Salim Meeran Alchemist

  It is essential for every child to continue reading and learning, but even more so  this summer  after months of school closings and  learning disruptions . That's why, from the beginning, Save the Children has been working around the clock to provide support and free learning resources to students everywhere. If you have access to the internet at home, here is a list of fun, free educational websites for kids as well as phone and tablet apps to help keep kids learning during the coronavirus outbreak. Most sites include reading and math games, videos, stories and more and all indicate what are age and grade appropriate. We’ve organized this list into two categories – preschool and elementary school. Learning Resources for Preschool Children Websites Vroom Sesame Street Bed Time Math PBS Kids Funbrain Jr Apps Vroom HOMER Reading: Learn to Read Fish School - 123 ABC for Kids Endless Numbers Tiggly Shape’s Got Talent Todo Math Learning Resources for Elementary School ...

About SWAYAM SWAYAM is a programme initiated by Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched by the digital revolution and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy. TThis is done through a platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses, taught in classrooms from Class 9 till post-graduation to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time. All the courses are interactive, prepared by the best teachers in the country and are available, free of cost to any learner. More than 1,000 specially chosen faculty and teachers from across the country have participated in preparing these courses. The courses hosted on SWAYAM are in 4 quadrants – (1) video lecture, (2) specially p...

English idioms and phrase      Every language has its own  idioms  and  expressions  and the English language has plenty of phrases that is useful to learn. Idioms are words or phrases that aren’t meant to be taken literally and usually have a cultural meaning behind them. Most of the English idioms you hear are offering advice’s but also contain some underlying principles and values. You have probably heard some of them, especially in TV-shows and movies, and wondered why you can’t understand these idioms even though you fully understand the words. To learn English idioms and expression it can take some time but there are some of them that are more popular than others that will come handy if you know them. When you learn English idioms and phrases you will sound more confident especially when you speak with native English speakers. If you can’t understand idioms you will not be able to understand the context. That is why we have gathered some of the m...

A beautiful message for every teacher...  Teachers... you may have heard this classic story written by Loren Eiseley. We are connecting it back to teachers and teaching. As there is a fantastic message hidden in it for us. Once upon a time, there was an old man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach every morning before he began his work. Early one morning, he was walking along the shore after a big storm had passed and found the vast beach littered with starfish as far as the eye could see, stretching in both directions. At a distance, the old man noticed a small boy approaching. As the boy walked, he paused every so often and as he grew closer, the man could see that he was occasionally bending down to pick up an object and throw it into the sea. As the boy came closer and the old man called out, “Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?” The young boy paused, looked up, and replied “Throwing starfish into the ocean....

Jabir Bin Hayyan Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan born 721 A.D in Tus,Iran often referred to by the Latinized version of his name Geber, was an alchemist, chemist, geographer, physician, physicist, astrologer, astronomer, pharmacist, and philosopher all rolled into one. Eric John Holmyard legitimately names him ‘The Father of Chemistry’. According to Holmyard, one of the fundamental aspects Jabir brought forward was the development of the practical side of chemistry: performing experiments.  Jabir emphasised the importance of experimenting as follows: ‘The most essential in chemistry is that you should perform practical work and conduct experiments, for he who performs not practical work nor makes experiments will never attain the least degree of mastery.’ The works of Jabir include this chemical processes;  His experiments with various chemical processes allowed him to trigger reactions like reduction, calcination and perhaps the most important: distillation. The preparation of...