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Cliparti: History, civics and geography? Windy: No. Dr. Bob and Dr. Universe to name a few. Fluppy: You’ve been visiting doctors? Are you unwell? What happened? Flu, fever, typhoid. Windy: Stop. These are not the kinds who would treat your disease but they have solutions to your all other problems. Cliparti: What kinds of problems are you talking about? And what kind of doctors are they? Windy: Oh. Just as our Dr Tribune tackles all your IT problems, these doctors tackle your other miscellaneous problems. You can ask Dr Universe almost anything. She’ll even go to Washington state University’s great team of researchers in search of the information. In case she is still not satisfied, she’ll follow them out to the field, into the laboratory or library to find answers for you. You can meet her at www.usu.edu/DrUniverse/contents.htm and find answers to all your queries. Cliparti: That’s nice, Dr. Universe must be a great help for your brother during examination times. Fluppy: Especially when you need to know answers urgently to questions you’ve not bothered to ask or have forgotten to ask your teachers. Cliparti: Yes, why not. And which other doctor were you talking about? Windy: Dr. Bob. Actually, he is a science specialist. Just as you have heart specialist and a brain specialist. Cliparti: So he answers your science-related problems? Windy: Yes. According to him, science is the observation, investigation and explanation of the things that happen around us. And just as he has so simply defined science, he explains the concepts and answers you in a simple way. Then he has some interesting science stuff like science circle, kids world and science fair mania. Then you will also find Dr. Bob’s Bulletin Board which will keep you update with all the latest happenings. Fluppy: And where is this Dr. Bob’s Clinic? Windy: Ha. Ha. Okay, it’s at http://www.frontiernet.net/~docbob/science.htm. Cliparti: So nowadays, your brain is really at work. I’ll suggest you a good tonic for your brain. Its called brain pop. You can get it from www.brainpop.com. You’ll find hilarious brain squeezers, a brain pop store, brain buzz archive and lots of movies too. Fluppy: What sort of movies? Govinda’s? Windy: No, but the ones that are good for your brain. They can be health movies, science movies or technology movies. Fluppy: Even I know of a brain site called FunBrain.com. It has top games like math baseball, tic tac toe squares, grammar gorillas, connect the dots, quiz challenge etc. Cliparti: It’s good enough for you Fluppy. I don’t think it would prove of any help to Windy’s brother. Fluppy: You mean he won’t follow what’s in here? Windy: Just as you won’t follow what’s in this interesting site that I came across. It is a museum of science, art and human perception. There is something for beginners, some brain explorers, and science wire, revealing bodies, the learning studio and the solar max. Here you explore the unknown world inside your brain or extend your view into the fascinating place where medicine, technology, art and culture meet. Then you can enhance your knowledge about eclipse, transits, auroras, scale solar systems. What’s more, you have something on sport science too. It’s all at exploratorium.com. Fluppy: Why do grown-ups like to explore so much? Cliparti: The more you explore, the more your knowledge increases. Fluppy: There is already so much of knowledge available, why increase the burden. For example, had Einstein not discovered the gravitational force, poor children wouldn’t have to study it. Windy: And still the apple would have fallen on the ground! Fluppy: Exactly. Without making any difference to the apple. Cliparti: But making lots of difference to many other inventions that are based on the gravitational force. Fluppy: That sounds convincing. So I think exploring becomes essential. Cliparti: For you, me and all of us. You never know who might be the next Einstein! — Ira Verma |
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