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The K.I.D.S. March 2021 EDU. NEWS WHO ARE IDIOTS ? S cent living and every profession ince Independence, the must be deemed dignified enough education policy accepted by India to choose. We must guide students is a matter of debate. „3 Idiots‟, as according to their interest. It is the movie interrogates the system true that “If you create your inter- Shri. Sanjay Nakhale, by using the model of three friends est in your work, it becomes your who do not really fit into the pres- hobby”. Jr. College Teacher, Bajaj College of Science, tigious engineering college and are Azim Premji explained a real condi- Wardha, INDIA considered idiots by their profes- tion of today‟s children by giving a [email protected] sor. However, the movie clearly following example- shows who the three real idiots They have no time to are- the education system, stretch their wings to taste the teachers and the par- new winds. They have no ents. The film questions Give me some sunshine time even to explore new the system of evolution on the basis of examination in Give me some rain world and follow their curi- osity. Their may be so many particular and the educa- Give me another chance issues which are available for discussion but these tion system in general. It To grow up once again. conveys a message that are main concerns. I would education is development like to close the first side of the mind, not learning of the coin with the state- by rote. ment of Azim Premji-“We The real concern about the “A colleague in Wipro has a child will refrain from pushing our knowl- students that they are only eager studying in Std IX in a reputed edge down their young minds, and to become doctors and engineers. school in Bangalore. This child begin the democratic process of In our institution you just ask over wakes up at 5 A.M. and studies for being joint learners as we discover the students about their aspiration an hour before going to school. She and understand our world. I believe and you will search out the same returns from school at 4 P.M. and a powerful force for empowerment answer almost certainly more than rushes for her IIT entrance exam is to have motivated teachers who 95% students. If they fail to carry coaching class. At 6 P.M., she has are learners first, teachers second. out this, it fetches frustration to tuitions for two hours. After din- Only then will we stop trying to them and with lack of enthusiasm ner, she spends an hour or more on mould children into our adult like- they connect with other courses homework. I asked her when she ness. Only then we let them blos- where there they can‟t fabricate gets time to play. She replied that som.” He further added “If India their interest solely. Imagine a she did not play. She gets half an has to develop economically, so- country where everyone is a doctor hour of free time each day, which cially, intellectually and culturally, and engineer. Such a country will she spends watching her favourite we must empower those most vul- have a terrible time managing in serial on television. She also added nerable to social diktat: Our Chil- affairs. The surrounding and home that board exams and entrance ex- dren.” culture of the students induced ams are very important, and that Coin has a second side also. them to think only about to become Let me explaindoctors and engineers. Their own you get one chance.” He then asked --- instinct is brutally killed only to a question “Is the condition of this Today‟s world is known as the gain so called glittering professions. child different from the child world of Science and Technology. Moral? We need people well- working in the zari factory?” Technology has been changed the equipped and well trained in every So as the condition of each and living ethos of human life. This is a field; a competent person in any every science student in Std. XI time of transformation. area should be able to make a de- and XII. They are overstrained by NEXT PAGE thousands of cares. Page 3 For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children ....

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 EDU. NEWS WHO ARE IDIOTS ? FROM PREVIOUS PAGE with impunity the rules of the of this hasty competition gets from Every thing is going to change road? Can we stand or sit on the the parents. They expect that positively as well negatively. side of the road and start defecat- their children to be at the top of So it is a need of the time to ing? their classes get and admitted to change the minds and go ahead. Dr. Parth J.Shah in his article- the best institution and follow tra- Many well known institutions , or- Education System - promote more ditional career options- engineer- ganizations and industries also ar- „idiots‟ said that the only thing that ing, medicine and the like. But they ranged workshops, training and ori- has changed over the last 1,000 never encourage them to go accord- entations programs to cater the years is the architecture of school ing to their own instinct. Also the needs of their employees so that and the quality of furniture. It just teacher assumes that the answer they can work more efficiently and reflects that we have only focused he knows is the only answer of the update their knowledge. Education on resources all these years while question. But it will be better if a Industry should teacher will play a also step forward in part of facilitator this direction. rather than Modern India‟s teach. most notable It is true that teacher and phi- teachers are highly losopher, the Late blamed in compari- Sarvepalli Rad- son of others but it hakrishnan, who is also not untrue was Independent that only teachers India‟s second mean not the educa- President advised tion system. Yes, to follow the attitude of Sincerity, nothing has changed in the way they are the key Punctuality and Regularity in per- education is provided. He also fo- part of education system. In this sonal and professional life. Once he cused on the western education course of action, everyone should asked painfully, “What is it that system by saying that there is a think. It is the collaborate duty of this country is lacking in? It has system where not only the child each one to introspect because the manpower, great traditions, natural opts for the subject of his choice results and action in the education resources - - but why is it lagging but the teachers as well. By his field is the reaction of the efforts behind in the battle of life?” The view, this is the best way of educa- of everyone. I would like to con- question asked decades ago seem to tion, if a child chooses a subject of clude with a dialogue in a movie be pertinent even now. this is a his liking then there are valid “Just imagine if Lata time where the duties of teachers, chances that not only will he focus management and responsibilities of on studies but will also fetch good Mangeshkar’s father pupils and their parents must be performance. had told her she can’t analyzed. As a teacher we should Our current system is exam ori- interrogate ourselves. What does ented. Students work hard only to sing or teaching involved? How and what is gain marks in examination but in Sachin Tendulkar was the pupil required to learn? Can some while if they have any prob- there be a process of learning lem and they can‟t attend the ex- forbidden from playing without the discipline reflected by amination, they are declared fail. the teaching community for setting Means their knowledge, which they cricket. Where would their own example for themselves? earn by their so called hard study they be?” Is educating feasible without the becomes fruitless as per the sys- teacher‟s learning the responsibili- tem. Think- Think -Think - - ties towards society? Can we break Generally in India, the real feeding Page 4 For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children ....

