FirstNews 10-Minute Challenge
Headlines: Crossword
Read this Headlines story from this week’s First News (31 MAY - 6 JUNE 2013), then have a go
at the crossword. All the answers to the crossword are underlined in the article.
Looking to the future
FirstNews ISSUE 363
31 MAY - 6 JUNE 2013
A UK charity has called on kids to think
up the next big digital idea, days after an
American teenager invented a superfast
phone-charging gadget!
Make Things Do Stuff was launched by Nesta at an
event in London yesterday (30 May). Apps, games,
websites, and other internet inventions are created
all the time. This Government-backed campaign is
trying to encourage young British people to be a part
of the online revolution.
The news comes after Californian schoolgirl Eesha
Khare revealed her amazing invention at a top
global science fair. The 18-year-old has created a
contraption that lets people charge their phones in
just a few seconds! Experts from web giant Google
are thought to be interested in buying Eesha’s idea.
Chancellor George Osborne was at the Make Things
Do Stuff launch yesterday, checking out the ideas
that young people have for the future. Visit firstnews.
co.uk to find out more about the campaign, and read
our report from the launch event.
ACROSS
3) To give support, confidence or hope to someone (verb, 9)
5) Using or storing data with electronic signals (adjective, 7)
9) An important, wide-reaching change in how things are
done (noun, 10)
10) The government’s chief financial minister, in charge of
the country’s finances (noun, 10
DOWN
1) A popular internet search engine
(noun, 6)
2) A mechanical machine or device
(noun, 11)
4) Programs made for a specific
purpose; commonly associated with
mobile devices (noun, 4)
6) A small mechanical device or tool
(noun, 6)
7) Created or designed that had not
existed before (verb, 8)
8) Relating to the whole world
(adjective, 6)
Learning through news
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FirstNews 10-Minute Challenge
Headlines: Crossword
Read this Headlines story from this week’s First News (31 MAY - 6 JUNE 2013), then have a go at
the crossword. All the answers are words in the article. Underline them as you solve the clues.
Looking to the future
FirstNews ISSUE 363
31 MAY - 6 JUNE 2013
A UK charity has called on kids to think
up the next big digital idea, days after an
American teenager invented a superfast
phone-charging gadget!
Make Things Do Stuff was launched by Nesta at an
event in London yesterday (30 May). Apps, games,
websites, and other internet inventions are created
all the time. This Government-backed campaign is
trying to encourage young British people to be a part
of the online revolution.
The news comes after Californian schoolgirl Eesha
Khare revealed her amazing invention at a top
global science fair. The 18-year-old has created a
contraption that lets people charge their phones in
just a few seconds! Experts from web giant Google
are thought to be interested in buying Eesha’s idea.
Chancellor George Osborne was at the Make Things
Do Stuff launch yesterday, checking out the ideas
that young people have for the future. Visit firstnews.
co.uk to find out more about the campaign, and read
our report from the launch event.
ACROSS
3) To give support, confidence or hope to someone (verb, 9)
5) Using or storing data with electronic signals (adjective, 7)
9) An important, wide-reaching change in how things are
done (noun, 10)
10) The government’s chief financial minister, in charge of
the country’s finances (noun, 10)
DOWN
1) A popular internet search engine
(noun, 6)
2) A mechanical machine or device
(noun, 11)
4) Programs made for a specific
purpose; commonly associated with
mobile devices (noun, 4)
6) A small mechanical device or tool
(noun, 6)
7) Created or designed that had not
existed before (verb, 8)
8) Relating to the whole world
(adjective, 6)
Learning through news
www.FirstNews.co.uk