Newsletter April-Aug 2014 by Indira Group of Institutes

Indira National School

Young Minds Issue No.: 13. April, June - Aug, 2014

For Private Circulation only.

From the Principal’s desk

Editorial Dear reader

Dear Reader We have begun our post – vacation session with a renewal of our commitment to promote excellence, developing values and a sense of responsibility towards the environment. Various activities within and outside the school help our children explore their talent, develop new interests and acquire new skills. We hope to give students a strong armour of values and knowledge to help them make ethical and rational decisions. Our staff at INS are always willing to help students realize their potential. Students need to avail of various opportunities that come their way. I would like to end by saying that as parents and teachers we have to work together to make our children happy, positive and well – adjusted members of the society. Sunita Desai Principal.Secondary INS

Have a splashing good time this rainy season. The Celsius dives to make way for the monsoon. The bounty from the skies has left places drenched in relief and happiness. This is the time to explore the magic of monsoon. With the splatter of rain on window panes, gloomy grey skies and slushy outdoors, what better way to spend time indoors than by indulging in mouth watering snacks and a heavenly cup of hot chai. Curl up with a book and a cup of hot beverage and enjoy the lashing rains Rains have been always associated with some great music. Whether it’s classical music, Bollywood music or international music, the wonderful rains have always been able to weave musical magic. So, sit down and listen to music even as raindrops keep falling down. Let the music flow. Don’t want to be indoors, then it’s time for some monsoon masti. Throw caution to the winds. Feel the raindrops on your cheek and enjoy a walk and dance in the rains with your friends. Nothing can match the joy of soaking in the rains. It will keep the blues away A good weekend idea is to spend a couple of days amidst nature. The picturesque sight of brimming rivers and streams and the pitter-patter of rain on greenery will envelope you in tranquility-a great way to unwind. The grueling summer is now a thing of the past. The sizzling sun has given way to a cloudy sky and falling raindrops. It’s time to enjoy the rains and bring in a sense of romance and wellness too. Dr. Vinaya Nagaraj (Editor)

Laughter The Best Medicine Nobody likes to get rained on.

This includes all creatures including the snail, even though some snails come out their shells when it rains, they still seek shelter. Vyacheslav Mischenko, a photographer from Ukraine, captured this stunning image in a forest near his home. This thrifty snail turned a flower into an umbrella, and sheltered there to protect himself from the rain. Snails aren’t known for being the prettiest animals, but this photo definitely sheds light on how unique these creatures really are.

My statistics professor told me I was average. I told her. “That’s mean.” [seen on reddit] I spent over Rs.9000 on eBay yesterday to buy a cheese grater that was once owned by Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein. It was the grater of the two evils. [From internet]

Mischenko said that the image’s colors and setting reminded him of Monet’s 1886 painting “Woman With A Parasol”

“If you are older, you are cleverer. I just believe that. If you’re in an argument with someone older than you, you should listen. Even if they’re wrong, their wrongness is rooted in more information than you have. [Louis C.K. comedian] In a physics class, the teacher boils some water. Then, when the water starts making a noise, he asks: “Why is the water making this noise. Jonny”?“ That’s the germs screaming before being boiled” {Jornal de Noticias] Compiled by Vinaya teacher

What’s the difference between ignorance and apathy? I don’t know and I don’t care. There’s a knock on heaven’s gate. St.Peter calls out,”Well, what is it?” “It should be who is it, not what is it, my boy.” “Oh God, not another school teacher!” [AnikoDenhoffer]

Biotechnology

Chemistry

As the etymology of its name implies, biotechnology is the field of study that looks at the practical industrial applications of living things. Depending on the area of application, biotechnology often overlaps with other fields, including biomedical engineering.

SOME INTERESTING FACTS OF CHEMISTRY:• Chemistry is a fascinating science, full of unusual trivia! Here are some fun and interesting chemistry facts for you: • The only elements that are liquid at room temperature are bromine and mercury.

