Treehouse Volume 2 Issue 20

Dhaka Tribune Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Volume 2, Issue 20

Tales From the City plan Episode 63: The Plan

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Jonaki's Headquarters Hey friends, Enjoyed our last issue? This week, guess who is the world famous Dutch painter by connecting the dots in Bhootum’s Classroom (Pg 4). Also check out Discobang’s Pad (Pg 2) to find out more about the painter while also checking out a few of his popular

art works. Dr. Meow (Pg 6), has for you plenty of magic tricks that you can learn to impress your friends and family. Let this week’s issue inspire you to send in your drawing, poems etc. at treehouse@dhakatribune.com

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DhakaTribune Editor Zafar Sobhan Executive Editor Shahriar Karim Managing Editor Jahangir Hyder Magazine Editor Sabrina Fatma Ahmad Asst Magazine Editor Tahsin Momin Treehouse Team Fuad M Hossain Natasha Rahman Saudia Afrin Baizid Haque Joarder Rad Sharar Raisa Rahim

Solution: Nephew #1 is the killer. Nephew #2 is simply too fat to be able to crawl under the car to cut the well-hidden wires.

Cartoonist Syed Rashad Imam Tanmoy Rio Shuvo

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Graphics Tahsin Momin Mohammed Mahbub Alam Colour specialist Shekhar Mondal Kazi Syras Al Mahmood Production Masum Billah Advertising Shahidan Khurshed Circulation Masud Kabir Pavel Email treehouse@dhakatribune.com Website www.dhakatribune.com

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2 Discobang’s pad

Quiz Word on the street Life on a Wheel and the Precious Childhood

3 Tales from the city The plan

4 Bhootum’s Classroom Amazing facts Connect the dots Learn English kids

5 Speedy’s Zone

App Brainwars DIY Wall holder Movie Must watch list

6 Dr Meow’s Lab

Trivia Time Fiction Garden of friendship Magic Move a toothpick without touching it Fun Science Magic ink

Discobang's Pad

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Quiz

Who is the artist of this pictures?

He was a Dutch painter whose work is known for its beauty, emotional honesty, and bold colour—had a strong affect on 20th-century art.

He is famous for his self-portraits and drew 37 self-portraits between 1886 and 1889. Some of most well known paintings are The Starry Night, Starry Night over the Rhone, Cafe Terrace at Night and Portrait of Pere Tanguy.

Answer VINCENT VAN GOGH

word on the street

We found this little boy playing in a busy alley in Dhaka – with little worry for world! How innocent childhood can be! We can only wish that this time remains with him forever!

Sohana Mahjabin

suhadha Afrin

Source: Jaago Foundation www.jaago.com.bd

Life on a Wheel and the Precious Childhood!

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Treehouse Comic

3 Story and Created by Sabrina Fatma Ahmad Illustration by Syed Rashad Imam Tanmoy Coloured by Rio Shuvo

Tales From the City

Episode 63: The plan

The story so far

General Meow talks to Bhootum about his war plan.

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Bhootum's Classroom

TONGUE TWISTERS Tongue twisters are difficult to say.

How fast can you say it without making any mistakes?

I can think of six thin things, but I can think of six thick things too.

Find lots more fun things to do at www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishkids

colour it in

Š British Council 2013

Vincent Van Gogh

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Speedy's Zone

Must try App

Brainwars Ever wondered how that top student always stays first on report cards? You can be that person too. All you need to do is teach your brain and keep it sharp.

And Brainwars is a really fun way of doing that, with your friends.

The game is a simple – beat your friends or random people in super fun brain puzzles. You can challenge your

friends, play around normally (the game is that fun), and rise in the world ranks!

They even tell you what parts of your brain are strong or needs more training, like maths, how fast you make decisions, reasoning etc. Brainwars is free on iTunes and for Android devices, so go on!

Its time to make your brain hit the gym.

Rad Sharar

Movie

Diy

Here are some very funny and adventurous movies that you should watch!

Matilda (1996)

Jumanji (1995)

How The Grinch Stone Christmas (2000)

Up! (2009)

Nanny McPhee (2005)

Shrek (2001)

Wall holder Things you’ll need • Cardboard paper • Cute wrapping or printed paper • Superglue How you will do it • Cut the cardboard paper and shape it into a hollow bowl • Wrap the bowl with the printed colourful paper • Hold the bowls side by side, with a clip, to form a flower shape • Apply glue towards the side which you want to stick • Stick it to the wall with glue or pins.

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Monsters, Inc (2001)

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Toy Story (1995)

Home Alone (1990)

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Dr Meow's Lab trivia

Fun

Time

Science

Magic ink

Fiction position of the Sun to measure time.

The use of pendulums to measure time was better discovered by Galileo Galilei around 400 years ago. A pendulum is a free swinging weight hanging from a pivot.

Scientists believe the moon was used as a form of calendar as far back as 6000 years ago.

Calendars have been changing ever since and are very accurate in modern times.

Different parts of the world are located in different time zones.

This means that while you are having breakfast in the morning, someone in another part of the world is having dinner.

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Garden of Friendship Inayah loved living things but she had a special corner in her heart for plants and trees. In fact, she adored them so much that she would spend most of her afternoons in her mother’s garden.

One sunny day, she came across a super-cute caterpillar.

Light green in colour, the caterpillar was munching happily on a big leaf. Delighted with her discovery, Inayah carefully plucked the leaf and carried it home. She put the caterpillar in a glass jar and from that day on took special care of her new friend. One day, Inayah woke up to find her jar open and the caterpillar gone. She was close to tears when her mother told her that the caterpillar had become a butterfly and had to be freed.

Inayah washed her face and went to the garden and ‘lo, the butterfly was already there!

Inayah was all smiles as she was reunited with her friend.

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Accurate clocks that measure hours, minutes and seconds have improved with the creation of sundials, water clocks, mechanical clocks, pendulums and hourglasses through to the digital displays and atomic clocks of today.

A sundial is a tool that uses the

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Magic

Move a Toothpick Without Touching It

What you will need • Flat toothpick • Clear plastic cup • Thumbtack • Balloon What to do • Set the thumbtack on a flat surface with the point facing up.

• Carefully balance the centre of the toothpick on the point of the thumbtack.

What you’ll need • Half a lemon • Water • Spoon • Bowl • Cotton bud • White paper • Lamp or other light bulb

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Place the cup over the thumbtack and the toothpick.

Blow up the balloon and rub it against your hair to “charge” it up with static electricity.

Move the balloon close to the plastic cup and slowly around it.

The toothpick moves without being touched!

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What to do • Squeeze some lemon juice into the bowl and add a few drops of water.

• Mix the water and lemon juice with the spoon.

• Dip the cotton bud into the mixture and write a message onto the white paper.

• Wait for the juice to dry so it becomes completely invisible.

When you are ready to read your secret message or show it to someone else, heat the paper by holding it close to a light bulb.

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