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JUNE 2016 Volume I Issue 2

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Language Study

Editorial

Best out of Waste

This Month At A Glance

British Council

News

Short Story

Bygone Luminaries

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Celebrations - Father’s Day

Amazing Facts

Music

Humour

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The article related to Big Question in April cleared our doubts about why fizzy drinks produce bubbles when we shake or open the bottle. The activities related to it were great fun and easy to do. I prepared my own fizzy drink and enjoyed it with my family!

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Brainfeed magazine started presenting a new concept – that is you can listen to your favourite article being read by experts while you go through the article. And also watch videos of your interest from the list of videos given in the magazine.

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Request to Highlight Different Career options open It was good to know about Museum Studies as a career. It is true that many are unfamiliar with this career. Dr.Mahua Chakraborty, has given a clear idea about this course. At our age it is very confusing to choose our career. I request Brainfeed to highlight different types of career which will be a great help for us.

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Road Safety Road Safety is a major issue in all the places especially near the school zone. It is true that the change should start from us. We, students should avoid riding bikes and in turn educate other minors also from doing the same and educate the people the importance of road safety. The article related to Road Safety has highlighted some instructions, when followed by everyone will be really beneficial to the society.

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Dear children, Brainfeed High is opening a new column exclusively for young student reporters. Interesting events/ activities/programmes/incidents happening in your school may be sent in lucid simple English not exceeding 150 words. The writing should be of students’ own and creative! The best selected report will be published in the Brainfeed High magazine and it could win the Best Journalist Award! So what are you waiting for? Hurry Up! Be the early bird!

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une month augurs monsoon rains in the sub-continent! For students and teachers June is a favourite month. Schools open and the days ahead are long and eventful.

The unique calendar brings back at a glance the events of June in yesteryears. ‘News’ highlights – CBSE XII results, President’s ordinance on NEET and Yoga in School syllabus.

‘Bygone Luminaries’ is about George Stephenson ‘the Father of Railways’ and Giovanni Domenico Cassini – the mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and engineer. . ‘Music’ traces the significant role of ‘Tabla’ in Hindustani music and ‘Commemoration’ details World Environment Day and World Day Against Child Labour .

Cover Story brings cheers to students about going back to school after summer! Ananya interacts with Brainfeed discussing how she could make to the top of National Spell Bee contest. Father’s Day is observed on June 19 and how fathers can be made happy is discussed in detail. In celebration of the World Oceans Day, the colourful centrespread is all about the beautiful aquariums of the world and a glimpse of underwater life!

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While ‘Space’ is about the transit of Mercury, ‘Technology’ talks about the ‘Rolling Robot’ for the autistic children. The future of travel hyper loop is a sensation in ‘Innovation’ while ‘Tea Taster’ is all about the latest career prospects.

This month Deutsch language is introduced under Language Study. Listen to the audio for the correct pronunciation. How wasteful things can be made useful is shown in ‘Best out of waste!’

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Charles Rolls, a co-founder of RollsRoyce Limited, became the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane. - 1910

Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, was launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple), in Amritsar. – 1984

Cable News Network (CNN) began its broadcasting. - 1980

Telangana Formation Day

04 The concert for Elizabeth II‛s Diamond Jubilee took place outside Buckingham Palace in London. - 2012

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Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died at the age 93. - 2004

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founder of the Maratha Empire, was crowned. - 1674

The Israeli Air Force destroyed Iraq‛s Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera. – 1981

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World Oceans Day

The First World Ocean Day was celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. - 1992

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Donald Duck made his debut in The Wise Little Hen. 1934

10 The Spirit rover was launched, beginning NASA‛s Mars Exploration Rover mission. - 2003

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The film Jurassic Park was released in the United States, becoming the highestgrossing film of all time until the release of Titanic in 1997. - 1993

The Boeing 777, the world‛s largest twinjet, made its first flight.- 1994

World Day Against Child Labour

A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returned to Earth. - 2010

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14 The European Space Research Organisation was established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency. - 1962 World Blood Donor Day

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The deadliest tsunami in Japan‛s history killed more than 22,000 people.

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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

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Bhutan became the first st country to institute a total ban on tobacco. - 2010

The People‛s Republic of China announced a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon. - 1967

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World Day To Combat Desertification

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft was launched. - 2009

The first Father‛s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington.

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21 SpaceShipOne became the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight. 2004

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The Wikimedia Foundation was founded in St. Petersburg, Florida. - 2003 World Refugee Day

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Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport. - 1984

23 Nik Wallenda International Yoga Day

26 The first Grand Prix motor racing event was held on closed public roads outside the city of Le Mans, France.

- 1906 International Day Against Drug Abuse And Illicit Trafficking

27 NASA launched the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun. - 2013

became the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope. - 2013

25 Kim Campbell was sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada. - 1993

John Isner of the United States defeated Nicolas icolas Mahut of France rance at Wimbledon, on, in the longest st match in professionall tennis history. 2010

29 Isabel Perón was sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. 1974 United Nations Public Service Day

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was formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies. - 1926

Statistics Day

30 The world‛s first emergency telephone number, 999, was introduced in London - 1937

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NEWS DRSMUN 2016

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RS International School believes in educational excellence. DRS Model United Nation-2016 is a great opportunity for students to bring about change in the world we have to the world we want. The program is open to students from Grades 7 to 12. The programme will be held from June 24 to June 26, 2016 at Hotel The Westin Hyderabad, Hyderabad. MUN is a platform to create a culture of working towards the solutions.

Students develop their oratory skills, research skills, understanding and working of international organizations and strive to surpass the boundaries of their abilities through co-operation and collaboration.

They also acquire leadership qualities to navigate them through the crisis ridden scenario of the present-day world to peace and unity.

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CBSE Class XII Results 2016

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BSE announced the results for class XII Board examinations 2016 on May 21, 2016. Girls once again outshone boys by recording a pass percentage of 88.58 whereas boys recorded a pass percentage of 78.85. Sukriti Gupta, a student from Montfort School, New Delhi is the national topper.

