can’t eat it” or ” My nose started to run, looks like all that dust from the carpet triggered my allergy” What is an Allergy? Allergies are caused by an overactive Immune system. For some reason, your immune system mistakes…
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Our Body’s Army : Our Immune System
Every day we are exposed to a lot of germs but its not everyday we fall sick. Why? Our body has a smart way of fighting these germs with something very special called an Immune System. Our immune system can detect a difference between the body’s own ‘healthy‘ cells and ‘foreign‘ cells. When one of…
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French Elections 2012
With only two weeks left before the final voting starts on 6th May 2012 for the election of new french president, the current president Nicholas Sarkozy who is running for the second time for this post is behind in the race as more number of people seem to like Françcois Hollande. Are you scratching your head…
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How the Fairy Tales Came To Life?
Aren’t all of us fond of Fairy Tale Theatre? Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hansel and Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel are just to name a few. We are able to enjoy these stories because almost 200 years ago, two brothers Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm travelled all around in Germany and collected these…