Class 3 UNFORGETT ABLE HOLIDAY

Goa! My parents, my cousins and I went to Goa in summer vacati on. My cousins were building sandcastles, my mother was reading books, my father and I went straight to the beach to go for a swim and play in the water. From our room, we could see the beauti ful beach. I saw many colourful fi shes, dolphins hopping out of the water.

SIDDHARTH BALU, Sec-B

It’s a breezy day with fl utt ering of birds Sun’s grace on one side and pedalling on two wheels R.Lakshana, Sec-A around the kodai lake, made my holiday unforgett able. I can see the golden beach in the sunset. I called my Had an adventure cousins secretly and went with them to the beach of Horse riding before my parents woke up. I made many friends in Appeti zing foods and ice-creams Goa. on other side I learnt how to catch fi shes with the help of Selfi captures always, fi shing rods. My cousins and I drew a drawing. In made my holiday unforgett able. that drawing I drew fi shes, crabs, shark, whale and V. HARSHITHA , Sec-A dolphins. It is a state full of sea food. My friend’s name is Sarah and she came to Goa from Chennai Last year summer vacati on was an unforgett able during her summer vacati on. I had lots of fun with holiday, as I went to a hill stati on with my parents and her and took her out to see many places in Goa. with few of my family friends. We went to Kodaikanal. We all travelled together and enjoyed the climate and food there. We went for boati ng, horse riding, mountain climbing and many other acti viti es. We also went to rose garden and saw the beauti ful roses in vibrant colours and sizes. We ate fresh fruits and vegetables there from the farm. I wore thick woollen clothes and muffl er to cover myself. We rejoiced in the camp fi re at night as it was very chilling. We did A.Joshika, Sec-A shopping and bought fresh honey, few spices, carrots Arti cle: R.Lakshana, Sec-A ; and tea powder back home. S. HANSHINI, Sec-B

20 SAN PAL - Annual Magazine 2016-17 21 My favourite summer holiday desti nati on is played many games and even danced to a loud Rajahmundry which is my grandparents place. Last music. My mom had prepared tasty snacks for the holiday I went to Rajahmundry with my mother. pleasant day. We all sat together and enjoyed the There are many tourist places like road cum rail meal. bridge on river Godavari the biggest irrigati on dam V.D.MUTHU SIRPA, Sec-C in Godavari. I did boati ng in Godavari and I enjoyed the holidays. And there are historical temples too. Hi everyone! I went on an unforgett able holiday. I Holidays are so memorable. went to New York. I went there because I celebrated ISHANTH SAI THOTA, Sec-A my brother`s second birthday. I went to a park on trolly and saw the Niagra falls. It was very My unforgett able holiday is a trip to Yercaud. It is beauti ful. Also, I went to the biggest toy shop in a hill stati on located in Tamil Nadu. It is very cold, America there. There was a museum about because it is surrounded by hills. It’s a very beau- aeroplanes and a museum about History too. That ti ful place with park nearby. In that park I played a is a place where you can shop a lot. It is a beauti ful lot of games. I also played with a puppy. We went sight at night. They have colourful lights. I saw the to a temple of God Artanadishwar. I saw a lot of Twin building museum and it is one of the most sculptures. We bought bubbles and fl ew it for a long tallest buildings. I stood on the 60th fl oor of the ti me. At the very last day we went on a boat ride. Empire State Building. I went on a boat to a near by It was a peddling boat. I also saw many animals like Island in the Pacifi c Ocean where the Statue Of Lib- deer, sparrows, peacock and many more. That was erty stands. It was my favourite part of the trip. My the best trip I ever went. Then we returned in a train family and I stood on the 2nd fl oor of the statue. The named Chennai Express. torch she holds is made up of real gold! It is a sixty VIGNESH.K, Sec-B feet tall statue. It is a gift from France, Europe. It is a very beauti ful statue. New York is very beauti ful. Having fun in the holidays. LAKSHITA.M, Sec-C October is my favorite gollu ti me. Laddus and sundal are delicious I call my lovely cousin to my home. I went to Pondicherry in my Dad and Me go to snow ride. pooja holidays. There we All my friends visit my home. went to the big and beauti - Hey! We are having a party. ful Rock Beach. I went with Say bye to holidays once they are over. my parents. We went to the PRANAV RANGAPALLI, Sec-B big Museum too. In the museum we saw many old One of my most unforgett able holiday is my family coins, many statues of Gods picnic on 25th December 2011 in our farm house and a very big list of many located at the outskirts of my city. Our picnic started freedom fi ghters , who early in the morning, we had great fun while fought bravely to get the freedom from the Briti sh . travelling in the car. We reached the farm house There we also went to a stall . In the stall we bought in the morning and had breakfast prepared by our new clothes, new toys, towels and new cook at the farm house. We laid matt ress on the accessories to wear. I loved and enjoyed a lot that garden; The garden was huge and beauti fully day which is very memorable for me. decorated with diff erent types of plants and trees. S.EMY SHIVANI, Sec-C There were mango and coconut trees and fl ower plants of rose, sunfl ower and jasmine. Many vegetables were also grown in the garden. We

