Category: Facts For Kids
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Parasite Plants
Are you familiar with the word parasite? A parasite is an organism that lives inside another organism called host. It takes its energy and nutrients from the host making the host weak and itself strong. Well that is not very nice, but it is true. Can plants be lazy and do that? Are there any…
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Sydney Opera House
As the name suggests, Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, Australia. It is a very well recognized and unique structure on the shores of Sydney harbor. It is one of the most famous performing arts center in the world. The building is shaped like sails of a boat. It stands in the middle of…
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All about Balloons
Any celebration is incomplete without the balloons. They have become an integral part of any festivity. Little children squeal with joy while holding the balloon in their hands, the elder kids, can’t stop bobbing it. Do you know how they were discovered and what all different kinds of balloons are used today? The first balloons…
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David and Goliath
Long time ago there were people who lived in a place called Israel. These people were called Israelites. There were also people named the Philistines who lived in Philistine. The Israelites and the Philistines did not get along well, and both wanted to conquer each other. As a result, they both were in a battle.…
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The Constant Change – Adaptation
We all do it. Animals, birds, plants and human beings. We change constantly. The changes are very minuscule but over a long period of time they seem pretty visible. We evolve. We adapt. The process which helps a living thing to change in order to survive the changes in its environment is called adaptation. Imagine if…
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Gloopy Wonder Called Glue
Chris was sitting on the floor with art stuff strewn all around him. He had to make an art project for school. They had just finished learning all about the animal kingdom, and he was put in charge of making a penguin enclosure. He had everything he needed – Thermocol for the base, blue glazed…
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Emma’s Pet
Emma loved to play soccer. That is what she did in most of her free time. There is something else Emma had been longing for – a pet. Any time she saw someone else’s pet, she wanted to have one. Finally, she persuaded her parents to get a pet on her eleventh birthday. Her father…
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Navigating Neptune
Neptune, like mostly all the other celestial objects in space, is also named after a god in Greek Roman mythology. Neptune means Roman god of the sea. It had been named so probably because of its blue appearance. The planet is all blue. Is that because of presence of water on the planet? No way!…
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A Friend Like Myra
After a fun filled fourth grade, it was time to start the fifth grade. Sadly Toni and Jake had to move out of the school as they moved out of town. It was just Myra and Sweeny now. Although they missed Toni and Jake, at least they had each other. They still remembered the times…
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What Do We Call a Group?
Why don’t we just call a group of things, well, a Group? Or a collection of things? A bunch of things may be? In English language quite interestingly, whenever people, animals or things are put together in a group, the group is given a special name. Have you heard of the word collective? It means…
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A Visit to Italy
Romi and Chris were so excited as their parents were taking them to Italy. They had always observed Italy on the map and it looked really funny shaped like a boot. Near the toe of the boot is an island named Sicily. Towards the north, there is another island Sardinia. Both the islands are a…
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Animal Kingdom
Let us begin with the very basics. Think of any creature – bugs, birds, animals, fishes, or anything else. I can tell you that the creature you just thought of belongs to a group called the Animal Kingdom. The Animal Kingdom is divided into two groups: Invertebrates – All animals without back bones are called…