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WILL THE
BEAR GET AWAY
WILL
WITH STOLEN THE PRINCE
HONEY? ESCAPE FROM
THE TIGER?
W H AT I S
T H E ‘ G R E AT
BEAR’?
WHY DOES
THE MOON
S H I N E AT
NIGHT?
FOLKTALE
Once, a prince went on a hunting spree in a dense
forest. He wandered the whole day in search of
prey but did not come across a single animal, big or
small that he could kill. By the evening he got very
tired and thus, sat under a tree to take some rest.
Panchatantra: The Just then, he saw a huge tiger coming out of the
bushes and moving forward towards him. The
Prince and the Bear prince was petrified and in order to save his life, he
climbed up the nearest tree. When he reached the
top of the tree, he saw a huge bear sitting on one of
the branches. He started to tremble with fear as he
thought that he would now surely be killed by
either of the two wild animals. The bear calmed
down the prince and said, “Don’t worry, my dear
prince. This tree is my house and thus, you are my
guest. I never harm my guests.” The prince believed
in what the bear said and stopped panicking. The
tiger also sat down under the tree and kept waiting
for the prince to come down.
Soon the sun set and there was darkness
everywhere. The prince was terribly tired and, he
fell fast asleep on the branch. When the tiger saw
the sleeping prince, he said to the bear, “Do not
give shelter to this prince. Human beings are our
enemies. Push him down on the ground and let me
make him my meal.”
“No, I will never do such an evil thing.” said the bear.
“Moreover, he is my guest,” the bear added.
In the morning, when the prince woke up, he saw
the bear sleeping beside him. The cunning tiger
said to the prince, “Don’t trust this wicked bear! He
is being nice to you only till the time I am sitting
here. The moment I leave, he will kill you. So, I
would advise you to push this bear down before
me. I will eat him and let you go.”
The selfish prince thought that it was not a bad
idea to throw the bear down and save his life. So, he
pushed the unsuspecting bear off the branch. The
bear woke up with a jerk and caught hold of
another branch and saved his life somehow. He
cursed the prince for his selfishness and said, “It
was indeed a mistake on my part to place my trust
in a selfish human being like you.”
FIND the Hidden Creatures in the picture
Name
The
Forest
Animals
CASA & ASA
Discoveries and Inventions Who
discovered
radium?
Radium is a radioactive element with the chemical than uranium which was also radioactive. Further
symbol 'Ra'. It emits radioactive light rays which studies led to the discovery of radium. The Curies
cause it to glow in the dark. In regular conditions, announced their discovery to the French Academy
radium is a silvery metal. When exposed to air, it of Sciences on the 26th of December, 1898.
reacts to nitrogen and quickly forms a black coating. In September of 1911, Marie Curie and André-Louis
Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium in the form Debierne announced that they were successful in
of radium chloride. Later, it was isolated in its metallic extracting a sample of radium in its metallic state.
state through the electrolysis of radium chloride, by Radium was initially used to make paints which
Marie Curie and André-Louis Debierne. would glow. These paints were used on clocks,
Radium was discovered in 1898 and isolated in its watches and instruments that people could see in
metallic state in 1911. Marie and Pierre Curie discov- the dark. However today, the element has no major
ered radium while working with samples of uraninite industrial uses as radium is highly radioactive and
(pitchblende). After extracting uranium from dangerous.
uraninite, they discovered it was still radioactive. This
suggested that it contained another element other
Sleep without a
care, just like
a grizzly bear
spot ten differences
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Tickle
your
Q: What do you call
a wet bear?
A: A drizzly bear!
funny
bone
Q: What do you call a bear
without any teeth?
A: A gummy bear!
Q: What is white, furry and has wheels?
A: A polar bear on skates
AMUSING NEWS
Do Bears Love Yoga?
A yoga enthusiast in North Caroli-
na was confused when she felt an
animal lick the back of her neck
while she was doing yoga in her
back garden. Thinking it was the
neighbour's friendly dog, she
turned around to pet it and got a
shock when she discovered it was
a black bear!
comic story
einstien iyengar
Eeshan woke to the smell of his favourite lamb cutlets,
that his mother was cooking. He washed up fast and
ran to the kitchen to hug his mother.
Thank you, Ma! This day is going to
start on a delicious note.
You are welcome, son.
Eeshan noticed the color of the red meat, changing
to brown when it was cooking and asked his mom.
Why is the color of the meat changing, ma?
Einstein Iyengar, there is science behind this. Most of
the food we eat contains about 70-75% of water. In
the case of red meat, it also contains proteins and fat.