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 TECH KIDS EdTech in 2030 Technology in 2030 jobs in these fields, such as face learning will probably be customer service, may disap- the old way of learning and will play a critical role in edu- pear. thus new ways of transfer- cation as well as in tech ring knowledge through mo- learning processes. It will be Mobile-only users bile devices will be adopted focused on information proc- will shape learning by teachers and institutions. essing, decision making as well as learning. It will help stu- models Learning manage- ment systems in the dents have a more compre- hensive learning ex- perience. future AI and Robot- Learning management ics: The future systems dominate online of employment environments in every field of education. How- The percentage of Mobile devices are already a ever, newer technolo- jobs requiring AI big part of our lives and this gies with a focus on in- skills has grown four connectivity will certainly teraction rather than times since 2013, by shape how learning happens in file management will 2030 all industries the classroom. By 2030 half take over in the future. will use AI and robotics espe- the world‟s youth will live in But, the most important thing cially in the field of market- countries with a mobile-first is that the learning manage- ing and sales. Customer ser- internet connection. Face to ment system objective is and vice is a big user of AI tech- will stay the same: to make nology such as chatbots, sure everyone in the educa- product selection and cus- tion field is working towards tomer classification/routing. a better future and all this That means that traditional with the help of technology. Educational technology is not only a simple upgrade into the educational world but a key to better collaboration in educa- tion and thus a better future for us and our children Page 5 Sharad G. Dhage [email protected] F२o१rव्tयhाeशcrतeकatाiतviीtलy aबnाdलकskाilचां l्यdाevसeजृlopनmशeीnलt तoाf व21कstौशceलn्यturववy कchाiसldाrसenाठ.ी.......

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 TECH KIDS Internet Safety Tips For Students Make sure there is no re- Let your parents know where you sponse to rude or harassing go online, just as you would in Friends on MSN contacts and so- emails. (keep a record in case of real life. cial networking sites should be further investigation) people that your child knows in Ask your parents to spend time real life. This is one way to re- Immediately exit any site that online with you – learn and ex- duce possible risks. Anyone can makes you feel uncomfortable or plore together. be anyone online. worried. Make sure your computer has a An „online friend‟ that you don‟t If the harassment contin- good filter and other monitoring/ know in real life is a STRANGER. ues….your current email account blocking software to minimise can be deleted and a new one dangers. Passwords MUST NOT BE started. Your new email address SHARED!!!!! Choose passwords should only be given to a selected that others can‟t guess…..not few. your fav food or pets name. Should be a mix of caps/letters/ If receiving harassing messages numbers/symbols. on MSN – have the sender Change passwords 4 times per blocked. year (last day of every term). Computers, laptops or any tech- Be aware that information on the nology SHOULD be in a common internet is not always reliable. area of the house NOT IN THE BEDROOM! Your parents should Make sure you are on safe and Very close supervision for young walk past regularly. suitable sites. Filters CAN some- children is recommended. There Do not have a „suggestive‟ or times fail to protect. should be a limit to the email „flirty‟ log on name. correspondence/msn to be a list There should be house rules about of friends and family that has NEVER allow explicit photos of what information you can put onto been approved. yourself to be taken in ANY cir- websites or share with others. If you are playing games online, cumstance Remember that the internet is YOUR parents should know how to If you have found inappropriate PERMANENT….be mindful of what play the game too in case of content about yourself on a web- you post and how you portray problems. Play online games to- site or are informed about this yourself. Pics etc can remain gether. situation please contact the ISP FOREVER Misuse of the internet and asso- and or Police or tell your parents Teach your parents the language ciated technology (bullying/ to do so ASAP. or Common Internet Acronyms of harassing someone) is a crime.… Help your parents to learn about cyberspace. don‟t break the law and risk get- the internet – share your knowl- ting a criminal record. edge of the internet with your ABSOLUTELY NO EXCHANGE OF Learn how search engines work. parents in a fun environment. If PERSONAL INFORMATION! The first website returned may they have some knowledge they will be less likely to be suspicious Social Networking Profiles such as not be the best. about „socialising online‟. Facebook, Instagram etc. Sharad G. Dhage SHOULD BE SET TO PRIVATE. [email protected] Page 6 २Fo१rव्tयhाeशcrतeकatाiतviीtलy aबnाdलकskाilांचl्यdाevसeृजlopनmशeीnलt तoाf व21कstौशceलn्यturववy कchाiसldाrसenाठ.ी.......

