The Young Chronicle: For 4th Graders April 18th, 2015

April 18th, 2015

THE YOUNG CHRONICLE
For 9-10 Year Olds or 4-5th Graders

Is the Cat Going Up or Coming Down?
First a dress divided the internet, now
a new debate is
sweeping the web and it's all over a
humble tabby cat.
At first glance the
cat in a black and
white photo looks
as if it is walking
down a flight of
stairs, but look
again and the image appears to flip.

Some insist the cat is
travelling downstairs
because of the step
edges and the bright
patch behind the animal. But others say
the image is looking
down onto the top of
the steps, each of
which has a raised
grip on it. They claim
the light patch is the
floor at the bottom.
What do you think?

THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR…WATER
Do you know like the Nobel Prize
for Physics, Literature and Peace,
there is also a Nobel Prize for Water?!
Well, not really! But there is the
Stockholm Water Prize which is also known as the Nobel Prize for Water. This year, it was awarded to
Rajendra Singh, who is dubbed ‘the
Water Man of India’. He has
brought water to a 1,000 Indian villages.
The judges of the
Stockholm Water
PADMA VIBHUSHAN AMITABH BACHCHAN

Prize say
his methods
have also
prevented
floods, restored soil
and rivers,
and brought
back wildlife. They thought his
technique is cheap,
simple, and that his
ideas should be followed worldwide.
Rajendra Singh uses
a modern version of

the ancient Indian technique of rainwater harvesting. It involves building
low-level banks of earth to hold back
the flow of water in the wet season and
allow water to seep into the ground for
future use.

Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan was honored with the country’s second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan . The
ceremony was held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The award was also conferred on Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan for his work in science
and engineering and jurist K.K. Venugopal for public affairs.
The Padma Vibhushan for the megastar comes on the heels of an Honorary Doctorate from the Egyptian Academy of Arts for his
contribution to cinema. Amitabh Bachchan has also been earlier honored with Padma Shri in 1984 and Padma Bhushan in 2001 for
his contribution to the field of arts.