20 SAN PAL - Annual Magazine 2016-17 21 Hello! I am Haasini. I would like to tell you about as Prasadham and we worshipped the Ganesha. It my unforgett able holiday. I spent my holiday in the was very pleasant. I ate lots of sour berries. It was camp. I had lot of fun there. I swam in the swimming the best Ganesh Chathurthi in my life. pool. I played basket ball and tennis. I went to the K.PRADEEP, Sec-C Disco club. It was exciti ng. I took a lot of photos. I had a great ti me in the camp. HAASINI.R.K, Sec-C My parents took me to a place called Poovar in Kerala during summer vacati on. We stayed in a resort and were able to see the sea from there. We went for boati ng in the Mangrove forest. We saw many rare birds. There was a swimming pool in which I played happily. We ate diff erent delicious dishes and we played in a huge park. We tried fi shing in the lake too. We took many photos which were memorable. This family trip to Poovar is my unforgett able holiday as I had I great ti me. CALEB ALFRED.S, Sec-D

During my summer holidays, I went to Kodaikanal My unforgett able holiday is my visit to the Beach. I with my family and relati ves. There were 35 people like building sand castles with sand and play in the and we went in 2 vans. There were about 10 kids . beach, water games like beach ball, swimming etc. We played and danced in the van. As we climbed the HARSHINI.R, Sec-C hills the temperature was getti ng colder and colder. Hello, I had a fun fi lling at the water theme park. I We enjoyed the climate. In the evening we went to was so excited because my parents took me to the a garden. The colourful fl owers gave a treat to our water theme park. I was so happy, to wear safety eyes. We took many photographs. There was a big jacket as it would help me to fl oat in the water. playground there. There were swings, slides and There are slides, children pool and wave pool. I many more. We played with a ball. We returned to started taking turns for the rides. I came racing our rooms and had a good night sleep. The next day down in the slide and splashed into a pool of water. we went to 3 temple places like Poomparai, Pillar I took a big fl oat and enjoyed the wave pool with rock and Suicide point and went around the day. my family. Aft er all the rides and fun, I was hungry. We went for shopping and returned home. The next My parents bought me tasty food and snacks. Many day we went for horse riding and boati ng. And it was children were enjoying in the children pool and I ti me to return to our home town. We started at took many photos there. I created a personal photo 2:00 pm and at 3:00 pm we ate lunch at a place. It album. I wish I could have another memorable day. was almost like a jungle because there were many PAVAN.B, Sec-D monkeys. There were also baby monkeys. Some of the monkeys even came near to us. We also gave I cannot forget my Vinayakar Chathurthi holiday. I food to the monkeys. They made funny faces and ate lots of sweets, karumbu and enjoyed Vinayakar made us laugh. I took a selfi e with the monkeys and Chathurthi. We bought a grey colour Vinayakar and again we started travelling from 4:00 pm to we worshipped it. It was a medium size Ganesha. By 12:00 pm and reached home. And we slept. the evening we put it in Pallikaranai lake. Near my This was a memorable holiday. grand mother house there is a Ganesha Temple. In A.C.NITHESH, Sec-D the evening we went to that temple and ate Puli rice