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 TECH KIDS LET’S DELVE INTO ROBOTICS EDUCATION… I academic skills and knowl- MARIA MANOLOUDI n recent years there edge in a variety of fields as has been a great development well as in combination be- and focus of the world's at- tween different fields. The Kindergarten Teacher tention on robotic technology. main difference with tradi- GREECE Scientists design different tional learning methods is [email protected] types of robots to meet dif- that students are actively ferent needs in a variety of involved in hands-on learning fields. Advanced ro- ways of exploring, bots have enhanced discovering and senses and skills, giv- constructing learn- ing their owners a ing themselves wide range of possi- through the instant bilities in many areas, feedback they re- thus creating the ceive, inspire and possibility of chang- make changes. An ing the nature of important part of various professions. robotics training is Robotics has the robotic device been introduced in itself, both as a recent years in primary and environments. The students computer object, which can secondary education mainly themselves are involved in execute commands written in due to the appearance of spe- the design, planning, con- different programming lan- cial construction packages, at struction and problem solving guages, as well as in terms of low affordable prices and as they explore and solve real its handling. Robotic educa- with relatively easy handling. -world problems that interest tion is associated with playful The term educational robot- them. Through robotics, ab- learning, as children often ics is used to describe the stract concepts become visi- view the robotic device as a use of robotics as a means of ble and children themselves toy. NEXT PAGE learning in the classroom. acquire in depth the knowl- Educational robotics is a tool edge and skills of the 21st to promote Stem learning and century necessary for future at the same time helps to cul- citizens. tivate a variety of critical Robots naturally arouse chil- dren's interest and curiosity, thus making educational ro- botics a pole of attraction. Children explore their ideas and questions, guess and ex- periment with a variety of Page 7 For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children ....

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 TECH KIDS LET’S DELVE INTO ROBOTICS EDUCATION… FROM PREVIOUS PAGE and to construct knowledge dressed to everyone whether This is how the anthropomor- themselves. So children are they have some experience in phic game and the analog naturally curious and want to the field or not. The goal of game appear. Through play, explore, thus giving fertile robotics activities is to cre- children engage with an inter- ground for the development ate an open order to all, est in exploratory activities, of engineering activities. where everyone will play an examine robotics in the light With the right guidelines and active role, collaborate, learn of their prior knowledge, and the use of technology, chil- from each other and research develop a deeper conceptual dren can benefit from a play- by constructing knowledge under- without standing the of the op- fear of eration of evalua- robots tion. through the design and solu- tion of au- thentic problems. The design ful way of learning. Robotic Finally, we must emphasize and programming part are the learning promotes the devel- that the role of the basic mechanisms of robotics opment of creativity in chil- teacher is mainly helpful, activities for problem solving. dren through open-ended encouraging them to In general, educational robot- challenges. Through robotics, discover knowledge on ics promotes the development children learn to collaborate, their own. Creates an of three creative activities make decisions, cultivate environment of care and of problem solving, design, their critical thinking and support for children acts problem solving, ingenuity and communication skills, develop therefore guided by the idea generation. Teaching ac- and evolve both as a team and interests of its students tivities in educational robot- as separate entities within and takes into account ics include imitation, captur- their groups. At the same their knowledge and ing information through re- time, people with low self- experiences to provide search and questions, intern- esteem benefit from the guidance. For the adoption ships, experimentation, ex- team, so everyone cultivates of robotics by teachers, it ploration and creation. and develops their creativity seems that the learning outcomes that they want An age that is suitable for and imagination. Each student to achieve each time and teaching engineering concepts has the opportunity to con- of course children to plan is early childhood. This age is tribute where he / she deems interdisciplinary activities characterized by the need of appropriate according to his / for the integration of children to explore the world, her interests and abilities, as robotics in the curriculum. with practical experiences robotics activities are ad- Page 8 For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children ....