She scored 497 of 500 marks followed by Palak Goyal from Tagore Public School, Haryana securing the second position with 496. Two students bagged the third position. Somya Uppal from St Teresa’s Convent School, Haryana and Ajish Sekhar from PSBB Senior Secondary School, Chennai scored 495.

Excited Sukriti said, “I am happy that I secured first rank in CBSE class 12th examinations. I want to be an engineer. For securing good marks, understanding of every subject is must. My school teachers have always clarified my doubts whenever I sought their help.”

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President Promulgates NEET ordinance

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resident Pranab Mukherjee signed the ordinance to Keep State Boards out of the common National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for MBBS and Dental courses in 2016.

The promulgation, provides the directive that NEET will become the uniform entrance examination from the next academic session, i.e 2017-18 onwards.

The examination will be applicable for candidates applying for candidates applying for Central Government and Private Medical Colleges.

Yoga to be Adopted as Part of School Syllabus

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he Centre has asked the state governments to adopt yoga as part of their school syllabus so that willing students can take it as a subject. Minister of State for AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Naik said, “We hope that yoga will be part of school curriculum for the next academic session.” He also informed that the first International Day of Yoga was celebrated in the country on June 21, 2015, involving 192 countries and the arrangements for celebrating Second International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2016 has already started.

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George Stephenson Born: June 9, 1781 Died: August 12, 1848 eorge Stephenson was an English Stephenson Civil Engineer and designed his Mechanical Engineer first locomotive who built the first public intercity railway in 1814, a line in the world to use travelling steam locomotives, engine designed the Liverpool and for hauling Manchester Railway coal. Soon he which opened in 1830. improved the Renowned as the ‘Father of Railways’, his rail design of cast gauge of 4’ 8”called iron edge rails ‘Stephenson Gauge’ is to reduce the the standard gauge for breakage. the world’s railways.

Stephenson designed his first locomotive in 1814, a travelling engine designed for hauling coal. Soon he improved the design of cast iron edge rails to reduce the breakage. In 1825, the first locomotive for the railway hauled 80-ton load of coal and flour for 15km in two hours at a speed of 39 km/h on one stretch. Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’ was the first 97 km journey train between Liverpool and Manchester launched in 1830.

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Giovanni Domenico Cassini Born: June 8, 1625 Died: September 14, 1712

iovanni Cassini was an Italian mathematician, astronomer astrologer and Engineer. . His work as the Director of the Paris Observatory has the greatest impact on the scientific world.

Cassini’s observations of Mars and computing the parallax determined its distance from earth.

This allowed for the first estimation of the dimensions of the solar system. Using a method outlined by Galileo, Cassini was also the first to make successful measurements of longitude. In 1690 Cassini observed differential rotation

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within Jupiter‘s atmosphere, His name has been associated with Space exploration since 2004. The Cassini orbiter has studied Saturn and its many natural satellites. The Fourth Space probe called Cassini Equinox is scheduled to end its mission in 2017.

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CELEBRATIONS FATHER’S DAY

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PROUD AND HAPPY A father plays an important role in raising the child and consequently building a stronger society. Father’s Day is celebrated worldwide on the 3rd Sunday in June every year. A father encompasses every smile and every tear, every joy and every fear in his child’s life. This day recognizes the contribution that fathers make in the lives of their children.

Why not make this Father’s Day special? Here are few ideas to celebrate and plan for this great day.

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Plan any activity

Think about what makes your dad happy. Plan at least one activity to do with your dad that he will enjoy.

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Make a card for him

Use your innovation and make a card for him that fits his personality to show how much he means to you. List some of the best things your dad does for you that you are grateful for.

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Make it a family event

It is not necessary that you have to give expensive gifts to please your dad.

Plan something different and creative that will be a memorable moment for him. For example - with the help of elders you can prepare his favourite dishes and give him a surprise. Let the whole family gather at one place to enjoy and relish it and have fun.

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Make the day joyful

Celebrate your shared experiences

One of the important aspects is that your father would like you to be always attentive and active. Make a promise to him that you will never let him down and will always follow the right direction. Let him feel confident that you love and care for him the same way he does for you.

Sit with your dad, look at the old photos and share your feelings with him and show him how much you care for him. If you have time prepare a collage of these photographs which will be a memory for ever.

Don’t forget to capture all these moments. This will be a memorable remembrance for you all the time. This day is an opportunity to tell him, about your feelings and how much you appreciate him.

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History of Father’s Day Sonora Louise Smart Dodd first brought up the idea of celebrating FATHER’S DAY in 1909. She wanted a special day to honour her father, William Smart. When Sonora’s mother died in childbirth with her sixth child, William was left to raise the newborn and five other children by himself on a farm in Washington State. As an adult, Sonora realized how strong and unselfish her dad had been raising his kids as a single parent.

It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man that made her to think about this day. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June every year. It celebrates the contribution that fathers and father figures make for their children’s lives.

Music

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he tabla consists of two drums the ‘bayan’ played with the left hand and the ‘dayan’ played with the right hand. Bayan is made either of clay or copper while dayan is usually hollowed out of a block of wood. Both are covered with the skin fastened to leather hoops which are stretched over the body of the drum by means of leather braces.

Cylindrical block of wood are wedged between the down to lower or raise the pitch. The application of a mixture of flour and water to the left head of the dayan lowers the pitch and gives the dull bass sound. This plaster is always scraped off

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Tabla Tabla is one of the most famous instruments of India.

after use. In bayan, the plaster is mixed with iron fillings and it is applied once for all. Tabla has a light and sweet sound.

Therefore it is well suited for accompanying kheyal, thumri and other soft instruments like sitar and sarod. Dayan can be tuned accurately,

but bayan has an infinite pitch. It can be tuned accurately to an octave lower than tabla. The drums are kept erect on the ground and played with the fingers. Sounds

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are produced by striking the center with full hand or the tip of fingers and press the bass of the palm towards simultaneously sliding it over the drum head.

