About 75% of the world’s animals are insects. They have been living on earth for over 400 million years, long before humans appeared. Insects have changed a lot and adapted to new climates in order to survive. Today, there are about one million different species of insects and scientists are discovering new groups daily. Insects have different sizes and body forms. Most of them are very small but […]
Bananas belong to the most popular and most eaten fruits in the world. They were first grown in tropical India and Southeast Asia over 4000 years ago. Arabmerchants brought them to northern Africa and the Middle East. Portuguese navigators discovered bananas when they sailed down the Atlanticcoast of Africa. From there they were brought to the Canary Islands, from where Spaniards took them to the New […]
The food chain is the order in which animals and plants eat each other in order tosurvive. Every living creature needs to eat other creatures below it. Everyecosystem has a different food chain, depending on which animals and plants live there. The lowest part of the food chain are the plants. They are called producers because they produce their own food using […]
Vertical farming is the method of growing plants and crops over each other, mostly in buildings with many storeys. They often look like skyscrapers with glass around them, similar to a giant greenhouse. Such farming methods can already be seen in cities. For agriculture experts vertical farming will be in widespread use in the future because the world’s population is growing constantly and there is more need for farming land. The idea comes […]
The baroque was a style of art that existed from the late 1500s to the middle of the 18th century. The works of art were rich, dramatic and had a lot of detail. Baroque was a contrast to the Renaissance, which dominated much of European life in theperiod before. Renaissance art was orderly and balanced. It often used geometric figures and shapes. Baroque artists and […]
The World Trade Centre was built by the American architect Minoru Yamasaki in the late 1960s and early 1970s. At their opening in 1972 they were the world’s tallest buildings. They were over 400 metres tall and were made of 200,000 tons of steel. Each tower had 110 floors and 97 elevators. Skyscrapers of this size have to be […]
Street Art is a very popular form of art that is spreading quickly all over the world. You can find it on buildings, sidewalks, street signs and trash cans from Tokyo to Paris, from Moscow to Cape Town. Street art has become a global culture and even art museums and galleries are collecting the work of street artists. Street art started out very secretly because it […]
A cathedral is a big church that is usually under the control of a bishop. It is usually the seat of a diocese, a church district headed by a bishop. Most cathedrals,especially medieval ones, are located in the centre of a town or city. Theyserved as the centre of public life. Markets, meetings and masses were held there. Structure Most cathedrals are built in the shape of a cross. The main entrance is […]
Pablo Picasso was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He experimented in many different styles and changed the world of art during his time. Early Life Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain in 1881 . His father was a drawing teacher. At 10 Pablo became his father’s pupil and at the […]
Skyscrapers are the world’s tallest buildings. They first appeared in New York and Chicago at the end of the 19th century. Skyscrapers are often like small cities. Theyoffer space for offices, apartments, shops, hotels, restaurants and other services. Tens of thousands of people live and work there. Building Skyscrapers Skyscrapers have two parts: the foundation is the part below the ground and the superstructure […]