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When we heat the meat, the water begins to leach
out. Any food while preparing reduces in size as it is
cooked, as it releases water. The proteins react with
the heat, and so the meat turns brown.
“That was very insightful!” Eeshan said and
continued, “But I have another question. The
chapati that you are making- when you put it
on the gas stove, how does it puff?"
You noticed that I mixed water while making the
batter? When I heat the chapati, the water in the
batter changes into steam, and tries to escape,
thus making the chapatti puff.
I just learned about physical
states and physical changes in
school. So water changes form
here, from liquid to steam.
That’s right, son! But cooking is more
about practice than theory, so come
on, start rolling chapatis!
The Great Bear is a constellation. Constellations are pat-
terns formed by groups of stars. In fact, before the compass
What is the was invented, these constellations worked as guidelines
for sailors and travellers to find their way.
‘Great Bear'?
The North Star also known as the Pole Star or Dhruv Tara
was very helpful to explorers. Ancient people used constel-
lations as a calendar. They realised that certain constella-
tions seemed to move as the seasons change. In reality, it is
the movement of the earth which seems to change the
position of these constellations. The Greeks and Romans
named most of the constellations as long back as over
4000 years.
Ursa Major or The Great Bear
This constellation is noted to circle the northern sky all year
through and its position changes during different seasons.
It is believed that Zeus, the Greek God was jealous of a
woman and her son and turned them into bears. He then
cast the Great Bear and the Little Bear in the sky. The Little
Bear is also known as Ursa Minor.
Another story says that the Greek God, Zeus, was in love
with a woman, Callisto. Zeus’s wife out of jealousy tried to
hurt Callisto. Zeus to save Callisto from being harmed,
turned her into a bear and placed her high up in the stars.
The Great Bear has seven stars that make up its back and
tail. These seven stars look like a long handled ladle and is
known as the Big Dipper. At the end of the dipper bowl we
see two stars that are referred to as pointer stars as they
point towards an important star called the North Star.
stories in rhyme
The Bear And The Bees
A bear once rambled from his home,
Chanced through a garden trim to roam,
Where, underneath the shelter of the trees,
The farmer had his hives of bees.
The bear loved honey.
"Now," said he,
"I'll rob your store-house, Master Bee.
You'll buzz, and hum about my ears,
But noise a brave bear never fears."
So saying, bear over turns a hive,
And straight the air is all alive,
With angry enemies, who sting
As well as buzz; and make bear sing,
A lively tune of growls and roars,
And cover him with smarting sores.
Pondering
The surface of the moon is completely dark gray in colour. Because
of its dark colour and a bumpy surface, the moon is able to only
reflect 12% of the light that falls on it. The amount of light that
Corner
bounces back on the earth depends on the orbit, time and place of
the moon.
What Makes the The moon orbits around the earth. When the moon’s orbit puts it
Moon Shine at Night? directly facing towards earth, it reflects a larger amount of light,
thus making it shiny. This is mostly during a full moon night, when
the moon is brightly lit up. When the moon is closest to the earth,
it is called a super moon as it is almost 20% brighter than usual. As
the orbit of the moon changes, the angle of the light changes and
less light is bounced back on the earth. During the other stages of
the moon only 8% of the light is reflected.
The moon is slowly drifting away from earth. Thousands of years
ago the moon was closer to the earth and our ancestors saw a
brighter, bigger and shinier moon.
Tim and his family were a group of brown
bears who lived on a mountain ridge sur-
rounded by beautiful pine forests. Tim had
never made any friends who weren't brown
bears and he was adamant to make some
amazing new friends. Early one morning, he
packed himself a snack and set off to make
some friends.
Complete the Story...
fun facts
with Hamlet the Hamster
To know or not to know,
that is the question!
Well, wouldn’t you prefer to know?
Facts About Grizzly Bears
The first white explorer to see grizzly bears and to record
them was Henry Kelsey in 1691, when he mentioned
seeing ‘a great sort of bear’.
When a female grizzly bear leaves her mother, she often
sets up her home range quite close to her mother’s home
range.
Admiralty Island, in southeast Alaska, was known to early
natives as Xootsnoowú, meaning ‘fortress of bears’, and is
home to the densest grizzly population in North Ameri-
ca.
A major food source for grizzlies are army cutworm
moths. They can consume upto 20,000 of these moths
which cluster on rocks, after feeding on nectar in the
early mornings.
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Follow the path given below and
help the bear collect honey
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