Tabla has a highly developed technique of playing. This instrument is capable of producing almost all the patterns of rhythms that a musician can conceive of. Eminent artists such as Ustad Zakir Hussain have made tabla well known around the world.

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orld Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5 to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. This year’s theme ‘Fight Against the Illegal Trade in Wildlife’ focuses on eroding Earth’s precious bio-diversity robbing natural heritage and driving species to the brink of extinction. Activities like arts and craft exhibition, film festivals, public celebrations and sports and games can be organized to inculcate values for safeguarding environment.

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WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR

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he International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the World Day against Child Labour in 2002. The World Day against Child Labour observed every year on June 12. It is intended to foster the world wide movement against child labour in any form and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it.

Large numbers of children are engaged in paid or unpaid domestic work in the homes around the world. These children can be particularly vulnerable to exploitation. World Anti-Labour Day calls for free, compulsory and quality education for all children. june 16

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Cover Story

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BACK TO YOUR SECOND HOME! It is school time future. No matter how hard again! Students feel excited eeting friends rules are, every place, after a while about the new academic year! At the especially home, has these can make the same time they feel a little sad regulations. the first day that summer vacation has come to an Most teachers kick more exciting! Going back to school after the off the school year by end. Some feel apprehensive vacation, can be hard introducing themselves about new teachers, new friends, or on the other hand you and talking about all and maybe even a new school. might be really excited to the stuff to be done that get back to school, catch year. Some teachers give But, these "new" anxieties up with your friends and start students a chance to tell would be around only your new classes. something about themselves to for a while! the rest of the class.

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The first day is a great day to make a new friend, so try to say ‘hello!’ to the friends you know and also to the new ones that you don't.

Make the first move and you'll be glad you did and so will your new friend!

So the responsibility is with the school management and staff to make the students feel comfortable and make them feel homely!

School is full of learning discipline, fun and friends. It is true that school is considered as the SECOND HOME for students.

School life is the golden period in one’s life. The limitations in school are what shape the child into becoming polite, obedient, and self disciplined person for the

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When teachers interact on the first day, they often go over classroom rules so that you'll know what's allowed and what's not. Listen to the instructions carefully.

Clarify your doubts if you have any related to any matter. Feel free with your teachers and have a good interaction with them. This, in turn, will surely boost up your confidence.

Here are a few tips for a fantastic school year.

Get enough sleep.

Eat a healthy breakfast.

Use good work habits, like writing down your assignments and turning in your homework on time.

Some teachers make learning fun, which makes the lesson more festive and easier to learn.

However, sometimes school is just school which means everything can’t be fun all the time. You must take time to learn. Over all, school revolves round learning which is the most important thing in life.

Try your best to complete your work in time always

Don’t be nervous all the time.

Keep a sense of humor.

Take your time with school work. If you don't understand something, take guidance from your teachers or elders

As you spend ¼ of the day in school, consider it as your second home and have a good rapport with everyone.

So, students, the countdown has begun …..

GET, SET and GO. Plan a successful academic year and have fun and achievements at your school…

YOUR SECOND HOME.

Ease the family into a school year schedule.

It is quite natural to feel lazy during summer vacation. Even parents are at ease as there is no hotch-potch morning schedule.

Parents should also be well prepared a few days before the new academic year begins. The first day of school is not the time for a drastic adjustment of household sleep schedules.

Instead, ease children back into a school year routine gradually.

During the last two weeks of summer, re-introduce a school year bedtime. Begin waking late sleepers earlier and earlier, closer to the hour they'll need to rise when school begins.

Feeling Good on day One As your child Meeting friends can make the first day a good gets back to one. school and settle into their routines, Make sure to pack your school bag the take some time for previous night to avoid the morning rush. yourself to reflect on Let this habit continue throughout the your own values about year. education and how you can more intentionally The first day of school is your first support your children. chance to find your pathways to new The more you actively classes in your school. It's a lot to engage in supporting learn in one day, set your targets from your children during the day one. academic year, the greater Right from the beginning have an are their chances of aim about your commitment and success. So be a smart and achievement for the academic year. successful parent. june 16

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Brainfeed interacted with a principal and students related to their opinion on Back to School.

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Whhaatttt???? School is re-opening? We just started enjoying our vacation.

It is shocking to hear that our holidays are over and I am speechless. I cannot understand why parents and teachers say that this is long vacation.

For us it is too short to recover from the final exams stress. Again new batch of teachers will be ready with new books and homework to put an end to our freedom. But there is hope as the teachers are not so serious in the beginning for few days and we can do a lot of chatting in the class. As our friends are back again, we all together can play and have more fun. With this little excitement I will go to my school with a fresh feeling.

M.Yugandhar 6th std, Deepu Public School Eluru

Comfort Zone Home to school, is the transition from ‘comfort zone’ to a higher level of trails and adjustments. Integrity, warm affection and atmosphere of industry makes it complete. The students look forward to new challenges in all the fields and soak in the atmosphere of school comprising of teachers, friends, competitors and quest for knowledge.

Mrs. Archana Nigam Principal, DPS Kalyanpur, Kanpur

The teachers eagerly await fresh faces to mold and guide and feel fulfilled to see the light and aura of knowledge in them.

The school management helps to ensure a conducive environment by providing all the facilities and infrastructure which makes the teaching process smooth and success oriented. Thus I believe ‘Home to school’ signifies joining unity of reason and faith to learning and growth.

We become ‘Seniors’ It is June now and our school is set for re-opening. I am excited with many feelings those are fresh and pleasing too. I am eager to meet my friends after a long break. We can share our happiness with our unlimited stories of experiences we had during our vacation. I learnt preparation of some delicious snacks and dishes which I would definitely share with my friends.

