WATER October 20, 2008

WATER
The needs of nature and people
Sri Lanka is lucky that she dose not have to share water with any other country. Hence she is able to manage her water resource and minimize environmental hazards. If we are to preserve the natural beauty of Sri Lanka we have to manage our water resource well.Sri lanaka is [...]

MEDICINE October 19, 2008

MEDICINE
The practies of medicine is based on diagnosis and treatment. A hundred years ago, the physician felt the pulse and came to various conclusions about illnesses.
He had only a few instruments to diagnose a disease, within the last hundred years, medical technology developed. Now the physician has sophisticated medical instruments to diagnose diseases.
X-ray machine that [...]

BLUE STARS AND GOLD October 19, 2008

BLUE STARS AND GOLD
While walking through the trams and cars
I changed to look up at the sky,
And saw that it was full of start!
SO starry- sown! A man could not,
With any care, have stickpin
Through any single vacant spot.
And some were shining furiously;
And some were big and some were small;
But all were beautiful to see
Blue stars [...]

HANDICRAFTS OR FOLK ARTS? October 19, 2008

HANDICRAFTS OR
FOLK ARTS?
Padma provided the following information on Indian designs. Embroidered Quilt, Kantha from Bangalore.
Do you know embroidery? Do you know what embroidery is?
It is the addition of pattern or other [...]

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY October 19, 2008

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Science promotes logical thinking
Technology uses man’s thinking
Science and technology has helped people to gain control over nature. The first people had little control over nature. They had to depend on nature for their living. They had only simple tools. They did not know how to raise animals or plants. They had no permanent [...]

FOLK LORE October 19, 2008

FOLK LORE
One every important source pf knowledge is folk lore. Lore means learning. Folk lore is the learning or knowledge that has not-been weittendown.It has been passed down orally from generation to generation.
White is interesting about folk lore? While the main body of knowledge is passed down, the details may change from area to area. [...]

Teenagers &Entertainment all work and no play makes jack a dull boy October 14, 2008

 Teenagers &Entertainment all work and no                                                   play makes jack a dull boy
         The school was celebrating the 50th anniversary. Every grade could select an item to show their parents some special thing about the school. They had to make some money towards the school found too.
          Use full Hobbies
          An Exhibition
          Entertainment
     
          They prepared a [...]

The Textile Industry October 14, 2008

The Textile Industry
 The development of the spinning
                   Machine
              Spinning was a cottage industry in many lands.Kuveni was spinning when prince wijaya landed in Sri Lanka.Weaving was ademestic industry in England too,tiil the invention of the flying shuttle and the spinning jenny.These inventions simplified the use of the machine.It could now be worked by power. It [...]

SINHARAJA RAIN FOREST October 14, 2008

SINHARAJA RAIN FOREST
      The Sinharaja forest is the only undisture bed rain forest left in Sri Lanka. It is about 9000 hectares in extent. Many of the plants are very rare. Over 60%.  Of the tree species are found only in the lowland wet  zone of sri lanka.If these species of trees are allowed to [...]

A visit to the past October 14, 2008

  A visit to the past
       The time was 7.30 in the morning. The students walked to the house where the first pupil of the school lived. The student had enjoyed the walk. They had a most enjoyable breakfast.  There host had prepared a lovely break fast.
       He had boiled manioc, sweet potatoes, varietics, of [...]