In the Western calendar (Gregorian calendar), New Year’s Eve, the last day of the year, is on December 31. A year is the time it takes for the Earth to circle the sun one time, which is approximately 365…
Before you even think of asking – No, it is not an upside down classroom, where you walk on your hands! It is actually a new approach to how we teach and how we study. Flipping the classroom is a…
Happy Birthday, USA. Today the Unites States of America has a Birthday or National Day. Independence Day, is also known as the Fourth of July and it is a federal holiday in the United States. It is the anniversary of…
Have you ever seen something that affected you so much that you wanted to get up and go and do something about it? But then you thought, “What can I do, I am only a kid” or, “That’s what grown-ups…
The Super Bowl is The National Football League championship game, played annually between the champions of the National and the American Football Conferences. This year Super Bowl XLVII is between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers and will…
These astonishing photographs show uncontacted Indians living in Brazil, near the Peruvian border. “Uncontacted” means that the tribes have no peaceful contact with what is considered the mainstream world, or the dominant societies. From the pictures we see a thriving,…
The 86th Academy Awards ceremony is an upcoming event during which the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will present its annual Academy Awards (the gold Oscar statuette) to honour the best films of 2012 in the United…
Today is Presidents Day in the USA – it is a Federal holiday to celebrate the birth of George Washington. The holiday is held on the third Monday in February. This also celebrates Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, which is February 12.…
Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks for winning Super Bowl XLVIII with a score of 43:8 over the Denver Broncos. The game was played at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. What is the Super Bowl? The Super Bowl is The…
What a neat-o idea in Montreal! The street lights along Mount Royal Avenue have been turned into comic book streetlights. The street lamps are shaped like comic book speech balloons and feature fun and quirky cartoon characters. The lights of…