22 SAN PAL - Annual Magazine 2016-17 SAN PAL - Annual Magazine 2016-17 23 Class 4 Importance of Pen Pals

The building up of relati onships between people of each other. Pen palling improves their writi ng skills lett ers and pots is termed as pen pals. Connecti ng and and communicati on skills. It also improves their sharing our joy and adventures with others make our handwriti ng skills. Even if we have our best friends life meaningful.In the modern era the postal mode of living very far away we can communicate easily to sharing has been extended to mail and chat conver- them. sati ons. It helps us to learn that the whole world is I would rather choose pen palling than facebook to bigger than us. Having pen pals improves the improve both my communicati on and hand writi ng vocabulary, intellectual thought process and creati v- skills. ity. The ability to appreciate, understand and respect R. SAIKARTHIK, Sec-A others’ personal emoti ons helps us to grow into a Do you know who are pen pals? I’m going to tell you bett er human. It gives an immense pleasure while now. In the olden days, by seeing magazines and sharing gift s with our pen pals. One should be keen newspapers some people sent lett ers by post to any in choosing his/her pen pals as he/she needs to share address to know about ones country’s culture, food, his personal emoti ons. The friendship and humanity festi val and many more. In this process the person that is shared among the pen pals help us to build a of the address replies through another lett er. They bett er world to live in. K.R. PAVITHRAN, Sec-A conti nue to send lett ers, and one by one they know each other. Someti mes they even send gift s through post. This is known as a pen pal. But pen pals can also meet face to face because of easy transportati on faciliti es. Only in some cases they rarely can’t meet. Pen pals are wonderful because we get new friends for our lifeti me. BENITA MARY ALWIN, Sec-A

On the other side of the world, There’s someone , may be a boy , mostly a girl. Pen-pal is one of the most important way of I’ve never seen her in person, communicati on. Pen-pal is nothing but a way of But that’s no reason, writi ng lett er to our far away friends. Even a lett er is We can’t be friends. most popular way of communicati on. By writi ng to But you can ask me how we met. pen-pal our writi ng skills can improve. Also we can I wrote her a lett er and that’s how i met her, enjoy to speak to our friend using a pen-pal. She’s my pen pal. I speak to my far away friends using pen-pal. She’s my pen pal, Pen-pal is best than speaking in phones. She’s my pair. R.GAYATHRI DEVI, Sec-A Even though I’ve never seen her in person, Pen pals are friends who communicate through I don’t care! JENNIFER SANJANA INNOCENT, Sec-B lett ers. They work like social networks. They rarely see

