Geography
Singapore is an island country and city-state in Asia. Singapore's four official languages are English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. The current population of Singapore is around 5.45 million. Physical features consist of low-lying land and a central plateau. Fresh water is scarce in Singapore, so the people
Literature
Hamlet is a play by William Shakespeare about a Danish prince named Hamlet, who feigns madness to avenge his father's murder. The setting is at Elsinore castle in Denmark, and the mood is gloomy, as evidenced by the freezing temperatures of the first scene preceding the appearance of
Literature
Verbs are another of the basic building blocks of languages. They are used to tell the reader about what something does. Verb Parts * Infinitive * For example, "to walk" * An infinitive has the word "to + a verb" * Present * For example, "walk(s)". * A present verb
Geography
Earth's outermost layer (the lithosphere) is broken up into big pieces called tectonic plates. These plates move around very slowly over the asthenosphere, a layer of softer rock under the plates. On average, tectonic plates move a few centimeters a year. The place where two plates meet is
Earth Learning
The rock cycle is used to explain how rocks form and change over time. Rocks that are pushed below the surface of the earth and melt are known as magma. When this reaches the earth's surface through volcanic activity, magma is known as lava. Igneous rocks form when
Geography
What we call climate is how the weather will be for a long time in a certain place. A region's climate is affected by many factors that include latitude, elevation, and nearby geographic features. * Latitude is how far north or south a place is from the equator. At
Earth Learning
A current is a steady flow of a water or air inside a larger body of water or air. Prevailing winds are currents of air that blow in mainly one direction. The pattern of prevailing winds is caused by the uneven heating of the earth. When prevailing winds blow over
Earth Learning
Weather refers to the state of the atmosphere regarding heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness. There are three major factors in the weather, temperature, rain, and wind. The weather changes when air masses move around. An air mass is a large body of air,
Literature
Nouns are one of the most basic building blocks of languages. In fact, you can make a sentence out of just a noun and a verb! Even though nouns may seem basic, many things can be done with them. Nouns are usually used to represent a person, place, thing (living
Earth Learning
The water we drink right now is approximately as old as when the world was created. The way this is possible is because it is recycled through the water cycle. This cycle explains how water moves between the Earth’s surface and the atmosphere. This movement occurs by different processes:
Literature
William Shakespeare (April 23, 1564–April 23, 1616), was an English poet, playwright, and actor during the Renaissance period. He is well known for his comedies ("The Taming of the Shrew," "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"), historical ("Richard III") plays, tragedies ("Hamlet,"
Earth Learning
Our solar system is formed by two groups of planets, inner planets and outer planets, that orbit the sun, the center of our solar system. The inner planets are called "terrestrial" because they are made of a rocky substance. They are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. 1. Mercury