Though I have a little worry that my vacation is soon getting over, a new excitement is filled in my heart. We are stepping into Class 10 and now we all are going to be treated as ‘Seniors’ in our school. I am conscious about the new responsibilities and expectations. I am aware that I need to put more efforts to realize this. I am excited that apart from class room sessions, we will have more lab visits to carry out many interesting experiments and increase our knowledge.

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K.Lalitha Lahari 10th std.

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KUDOS Ananya Wins National Spell Bee Contest

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When you were declared as the National Champion of India’s largest spelling competition, what were your feelings?

I was ecstatic! I hadn’t expected to win, and when I was finally declared the winner, I felt extremely joyous.

Lot of practice is required for participating in this competition. How did you prepare for it?

Being an avid reader made this Bengalurean to achieve success at the age of 14.

Ananya G Upadhya of Sri Kumaran Children’s Home CBSE, Bengaluru became the National Spell Bee Season 8 winner on March 8. The competition this year was conducted across India and engaged more than 3 lakh students across 800 schools in 30 cities by testing their mettle in English spellings.

Ananya shared her views to Brainfeed about her journey and success in the competition.

Yes. I prepared using various spelling books that I had acquired from participating in local spelling bees. I also played online games wherein I could listen to a recording of the word, read its definition and type the right spelling, to score points. Besides, I also studied word patterns depending on language of origin, and roots of words too. I have been an avid reader for many years, and

this helped me develop my vocabulary and spelling.

Many spellings are asked in the competition. Which one did you feel was the most difficult and how did you manage to spell it?

The one I found the most difficult was ‘cicerone’, meaning a guide. Although I recalled having seen this word before, I was unsure. However, this was a word passed to me from my cocompetitor, who had tried it with an ‘i’ in the end. Since that was incorrect, I decided to go with an ‘e’ in the end as the word and its meaning was similar to ‘chaperone’.

There was a great competition between the top 16 spellers of India. Can you brief up your journey? What did you learn from the other competitors?

It was a great learning experience. I took two online tests. After clearing them, I had to take the Level 3 test at the Radio Mirchi office in Bengaluru.

The top 16 spellers were then selected to participate in the semifinal which was held in Mumbai. The semifinals consisted of four contestants each, and the winners from each of these round competed in the finals.

From my fellow competitors, I learnt different methods of preparation. I also learnt that most good spellers are avid readers. We still keep in touch, and share interesting and hardto-spell words with each other.

All the competitors would have been very nervous at the end of the competition. What was the winning word for you?

Yes. I was also quite nervous. My winning word was ‘desuetude’, meaning a state of disuse.

You are recognized throughout the nation now. What are your future plans?

My plan is to work in and excel at software engineering and writing. I also want to do something for my country.

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SPORTS

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About 500 years ago Sepak Takraw was created by the royal family in Malaysia.

SEPAK TAKRAW

‘Sepak’ means kick and ‘Takraw’ means ball.

It differs from the similar sport of volleyball in its use of a rattan ball. Traditionally the balls were woven from Rattan but today professional games are played with synthetic woven balls. The players use their feet, knee, chest and head to touch the ball.

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The game is played between two teams of three players; the left inside, right inside and back.

• The use of hands is not permitted.

The on-court players comprise

• A match consists of 3 sets.

Court The court is rectangular and measures

13.4 meters by 6.1 meters and

1.52 meters high

The net is for MEN and

1.42meters high for WOMEN.

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• Each player may touch the ball only once before it is kicked over the net.

• There is no rotation in the defense position.

• It becomes a score, if the ball touches the net before falling into the companion court.

• a Striker • a Server and • a Feeder each having distinct tactical roles to play during a match, and therefore possessing different playing skill sets.

• A match is won when a team wins 2 sets.

• The first team to score either 15 or 21 points, depending on the rules in play, wins the set.

• The team that prevails in two sets wins the match.

• If a team doesn’t win 2 sets in a row, the third set, called the “Tiebreak,” only has 15 points.

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“Note-taking is a pretty Dynamic Process.”

“The written notes capture my thinking better than typing.”

- Michel Friedman

- Kenneth Kiewara

Cognitive Psychologist Harward University

Educational Psychologist University of Nebraska

Latest studies indicate that penmanship helps to focus more on the subject than the keyboard.

Note-taking using laptop is a common scenario in many colleges today.

Around 33 words a minute would be the speed of note-taking on an electronic device and whereas it is 22 words a minute, if it is done with the pencil or pen manually. Though it is advantageous to take notes on computer, it would allow you to capture little more, a research says: Students those who have taken notes on laptop forget

research shows that handwritten notes may be more memorable, and there is more room for improvement.

maximum content after 24 hours, than the students who take notes with the help of a writing instrument.

Long hand notes also have a better result and students possess more grip on the subject compared to the students who write in short hand.

These students are found much better than other students as they recall spellings better, manage speed and write more quality answers than the ones who just read and attend the exams.

Students

those who write all the contents after their revision and before their examinations perform better in their exams.

Note-taking, whether it is short hand or by using laptop or with the pen, is always good for the purpose of better reference. But

While preparing for exams, writing down once is like doing. Only reading the content is like knowing.

And people say, “Knowing is not doing.

Doing is doing.”

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AQUARIUMS Best Aquariums in the World World Oceans Day has been celebrated on June 8 every year. People all over the blue planet are celebrating with the theme ‘Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet’. The best aquariums in the world not only offer an opportunity to learn about the world beneath the ocean, but are also atmospheric and make a visitor feel as if they have stepped into planet’s underwater ecology.

Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, USA

Dubai Mall Aquarium, Dubai

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Japan

L’Oceanogràfic, Spain

Ushaka Marine World, Durban

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Shanghai Ocean Aquarium, China

Monterey Bay Aquarium, California, USA

Aquarium of Western Australia, Australia

Aquarium of Genoa, Italy

Turkuazoo, Turkey

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HOT WHEELS

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BEST CARS

BUGATTI CHIRON

The two-seated Bugatti Chiron was first revealed at the Geneva Motor Show on March 16, 2016. Designed and developed by the Bugatti automotive group, owned

by Volkswagen Priced $ 2.66 group, it is million in US, named in 170 of the honour of Louis cars have Chiron, a racing already been driver. The booked. top speed is believed to be around 463 km/h or 288 mph. It can accelerate from 0-100 km/h in less than 2.5 seconds and 0-300 km/h (186 mph) in under 13.6 seconds.