24 SAN PAL - Annual Magazine 2016-17 Pen pals (or penpals, pen friends) are people who By writi ng lett ers we develop our thinking, regularly write to each other parti cularly via post creati ve skills, we can even send gift s, games, mail. A penpal relati onship is oft en used to practi ce riddles to them. Nowadays pen pals are being reading and writi ng in a foreign language to developed through e-mail instead of lett ers. improve literacy to learn more about other JOTHI PRABHA. J , Sec-C countries and life styles and to make friendships. As with many friendships in life, some people A pen pal relati onship is oft en used to practi ce remain penpals for only a short ti me, while others reading and writi ng in a foreign language to im- conti nue to exchange lett ers and presents for life prove literacy. It enables us to learn more about ti me. Some penpals eventually arrange to meet other countries and life styles and to make friend- face to face; someti mes leading to serious ship. Pen pals can be made in all ages , nati onali- relati onships, or even marriages. Penpals come ti es, cultures, languages and interests. This has the in all ages, nati onaliti es, cultures, languages and advantage of saving money and being more ti me interests. Pals may seek new pen friends based on saving, allowing many messages to be exchanged in their own age group a specifi c occupati on, hobby or a short period of ti me. Many pen pals like to trade select someone totally diff erent from them to gain sheets of sti ckers, note cards and stati onary sets. ARUNIKA.B , Sec-C knowledge about the world around them. A modern variati on on the traditi onal Pen pal means a person who lives in a diff erent penpal arrangement is to have an e-pal and place, or country through whom we can know exchange email addresses as well as or instead about their place and facts. Pen pal is a person, of paper lett ers. This has the advantage of saving male or female with whom we can become friend money and being more immediate, allowing many to know about their place. Pen pal communicates messages to be exchanged in a short period of about the physical features, lifestyle, safety and ti me. security of their place. Through their informati on, ANIRUDH RAMKUMAR, Sec-B we can gather the informati on; we can also get an idea, for making important decisions like tourist “Good friends are like stars. visit or offi cial transfer. The advantage of having You don`t always see them, pen pal is that they refl ect the pictures and present but you always know they are there” conditi on of their place. They save our ti me and It helps us improve our reading and writi ng skills. money. We can understand the true picture of the It helps us learn other languages and teach our unknown places. language to him or her. It is fun to share and receive KARTHIKA.S, Sec-C gift s from our pen pal. It helps us to improve our pati ence and our listening skills. It is fun to learn about their traditi on and culture. SHASHAANK SAJEETH, Sec-B

Pen-Pal are people who regularly write to each other via postal mail. Through Pen pal relati onship we can improve our reading and writi ng skills. It allows us to connect to another person and know about them. Through this we can develop our lett er writi ng skills, communicati on skills and we also learn to sati sfy the joy of another person, we can know about the other person’s place through them. MOHAMMED ZAYEEM NAIZER BAKIR, Sec-B

SAN PAL - Annual Magazine 2016-17 25 Pen Pals are people who regularly write to each other, parti cularly via postal mail. Pen pal encourages educati on through fun, a lifestyle of explorati on. Pen Pals can be used as a teaching tool, here are the reasons: 1. Improves child reading and writi ng skills. 2. Writi ng and receiving handwritt en pen pal lett ers practi ces both reading and writi ng skills. 3. Learning to write properly help us to encourage in bett er usage of grammar skills. 4. Socialize and connect with another person. 5. Allowing children to connect and share the joy and adventure of other children. 6. This is a great way to build a friendship. 7. Reading fi rst-hand stories from their pen pals can encourage children to think creati vely. 8. It`s also a great way to teach children the art of gift -giving. SANJANA KRISHNAN , Sec-C

1. Etching your thoughts with a pen to paper. 2. Telling in detail page aft er page. 3. A pal of yours, you may never meet doing the same. 4. Each of you eagerly anti cipati ng each days. 5. We share our favourite colours. 6. We can share creati ve Ideas. 7. We can crack a few jokes. 8. We can share our favourite music and songs. G.K.ABISHEK, Sec-B

DIVYA SEKHRI, Sec-B

26 SAN PAL - Annual Magazine 2016-17 Class 5 Favourite Book/Author

writer of America. In his works we can see a true Rabindranath Tagore picture of life of the people of Southern America. I have read many authors, but my favourite author Among his writi ngs, my favourite is “The Adven- is Rabindranath Tagore popularly known as “Shelly tures of Tom Sawyer” in which many interesti ng of Bengal”. Tagore was a Bengali but he belongs to characters such as Tom, Aunt Polly, Becky Thatcher, the whole world. Not to speak of India, he was a Sid, Huckleberry Finn, Injun Joe, Pott er and the universalist and a humanist through and through. teacher are very interesti ng. Tagore was born on May 7, 1861 in Calcutt a. He S.SHREYA, Sec-A came from a rich family of landlords. But he had the milk of human kindness for the poor and the down- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY trodden. Tagore was not sent to any school, he was My Favourite book is “Science and Technology”. taught at home. He was a highly precocious child. The book tells us how things work. It is a very inter- Tagore was a versati le genius. He was a poet, nov- esti ng, enjoyable, educati onal and most wonderful elist, dramati st, short-story writer, essayist, actor, book. I like it because it tells about my favourite musician, painter, cultural leader, religious reform- subject “Science”. Each Chapter tells about matt er, er and even a politi cal leader to some extent. Our light, sound, heat, forces, moti on, electricity, com- Nati onal Anthem “Jana Gana-Mana” is also writt en municati on and satellites. It has many non-fi cti onal by Tagore. pictures which are very clear. I encourage you to AJAY, Sec-A read the book. Thank You!!! P. PRATHIBA, Sec-A