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 TECH KIDS Google Family Link Apps Today's era of mobile 4. Turn the app on or off. and computer.Much of the chil- 2. Keep an eye on screen time dren's study is currently taking Features of the app Set limits - It‟s up to you to place on computers and mobiles.But decide the right amount of screen time for your child. Family Link lets parents are constantly scared when you set time limits and a bedtime for their supervised devices, so you they give a device like mobile to 1. Guide children to good content can help them find a good balance. their children or when the children Lock their device - Whether it‟s time to go play outside, have themselves use the internet.And View their app activity - Not dinner, or just spend time together, you can remotely lock a supervised fear is natural. all screen time is the same. Help device whenever it‟s time to take a your child make healthy decisions break. Because a lot of fraudulent things, fraudulent websites, unwanted vid- about what they do on their An- 3. See where they are eos are being displayed.In this case, the child will be able to keep droid device, with activity reports an eye on what your child is search- showing how much time they‟re ing for on the internet, what apps he uses, mobile, how long he uses the internet, all the information is automatically found on the parents' mobile information.What an aban- doned idea.One such app is Family Link apps. Through these apps, the child- It‟s helpful to be able to find parent relationship can be bridged your child when they‟re on the go. .The widening gap between the You can use Family Link to help lo- child and the parent can also be cate them as long as they‟re carry- bridged. ing their Android device. spending on their favorite apps. You How does family link app can see daily, weekly, or monthly Google Family link for Children work? reports. & teenagers- The Family Link app from Manage their apps - Handy https://play.google.com/store/apps Google helps parents stay in the notifications lets you approve or /details?id=com.google.android.apps loop as their child or teen explores .kids.familylinkhelper on their Android device, and lets block apps your child wants to parents set certain digital ground download from the Google Play Google Familly Link for Par- rules for their family. First, a Store. You can also manage in-app ents - child/teen will need a compatible purchases, and hide specific apps https://play.google.com/store/ap device (see which devices work with on their device, all remotely from ps/details?id=com.google.android.ap Family Link) your own device. ps.kids.familylink How do I set up family link Feed their curiosity - It can NILESH DHOKANE app? be hard to figure out what apps are WARDHA, INDIA right for your child, so Family Link Family Link on the web shows you teacher-recommended apps on Android that you can add 1.Go to Family Link on the web. directly to their device. 2. Select your child. 3. Click Android apps. Page 9 २Fo१rव्tयhाeशcrतeकatाiतviीtलy aबnाdलकskाilचंा l्यdाevसeजृlopनmशeीnलt तoाf व21कstौशceलn्यturववy कchाiसldाrसenाठ.ी.......

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 TECH KIDS AMAZING EDU GADGETS - 3. LEAP MOTION CONTROLLER T dows, Mac OS and Linux. The ity. The controller‟s action he LEAP motion newest VR ready software is area is about 150° by 120° controller is designed to windows only. The device is wide and spans about 80 cm track hand and finger move- made for PC use and thus only originating from the device. ments in space and can be as mobile as a PC is. There is The tracking precision has used for human-computer- however a closed alpha SDK been proved to be remarkably interaction. The company of promising a future of LEAP good. The standard deviation the same name as the device motion based mobile applica- is less than a millimeter, al- has been founded though an accu- in 2010. By end of racy drop with 2012 the first higher distances tracking devices has been noted . has been send to Although the developers and by camera can‟t see mid-2013 the de- occluded parts vice has been of the hands, the freely available. algorithm can es- With the emerging timate to some boom in VR HMDs extend typical the company in hand gestures 2016 released a new SDK tions . and thus provide astonishing with added VR support. useful tracking. Nevertheless The LEAP motion controller is the software can‟t fulfill won- The LEAP motion controller is an infrared light based ders and thus sometimes a small USB device that is stereoscopic camera. By illu- fails. The device performs meant to be placed on the minating the close space near best with the whole hands desktop, e.g. next to the key- to the cameras with infrared visible board. For VR usage the con- light it is able to capture a troller can be attached onto user‟s hands and fingers. By the HMD facing in the users utilizing some sort of track- ing algorithm it is able to es- timate the position and orien- tation of the hand and its fin- gers. The maximum infrared illumination is limited by the maximum current that can be viewing direction. drawn over the USB connec- tion. Strong sunlight or poor lightning conditions can inter- Swapnil M. Vairagade The Leap motion device can fere with the tracking qual- be used with Microsoft Win- [email protected] Page 10 २Fo१rव्tयhाeशcrतeकatाiतviीtलy aबnाdलकskाilचंा l्यdाevसeजृlopनmशeीnलt तoाf व21कstौशceलn्यturववy कchाiसldाrसenाठ.ी.......

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 LLeeaarrnnEEnngglilsishh LANGUAGE PRACTICE TOPICS Page 11 For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children ....

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 Learn English CHUNKS for FLUENCY - 2 Developing an idea : 1) Justifying your opinion  don't you think that…? you can use this word and phrases 4) Stating consequence to give reason for your opinion  personally I don't think…. Be- you can use this word and phrases to state effect/ consequence cause….  as a result  let's not….. Because…..  Consequently,...  I would definitely not…. Be-  because of this,...  due to (cause)… cause….  it would be better to….. As…. 5) Prioritising  I don't feel that it's important you can use these words and to…. As… phrases to show what is more (and less) important : 2) Giving example  ...Would be much more important you can use this word and phrases than… to give example of some things  I don't think…. would be nearly as  For example  For instance important/ urgent as…  One example of this is  ... will definitely be the most/  to give you an idea  look at the case of least...  take for example  Let‟s say Atul Udade, Wardha, INDIA 3) Persuading [email protected] you can use this word and phrases to convince/ persuade others:  but don't you angry that…?  yes, but I am sure you‟d angry that… Page 12 For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children ....

