Kids
Dams
A dam is a barrier that holds water or underground streams. Dams usually hold water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees (dikes) are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. A dam can also be used to collect water or for storage of water which can be evenly distributed between locations.
Eggs
Eggs explained, for kids.
Snakes explained, for kids
Snakes explained, for kids
Owls
Owls have large forward-facing eyes and ear-holes, a hawk-like beak, a flat face, and usually a conspicuous circle of feathers, a facial disc, around each eye. Most birds of prey sport eyes on the sides of their heads, but the stereoscopic nature of the owl’s forward-facing eyes permits a greater sense of depth perception necessary [...]
Lightning Bugs
Lightning Bugs explained, for kids
Online Bullies
October is bullying awareness month. Stay involved and remain engaged in the life of your children. They are challenged in myriad ways inside and outside school. Please avail online resources to educate yourself and your children about bullying and the scars it leaves behind. Stop bullying now from classrooms to neighborhoods and save lives.
Dental Braces
dental braces explained, for kids
Cockroaches
online sources, including Wikipedia Cockroaches are insects of the order Blattaria. There are about 4,500 species of cockroach, of which 30 species are associated with human habitations and about four species are well known as pests. Among the best-known pest species are the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, which is about 30 millimetres (1.2 in) [...]
Your Tongue
The circumvallate papillae (or vallate papillae) are dome-shaped structures on the human tongue that vary in number from eight to twelve.
Planetary Rings
Planetary rings explained, for children
Autumn (Fall)
Autumn (also known as fall in American English) is one of the four temperate seasons.
Shahid Khan Thwarted in Bid to Buy Rams
The National Football League’s Owner’s Committee this week voted to accept Stan Kroenke as majority owner of the St. Louis Rams, thus ending Pakistani-American Shahid Khan’s attempt to purchase a controlling share of the team.
Floods
A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. In the sense of “flowing water”, the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide.
The Speed of Sound
The speed of sound explained, for kids
Acid Rain
Acid rain explained, for kids
Interview with Faizan Mumtaz, Secretary General of YM (Young Muslims)
TMO Editor’s note: the following is an interview of Faizan Mumtaz by Siddiq Ather of The Muslim Observer’s new youtube site.
Grasshoppers
grasshoppers explained, for kids
Crabs
crabs explained, for kids
Beetles
beetles explained, for kids