MARK TWAIN My favourite author is “Mark Twain”. Mark Twain, RUSKIN BOND whose real name was “Samuel Langhorne Clem- Ruskin Bond is a author of Briti sh descent. He was ens“. He was born on November 30, 1835 in born in May 19, 1934. He lives with his family in Florida, Missouri. At the age of 13½ years he was Missoorie, India . His siblings are Ellen and William. th living in Hannibal, Missouri beside the river He celebrated his 25 Anniversary in Bangalore. He Mississippi to absorb the environment for writi ng wrote many books like Angry River etc.. I like his his famous books. Aft er his father’s death in 1847, ideas and never miss reading his books. P. R. VARSHA, Sec-A young Samuel took many jobs such as a printer, professor, gold speculator, minor. Aft er trying his hands on journalism, he moved to New York and started writi ng and publishing books in the pen name Mark Twain. Mark Twain wrote “The Prince and the Pauper” as an entertainment book for his two daughters. Mark Twain was a good storyteller too and the best loved

SAN PAL - Annual Magazine 2016-17 27 JUST GRACE languages of the world. He took part in the free- This book is very exciti ng and interesti ng to read. It dom fi ght of our country. He was not only a poet is all about a girl named Grace. She’s from Ameri- but also a singer, novelist, dramati st, humanist and ca and the book is also from America. Grace has a nati onalist. He passed away on 7th August 1941. new teacher now. Miss Louis. Grace says that when His poems made deep impact on my mind. So he is she is grumpy she looks like a serious old monkey my favourite author. with big ears. It isn’t her fault to call her teacher P.PUNIT, Sec-B like that because she was just describing her. But it is a real can of worms for Miss Louis to take the THE MERCHANT OF VENICE class without confusion. Because in the class, four This play was writt en by William Shakespeare. In Graces sit in one row! So she named Grace Wallace this story there are four main characters: Porti a , as Grace W., Grace Landowski as Grace L. and Grace Antonio, Bassanio and Shylock. Porti a is a sweet girl Francis (class fully) as Grace F. Our Grace said that and she is Bassanio’s love. Antonio is a good heart- she wanted to be called just Grace. But the teach- ed boy and always assists his friends. er thought she wanted to be called “JUST GRACE”. Bassanio is also good-hearted and always asks If you want to fi nd out more about this book, you Antonio to assist him. Shylock is a hard-hearted should read it. This book is fi lled with laughter and man who gives everyone money and dares them to other amazing things like how Grace made a card- return it. The two main events of the story are board dog and how she visited Chicago! SHIVANI CHANDRASEKAR, Sec-B Antonio killing Shylock and Bassanio marrying Porti a. Antonio kills Shylock because Shylock dared WARRIORS Bassanio to return the money. Bassanio married My favourite book series is WARRIOR. It is about Porti a because he loved her a lot. M. MAANAV ,V B an ordinary house cat named Rusty who decides to live with a group of wild forest cats named Thunderclan. He goes there as an apprenti ce and is named Firepaw. Greypaw is a grey tabby cat with whom fi repaw goes for adventures. Ravenpaw is all in black and someti mes lazy. Dustpaw is a cat who says fi repaw is a kitt y. Sandpaw is not-so-friendly cat whose best friend is dustpaw. The only sad thing is that the cats always have to fi ght warriors. I love this book very much. VINITHRA MANI, Sec-B

