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Inside:

Amazing facts about the

human body

Workshop on multiple

intelligence

Tips and Tricks

for Evaluating Web Sites

financial literacy-

domestic and global

Odyssey of the mind 2016

Valedictory 2016

Periodic table - now

complete

Mono Print

Editorial Board:

Ms. Juthika Biswas

Ms. Lily P Pant

Ms. Prerna Joshi

Design:

Mr. Rockey Rana

Lead Story Headline

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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.

A cough releases an explosive charge of air that moves at speeds up to 60 mph.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

A fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months.

A sneeze can exceed the speed of 100 mph.

Every person has a unique tongue print.

According to German researchers, the risk of heart attack is higher on Monday than any other day of the week.

After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.

An average human drinks about 16,000 gallons of water in a lifetime.

A fingernail or toenail takes about 6 months to grow from base to tip.

An average human scalp has 100,000 hairs.

It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown.

Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our bodies.

Beards are the fastest growing hair on the human body. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.

By age sixty, most people have lost half of their taste buds. By the time you turn 70, your heart will have beat some two-and-a-half billion times (figuring on an aver-age of 70 beats per minute.)

Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood vessels.

Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.

Every square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it.

Fingernails grow faster than toenails.

Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour - about 1.5 pounds a year. By 70 years of age, an average person will have lost 105 pounds of skin.

Manish Kumar Gupta

A1

our Teaching Method-ology which is based on Experiential Learn-ing. By being aware of multiple intelligences, the teachers would be able to gain valuable insights into the per-sonality traits of a child on the basis of which the true potential of a child can be realized.

This workshop is an-other milestone in Ami-ty Global School,

Amity Global School, Noida-44, had the privilege of hosting Ms. Aarti Chopra, the Principal of Amity Inter-national School, Gurgaon for conducting a workshop on Multiple Intelligences for our faculty. The theory of Multiple Intel-ligences by Howard Gard-ner has been a source of inspiration to many teachers, school adminis-trators and educationists the world over. The work-shop was high-ly informative, interactive and reinforced

Noida’s unbaiting quest to con-tinuously equip our teachers with expertise to provide the best in International Education.

Amazing facts about the human

Workshop on multiple intelligence

“The

average red

blood cell

lives for 120

days.”

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Is the page current? This is both an indicator of the timeliness of the information and whether or not the page is actively maintained. Is the information provided cur-rent? When was the page created? Are dates included for the last update or modification of the page? Are the links current and func-tional? Does the page function well? The ease of use of a site and its ability to help you locate infor-mation you are looking for are examples of the site's function-ality. Is the site easy to navigate? Are options to return to the home page, tops of pages, etc., provided? Is the site searchable? Does the site include a site map or index?

Source: http://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/howdoi/webeval.html

Rockey Rana

ICT Teacher

The questions below will help you in evaluate web pages for use as academic sources. Be sure and look at the criteria in multiple cat-egories prior to making a decision regarding the academic quality of a source. How did you find the page? How you located the site can give you a start on your evaluation of the site's validity as an academic resource. Was it found via a search con-ducted through a search engine? Unlike library databases, the ac-curacy and/or quality of infor-mation located via a search en-gine will vary greatly. Look care-fully! Was it recommended by a faculty member or another reliable source? Generally, an indicator of reliability. Was it cited in a scholarly or cred-ible source? Generally, an indica-tor of reliability. Was it a link from a reputable site? Generally, an indicator of reliability. What is the site's domain? Think of this as "decoding" the URL, or Internet address. The origination of the site can provide indications of the site's mission or purpose. The most common do-mains are: org :An advocacy web site, such as a not-for-profit organization. .com : A business or commercial site. .net:A site from a network or-ganization or an Internet service provider.; .edu :A site affiliated with a high-er education institution. .gov: A federal government site. .il.us :A state government site, this may also include public

schools and community colleges. .uk (United Kingdom) : A site origi-nating in another country (as indicat-ed by the 2 letter code). ~:The tilde usually indicates a per-sonal page. What is the authority of the page? Look for information on the author of the site. On the Internet anyone can pose as an authority. Is the author's name visible? Does the author have an affiliation with an organization or institution? Does the author list his or her cre-dentials? Are they relevant to the information presented? Is there a mailing address or tele-phone number included, as well as an e-mail address? Is the information accurate and objective? There are no standards or controls on the accuracy of information avail-able via the Internet. The Internet can be used by anyone as a sounding board for their thoughts and opinions. How accurate is the information pre-sented? Are sources of factual infor-mation or statistics cited? Is there a bibliography included? Compare the page to related sources, electronic or print, for assis-tance in determining accuracy. Does the page exhibit a particular point of view or bias? Is the site objective? Is there a rea-son the site is presenting a particular point of view on a topic? Does the page contain advertising? This may impact the content of the information included. Look carefully to see if there is a relationship be-tween the advertising and the con-tent, or whether the advertising is simply providing financial support for the page.

