Author: Kinooze Learning
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The Disappearing Ground!
“Ha!”, grinned the wicked wizard. The princess was trapped and could not run any where – for one side there was a deep ridge and the other side the minions of the wizard. The princess hoped that she could fly, but it was only a wish. She looked up and suddenly saw her best friend flying…
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YouTube hit a Billion
I don’t think that there is anyone who does not know about YouTube. You can watch your favorite cartoons, songs, educational videos and any information in form of videos on YouTube. Well, now YouTube is celebrating its success as they had 1 billion ( Do you know the number of zeros in a billion?) people that watched…
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Mysterious Prawn Deaths
Millions of prawns have been washed ashore in Coronel city, in Chile. The city is about 530km (330 miles) from the capital, Santiago. The scientists are suspecting that the strange sad phenomenon could be because of change in water temperature or its oxygen levels. For one it could be the local power plants that use the sea water…
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Our Solar System
Solar means ‘relating to Sun’. Our Solar system is called so because everything is related to the sun. Planets are positioned where they are because of the sun. Why so? Sun is enormous. Bigger the object is larger is its gravity (a pulling force). Sun has immense gravity that pulls all the objects in the…
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The Journey of Food
The journey of food starts from the very point we put it in our mouth. That is when the process of digesting the food begins – right in our mouth!! As we pop in the food, the teeth help crush the food into smaller pieces so that it becomes easier to swallow. The saliva in our…
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No Texting While Driving
Are you texting while driving? Should you be doing that? Never! Now there is a new system that makes it impossible for you to drive the car. How? Well, a new device called ORIGOSafe stops people from texting while driving. If you text the car stops. To start the car, drivers must insert their smartphones into ORIGOSafe.…
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Bottlenose Dolphins
I am a mammal, But not a camel. I have a smile, As big as river Nile. Shrimps and squids are afraid to get close, Is it because I have a bottle on my nose? Bottlenose dolphins are the friendliest of all the dolphins as they have a smile on their face at all the…
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The Elephant
(This cute and funny poem is written by Ishan who is nine years old.) The elephant is my favourite mammal, It is very strong, It’s tusks are made of ivory and enamel, And its trunk is very long. An elephant eats a lot of grass, Only then he can fill his large tummy, I’m sure…
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The Telling of The Tales!
Long before there were storybooks, television or the iPads to tell the tales, there were grandmothers, great grandmothers and chubby aunts. They all kept the children entertained by spinning tales. Fancy imaginative tales about the sun, the moon, animals, prince and princesses. That was the world of oral story telling. While we have many alternatives to storytelling…
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Who was Helen Keller?
Long time ago, a girl named Helen was born to very loving parents. She was a beautiful and fun loving child. When she was around 2 years old, she came down with a severe illness. Her parents did everything they could to save her. Helen survived but she lost her eyesight and the power to…
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Curiosity’s Pleasant Accident
Sometimes accidents can be pleasant too. You bumping into a friend by accident! Finding a penny in the sand by accident! Curiosity rover Mars recently walked over a piece of rock by accident. But to everybody’s pleasant surprise, the rock named Tintina, broke open to reveal its white colour from inside. So what does this…
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Are You Handing Out Opinions? Think Hard… Harder!
This is a guest post by Nidhi Tayal who is a registered dietitian, a blogger and a school counselor. Nidhi is a post graduate from Lady Irwin College and has served in leading hospitals and fitness centers in the Delhi-Noida area. She was a freelance counselor associated with a NGO “Behind The Moon” dealing with pediatric nutrition. Recently,…