Interesting Biotechnology Facts: • Biotechnology is not a new field, although its intentional use is comparatively new.

• Unlike many substances, water expands as it freezes. An ice cube takes up about 9% more volume than the water used to make it.

• Humans have unknowingly used biotechnology practices for thousands of years, specifically in farming and pharmaceuticals.

• If you pour a handful of salt into a glass full of water, the water level will actually go down rather than overflow.

• Even in the Neolithic period, early humans incorporated a very broad definition of biotechnology in their newfound agricultural attempts.

• There is about 250 g of salt (NaCl) in the average adult human body.

• By the broad definition of the field, early civilizations’ brewing and fermenting of alcohol, specifically by the Egyptians, Chinese, and Indians, and the use of yeast in bread making by many civilizations would fall under biotechnology. • The term “biotechnology” is thought to have been first used in 1919 by Karoly Ereky. • As new practices in biotechnology occur, additional subfields of the science have been created, including genomics, gene therapy, immunology, and more. • By some standards, early practices in farming that utilized selective breeding could also be considered biotechnology.

• The only letter that doesn’t appear on the periodic table is J. • Lightning strikes produce O3, which is ozone, and strengthen the ozone layer of the atmosphere. • The only two non-silvery metals are gold and copper. • The rarest naturally-occurring element in the earth’s crust may be astatine. The entire crust appears to contain about 28 g of the element. • Hydrofluoric acid is so corrosive that it will dissolve glass. Although it is corrosive, hydrofluoric acid is considered to be a ‘weak acid’.

Aradhana Teacher

• Perhaps the most crucial application of biotechnology of its era was the production of antibiotics to fight infection. • Even today, researchers are continuing to improve upon biofuels in order to cut down on fossil fuel mining and greenhouse gas emissions. • There are four major areas of biotechnology study and application. • These are medical, agriculture, non-food agriculture, and environmental applications. • While pharmaceuticals like antibiotics, insulin, and vaccines can be considered biotechnology uses, innovations like gene therapy and gene suppression would also meet that definition.

Achievement

• Non-food agriculture uses apply to things like the creation of plants to produce plastics, and enzymes or single-celled organisms for industrial fermentation and the production of textiles. • Some environmental applications of biotechnology include uses microbes to clean up an oil spill or fungal or algae outbreak. • Through the efforts of the US Congress and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences under the National Institutes of Health, biotechnology has become a sought-after field of study in many major universities. • Biotechnology does have its critics, as there is currently a movement to ban and avoid genetically modified foods grown through genetically altered agriculture.

Uttam Teacher

AnushkaNarkar

A Young skater long way from home, is in Timaru – Australia

Quotable Quotes

1. Moral courage is a concept that isn’t talked about but is always noticed by its absence. Sally Armstrong 2. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi 3. Think about winning the day…if you are worried about the mountain in the distance, you might trip over a molehill right in front of you. Drew Brees [footballer]

Mrs Sonia Vij External Exam coordinator Mrs Sonia Vij of Indira National School has been awarded The Best Teacher by the Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) as 17 students of the school excelled at the second level during 2013-2014 SOF exam .

Final List Of Awardees Of Olympiad (2013-2014) S.No

Class

Student Name

State Rank

List Of School Toppers In The 6Th Aimts Exam

International Rank

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PRIZE

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All said and done, I really look forward to reaching out and interacting with all of you this academic year. Until next time,

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Let me begin by announcing that my long cherished dream of being the student editor is finally a reality! Ever since I joined the school, four years ago, I have wanted this post. And now, here I am!! I remember , when my name was announced, it took a little while for me to realise that the name actually belonged to me. But with power and position comes responsibility. As this year’s student editor, I will do my best to entertain and engage the readers through the column of this newsletter. I will strive to ensure that each edition will be better than the last and that it will be an absolute delight to read.

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MONSOON

The Rain

A good monsoon equals prosperity and the opposite equals drought, crop failure and hardship for the farmers. For the common man, it is a much needed relief from the scathing heat, a time for tea and pakoras and just enjoying the magic that monsoon creates.