Rabindranath Tagore My favourite author is Rabindranath Tagore. He was born on May 9, 1861 in Kolkata. He was also known as “The Shelly of Bengal”. His poetries and short stories appeal to my heart than anything else. In 1913 he got a noble prize for his book “Geetan- jali”. His famous novels are Gora, Noukadubi (The wreck), etc. He wrote our Nati onal Anthem “JANA GANA MANA “. He wrote several books in Bengali and most of them are translated to the other

28 SAN PAL - Annual Magazine 2016-17 Indians in Rio Class 6 The 2016 Summer Olympics was held in Rio for the fi rst ti me. Although Rio was in a state of economic crisis it managed to build and provide ameniti es Indians marched at Rio successfully. Almost 200 records were made in Just as majesti c as the new jio this Olympics. The Indian archers did not deliver Living a dream and failed even to get a Bronze. Sakshi Malik got a Working hard as a team bronze in wrestling and P.V. Sindhu got a silver in Instructi ng the body, conditi oning the mind Badminton. She was the fi rst woman to get medal Proving hard work and the daily grind in badminton. But alas! What a pity The mascot was Vinicius, a combi- Not a medal for India at the RIO city nati on of cat, monkey and bird found in Rio. The Then came Sakshi’s feat United States clinched most medals. The Olympic Conquering our heart heat, fl ag was handed over to Japan. And of course Sindhu’s silver SAMUEL BENEDICT VICTOR, Sec-A Aft er the fi nal shiver Enjoying the victorious moment The 2016 Summer Olympics was held in Rio, the Aft er a grueling torment capital of Brazil, from August 5-21. More than Indians admired their looks 11,000 athletes from 207 countries took part. For securing a name in the history books. The United States topped the medal table for the A.AMRITH, Sec - A fi ft h ti me, with 46 golds, China fi nished second fol- lowed by Great Britain. The Indian Olympic associa- ti on sent 117 athletes who parti cipated in Archery, Athleti cs, Badminton, Boxing, Judo, Gymnasti cs, Hockey, Rowing, Shooti ng, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weight Lift ing and Wrestling. The Indians who actually had a chance to win a medal were Abhinav Bhindra, Saina Newal, Deepika Kumari, Deepa Karmakar and Yogeshwar Dutt . But every- SAI KARTHIK.M, Sec-B body failed to move to the medal winning round. Sakshi Malik ended India’s painful wait for a medal, by winning bronze in Wrestling, aft er two weeks of Olympics. The day before the closing P.V.Sindhu won second medal for India in Badminton. She became the fi rst Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal. Kudos to Sakshi and Sindhu . India fi nished the Rio Olympics with 2 medals. Indian Government honoured Sakshi with Khel Ratna award and P.V. Sindhu with Padmasri award. SANCHANA.B, Sec-A S.LAKSHITHA, Sec-A

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SAN PAL - Annual Magazine 2016-17 29 India competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. India sent its largest delegati on of competi tors (117) which is 34 more than the 2012 record. Pusarla V Sindhu won the silver medal in women’s badminton singles and Sakshi Malik won the bronze medal in women’s wrestling freestyle 58 kg. Abhi- nav Bhindra was the opening ceremony’s fl ag bearer and Sakshi Malik was the fl ag bearer of the closing ceremony. India was ranked 67 in the fi nal standing with 1 silver and 1 bronze medal. The Rio Olympics was held during August 05-21 and the next Olympics will be held in the year 2020 with Tokyo, Japan’s capital as its host. AKELLA SRI SAHITHI, Sec-B