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 Learn English “Learning English+ Singing = Everlasting learning and FUN!” Everybody knows that songs that are meant for gen- eral listening and EFL songs, English is the international songs which have been writ- Georgia Maneta, language. You can communi- ten and composed especially cate with people all over the for EFL learners, with catchy Teacher of English world using English. You can music and lyrics meant to in- 2nd Primary School make friends, you can travel troduce new vocabulary. Mileon-Kalon Neron, to different countries and Greece you can make your own coun- Why don‟t we start our try known to others by speak- day by singing a happy song to ing to them in English. Learn- our teacher every morning?? ing English, as well as any Here it is! Make sure you https://learningapps.org/177 other foreign language, im- learn it by heart! It will make 60096 plies that you need to know your day! the structure of the language https://www.youtube.com/wa And here is another game for (Grammar and syntax) as well tch?v=CuI_p7a9VGs you. Put the lines into the as words, their meaning and correct order! their pronunciation. Sounds Did you like it?? I am sure boring? Well, maybe it is… you did!! But…it has to be done… Your teacher is always there Let‟s go to something else to help you learn the new for- now. This is a song for you to eign language, but there are sing, to exercise and to things that you can do as well, danse! Ready?? things that can be really both https://learningapps.org/177 fun and helpful towards 60402 learning new things. I keep wondering… Is there anything I hope you enjoyed your- more pleasant than listening selves today with me! to a song and singing it at the same time? No! Till next time…learn Songs are an amazing way to https://www.youtube.com/wa English, sing and…have learn a new language. They tch?v=dUXk8Nc5qQ8 fun! combine music, new words, and they are entertaining, Great job kids!! This song has which makes learning an un- beautiful rhythm and…you forgettable experience. They learnt some new words!! Let‟s can be categorized into two play a game to see what you types: The “authentic” ones, have learnt! Page 13 For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children ....

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 MATHS TRICKS Great Indian Mathematician : Shakuntala Devi Shakuntala Devi was kuntala Devi worked back- Dear friends in a few days wards from the 7th power to an Indian mathematician, i.e. on 8th March we derive the root. This too was writerand mental calculator, celebrate International recorded in the test at popularly known as the women’s Day and also we Berkeley in 1988. \"Human Computer\". Shakun- celebrate International tala Devi strove to simplify Mathematics day on 14th 3.Long multiplication: This numerical calculations for March on this occasion we students. Shakuntala Devi memorize the great Indian is the skill that got her into was born on 4th Novem- the Guinness Book of Records ber1929 in Bangalore, Karnat in 1982. At Imperial College on June 18, 1980, Shakuntala aka to mathematician Shakuntala Devi was asked to multiply a Kannada Brahmin family. He Devi two 13-digit numbers: She got the answer in 28 seconds r father, C V Sundararaja 4.Calendar calcula- Rao, worked as a trapeze tions: Given any date in the artist, lion tamer, tightrope last century, she could in- walker and magician in a cir- stantly say which day of the cus. He discovered his week that date fell on. For daughter's ability to memo- example, if you gave her the rise numbers while teaching date July 31, 1920, she would her a card trick when she was immediately tell you that it about three years old. At was a Saturday. If the date the age of six she demon- was stated in the order strated her arithmetic abili- ties at the University of My- 1930s. Then in 1988, in a test month, day, year (for exam- of her abilities conducted by ple, July-13-1920), her aver- sore. age response time was about the psychologist Arthur Jen- 1 second. But when the dates Shakuntala Devi explained were stated to her in the or- sen at the University of Cali- der year, month, day (for ex- many of the methods she ample 1920-July-31), “her an- used to do mental calculations fornia-Berkeley, Shakuntala swers came about as fast as Devi mentally calculated the one could start the stop- in her book “Figuring: The Joy of Numbers”, which is cube roots of 95,443,993 (answer 457) in 2 seconds, of still in print. 204,336,469 (answer 589) in watch”, the 1988 test at So, What were her 5 seconds, and of skills? 2,373,927,704 (answer 1334) Berkeley found. 1.Cube roots: It began with in 10 seconds. extracting cube roots of 2.Higher roots: She calcu- large numbers, which she lated the 7th root of Dr. Girish Vaidya, could do in her head rapidly 455,762,531,836,562,695,93 Wardha while still a child in the 0,666,032,734,375 (answer [email protected] 46,295) in 40 seconds. Sha- 9422536173 For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children .... Page 14