When the day gets hot and dry

In India, the monsoon symbolises creativity, regeneration, prosperity and gives the people a reason to celebrate. Rain depicts a new lease of life. Young children are seen getting wet in the rain and playing with paper boats and having puddle water fights. Monsoon creates an air of fresh energy and spirit.

When coming home from school

Rain Rain is not only drops of water

It is the love of sky for earth

They never meet each other but send love this way

Enjoy the love of nature.

HAPPY MONSOON.

Vastala Shukla X Beta

The rain makes it cool I love splashing in the puddles

Out pop the umbrellas

In all pretty colours

Some plain ,some with designs

Of animals ,plants and flowers

My mom cares for me

So she tells me to wear a raincoat

But she doesn’t know that I

play in the puddles with paper boat

When the rain comes down heavily

The streets get filled with water

I have fun jumping in the rain

And getting drenched in water

But in the evenings

When the rains don’t stop

I cannot go to play

Then I become sad and plead

“Rain , rain go away “ -Namya Mitra VI Omega

Rain Rain Rain ... Rain rain rain, Up above from the skies, You come, As drops of joy, As drops of sorrow, As a shower of blessing from the heaven, Rain rain rain,

Pitter patter pitter patter,

On the window panes,

Thunder and lightning fill up the skies,

Creating an orchestral symphony.

What makes the noise of thunder?

Rain rain rain, With wind,sun and clouds,

Don’t believe anyone who tells you the sound of thunder is caused by “clouds bumping into each other”. Just smile sympathetically and walk away.

Seven colours you bring together,

Lightning strikes somewhere on earth a hundred times every second.The huge release of electricity that occurs during a bolt of lightning heats the air around it to about 30,000°C. Heated air expands, and the air around the bolt becomes instantly squashed. As a result, the air pressure around the bolt increases a hundred fold, causing it to explode outwards, sending shockwaves in all directions. This is what makes the big booming noise.

And join our hearts.

Rain rain rain,

A miracle to a drought,

Come up a curse in glut,

Tiny silver crystals,

Trickle from above. Pragati Kapoor XII - Commerce

Light travels quicker than sound, so you will see the flash of lightning before you hear the thunder. A single vertical bolt of lightning will produce a single bang, but the shockwaves will reach you gradually, in one long rumble, starting with the ones near the ground which are nearest to you and ending with the ones coming at you from the top of the bolt. Forked lightning consists of many different bolts, and the shockwaves from all the different strikes will bounce off each other and make low rumbling thunder that goes on for a long time. Occasionally, no thunder accompanies a lightning bolt. This is thought to happen when a bolt travels slower than normal, giving the heated air around the bolt time to expand more gradually rather than exploding. By Akanksha S IX Beta

Puzzles

Quiz

Grandma’s Pie:

Q.1: All of the following fluoresce or glow under ultraviolet light except:

My grandmother was in trouble last week. She had to put a pie in the oven and take it out exactly 10 minutes later, but she only had two timers-a four timer and a seven minute timer. How did she use the timers to measure exactly 10 minutes?

Getting to the island: A square swimming pool has a square island in the middle of it. The pool is 10 metres by 10 metres. You want to go to the island, but you cannot swim and there is no raft. However, there are two fairly wide boards lying by the pool. You could walk out to the island on one of those except that when you try, you discover that each one is just a few centimetres short of reaching the island. How can you use the two boards to reach the island? There are no nails or rope handy, so there is no way to nail or tie the boards together. [clue: use toothpicks to make a model or the Pythagorean Theorem]

a)blood b) urine c) chlorophyll d) lead

Q.2: All of the following common chemicals are acidic or have a low pH except:

a)seawater b) gastric juice c) lemon juice d) coffee

Q.3: You can extend the life of rubber bands by: a) boiling them c) soaking them

b) refrigerating them d) microwaving them

Q.4: If you expose a glass of water to space it will:

a)freeze b) glow c) boil d) burst into flame

Q.5: The hardest chemical in your body is:

a)a kidney stone b) tooth enamel c) fingernails d) bone

Brain Teaser A beautiful lily prospers in a pond. It grows twice of its size every day, quite interesting. In 20 days, it covers the whole pond.

