A cloud is a visible mass of tiny liquid droplets, ice crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. These droplets and crystals could be made of water or a variety of different substances. With the monsoons right around the corner, let us see what we can tell about the different clouds that we see throughout our day! You see, we can find clouds almost in the entire homosphere (the lowest part of the Earth’s atmosphere). Terrestrial clouds can be found in the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere, which make up the homosphere. Air...
Van Mahotsav 2022: Why should we worry about planting more trees?
As Margaret Thatcher rightly mentioned, we are not owners of this earth, nor have we inherited it from our forefathers. We are in fact, just as our ancestors were, mere tenants who enjoy life tenancy over here. It is of great importance that we remember this fact, that we do not own this planet, but we owe it. We owe it the care and repair it requires, for the damage that was caused mostly by our activities. In our country, every year, the first week of July is celebrated as Van Mahotsav. Citizens will be planting trees across the country...
International Mud Month
In 2009, several students from Bold Park Community School teamed up with the boys of Nepal’s Panchkhal orphanage to honour the visceral and primitive bond we all have with the Earth and the natural world. Bold Park took advantage of the chance to raise donations for Nepal’s less-fortunate children. Since that eventful beginning, schools, families, and early childhood education institutions from all over the world have collaborated to promote the idea that we all need to play in the mud every now and again to remember what it means to be human. After a year of being lost in the...
The Mozart Effect: Commemorating World Music Day
21st June is celebrated as World Music Day every year. To commemorate this occasion, we are going to dive into the science behind the world of music and see how it benefits us. Music is perhaps one of the best things that humans have ever invented. It is the evidence of mankind’s abstract thought, of our ability to create patterns, frames, and a likeness toward them. The first music of prehistoric cultures dates firmly back to c. 40,000 BP of the upper Palaeolithic through evidence of bone flutes, although it is unclear whether or not the actual origins lie in...
A Tribute to Father’s Day
Father’s Day is a day of celebrating and honouring fatherhood and paternal bonds. In India, Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of the month of June every year. Let us celebrate this day by commemorating our Fathers! To be called ‘The Father’ of something, in various fields, means to be the man who first started something or one who did it first successfully. Let’s have a look at men who took the first steps into the unknown, who set off in a vague pursuit, to leave footsteps behind for their children to follow! Aristotle happens to be known...
STEM Moving Towards STEAM
For a long time, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) has been considered essential for teaching critical thinking skills and instilling a passion for innovation. It has been observed that STEM assists in problem-solving and exploratory learning that fuel success across a variety of tasks and disciplines. Recently, a new approach to STEM Education has developed, an approach which includes Arts in the list as well! STEM is now converting into STEAM (the ‘A’ denoting Arts). Why would we include arts now, and why did we not do that before? Let’s first look at why we should consider Arts as...
Ode to Strawberry Full Moon
Are you as excited as us about seeing a pink moon this June? On June 14, 2022 (Tuesday), we will be witnessing the Strawberry Full Moon. It coincides with the summer solstice, which is either on June 20, 21, or 22. The ripening of wild strawberries around this time of early summer is what gives June’s Full Moon its name. The ripening of wild strawberries (gathered by Native Americans) around this time of early summer is what gives June’s Full Moon its name. It even has Celtic names: Horse Moon, Dyan Moon, and Rose Moon. Other English names are Flower...
Celebrating World Green Roof Day
The 6th of June is celebrated as Green Roof Day in order to commemorate environment-friendly green space on rooftops. People all over the world have been shifting to greener terraces and roofs since time immemorial. But what are green roofs and do they really benefit the environment? A green roof is a layer of vegetation planted over a waterproofing system which has been retrofitted on top of a flat, or slightly-pitched roof. This green roof takes advantage of what we know about plantations in soil-less mixes to create a significantly lighter-weighing garden. There are three main types of green roofs....
The Pursuit of the Universe: Celebrating World Environment Day
Earth – a place where humankind has been endlessly pursuing its own greatness since the beginning of times; a constant pursuit of things in and out of the world, and with it, the plunge into the deep abyss of humans’ own mind, and that of the similarly cold, stark blue ocean. This ceaseless, boundless, unwavering pursuit of knowledge about the universe makes us wonder… How much of it do we truly understand, and how much is left undiscovered? The great blue above and the grand blue beneath have always made us curious about what’s beneath and beyond. This curiosity has...
The Math behind Cricket
What is the meaning of work when there is no play, right? But what is the scenario for people whose work is play? The answer is one that you would least expect – Math! With the Gujarat titans bringing the IPL trophy to their and our hometown, let’s talk about all the math involved in cricket. Yes, you read that right – your school dilemma of whether you can ever use mathematics is now getting sorted! Math is actually the most decisive part of cricket. After all, it isn’t called the gentlemen’s game for nothing. Do you know how you...