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 SCIENCE WORLD Know About Coronavirus Classification of Total 7 species of corona vi- Dr. Vaishali Tripathi Coronavirus rus are known out of which 4 U.P. India shows mild and 3 shows se- Kingdom- Orthornavirae vere symptoms leading to Symptoms of Covid 19 Phylum- Pisuviricota death. Class- Pisoniviricetes  Mild symptoms include- Order- Nidovirales Three Potential Coronavi- Body Ache, sore throats, fe- Family- Coronaviridae rus ver, dry cough, tiredness, Genus- Alphacoronavirus/  headache, rash on skin, Betacoronavirus/  MERS-CoV- It is known loss of taste and smell. Gammacoronavirus/ as middle east respiratory Serious symptoms include- Deltacoronavirus syndrome related corona vi- Breathing difficulty, chest rus. It caused outbreak in pain or pressure, low oxygen Structure of Coronavi- rus 2012, 2015 and 2018 leading levels, loss of speech, to 858 deaths. loss of movement.  Spherical and envel-  SARS-CoV- It is known as It takes 5 to 6 days to oped with diameter of severe acute respiratory show symptoms when 120nm. syndrome related coronavi- infected however the  Single stranded RNA rus. It caused outbreaks in time may vary to 14 with 26 to 32kb. 2002-2004 leading to 774 days too. Spikes proteins present deaths. on surface of virus SARS-CoV 2- Its is known as Prevention and Cure forming crown hence it severe acute respiratory is names as CORONA. syndrome related to coro- Prevention is better navirus strain 2. It caused than cure. Keep a safe dis- Origin of Coronavirus outbreaks in 2019 leading to tance of 1 meter, wear mask 2,485,386 deaths which is while going in public places, The virus was given the name still going on. wash hands for 20 seconds by Coronavirus by June or use sanitizer, cough or Almeida and David Tyrrell. sneeze by keeping your el- Bats, Birds and Rodents are bow around. Most important the natural reservoirs of avoid moving in public places this virus. unless necessary. Vaccine is The human coronavirus was developed but it will take first discovered in 2003 time to cope in you body names SARS-CoV in China unless you take all the three which caused severe acute doses of vaccine. respiratory syndrome af- fecting both upper and lower respiratory tract. Page 15 For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children ....

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 LOCAL TO GLOBAL RECYCLING PROCTECT NATURE Nature gave birth to human life, protected it and gave it physical and creative strength. Contact with nature acts therapeutically on the individual. Therefore, understanding nature, respecting it and loving it must become behaviors on which the very existence of RECYCLE, DO NOT DISPOSE human society and the planet depends. ages. Man by his actions has through direct contact, in Learning to protect sometimes caused much w h i c h t e a c h e r s are nature starts simply for suffering to nature. coordinators. children: with the geranium in Taking care of nature, we the window, with the puppy or will have the certainty that the cat at home, with the future generations will be care of a plant, etc. able to enjoy the murmur of Children's feelings and springs, the rustle of leaves, attitudes towards nature the chirping of birds, the must be respectful and fresh air and forest animals. caring, always convinced that From an early age, Mariana Iancu, Romania people are an integral part of children must be taught to nature and not superior to it. participate in environmental Respect for the nature protection and conservation that gave birth to us, care for the earth that nourishes activities by forming a love us, are moral priorities at all for nature by discovering it For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children .... Page 16

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 LOCAL TO GLOBAL USING GAMES IN AN EFL CLASSROOM O should be appropriate for the “ nly those who play students‟ age and level of can win.” Does this apply to knowledge, be easy to use and English Language teaching and short. learning? As I see it from the We can use our games point of view of a teacher, I as: firmly believe that it is abso-  Warm up activities lutely true.  During the lesson Games are a fun and ex- At the end of the lesson if Amalia Panou, citing way to make your les- we have time to spare Teacher of English, sons stimulating while your students learn unconsciously. Here are some suggestions Greece Games offer a lot of benefits of games we can use in our in an EFL classroom. First of classrooms: facing them in the “hot seat”. all, they can boost learners‟ self-confidence and the de- PICTIONARY- The drawing You will stand behind the stu- dents and hold up a piece of sire for self improvement. game Moreover, they create posi- Divide the class into paper with the word on it. tive memories of learning. two teams and create a small The students in the hot seats Additionally games support column for each team on one will not be able to see these real learning while learners side of the board. You will re- papers. Teams have three have fun. Last but not least, port their points here. Write minutes to get their hot seat they stimulate learners‟ in- words on slips of papers for member to say the word on terest and motivation espe- students to choose. The stu- the paper. The catch is, they cially for shy and reluctant dents must convey the word can‟t say the word under any learners. Another point worth to his or her team using only circumstances. NEXT PAGE mentioning is the fact that drawings. Limit the time to games facilitate collaborative three minutes maximum. Each learning while at the same correct word is a point and time they support autono- the first team to get 10 mous learning. points is the winning team. However, we should con- TABOO WORDS sider some important things Separate the class in when choosing to use games in an EFL classroom. Firstly, our half and have the two teams games should have an aim for sit on opposite sides of the instance we want to teach room, facing each other. Each grammar, vocabulary, oral team will choose a person to skills etc. What is more they sit in front of their team , For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children .... Page 17