Tips and Tricks for Evaluating Web Sites

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While literacy - the abil-ity to read and write - is a fundamental part of the education system, Financial Literacy is often left out of the equation. Teaching the same through vari-ous kinesthetically driven activities like role plays, simulations, presentations, field visits to 5-8 grade kids will allow them to un-derstand and discuss money and financial

issues, plan for the future, and respond competently to life events that affect every day’s financial deci-sions. The topic cover-ing “Currency- Domes-tic and Global” was attempted with the kids by preparing and demonstrating a chart as a visual of the cur-rency, presentation by kids on the same, dis-cussion on the paper currency keeping the

real currency as a visu-al in front of the stu-dents to cover up-on multiple intelligenc-es of the kids.

FINANCIAL LITERACY- DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL

Survey

ODYSSEY OF THE MIND 2016

posed as a part of the com-petition. The props and the costumes impressed the

judges by the amazingly creative use of the material drawing special comments from them! Despite initial anxieties, the team proved that “God helps those who help themselves” by win-ning the Silver Medal group 3 of the Classics Problem. Good luck for the finals in Poland!

“God helps those who help themselves” Hard work and dedication is the bridge between God’s help and the endeavors of individuals proved true to the hard work of the AGSN team. For the Odyssey of the mind, students of AGSN carried themselves like well matured actors on the stage and confi-dently responded to the judge’s queries and problems

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“To catch the

reader's

attention, place

an interesting

sentence or

quote from the

story here.”

YES

NO

Maybe

YES

NO

Maybe

The odd even formula for cars should be implemented in more cities or not.

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The Valedictory Ceremony was held on 11 February 2016, for the Class of 2016. The ceremony started with the floating of lighted diyas by the parents of the Class of 2016. Arjit Menon of Grade IG1 played a music piece on the keyboard to enthrall the audi-ence. This was followed by felicitation of Ms. Mohina Dar, Director Academics of Amity International and Global Schools. Principal, Ms. Jayashree Kad, gave respect-ed Chairperson Ma’am, Dr. (Ms.) Amita Chauhan’s, mes-sage to the students. She en-couraged the students to ex-cel in all spheres of life and wished them good luck for the forthcoming examinations. Abhiroop Singh of Grade A2 sung his way into the hearts of one and all. Shubhankar of IG2 played the guitar, much to every ones delight. Students of LS1, LS2, and LS3 dedicat-ed their dance performance to the Class of 2016.A short movie on fun days at school was screened along with a video on blessings by teach-ers. Soon after, students, parents and teachers shared their ex-

periences in the school. Citations were presented by Ms. Moh-ina Dar to the Class of A2. Good luck cards were presented to the IG2 students. Ms. Mohina Dar blessed the students with her warm words. She in-spired the students to carry the Amity name forward. The votes of thanks proposed by Principal Ma’am was followed by the cake cutting ceremony, high tea and a photo session. The function was very well organized and executed excellently, making it a memorable for one and all.

Valedictory 2016

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Looking at the tree, I wish I were free. Looking at the sky, I wish I could fly like a butterfly. Freedom is like a wave, for the brave. We should not be lost, when it comes with its’ cost. We must be as bright as a light, as free as a kite and remove eve-ryone’s plights. There lie the beau-ties of Freedom’s fights.

Pryial Bhatnagar Grade-ls3

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Freedom Periodic table - now complete

For now, they're known by working names, like ununseptium and unun-trium — two of the four new chemi-cal elements whose discovery has been officially verified. With the discoveries now confirmed, "The 7th period of the periodic table of elements is complete," according to the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) . The additions come nearly five years after elements 114 (flerovium, or Fl) and element 116 (livermorium or Lv) were added to the table.

The elements were discovered in recent years by research-ers in Japan, Russia and the United States. Element 113 was discovered by a group at the Riken Institute, which calls it "the first element on the periodic table

found in Asia." Three other elements were discov-ered by a collaborative effort among the Joint Institute for Nuclear Re-search in Dubna, Russia, the Law-rence Livermore National Laboratory in California.

By Arjit Menon IG1

Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-ay/2016/01/04/461904077/4-new-elements-are-added-to-the-periodic-table

Students indulged in a Color Splash’ activity which brought out the Holi festivity in school

Seeing the little ones enjoying themselves even the onlookers were tempted to dabble in

colours. This activity was not only for fun but had a purpose behind it which was to encour-

age them to show their creativity in an uncontrolled manner so as to bring out the artist in

them.

To meet this goal they were given various materials like bubble wrapper, brushes, leaves,

threads, different kinds of cloth material, sponge, paper

designs, different shapes etc. which they dipped in colors

and put them on the long rolls of paper provided. Kudos

to the organizers of this activity as it not only was

enjoyed by the little ones from Ls1, Ls2 & Ls3 but almost

the entire staff stood and admired the young ones in

ACTION!

— Mono Print —