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LYKAN HYPERSPORT

Top end cars are usually made in USA, Germany and other western countries, this is the first one produced in Lebanon. It was made in collaboration with Lebanese, French and Italian engineers. The car was featured in the film Furious 7 and video games Project CARS, It costs $ 3.4 Forza Motorsport 6 and GT Racing. million making W Motors is planning to produce it the THIRD only seven cars. most expensive vehicle built to date.

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LAMBORGHINI CENTENARIO

Car costs US$ 1.9 million.

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All the cars meant for production has been sold

Revealed at the Geneva Motor Show on March 1, 2016, the Lamborghini Centenario is a mid-engine sports car produced by the Italian manufacturer Lamborghini.

T body of the Centenario is built The entirely in carbon fibre with a weight e of just 1,520 kg. o

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Koenigsegg One: 1 is different and popular and the name is to be pronounced as a ratioone-to-one rather than one-one.

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$2.4 million each.

The car has beaten a record and toughed 0-300 km/h time in just 17.95 seconds.

Painting the car takes close to 1200 hours and assembling the body shell from more than 350 50 pieces takes 600 hours.

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All the cars each one priced

The Pagani Huayra BC has been named after its ďŹ rst buyer Benny Caiola.

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at million have been sold.

The car weighing 1280 Kg is completely redesigned and comes with a whole lot of new features and with 10,000 new parts. The gears itself have more than 60 different aluminum parts.

It is easy to drive and the steering has several options such as wet, comfort and race mode.

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Big Question

Vanalatha

How do Astronauts Communicate in Space?

What are radio waves?

Radio waves are electromagnetic waves and can travel easily in a vacuum and are the best use for communication. Electromagnetic radiation is transmitted in waves or particles at different wavelengths and frequencies. According to NASA radio waves have the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum, ranging from about 1 millimeter to more than 100 kilometers. They also have the lowest frequencies, from about 3,000 cycles per second or 3 kilohertz up to about 300 billion hertz, or 300 gigahertz.

e all know that sound is commonly associated with air. Sound is also transmitted by particles in a solid, liquid or gas colliding with each other. The atoms on Earth are close enough to let the sound glide by the air. Sound is made when air molecules vibrate and move in a pattern called waves or sound waves. On Earth, the sound travels through air, but what about space where there is no air? Space is a vacuum; approximately there is one atom per cubic centimeter in space. With such low density, atoms are not close enough for the sound to travel or bounce and reach the eardrums. Sound cannot travel through vacuum. So, in simple terms, there are no atoms, no waves and hence no sound in space. Spaceship doesn’t actually make noise in space unless they are in the atmosphere of planet.

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So, how do astronauts communicate with each other in space?

of sound. Inside the spacecraft, there is plenty of air, so they just talk normally. When they are spacewalking, they talk by means of radios in their helmets.

The radio waves, again, have no problem in space, but Astronauts they’re not sound. They’re communicate radio, which has to be with each converted into sound by the other in astronauts’ headsets. The space astronauts communicate through the over the Ultra High use of radio Frequency (UHF) radios in waves. their spacesuits.

Any sound that is heard in space has to come from other means such as from the electromagnetic spectrum and these waves are not sound. Astronauts communicate with each other in space through the use of radio waves. Radio wave signals are sent to their headsets which then translates the signal into the form

When an astronaut speaks, the words are picked up by the microphone in their helmet and transmitted to the radio in the other astronaut’s suit and then expressed through the ear piece the other astronaut is wearing.

ACTIVITY Make a detailed report on life in space.

1. What are the safety measures that are built into space suit? Should astronauts wear it all time?

2. What do astronauts eat in space and how?

Travel

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VENICE THE CITY OF CANALS Venice, a city in Italy, is the capital of Venito region, with an area of 412 km2 and population of 2,71,367.

Also known as, 'Queen of the Adriatic', 'City of Water', 'City of Masks', 'City of Bridges', 'The Floating City', and 'City of Canals'. It is built on more than 100 small islands in a marshy lagoon in the Adriatic sea.

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There are 417 bridges in Venice.

Rialto Bridge is the most famous in Venice.

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There are 177 canals in Venice. The S-shaped Grand Canal is the biggest canal in Venice and it splits the city in two.

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St. Mark’s Basilica is the most famous of the churches in Venice.

One of the most recognizable symbols of Venice is gondolas. Each gondola is made of eight different types of wood measuring 11 meters long and weighing almost 600 kilos.

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TRANSIT OF MERCURY On May 9, 2016, the solar system’s inner most planet migrated across the bright disk of the Sun. Mercury transited the Sun for the first time since 2006. This Transit of Mercury was visible for at least several hours in most of the world, including the US, Canada, Europe, South America, Africa, and most of Asia.

What causes a transit of Mercury?

A transit of Mercury across the Sun takes place when the planet Mercury passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet, becoming visible against the solar disk.

During a transit, Mercury can be seen as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun. Transits of Mercury can happen in May or November with May transits being about half as frequent as November transits.

A ROLLING ROBOT for Autistic Kids

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That means when Mercury swings in between the Earth and Sun at inferior conjunction every four or so months, Mercury usually sweeps to the north or south of the solar disk. Therefore a transit of Mercury is happens 13 to 14 times per century.

Each time Mercury circles the Sun in its short and swift orbit of 88 Earth-days, Mercury travels to the North of the ecliptic for about half its orbit, and South of the ecliptic during the other half of its orbit. Twice in its orbit, Mercury crosses the Earth’s orbital plane at points called nodes. When Mercury is travelling from North to South, it is called a descending node; and when Mercury is travelling from South to North, it is called an ascending node.

