Author: Kinooze Learning
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Language of Gestures
Let us begin by asking this question. What is language? Can you tell? Isn’t language a written or spoken way of communicating with other people around us. Then that makes sign language a non-spoken way of communicating with people around us. It is a language made up of gestures like hand movements and facial expressions.…
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Highest Wave Ever Caught by Surfer McNamara
American surfer Garrett McNamara surfed on a 100 Ft high wave off the coast of Portugal. This the highest wave ever been caught by a surfer!! McNamara holds a place in Guiness book of world records for riding on a 78 Ft high wave at the same place, in November of 2011. Mr McNamara, 44, was born in Massachusetts…
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Did Plants Always Have Flowers?
Flowers are beautiful, and they are everywhere. Can you imagine living without the colorful world of flowers? Nah! However, there were times 130 million years ago when the only plants we had were ferns and conifers-cone bearing trees, which had thrived for 200 million years before the first flower blossomed. Let us put on our archaeology caps and…
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High Sugar High Tax
In UK, a food and farming charity Sustain, is calling for high tax on sugary drinks. They are hoping that this will discourage people from buying the sugary drinks. Over 60 groups, including doctors, are backing a 20p tax per litre, which would go to the government. However, the soft drink companies are claiming that…
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The Rain
(This lovely poem is work of imagination of our little reader Ananya) When the rain comes down, there are water drops everywhere. Splashing the kids go all around through the puddles on the ground. As the cold wind blows, hats and boots everyone wears, I am looking out of the window while sitting on a…
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What is a Light Year?
Of all the things we know about, the speed of the light is fastest! Think about anything you think travels fast and light travels faster than that. Can you guess how fast? Light can travel 300,000 kilometers in one second! Can you imagine how fast that is? It is so fast that light can travel…
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Dutch Queen Gives Up Throne
On Monday, Europe’s longest serving monarch gave up her throne. The official term used for giving up the throne is called abdicating. She wants her son Prince Willem-Alexander to be the ruler now. Usually in Europe the monarchs rule for life especially in U.K., but Dutch kings and queens are famous for stepping down from the…
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Pygmy Elephants Poisoned
In Asia, pygmy elephants are only found in tropical rainforests in north Borneo, South east Asia. This elephant species is endangered, and there are only about 2,000 elephants in Borneo. Most of the elephants are in Sabah, a state on the east of Borneo island. Sadly, Ten of these rare elephants have been found dead…
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Is Milk a White Lie?
My daughter came back from school one day and said that her ma’am had asked her to research for 10 reasons why milk is not beneficial. I was confused and asked her if her teacher wanted her to research on the goodness of milk instead. She denied and stuck to her own thing and I…
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Bubble Trouble!
An entire town in Australia got covered in Bubbles. Are we joking? Not at all. Australian town of Mooloolaba, Queensland has been completely blanketed by frothy suds. Children and grown ups came out on the streets and beaches to play in the bubbles. What fun! Sometimes extreme froth are formed during storms when powerful waves force air…
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Iran Sends Monkey In Space
Iran sent a monkey in a Pishgam rocket, which reached a height of some 120km (75 miles) for a sub-orbital flight before returning. The monkey was okay after his return. Western nations have expressed concern that Iran’s space programme is being used to develop long-range missiles. These countries are worried that the missiles will then…
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Fluffy White Bears
Polar bears are no ordinary animals. To begin with, they are the world’s largest bear and the largest meat eaters on land. They can weigh anywhere between 350–680 Kgs !! Polar bears probably evolved from brown bears, but have undergone many changes to adapt themselves to live in extremely cold temperatures. Most polar bears are…