Category: Science
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All About Airplanes!
The birds had been flying for millions of years whereas “The metal birds” – the airplanes – have been flying only since the early 20th century. Before there were airplanes humans tried to fly but they did not know how to. After many years of trying they were able to fly kites in the air.…
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Water Cycle
Mike came running to her mom, squinched his face in disgust said, ” Eeeeeeeks, Kim is telling me that the water I’m drinking is thousands of years old. But I just took it from the tap. How can that be? She is so weird.” Kim was Mike’s elder sister and at 10 was four years…
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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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Poo Paper
Oh no! I am not taking about the toiler paper that you use every morning ;) But referring to paper made from animal POO… Ok so I know, now you are saying eeeeeeeew while you are also scrunching your nose and hanging out your tongue. I agree it sounds somewhat disgusting and ask why does someone…
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Why do We Have Seasons?
Radha loves winters. She loves wearing furry jackets and fluffy scarves. This year on Christmas she wished for winters to stay forever. Sophie likes summers. She loves the fact that she doesn’t have to wear layers of clothes, and gets to eat ice candies whenever she wants to. Every year she hopes for summers to stay throughout the…
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Ice Water Steam
The water that you guzzle, the ice that you pause to crunch while drinking your juice or the fumes that come out of water while you lay in a tub of hot water are all water in different forms. But why does water have different forms? Well you see water is matter. Matter is anything that…
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Look Out – Nature is Leaking!
Cold air from below hit him right away. On such a warm day, it should have felt good. Yet thirteen-year old Quint shuddered as he stepped into the tiny hole they had dug in the rocks. Sliding down the rope, he hoped the darkness would mask his fear. But nothing prepared him for what lay…
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What Makes Up Plants and Animals?
Well Well Well, Can you tell ? What makes both Naughty boy Nell, and his pet doggie Dell ? It is a teeny weeny Cell :) Look at the picture above, aren’t all of them very different. Would you believe me if I said that they are all made of only one thing, and that is cells.…
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Mr. Fat – Good or Bad?
Fats just like the name suggests, do make people fat, but only when eaten in more than the required quantity. Fats when eaten in moderate amount are an essential nutrient needed by your body. Fats are not healthy for your body if eaten in huge quantities. Oops! I forgot to tell you what fats are!!…
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Who are Hackers?
Why are some attackers called hackers? While you must be familiar with burglars – those are the people who enter your house without your permission and steal you belongings. Hackers are also kind of burglars, but they are special kind of attackers. They use computer programming to enter other people’s computer and steal information stored…
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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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What Are The – Logys?
Don’t we all read about logys all the time – Biology, Archaeology, Anthropology.. What does adding logy to different words mean? Does it have a special meaning? -logy is a suffix in the English language. A suffix or a postfix is a set of letters that is placed after a word that makes a new word related to the old word. When we add -logy to…