Descending node transits can only happen during the first half of May, and ascending node transits in the first half of November. At other times of the year, Mercury at inferior conjunction would either pass north or south of the Sun’s disk.

After 2016, the next two Mercury transits will take place on November 11, 2019 and November 13, 2032.

Technology

users through customizable games that improve cognitive and motor skills. Educators can programme the toy to guide the disabled children through a range of activities, helping

Chief Executive and Founder of Leka, Mr. Ladislas de Toldi and his team worked closely with educators, parents and children to determine their needs.

them to improve communication and learn to connect with their environment and with others around them.

through an app available for iOS and Android.

During game play, Leka supplies positive images and sounds.

During their research, they discovered that autistic children respond especially well to robots.

The company will enable mass production of the toy and make it available for distribution directly to parents, caregivers and therapists, at a preorder cost of $390. Currently programmed with three educational games, Leka will offer a total of seven activities in 2017.

Leka senses and responds to a child’s participation in games like color identification, picture matching or hide-and-seek, controlled via Bluetooth and programmed

Innovation

Vanalatha LISTEN

THE FUTURE OF TRAVEL

HYPERLOOP riginally proposed as an idea

by US entrepreneur, Elon Musk, in 2013, Hyperloop is a transportation system in which pressurized capsules shoot through reduced pressure tubes at over 1,220 kmph. It would whisk passengers between San Francisco and Los Angeles in half an hour. Imagine a capsule filled with people hovering inside the tube.

Inside the tube a low pressure environment is created very similar to an airplane that is at high altitudes.

So the capsule travelling inside the tubes can travel really fast with very little energy.

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According to Musk’s plans, the capsules would ride a cushion of air blasted from underlying skis, propelled by a magnetic linear accelerator, running above or below ground and along low pressure steel tubes.

Costing about $6 billion, the first operating passenger services is expected to be ready by 2020.

• The capsules nose will have compressor fans to transfer air from front to rear and power the air cushion that suspends capsules.

• The capsules are powered by external electric motor placed at less than 1% of tube length.

• Air pressure inside the tube is to be just 9% of normal sea-level pressure.

• Passengers will be carried in capsules suspended on overland pipes.

Each capsule can carry 28 passengers.

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Career

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TEA TASTER Blend and Craft Your Favourite Cuppa Did you know that you could make a living tasting tea?

Tea is one of the most refreshing and popular beverages of the world. India being the world’s largest producer, exporter and consumer of tea there is wide scope for careers in this field.

The job of a tea taster is one of the most promising careers in the world today and it is gaining ground in India as well. Though not a very well known career option, jobs in Tea Management can be interesting.

How to enter the field?

A degree in Agricultural Science or a B.Sc. in Botany, Food Sciences, Horticulture or allied fields is preferred these days.

Personality traits An aspirant requires to have sharp sense of taste, sharp

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sense of smell, decision making skills, attention to minute details, physically fit, adaptable and self-reliant, excellent ability to foresight, no addiction to smoking, drinking and spicy food and the ability to communicate well with leadership qualities.

Skills required A thirst for travel, good practical and communication skills and five years of taste training are part of the craft of a cuppa. It takes five years to train a palate to identify, blindfold, the origin and blend of each sample and an expert is expected to be able to detect not only the country that produced a certain batch, but the region also.

Responsibilities Tea taster is one of the key people in the Tea Management team who will taste, as well as provide important guidelines on the branding as well as marketing of the product. He also determines the purity as well as quality of tea and ensures that the tea leaf brings the right colour as well as strength into the tea. He has to check the leaves, their size, colour, and shape, level of dryness in order to identify and determine the longevity of the product. He has to coordinate with gardeners, importers, exporters, researchers and has to stay updated about the current trends in the domestic as well as international tea market.

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Tea taster is a specialized profession in the tea industry.

What are the primary skills for the aspirer? What are the things one should sacrifice?

It is indeed a specialized/niche profession. It is an art form that can be developed only through hard work, passion and hours spent learning about different aromas and flavours. The aspirer needs to be drawn to the profession naturally, he/she needs to enjoy different food, beverages and appreciate aromas.

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The job of a tea taster is one among the most gifted careers in the world today. Please highlight about it. What are the opportunities as a tea taster?

The job opportunities lie ahead in the tea producing states such as Assam and West Bengal.

Tea Tasters are hired by large tea producing companies based in Kolkata. Alternatively opportunities may lie ahead for the taster as a food critic, wine sommelier or a beverage consultant if they develop the skills.

Institutes offering diplomas/certificates in tea tasting • Depross Institute of Professional Studies, Kolkata • Darjeeling Tea Research and Management Association, Kadamtala • Assam-Darjeeling Tea Research Centre, Kurseong, Darjeeling • Chaudhary Sarban Kumar Krishi Vishwavidyalya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh

Mr. Sanjay Kapur, world’s renowned Master Tea Taster, blender and owner of the famous tea brand ‘SANCHA’ responded to Brainfeed.

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How many years will it take for a candidate to become a perfect tea taster?

It takes years and years of training under experience professionals to learn the art of tea tasting. A good teacher is invaluable but equally important is to have a developed palate for it.

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How can awareness be created about this course for the students who are unaware of this career?

by tea estates. He is to identify undesirable aromas and at the same time find the outstanding ones. There are new aromas to discover every day, and new blends to curate based on market trends and demands.

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Please share some tips for the perfect cuppa for the Brainfeed readers.