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 LOCAL TO GLOBAL USING GAMES IN AN EFL CLASSROOM FROM PREVIOUS PAGE created. Students who write one side and a word incorrectly or “disagree” LETTER SCRAMBLE Take a list of words that your write world which has al- o n the students have recently ready been written, lose. other side. learned and write a scram- Read aloud bled version of each on the Tic - Tac - Toe a controver- board. Allow students to un- sial state- scramble the words on their Draw up paper. The first one to finish the grid ment and have each student deciphering all the words for tic- hold up their paper showing tac -toe the agree or disagree side wins. on the depending on their opinion. ANIMALS-NAMES board. Fill Choose one student from each side to explain their po- Have students in each square of the grid sition and participate in a draw six columns on their pa- with a part of speech you short debate. want students to practice. per and write a category at What exactly you choose to To conclude, the top of each column. You include here is totally flexi- these were only a few sug- can Choose categories that ble and depends on what les- gestions which will make a fit what you‟ve been studying sons you‟d like to reinforce. difference and give your in class or go with some ba- If you are studying verb con- students a chance to suc- sics. Popular categories in- jugation in the present tense, ceed and be the “winners” clude food, names, cities or for example, fill in the grid in an EFL classroom. countries, furniture, verbs and clothing. Choose a random with verbs in their infinitive REFERENCES letter and write it on the form. Students will be di- board. Give students enough vided into two teams for this Carrier, M. (1980). Games time to write down a word for game. The first team goes by and activities for the language choosing a square from the learner. Nelson. each category that starts tic-tac- toe grid . Then they with that letter. You can re- have to figure out , as a Cross, D. (2000). A practical peat with new letters as many handbook of language group, how to properly conju- times as you like. gate the verb. If they get teaching. Longman. LADDER the answer right, then they claim that square of the grid. Constantinescu, R. S. (2012). Write a word horizon- If they get the answer Learning by playing: Using tally on the board and then wrong, they lose their turn. computer games in teaching have students come up, English grammar to high school students. Education one at a time to write a word Source. 110-115. starting with the letter that DEBATES the previous word ends, ver- Give each student a piece of tically. This way a ladder is paper with “agree” written on Areti Keramida For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children .... Page 18

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 LOCAL TO GLOBAL A Dream Came True ! L beautiful Greece, and Taruna ast month, together Kapoor introduced us to the with my colleague Mentor colorful world of India. We Kovaci from Albania and my finally reached the beautiful Corina Sujdea, c o l l a b o r a t o r S w a p n i l lands of Palestine, with the Vairagade from India, I initi- help of our partners Shawqia Romania ated the International Cul- Hawawre, ILham Younis Ra- tural Passport project. After baya and Munther Mohammad the discussions I had with my Zyoud. partners, we established the 56 people, teachers PASSPORT, aims to acquaint project objectives and the and students from the part- students with the tourist implementation sites of the area plan. where they live Of course, and the types of many of my friends tourism that can were delighted with be developed. the idea of Types of coastal, becoming partners river, lake, moun- in an international tain tourism, cur- project. So, an idea rent status and that until yester- future of tourism. day was just a Assessing the op- dream now has become a real- ner countries were present in portunities that all the coun- ity! this meeting. Everyone was tries has for the development On February 20, I or- delighted by the cultural and of tourism, recognizing the ganized an online session social diversity, from one tourist places and considering within the project, and the country to another. We all it as the basis of economic theme was \"Let's tell a story learned new things and vis- development of our country. about my country\". In this ited 4 countries with just one Understands the con- session we were able to click. cept of \"natural tourism po- travel virtually to Georgia,and It is nice that teachers tential\" Conceives historical, to discover how beautiful and students from across the cultural tourism potentials. country it is, with the help of world become real ambassa- Describes the current our partner Mari Kharito- dors of tourist values. state of tourism in the coun- nashvili and her wonderful Our project, INTER- try where they live. students. After that Georgia NATIONAL CULTURAL NEXT PAGE Maneta invited us to visit the For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children .... Page 19

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 LOCAL TO GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL PASSPORT FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Solve other previously unknown prob- Analyzes the factors that have lem situations. stopped at the current levels of tourism in Cooperation between Schools for a our country. better future of tourism in our countries. Argues the return of tourism as a pri- The project will run for a period of 12 ority branch of economic development. months, and includes 34 teachers from 12 Acquires communication and coopera- countries. The following activities will take tion skills. place in the coming months, as follows: March: “Our heroes and monuments I can't wait to see the other activities we will carry out in this project in the coming April: “Cuisine of my country” months! I am convinced that I will learn many new and interesting things during this pro- May: “Traditions and culture” ject! June: “Our natural heritage” Midterm dissemination in each country July: “My region, my city” August: “My school” September: “Our collaborative work” October: “A day in my life” November: “Dissemination of the project in each country” December: “The final conference and distribution of certificates” For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children .... Page 20