The Rio Olympics 2016 is an internati onal competi ti on of athleti cs. About 48 countries parti cipat- ed in the Rio Olympics. There were diff erent types of games like badminton, wrestling, judo, 400 meter relay, 200-400-800 and marathon races. Our country, India has also parti cipated. Here go the prizes! The United States got the highest score with 46 Gold, 37 Silver and 38 Bronze – a total of 121 medals.(Keep it up!) China scored second highest with 26 Gold, 18 Silver, 26 Bronze – a total of 70 medals. (Nice!) Great Britain ranked third with 27 Gold, 23 Silver and 17 Bronze – a total of 67 medals. (Surprising, Invaders of India!) India ended up with only one Silver and Bronze each in Badminton and Wrestling respecti vely.P.V. Sindhu bagged the silver with Sakshi Malik bagging the bronze. (Wow! That’s interesti ng!) ANCHITA. B, Sec- B

India completed the 2016 Rio Olympics in summer from Aug 05 – Aug 21. In this year, India’s Rio Associati on sent the world’s largest delegati on ( a total of 117 athletes, 34 more than the last year Olympics) in Olympic history.India’s performance in the Rio Olympics were creditable. P. V. Sindhu won a silver medal in badminton, Wrestler Sakshi Malik won a bronze and Gymnast Deepa Karmakar was awarded creditable fourth. Out of the 117 ath- letes only 2 of them returned with a medal, a pride for our nati on, India. Now, Sindhu is the world’s second best badminton player. P. J. SAMRAKSHA, Sec- B

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30 SAN PAL - Annual Magazine 2016-17 Recent Study on Class 7 Mars With two ice caps on each end. August 23, 2016 -NASA scienti sts have discovered You all know It! that Mars has a level of water in its surface, aft er the We all know It! launching of the Exomars in 14/3/2016. The reservoir Its Mars! helped in the THEMIS program. Soon, this water level Curiously roaming here and there collecti ng will be stable and suitable for human beings to live. samples and sending pictures. Research as we all Now NASA has decided to send another satellite, af- know is for progress and development. ter Juno and Exomars, called Rover. As a result, NASA R. SRI VARSHINI, Sec-A is trying to prove that Mars can be suitable for living. “The red,fury,fourth planet, Mars is the fourth planet located from the sun. It is Being the furious in their galaxy. oft en called the “red planet” due to its spectacular ‘Water in MARS’ is so surprising. red colour. Mars is also earth’s closest neighbour. Thanks for fi nding this, Curiosity is a car-sized roboti c rover exploring Gale You are so inspiring.” Gater on Mars as part of NASA’S Mars Science C.SUSHMITHAA, Sec-A Laboratory (MSL) mission. As of September 2014, Curiosity has been on mars 1453 sols (1492) total Mars, the red planet, was a familiar yet suspicious days since landing on August 2012. As established omen, resembling a symbol for war and aggression. by the Mars explorati on program, the main goals Mars is the 4th planet from the Earth’s surface. of the MSL mission are to help determine whether Rover is an automated motor vehicle, which has dif- Mars could have supported life, as well as ferent types of variati ons. Mars Rover - Curiosity and determining the role of water and to study the Opportunity were sent to search for early life. Curi- climate and geology of Mars. The mission will also osity completes its 4 years. For this reason, Google help prepare for human explorati on. launched a game for anxious watchers and players. MSL has a few main goals: Some studies prove that Mars is sti ll expected to be BIOLOGICAL wet in the form of ice, vapour, etc. Determine the nature and inventory of organic Mars, was only in human imaginati on and didn’t carbon compounds. expect its positi on in the fi eld of science and technol- GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ogy. In 1880, photographs visualized that canals were Investi gati ng the chemical, isotopic, and mineralog- there in mars, built by aliens or marti ns. ical compositi on of the Marti an surface and near If Mars cannot be reached in my lifeti me, I will be surface geological materials. disappointed as Mars is waiti ng to be reached. PLANETARY PROCESS ANUSKA DASGUPTA, Sec-A Determining present state distributi on and cycling The 4th planet from the sun of water and carbon dioxide. PRIYANKA.V, Sec -A Captures everyone’s att enti on Brightly painted in Red

