So one fine evening, my son and his friend were talking about a game called “The Catapult”. One of the older boys at their school was playing it during breaks. He asked me if he could play the game on my phone, therefore I looked into it and told him: “Why not build and play …
I am a mother of a bubbly son, and we are both very inquisitive when it comes to things we don’t immediately understand. His development from a baby up till now has been a learning experience for him as well as me. For example, one day, I heard my husband and son arguing. My husband …
I was watching the news one day at home with my son. Suddenly I saw flash news talking about the Lunar eclipse. My son asked me what it was, and to be honest, I didn’t remember my old science books. So instead of fibbing my way out of it (you’ve all been there), I brought …
One day my son and I were watching a movie, in which it showed an electric bell ringing, and immediately my son asked me, “mom, how does that bell work?”. I was delighted to see my son’s curiosity, and it immediately clicked to me: why not discuss and create this thing. After all, at the …
My son is in a phase where he is hogging all the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boy novels that he can get. But when I remember how I used to have fun playing spy with my friends in my day, I feel a tinge of sadness for today’s children. First, the internet and nowadays smartphones, …
Did you know that salt, sugar, ice, and even diamonds are a type of crystal? Nearly every mineral found in nature exists in the form of crystals. Crystals are nothing but atoms coming together in a definite pattern that continuously repeats itself (you can think of atoms like Lego’s.) While natural crystals are made deep …
My son came home a few days back and told me they would have a science fair soon. He had a couple of ideas in mind, but none of them were “cool” enough. And then there was this other kid (you know the kind, the teacher’s pet) who he was always in competition with – …
Did you know that the first mechanical clocks were invented only in the fourteenth century? Have you ever wondered how people used to keep time before that? A recent project at my son’s school brought forth some interesting questions about timekeeping to my mind. Each student in his class was tasked with finding out how …
My toddler niece asked me an interesting question the other day – why does her large rubber ducky float in a bathtub filled with water, but a small thing like her friendship bracelet plops right down to the bottom? As is often the case, I immediately sensed an opportunity for some fun and an opportunity …
Did you know that paper was invented as far back as 25-220 BC? The Chinese Cai Lun, a courtier in the Han dynasty, is the inventor of paper. While you might have heard of Papyrus (created by the ancient Egyptians), modern-day paper comes from a process that was first used by the Chinese. Paper is, …
