Written by Sofiya Shahiwala World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5 across the globe. This year, the theme of World Environment Day 2020 is to celebrate biodiversity. Over a million species are on the verge of extinction, which gives us a very reasonable motive to know a little more about our country’s...
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Empowering the Youth Through Stem
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala Morgan Appel, the Assistant Dean for Education and Community Outreach at UC San Diego Extension said that in today’s constantly changing environment, our youth must be prepared with the fundamentals of STEM teaching. This would make them able enough to solve real-life problems, comprehend information, and gather evidence for taking decisions....
INDIA STUDYING THE SUN
Young Science Writers’ Program 2019 To study the surface and the interior of the sun is a very difficult job. Did you know, India is planning to study the sun? The India Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning to carry out its next mission with this objective. The satellite of 1500 Kg, carrying seven science...
GARBAGE, GARBAGE EVERYWHERE
Young Science Writers’ Program 2019 Garbage can be generally defined as something which was produced by humans which proved to be greatly disastrous for the Earth. There are two types of garbage – Biodegradable and Non-Biodegradable.Biodegradable is something that mixes with the soil and is not harmful. On the contrary, we have non-biodegradable waste. It includes...
NANOTECHNOLOGY – THE SAVIOUR
Young Science Writers’ Program 2019 “We are running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe,” said Elon Musk, the technology entrepreneur. We all know what is Climate Change and what catastrophic changes could follow, but we are...
PLASTIC VS HUMANS
Young Science Writers’ Program 2019 We, as humans, are throwing more than 8 million tons of plastics into the oceans every year. Owing to the wastage as well as the pollution created, we are responsible for the maximum damage suffered by the environment. Because of the irresponsible disposal of plastic into the oceans, over one...
Is Research Method Possible for Kids?
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala Formally defined as a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe, Science in very simple terms is the study of the world around us. Many students consider the subject to be very difficult, thereby considering ‘scientific’ research an even tougher...