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Space Quiz

Space Quiz

Check out your space facts. Learn more about asteroids, meteors and planets.

Mathemagic

Math was never so fun. Just click on the numbers and see how they add, substract, multiply and divide. See the numbers grow or lessen with each click. Its fun time!

Money, money, money

Money, money, money

Euro, pound, lira, dirham, rupee… Which countries use these currencies? Try out this currency quiz. At the end of it you will be richer for the experience.

Browsing the Net

Browsing the Net

The Net is an exciting place to be. Do you know how to find your way around it?

Sciene Quiz about Flowers

Sciene Quiz about Flowers

When you want to convey your feelings, you say it with flowers. Do you know that humans have attached different meanings and values to flowers? [A sciene quiz for children about flowers]

Volcanoes

Volcanoes

Volcanoes are nature’s wildest and most destructive force. Human history tells tales of the fury and destruction of these ‘mountains of fire’.

Why Do Turtles and Tortoises Live So Long?

Why Do Turtles and Tortoises Live So Long?

Turtles and tortoises have been on planet Earth even before the dinosaurs. They are that old. The difference between a turtle and tortoise is that the turtle stays in water while the tortoise stays on land. But both creatures have one thing in common: they live to a ripe old age, from 120 years to almost 200 years! Some of them are huge, like the giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands – they weigh beyond 200 kg; their shells are more than a metre long....

The Dog and the Pig

The Dog and the Pig

Retold from ‘When the World was Young’, by Verrier Elwin. The book is a fascinating collection of folktales from the tribal peoples of India. Elwin was a pioneering anthropologist; he spent his entire life getting to know the ways of life of the tribal peoples. A man kept two animals — a dog and a pig. He kept them in the hope that they would help him in his work. But he was sorely disappointed. All they did was eat and eat and eat....

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rohihlahla Mandela, b. July 18, 1918, was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Trained as an attorney, he helped form the Youth League of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1944. In 1961 he abandoned peaceful protest and became head of the ANC’s new military wing. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964, Mandela came to symbolize black political aspirations and was named head of the ANC after his release on Feb....

Dancing Styles Coloring Pages

Dancing Styles Coloring Pages

Traditional Indian dance forms from various parts of India. Click on any image to view an enlarged version. Print it and color it.

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