The K.I.D.S. March -21 Little Innovator Of The Month YOUNG INNOVATORS OF MALAYSIA TWO students also won another five gold medals globally. of SMK Raja Mahadi, a The journal of their government school of project was also pub- Malaysia continued lished as a book under their streak of excel- NOVA SCIENCE lence with 13 golds and PUBLISHERS New 4 special awards for York US last year. their innovation Low cost Composter & En- enough to feed 3 billion people. According to our little richer. As we know the process of mak- innovators, innovation is a part of their life journey now. It boosts Sharvin Vasantha Kumar (13) ing the typical compost will take them up to explore, research and and Naavieena Rajaratnam (13) more than 30 – 90 days the lowest. use all the tools to uncover some- invented a low-cost composter and But our inventors Sharvin Vasan- thing new. Their way of thinking enricher, which fastens the process tha Kumar (13) and Naavieena to solve problems has tremen- of compost with a very simple Rajaratnam (13) have proof to the dously changed. This has devel- method. The champs started the oped their creativity, problem- research in the year of 2017 when solving, presentation skills, and they realized that tons of food be- many more. ing wasted every year. Even though there are many types of Due to the pandemic and school compost soil from the waste food closures, it has been difficult for around the market, but still not schools across the country to keep many of us are contributing to- up with their academic classes, in wards it. An estimated 1.3 billion addition to not being able to carry tonnes of food is wasted globally out any co-curricular or extra- each year, one-third of curricular activities. But nothing all food produced for human con- stopped our young innovators. s u m p t i o n , a c c o r d i n g t o world that short term compost also Sharvin (13) and Naaviena (13) the Food and Agriculture Organi- can make wonders. Their success- use it as an opportunity to de- zation of United Nations. We are ful research takes only 2-3 weeks velop them during this pandemic. over 7 billion people on this for the whole process which is The two young innovators also are planet, of which 925 million are very much faster than the conser- working on their next project starving. Yet we annually lose and vative method. waste 1,3 billion tons of food – or Their invention awarded many which is related to IoT. gold medals and special awards in prestigious exhibitions around the world. They started the experiments with a ce- ramic pot and later con- vert it to a small blender from recycling materials that can be connected to solar Author, power. An upgraded DR.MALINI EAGANATHAN version of the invention Malaysia Page 21 For the creativity and skill development of 21st century children ....

The K.I.D.S. March 2021 Way to compete your self International Women's Day International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March around the world. It is a focal point in the movement for women's rights.. After the Socialist Party of Amer- for the support of the strike… which led to mass ica organized a Women's Day in New York City on strike... all went out into the streets.\"[18] Seven days February 28, 1909, German delegates Clara Zet- later, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated, and the provisional kin, Käte Duncker, Paula Thiede and others pro- Government granted women the right to vote.[10] posed at the 1910 International Socialist Woman's The 2021 UN theme for International Women's Day is \"Women in leadership: Achieving an Conference that \"a special Women's Day\" be organ- equal future in a COVID-19 ized annually.[4] After women gained suffrage world\",[54] highlighting the impact that girls and women worldwide had as health care workers, in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a na- tional holiday there.[5] The day was then predomi- nantly celebrated by the socialist move- caregivers, innovators and community organizers ment and communist countries until it was adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The hashtag by the feminist movement in about 1967. will be #IWD2021 and The United Nations began celebrating the day in #InternationalWomensDay. 1977.[6] On March 8, 1917, on the Gregorian calendar, in the capital of the Russian Empire, Petrograd, women tex- tile workers began a demonstration, covering the whole city. This marked the beginning of the February Revolution, which alongside the October Revolu- tion made up the Russian Revolution.[3][21] Women in Saint Petersburg went on strike that day for \"Bread and Peace\" – demanding the end of World War I, an end to Russian food shortages, and the end of czar- ism.[18] Revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky wrote, \"23 February (8th March) was International Woman's Day and meetings and actions were foreseen. But we did not imagine that this 'Women's Day' would inaugurate the revolution. Revolutionary actions were foreseen but without a date. But in the morning, despite the orders to the contrary, textile workers left their work in several factories and sent delegates to ask - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia International Women's Day Quiz Competition Visit or click on https://www.kidsfoundation.in/competition Students & Parents both can participate from India as well as from the other countries of the world. Its open for all. Get E- Certificate. F२o१r tशheतकcrाeतaीtलivitबyालanकdाचंा s्यkiाll सdeृजvनelशopीmलeतnाt वofक21ौशstल्यcenववtuकryासchासildाठreी.n....... Page 22



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