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| The Halogens at a Glance |
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| Fluorine (from the Latin fluere, for "flow") was isolated by Henri Moissan in 1886. It is a highly toxic and reactive greenish-yellow gas at room temperature. Because of its reactivity, elemental fluorine is never found in nature and no other chemic |
| The Nitrogen Family Elements at a Glance |
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| Nitrogen, which makes up about 78% of our atmosphere, is a colorless, odorless, tasteless and chemically unreactive gas at room temperature. It is named from the Greek nitron + genes for soda forming. Discovered in 1772 by Daniel Rutherford (and ind |
| The Group-13 Elements at a Glance |
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| The name Boron comes from the Arabic and Persian words for Borax that is its principal ore. Although compounds of boron were known in ancient times, it was first isolated in 1808 by Gay-Lussac and Thnard and independently by Sir Humphry Davy (who |
| Stimulated your Creative Thinking With Dress up Games |
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| Ever heard of dress up games from your little ones? What are dress up games, by the way? Perhaps you half-imagined the morning or afternoon pastime of younger days gone by, full of lace and frilly clothes plus high heeled shoes? In todays Informa |
| Homeschooling The Way You Want- Methods That Will Work For You |
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| Every parent wants to inculcate the best into his child. But the methods they adopt are different from family to family. There are different challenges for families that want to homeschool their children. Homeschooling parents need to know the metho |
| Ditch the Homework! |
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| According to educator Alfie Kohn, author of The Homework Myth , multiple educational studies have found that contrary to our currently accepted thinking about schooling, all empirical evidence dispels the notion that there is any causal relationshi |
| Renewable Energy For Kids |
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| Renewable energy is a very important topic today. Using a renewable source of energy not only benefits you by saving a lot of money, but also helps in making this earth a better place to live in. Hence, it is vital for us to consider the importance |
| How Video Games Promote Learning on Children |
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| Video games presence and popularity have been ever-growing now days. ?They have become one of the most popular entertainment activities for people of all ages including children. Parents should take advantage about this situation to use video games |
| Nurture Creative Kids: Let them be Bored |
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| The plan to get your kids to be more creative this summer is really simple. Let them be bored. Yes, I said bored -- really bored and I promise it will be ok. It is truly the best way to be creative; discover who you are; and most importantly, decide |
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