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Beyond simplisti c observati on Nano technology is manipulati on of matt er on an Lies a world of minuscule dimensions. atomic, molecular and supramolecular scale. The Unreachable to the naked eye; earliest wide spread descripti on of nanotechnology Smaller than the red blood cell of some guy. referred to the parti cular technological goal of An electron microscope is required precisely manipulati ng atoms and molecules for To venture in to such domain. fabricati on of macroscale products, also now referred Several young scienti sts have admired to as molecular nanotechnology. A more generalized The fi eld of nanotechnology, not in vain! descripti on of nanotechnology was subsequently Countless discoveries have been made established by the Nati onal Nanotechnology Initi ati ve, That are everything but mundane, which defi nes Nanotechnology as the manipulati on Creati ons of our wildest imaginati on of matt er with at least one dimension sized from 1 to That open the doors of future generati ons! 100 nanometers. This defi niti on refl ects the fact that The night sky emits a faint light quantum mechanical eff ects are important at Because of trees with leaves that glow. this quantum-realm scale, and so this defi niti on shift - They could send a warm and an inviti ng sight ed from a parti cular technological goal to a research For they have been infused with Nanoparti cles of gold! category inclusive of all types of research and Cancer pati ents will be glad to hear technologies that deal with the special properti es of That nanobots may be their treatment! matt er which occur below the given size threshold. They could save the ones you hold dear Nanotechnology is used to produce- solar cells, bat- If perfected by students that are diligent! teries, fuels, bett er air quality, cleaner water, chemical Scienti sts create all these inventi ons sensors, sporti ng goods, fabric-making composite and To assist society and its perturbati on! bett er space- fl ight. Moreover it is used to make med- That is what makes research sensati onal icine, electronics, food and socks. Nanotechnology And why we must study to become Professionals! plays an important role in our daily lives. One of the Nanotech can be a great cure major applicati ons of nanotechnology is in the area of For making clean water out of impure! nanoelectronics with MOSFET’s being made of small Miniscule nanosensors will fi ltrate nanowires-10nm in length. The waste and thus produce water that’s safe to taste! K.P.CHANDANA SREE, Sec-A DEEPTHI.B, Sec-A

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Spaß mit Cousine Ich habe einen Cousin-Bruder. Er heißt Leben macht viel Spaß mit meinen Vishnu. Wir sind in der gleiche Schule. Er lebt Cousine in Durga Puja. Mir bringt mein neben meinem Haus. Wir sehen uns jeden Tag Leben echte Seligkeit wenn ich nach meiner in der Schule. Abends spielen wir o Fussball. Heimat fahre, unser Durga Puja zu feiern. Wir haben viel Spaß zusammen während alle Meine Cousine sind sehr nett und freun- Feste und Ferien. Ich ho e dass er niemals in dlich. Wir essen, spielen, schlafen und bieten eine andere Stadt zieht. zusammen. Zeit mit ihnen ist meine beste

SAMYAK SEKARAN, II F Zeit.

TRIDHA MUKHOPADHYAY, II F

Inder im Rio Olympia 2016 Indien konkurrierten auf der 2016 Sommer Olympia in Brasilien in Rio de Janeiro , von August 5 bis August 21, 2016. Seit 1920 sind Indische Atheleten in jeder Ausgabe der Olympischen Sommerspiele erschienen obwohl sie ihr o zielles Debüt bei den Olympischen Spielen 1900 in Paris hatten. Die Indian Olympic Association nominierte 123 Athleten in 15 Sportarten, das bis dazu größte indische Aufgebot bei Olympischen Sommerspielen. Der Sportschütze Abhinav Bindra war Fahnenträger bei der Erö nungsfeier. • P. V. Sindhu hat ein Silber in Badminton gewonnen. • Sakshi Malik hat eine Bronze in Ringen gewonnen. • Dipa Karmakar quali zierte sich als erste indische Geräteturnerin überhaupt für Olympische Spiele.

RITUMITHA JOSEPH, VI B

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