I would say that brewing a cup of tea in the correct manner is almost as important as choosing the right quality of The role of a In Tea producing leaf. My advice to tea taster is states and cities like someone brewing Kolkata, you will find to evaluate a cup of tea is to that people are aware the quality/ always warm up of this profession. appearance of the the tea pot before Since it’s a niche putting in tea leaf, the aroma career option, maybe of the brew, body leaves. Once the the need to recruit of the liquor, the tea pot is warm, aspiring candidates you need to add 1 color of liquor from other parts of the teaspoon (2 gms) from amongst country does not arise. of black tea for thousands of The number of jobs is each cup you wish batches of teas limited as compared to brew. Once you that are offered by to other industries. put the tea leaves tea estates. into the tea pot, What are the you need to add challenges and the most o water at 90 C to the tea pot and interesting work a tea taster close the lid. Cover the tea pot faces at the job? with a tea cozy to keep the tea pot warm and let the leaves brew in The role of a tea taster is to evaluate the quality/appearance the water for 5 minutes. of the leaf, the aroma of the brew, When the clock turns 5, you need body of the liquor, the color of liquor from amongst thousands to strain the tea leaves using a of batches of teas that are offered strainer and pour into a tea cup.

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Language Study LISTEN

VOCABULARY in

DEUTSCH

for BEGINNERS Here is some everyday vocabulary in DEUTSCH (German) language.

Listen to the Audio for correct pronunciation.

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DEUTSCH

PRONUNCIATION

Good Morning!

Guten Morgen!

Gooten Morgen!

Good Evening!

Guten Abend!

Gooten Abend!

Good Night!

Guten Nacht!

Gooten Nakht!

Good Bye!

Auf Wiedersehen!

Ouf weederzehen!

Thank you!

Danke!

Danke!

Best out of Waste Popsicle Stick

Book Mark During summer you might have eaten lots of ice creams. The used popsickle sticks are thrown away.

But do you know, once used it can be washed and used for making book marks.

Try it and have fun. Make a few innovative book marks, keep it for yourself and if you want you can gift it to your friends.

Materials required: • Popsickle sticks

Instructions 1. Paint the pop sticks with your favourite colour.

2. Stick googly eyes on it.

3. Using permanent marker, draw funny face or any design you desire.

• Glue

4. You can even write your name in an innovative way as per your wish.

• Paint/ water colours

5. If you wish, use decorative materials to make it more attractive.

• Googly eyes

6. Let it dry. Your book mark is ready.

• Permanent marker Note: If you want you can make quilling and stick on the pop sticks.

• Decorative materials

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BRITISH COUNCIL Activity 1 Before you read, match the word to a definition.

1. creature

2. folklore

3. mysterious

4. shaggy

5. upright

6. wingspan

a. animal, bird or fish b. having long, rough, disordered hair c. of unknown cause or origin d. the distance between a bird’s wing tips e. the traditional beliefs of a people in stories and songs f. standing or moving vertically

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Cryptozoology: is there anything out there?

By Andy Keedwell Discovering new species Deep in the Rwandan jungle in 1902, the German explorer Von Beringe aimed and fired at what appeared to him to be a hairy man-like creature.

Later, scientists examining his specimen realised it was a completely new subspecies, the mountain gorilla, of which today only a few hundred survive.

Nobody outside the rainforest had ever seen a mountain gorilla before – it was completely unknown to science. Can there be more mysterious animals out there still? Scientists agree that there may be many unknown insects or bacteria but they doubt the existence of larger animals – megafauna. One group who actively disagree are the cryptozoologists, who study ‘hidden animals’ whose existence has not been proven.

Cryptozoologists’ evidence So what evidence is there that these ‘cryptids’ (unknown animals) exist?

Cryptozoologists take animal-based folklore and legend seriously. For centuries, tales have been told around Lake Tele, Congo, of the mokelembebe, an immense aquatic herbivore with a long neck. Could it be real? Animal tracks, too, can provide clues such as the footprints seen in the 1950s in the snows of Sikkim, in India, that may or may not belong to the upright, almost human snowman of the Himalayas, the yeti.

Cryptozoologists also investigate ancient artwork such as panels from the mighty walls of Babylon that show the sirrush – a scaly, horned, lion-footed dragon. But photographs are hard to come by!

Old or new?

Researchers believe these cryptids may be completely new species or prehistoric survivors. Stories of giant bats called ropen in Papua New Guinea could point to the survival of Jurassic pterosaurs, with huge wingspans and mouths like crocodiles. And a weird, shaggy, dog-headed mammal called the bunyip, apparently spotted in nineteenth-century Australia and said by early Australians to be a fierce meat-eater, could be a surviving prehistoric marsupial.

Do we believe them or not?

Activity 2 First, put the words of each sentence in the correct order. Then decide if they are true or false, according to the text. Can you correct the false ones?

1. a dance. / but really / Capoeira / fighting, / it is / look like / may 2. and play / dance, / musical instruments. / sing / the other / participants / two people / While 3. acrobatic / be / capoeira. / in order to / need / take part in / to / very / You 4. actually / Africa. / Although / Brazil, / capoeira / in / in / is / it / popular / started 5. around / can / capoeira / classes / countries / find / in / many / the / world. / You.

Activity 3 These animals (known and unknown) are all mentioned in the article. mountain gorilla

mokele-mbebe

yeti

sirrush

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bunyip

Match each of the statements below to the animal it best describes 1. One story tells how it swooped from the air and attacked a man.

2. They could give you a nasty bite in Australia.

3. This animal is depicted on an ancient city wall.

4. Although the animal was dead, scientists confirmed that it was a primate previously unknown to science.

5. Perhaps it walks like an ape – nobody has yet been close enough to tell.

6. Some cryptozoologists believe it lives in water where it finds plants to feed on.

Activity 4 Can you substitute ‘who’ or ‘which’ for ‘that’ in these sentences?. Examples: One group who/that actively disagree are the cryptozoologists, who study ‘hidden animals’. Answer: Yes One group who actively disagree are the cryptozoologists, who study ‘hidden animals’. Answer: No 1. The woman who works in the shop is very tall.

2. That woman, who works in the shop, is very tall.

3. He lives in a house which was built in 1756.

4. There are people who never drink water.

5. He didn’t come to work this morning, which made the boss very angry.

Activity 1 1. a; 2. e; 3. c; 4. b; 5. f; 6. d Activity 2 1. folklore; 2. shaggy; 3. mysterious; 4. upright; 5. creatures; 6. wingspan

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‘Real’ scientists are unconvinced by cryptozoologists’ claims, saying that they rely too much on folklore and imagination. Cryptozoology is not a recognised science and there are no specialist university departments. But could there be, deep underwater or in thick forest, wild beasts of which we know little or nothing?

