Our home is usually our favourite place to spend time in. However many accidents occur at home. There are dangerous things in the house and we should be aware of them. Thus we can avoid unnecessary pain or injury.Electricity runs many of our home appliances. It is a very useful thing. It is also a […]
I was never a great athlete but I managed to win a prize once. It happened on a School Sports Day when I was asked to represent my house in the Long Jump. There were no other suitable ones, and I, being the tallest of my friends, was promptly sent to the Long Jump pit.
We are lucky to live in a rich country where we have many things at our convenience. However we tend to be wasteful.Electricity is one thing we waste most. Lights, fans, radios and other appliances are kept on even when no one is using them. I make it a point to switch them off when
The biggest pest in the home is the mosquito. I notice that there are at least 3 different kinds of mosquitoes. Some bite in the daytime and some at night. Some are large while some are tiny, but they have one thing in common – they bite. So we use mosquito repellents, coils, nets and
The routine of following lesson after lesson can be very tiring. Recess time always seems so far away. The bell rings. One teacher leaves, another appears. What we need is a break from the monotony.One morning, we were a lesson into the routine when I felt that it was going to be just another day
Everyone says that the old house at the end of the road is haunted. It used to be the residence of a rich family but now none of them would stay there. So the house is vacant and uncared for. The compound is filled with over-grown weed and grass.My friend Jack and I decided to
Nothing extraordinary happened last weekend. It was just like any other ordinary weekend.I got up later than usual on Saturday morning. After breakfast I went over to my friend Arul’s house and spent some time reading comics there. Arul has tons of comics. His father buys the latest for him. Being his friend, I get
My favourite subject in school is Mathematics. It is my favourite because I never have difficulty with it and always get good marks in tests.I suppose I am lucky to be born with a clear-thinking brain. So ever since young, manipulating numbers and figures came easy to me.The wonderful thing about Mathematics is that, besides
The first funny person that comes to mind is a man who sits on the branch of a tree by a road and shouts at the cars that pass by. He is mad of course but it still is strange that a madman should shout at passing cars. He never seems to notice me somehow
I like playing the guitar. Though I am not very good at it and am still learning, I can play some tunes. I spend quite a lot of time playing the guitar so much so I get scolded sometimes by my mother. I suppose I do tend to spend a bit too much time with
Materials Required: 2 tea cups Round balloon Procedure: Place two tea cups on a table, about 5 inches apart. Place the deflated balloon between the two cups and blow air into it until the sides of the balloon are touching the sides of the tea cups. Then knot the opening of the balloon, without raising
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Materials Required: Knife Ripe banana 1¼ litre transparent bottle,with a neck about the samewidth as the banana Newspaper Match box Procedure: Ask one of your parents to use the knife to slice a 1 ½ inch cross- section from a ripe banana (skin and all). Fold a 6-inch–long, 1-inch–wide strip of newspaper until it is
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Materials Required: A plate One glass A ring Water Newspaper Match box Procedure: Pour some water into the plate and place a ring in the water. Afterwards, burn the newspaper and place it in the glass. As the flames start extinguishing, turn the glass upside down in the plate. After some time, you will see
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Materials Required: Large potato Small, sensitive scale,such as a postal scale ordieter’s food scale Pen and paper Procedure: Wash and dry the potato; then place it on the scale. Note the weight and write it down. Now, set the potato in a dry place and leave it there for about three weeks. After three weeks,
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Materials Required: Wire clothes-hanger Coin Procedure: In one hand, hold a wire clothes- hanger by the hook. With your other hand, pull straight down on the bottom wire at the middle. Bend the wire until the hanger has stretched lengthwise and an angle has formed. Slip this newly-formed bottomangle over your index finger and allow
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