G.D.Goenka Public School Greater Noida

The Thought What comes to your mind when you hear this word Agriculture? What good do we actually know of the problems, the struggles, the hurdles that everyone who is working for providing food on your table for all these years and many more to come, face on a day to day basis?   Are natural resources, the seeds, the quality and the market abundantly available to the farmer? Or for that matter do we ever have an abundance of any resources keeping in mind the ever growing population and ever rising demands of almost everything?   What if I tell you that there is a way to achieve the best quality, highly organic crops in lesser everything…… for example lesser land, lesser manpower, lesser water, no fertilizers, no soil and mind you that every crop that is being grown is getting the exact nutrients, the water and the environment   it needs and the possibilities are endless from crops being anything ranging from food crops to beautiful flowers. The So...

Our education systems are progressing and so are we; latest technologies, advancements and progress to the latest teaching learning techniques. We as the well – wishers of the young hearts placed in our care want the best for our kids, and that includes the best time and life. Being a teacher, I strongly feel that there is an important aspect to this idea, it being that of the virtues we inculcate in those young minds; an ideology, a truth and a crux to an essentially good living that never goes out of date. A child needs to have within himself all the goodness and basic virtues we can instil them with, for this is what will give them a firm base for life. A basic understanding of the human nature, empathy, love, forgiveness, dedication, truth, loyalty and respect; all of which helps the child establish a firm belief system, to understand his own self and to find meaning with his life. In a world where life runs at a pace unprecedented, it is of utmost importance that we give our ...

The teaching profession is filled with countless opportunities to enrich the academic lives of students. While some concepts and educational objectives will be easy for students to grasp, others will require us to think creatively to ensure that important learning objectives are met. So, for bridging the gap between the different types of learners we can add Audio / Visual Aids to our teaching techniques. Since most people are Visual learners, it is important to go beyond “Spoken Words” when educating students.                     A long time ago, the most approaches used by teacher in teaching only focused on “Teacher – Centered Learning” or we can call it as “Behaviorist Approach”. Students are still passive in learning. They just listen to what the teachers say and imitate what the teachers do in learning activity. However, modern trends have changed the view of educational world that d...

For children the internet is a magical entity capable of answering obscure questions, providing printable templates, taking them on a virtual tour of the world, endless interesting videos and so on. What they are not aware of, is, about viruses, online privacy, phishing, social networking etiquette, and any other internet safety and/or security issue you can think of. If we are providing the children with the latest facilities it is also our duty as parents to make them aware of the hazards it includes. Recently there were news of teenagers committing suicide playing a game over internet. Life as such is so precious and that too if it is of young children. Internet safety , or  online safety , is the knowledge of maximizing the user's personal  safety  against security risks to private information and property associated with using the  Internet , and the self-protection from computer crime in general. Here are some of the greatest risks that kids face...

Today’s world is a global village. Everyone is connected to one another in this vast network generated by the Internet. As said by Marshall McLuhan, a philosopher of communication theory, “The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village.” This electronic independence is inherently dependent upon the Internet. It illuminates the lives of thousands of people by spreading knowledge internationally, thereby making us global citizens. However, the darker side is that this has gained the attention of many parents, and eminent psychologists, all over the world. One of the biggest problems is the identity crisis constant social networking produces. Students love to spend time socializing. Social network provides the freedom to upload what they want and talk to whom they want. The freedom it gives them to act just by sitting in front of a computer excites them, and they then demand for more freedom. Never before has it been so easy for young minds to ...

It is well said that “where there is no vision, there is no hope”. We are in a dire need to have the vision to save our mother earth and to give the light of hope to our biomes. Climatic changes are evident across the regions  and impacts are visible in many sectors of our society—such as human health, agriculture, food security, water supply, transportation, energy, ecosystems and others as well. These impacts are expected to become increasingly disruptive throughout this century and beyond. The climatic changes directly affect human health and wellbeing by decreasing air and water quality across the globe and by increasing the number of problems like global warming, ozone depletion, rising of sea level, degradation of soil quality, storm surge damages and flooding etc. Climatic disruptions have been increasing and are projected to become even more severe in this century, a trend that would diminish the security of world’s wellbeing. In the growing list of problems due t...

Oft heard, oft wondered, oft contemplated, oft incorporated, oft acquired, oft instilled, oft valued, oft interrogated about books and reading. Happy is the one who acquires the habit of reading when young. Such a person has secured a life-long source of pleasure, instruction and inspiration. Ruskin Bond calls books “Kings’ Treasures” – treasures not of gold, silver and precious stones but with riches of knowledge, noble thoughts and high ideals. Books are the real treasures and everyone should look for them. When you open a book, you find the treasures of goodness and wisdom which seem to spring out from each and every page.   Books enlighten our minds, our societies, our schools and our families. They educate not just our mind but our heart, they improve our character, console and bring peace to us. Some books are read simply for pleasure and amusement. We must have serious reading too, for the mind. Nor should poetry be neglected, as poetry gives us beautiful imaginings c...