Q.6 : You can melt the following metal simply by holding it in the palm of your hand:

a) indium b) zinc c) plutonium d) gallium

When it will be half of the size of pond? (Answer in 10 seconds) Q.7: The most abundant protein in the human body is:

Human Skeletal System

a)Tubulin b) albumin c) collagen d) keratin

Weather How is the weather? 1

2 3

Across

Down

ACROSS

DOWN

1. The upper arm bone.

2. The bone on your jaw.

6. use this to measure the temperature

1. 32 degrees

6. Something that joins muscles to bone.

3. One of the forearm bones.

7. bright flashes of light in the sky

2. 80 degrees

8. “It is 85__________.”

3. 60 degrees

11. 100 degrees

4. “How is the__________ today?”

12. lots of clouds in the sky

5. l isten to the weather report on the radio or on the__________

9. The collection of bones that run down your back.

4. Something that joins bone to bone.

11. One of the lower leg bones.

5. The place where two bones meet.

12. The bone that protects your brains.

7. The triangle shaped bone in your upper back.

15. One of the bones in the vertebral column.

8. The largest bone in the human body.

17. One of the forearm bones.

10. The bone in your shoulders. 13. The substance inside a bone that makes blood cells. 14. The bone in the center of the chest. 16. One of the lower leg bones.

6. loud sound during a thunderstorm 9. the sun is shining brightly 10. 45 degrees

Months and Seasons Calendar

Answers Grandma’s Pie Start both timers together. When the four minute timer has run out put the pie in the oven, allowing the seven minute timer to keep running. It runs for a further three minutes. Then turn the seven minute timer over and start it again. It runs for seven minutes. This makes a total of 10 minutes.

Brain Teaser Is your answer 10th day or 19th day? The correct answer is 19th day because at the 19th day, it is half the size of the pond and on 20th day, it becomes twice of it’s size and thus covers the whole pond.

Quiz 1-d) ; 2-a)

; 3-b) ; 4-c)

5-b) ;

6-d) ; 7-c)

HUMAN SKELETAL SYSTEM Answers: 1) HUMERUS 2) MANDIBLE 3) ULNA 4) LIGAMENT

Down

Cross

5) JOINT 6) TENDON

1. month between April and June

2. January through December

7) SCAPULA

4. month in the date 6/26/88

3. month with 28 days

8) FEMUR

5. season after winter

4. first month of the year

9) VERTEBRALCOLUMN

6. another name for autumn

5. month in the date 9-18-91

10) CLAVICLE

7. tenth month

9. month before April

11) FIBULA

8. hottest season

11. coldest season

12) CRANIUM

10. number of months in a year

13) MARROW

12. last month of the year

14) STERNUM

13. m onths start with this type of letter

15) VERTEBRAE 16) TIBIA 17) RADIUS

Weather

Months and Seasons

How is the weather?

Calendar

Solution:

F R E E Z L I G H T N G D

W A C W T T H E R M O M E T E R H M O A L U L T E N I N G H V D E I E G R E E S R S R U I C N H O T O N N C L O U D Y D

Solution:

M A Y E A S P R E P O C T O B E S U M M E B D E C E R

F J U N E A B I N G R U U A F A L L E R R Y Y R M T W E L V E A I M B E R N C A P I T A L H E R

Primary Section Monsoon begins in the middle of June and continues up to September. Monsoon is the best season for cultivation. Rains make the earth moist so ploughing and sowing for corps become easy. During the season the sky is generally overcast with cloud. Sometimes it rains with lightening and thundering. The wells, pond, rivers, canals become full of water. The atmosphere cools down all over and life becomes full of cheers and joy. Birds of various colours express their joy in sweet notes. The peacock dances on the hill top and cattle hop and jump in the field.