To find more English language activities visit: www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish © British Council 2014

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Activity 3 1. ropen; 2. bunyip; 3. sirrush; 4. mountain gorilla; 5. yeti; 6. mokele-mbebe Activity 4 1. Yes; 2. No; 3. Yes; 4. Yes; 5. No

Short Story t is true that we all work to earn money and lead a luxurious life. In this routine hectic schedule many of us forget about our family, friends and the value of other relationships. We have to plan our schedule in such a way that we give equal time to our family also.

Here is a short story about a father and a son, where the son teaches his father that spending quality time with family is more important than money.

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It became a regular habit for Raghu, to come home from work late, tired and irritated. One day his son was waiting for him at the door.

SON: “Daddy, may I ask you a question?”

RAGHU: “Yeah sure, what is it?”

SON: “Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

RAGHU: “That’s none of your business but if you want to know, I make `1,000 an hour.”

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His son smiled and said, “Oh, thank you daddy!” Then, he took some money from his pocket.

Raghu saw that his son already had money, and started to yell at him. “Why do you want more money if you already have some?”

Raghu grumbled.”

His son replied, “Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.”

Raghu became furious and said, “If the only reason you asked for is to borrow money, then you march yourself straight to your room.”

The son quietly went to his room and shut the door.

Raghu started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that `500 and he really didn’t ask for money very often. He went to his son and said, “I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier. Here’s the `500 you asked for.”

“Daddy, I have `1,000 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?

Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”Tears rolled from Raghu’s eyes. Raghu realized his mistake. He put his arms around his son, and he begged for his forgiveness and promised his son that from the next day he would have dinner with the entire family.

Therefore students, we should not let time slip through our fingers.

Manage your work along with your family.

SON: “Daddy, may I please borrow `500?”

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COLLAGE related to the theme FATHER’S DAY.

Take a photograph of your collage and send your entries with your details (name, class, School, your photo) to info@brainfeedhigh.com on or before June 20, 2016. The winner’s name will be announced in the following month.

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1. BCCI has nominated Indian Test captain Virat Kohli for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

2. Master Gaurav Menon has won the award for Best Child Artist at the 63rd National film awards 2015 for Malayalam movie Ben.

7. Nandini Bhandaru , a doctoral researcher at IIT-Kharagpur, has won the E-MRS’s Young Scientist Award at the 2016 in France for her outstanding contribution to materials science and nanotechnology.

10. “Beti”, a 4-minute documentary directed by Shivain Arora, on girl child education, has been invited for a special screening at the 42nd edition of SIFF 2016.

5. “Zabol” an eastern Iranian city, has been ranked first among the most polluted cities in the world.

9. Vice-Admiral Sunil Lanba, a specialist in Navigation and Direction, has been appointed as the new Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy.

4. Dr. Manvendra K Singh, from Uttar Pradesh, has been awarded the Singapore’s NRF fellowship to pursue research in the field of congenital and adult cardiovascular diseases.

8. 15 year old Syamantak Payra won the prestigious Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award for developing a low-cost electronically-aided knee brace that allows a person with a weakened leg to walk more naturally.

3. Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Salman Khan and Olympic shooting champion Abhinav Bindra has become India’s goodwill ambassador for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The Spices Board of India will set up the India’s first Spice Museum at Willingdon Island in Kochi, Kerala.

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The CATFISH has over 27,000 taste buds that make the catfish rank number one for the animal having the most taste buds.

Professor: “Do you know Biology, Ecology, Zoology, Geography, physiology?

Sailor: No. I don‛t know.

There are DOGS that do not bark! The Basenji, dog with a silky copper coat, does not bark.

Instead it produces an unusual yodel like sound commonly called a barroo when it gets excited.

A SEAGULL can drink salt water because it has special glands called exocrine glands, located in supraorbital grooves of the skull that filter out the salt.

Professor: What the hell do you know on earth? You will die of illiteracy.

After a while the boat started sinking.

Sailor: Do you know swiminology and escapology from sharkology?

Professor: No, these are very strange words. Can you explain?

Sailor: “Well, sharkology and crocodilogy will eat your headology and you will dieology because of your mouthology.

School life The FIRST WOMAN to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, and survive, was American school teacher Annie Edson Taylor in 1901.

A HORSE‛S EYES are larger than any other land animal‛s eyes. Both eyes look at different directions.

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CHILDREN’S COLUMN My Lovely Father Father, I adore you

Slogans related to Nature

for all that you do.

1. Each one, Plant one.

I respect your feelings 'Cause you care for my feelings.

2. Nurture Nature, to Save our Future.

Teacher: Class, let us learn future tense today.

Sonal:

It is very easy sir, we are learning it right from our primary class.

Teacher: Ok then let me test you.

4. Protect Nature to Save the Future.

Teacher: "I killed a person, tell me this sentence in future tense."

so smile 'cause I love you on this Father's Day.

5. Say No to Pollution, Yes to Plantation.

Akanksha Sharma

Hardhik Gujar

VIII, DAV International School, Gujarat

with English

3. Control Deforestation, Develop Afforestation.

You teach me to play, and mould me like clay,

Have Fun

VI, Ryan International School, Mumbai

Sonal:

Sonal:

I am ready sir.

"In future tense, You will go to jail."

J. Mahendar VI, Wisdom School, Hyderabad

Congratulations!!!

Naina Chakarborty of Grade IX, from Delhi School Of Excellence, Banjara ra Hills, won ďŹ rst prize (Dessert Category) in Teen Chef Competition conducted by Pinnacle Institute of Hotel Management and Catering.

T. Himalekha

N. Deepika,

IX, St Peters School, Hyderabad

IX Std, Brahmam Talent High School, Hyderabad

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