Monsoon Magic When we splash in the puddle Tiny circles come out as bubbles. See the peacocks dancing in the rain Leaving the summer pain.

Sometime torrential and continuous rain causes mud on the road, flood in the rivers. That causes great harm to the corps. Monsoon also brings many diseases like malaria, cholera and many skin diseases. However we can’t survive without rain. Rain brings life in the nature and peace to the earth.

The smell of freshness is pleasant as rose Which seems good to the nose. The lakes over flowed because of the rain

Parth Sen

And the farmers got a lot of gain.

V Gamma

When we splash in the puddle Tiny circles come out as bubbles. Gauri Raut & Sejuti Nandi

Monsoon

V Omega

Monsoon, monsoon rain has come,

comeits fun for everyone.

Frogs, tadpoles, locusts are here,

come on let’s play with them don’t fear .

Pop up the puddles sop, sop, sop

If you don’t sop you will get flop.

Everyone is dancing all night,

Cars will be damaged all will fight .

Umbrellas will be out of their places ,

Boots will be out of their cases.

During monsoon season rain water flows on the roads, this turns roads into muddy and It becomes difficult for the people to walk from one place to another.

Bugs and insects here and there ,

But don’t worry, there’s not a bear.

Flowers will be growing,

Streams will be flashing and flowing.

The monsoon season begins in India in the months of ‘Asaadha’ and ‘Shravana’ as per the Hindu calendar. The Rainy Season comes after the Summer Season. So this season brings relief to everybody. We enjoy rains. During rainy season’s water level rises. Trees look more and more green. On a rainy day the sky remains covered with clouds. The sun remains hidden behind the clouds. Tanks and pools are filled with water.

Monsoon , monsoon rain has come,

come it’s fun for everyone .

During monsoon the air becomes cool and comfortable. The air in this season is free from dust. Monsoon is a good season for cultivation. Rains make the earth moist, and so ploughing and sowing of seeds for crops become easy. We get many kinds of vegetables in this season. . Therefore we must be thankful to this season. The Rainy Season is remembered for the famous Hindu festival names RakshaBandhan (Raki). I love the monsoon season a lot. Kavya Sharma

Miss Maitrayee JiwakS hiradkar,

V Gamma.

Monsoon Magic

Rain! Rain where are you, We all are here waiting for you

Monsoon is one of the four seasons in a year. During this season we get heavy rains with thunder and lighting. Sometimes during rains, we get hail stones also. If it rains during the day time, we get to see a beautiful rainbow. During monsoon we see greenery everywhere. The strong winds during the rains make the trees and plants dance which is beautiful to see. In the jungles, peacocks dance with joy by spreading their feathers. The rivers, lakes and streams are full of water. In cities we see people with colourful umbrellas and raincoats. Lots of children enjoy this season by playing in the rain water. Thus, Monsoon season is truly a magical experience for one and all.

Raise in the price of everything Please come soon and stop these things Now little Johnny wants to play with you So we won’t tell you to stop again Please come soon my dear rain Please come soon my dear rain.

Prarthana Praveen

A.S.Lokeeshwar

III Sigma

III Delta

Picture Crossword 2

Across:

Down:

5 7 6

Spot the difference

Ayush Maharana I Delta

Siddharth Ghewde X Alpha

Onidrila Pramanick I Beta

Vaidehi Hardikar XII com

Aditya Tiwalkar III Omega

Prathamesh Dagade I Delta

Mihit Mundada I Beta Ananya Iyer III Omega

ed II Delt

iv Tanya Tr

Prajakta Sharma III Gamma

Shravani Kale

Kritika Chatterjee III Om ega

I Beta

Prachit Doshi II Delta

Pooja Nasha I Delta

Sharmila Pramanick I Beta

Shreya Veni in III Omega Abhimanyu Bhas

n II Delta Ishaan Balakrishna

Ritanshu C. II Delta