Saturday, April 30, 2022

Jesus' Ancestors - Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo


We just learned about the Sistine Chapel paintings of Jesus' ancestors, Aminadab, Naason.
Salmon, Boaz and Obed, Jesse, David and Solomon.
Another few of the ancestor paintings are of Rehoboam and Abijah.

There are 14 total paintings of the ancestors of Jesus around the outside of the Sistine Chapel.
Each one has the names of the ancestors and some people next to the names.

The paintings are of:
Asa, Jehosaphat, Joram
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz
Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon
Josiah, Jechoniah, Sheatiel
Zerubbabel, Abiud, Eliakim
Azor, Sadoch
Achim, Eliud
Eleazar, Mathan
Jacob, Joseph

Joseph is the father of Jesus, so Michelangelo showed 14 paintings and named 33 of the ancestors of Jesus that are listed in the Bible book of Matthew.










(from: wikipedia - gallery of sistine chapel ceiling)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Two Running Violet V Forms - Robert Irwin

Friday, April 29, 2022

Hindi - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday


We just learned in Hindi that to say his face is rough is उसका चेहरा खुरदरा है (usaka chehara khuradara hai)

Let's learn the days of the week in Hindi!

Monday - सोमवार (somavaar) - Sounds like sow-m-vah-r - 文A

Tuesday - मंगलवार (mangalavaar) - Sounds like mah-n-ghel-vah-r - 文A

Wednesday - बुधवार (budhavaar) - Sounds like boo-d-vah-r - 文A


hindi devanagari
(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: Jumatatu, Jumanne, Jumatano

Russian: Понедельник (Ponedel'nik), Вторник (Vtornik), Среда (Sreda)

Norwegian: Mandag, Tirsdag, Onsdag

Greek: Δευτέρα (Deftéra), Τρίτη (Tríti), Τετάρτη (Tetárti)

ASL: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Italian: Lunedi, Martedì, Mercoledì

German: Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch

Spanish: Lunes, Martes, Miercoles

French: Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Chrome


We've learned about the first internet Web Browsers like WorldWideWeb, Mosaic, Netscape and Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge.

Another type of browser is Chrome.

In 2008 Google thought that the internet browsers out there were not good enough, so they made their own, and called it Chrome.
It is still very popular today and a lot of people use it.


(from: wikipedia - google chrome)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Oil Pump

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Marbled Polecat


We just learned about the Greater Grison.

Another animal in the same family is the Marbled Polecat, also called Vormela Peregusna.

These animals look a little funny.
They have a black and white face sort of like a badger, but their body is a brown, orange or yellow with black spots on it.
Marbled Polecats grow to be about 30 centimeters long, and weigh about 500 grams.

Sometimes when these little animals get scared they can let out a very stinky smell to tell predators to stay away!
Sort of like a skunk, but they don't spray it up into the air.


(from: wikipedia - marbled polecat)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Olive Baboon

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Olfactory Receptor


We just learned about the Olfactory Mucosa.

Another part of the nose is the Olfactory Receptor, also called odorant receptors or just OR.

These are tiny little parts of cells in the nose that sit and wait for smells to come in.
There are tiny little hairs called cilia that these cells are in, just waiting for something to smell.

If a smell comes in, it will be made up of some chemicals.
Each olfactory receptor is built to handle a different type of smell.

When a smell like a flower comes in, that will bring flower smelling chemicals into the nose, and the receptors that are waiting for flower smells will get excited and let out other chemicals that tell the brain which kind of smell just came in.


(from: wikipedia - olfactory receptor)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Anti-Growth Signals

Monday, April 25, 2022

Aruba


We just learned about the country of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Let's learn a little about the country of Aruba!

This country is in the Carribbean, and just north of South America and Venezuela.
It is about 180 square kilometers, and about 116,000 people live there.
The people in this country speak Dutch or Papiemento, which is like Portuguese and Spanish mixed.
Some people also speak English and Spanish.


(from: wikipedia - aruba)

The flag of Aruba is blue, with a red star and two sideways yellow lines.
Blue is for the ocean, yellow lines are for gold and flowers, and the star is like a compass star for all the people in Aruba that have come from different places around the world.


(from: wikipedia - flag of aruba)

To eat in this country you might have stoba, which is a stew made from papaya and goat's meat.

(from: wikipedia - aruba)

Visiting this country you might go see one of the many beautiful beaches or resorts to relax in the sunshine.

(from: wikipedia - aruba)

There are markings from ancient people who used to live in Aruba known as the Arawak.

(from: wikipedia - aruba)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Slovakia

Sunday, April 24, 2022

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen


We just learned about the He's Got the Whole World in His Hands.

Another famous Christian song is Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen.

This is another song that started off as something that African American slaves would sing.
Life was very bad for slaves that had to work very hard jobs and were treated very badly.
So this is one of the songs they would sing about how they have lots of troubles, but heaven is waiting for them.

It was first recorded in 1867, but the song was a lot older than that.
One of the most famous recordings was by a famous musician named Louis Armstrong.

Lyrics:
Nobody knows the trouble I've been through, Nobody knows my sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, Glory hallelujah!
Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, Oh, yes, Lord
Sometimes I'm almost to the ground, Oh, yes, Lord
Although you see me going 'long so, Oh, yes, Lord
I have my trials here below, Oh, yes, Lord
If you get there before I do, Oh, yes, Lord
Tell all-a my friends I'm coming to Heaven!, Oh, yes, Lord


(from: wikipedia - nobody knows the trouble i've seen)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Amazing Grace - John Newton
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Saturday, April 23, 2022

Rehoboam and Abijah - Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo


We just learned about the Sistine Chapel paintings of Jesus' ancestors, Aminadab, Naason.
Salmon, Boaz and Obed, Jesse, David and Solomon.

Another of the ancestor paintings is called Rehoboam and Abijah.

In the old testament of the Bible, King Solomon had a son named Rehoboam, and then Rehoboam had a son named Abijah.
In the Bible they were not very good followers of God and did not have a great time.

The painting shows a person on the left and right, and a small person who is maybe a child on the right.
These are probably not supposed to be Rehoboam and Abijah.


(from: wikipedia - gallery of sistine chapel ceiling)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Spiral Jetty - Robert Smithson

Friday, April 22, 2022

Hindi - His face is rough


We just learned in Hindi her hands are soft is उसके हाथ कोमल हैं (usake haath komal hain).

To say his face is rough you would say उसका चेहरा खुरदरा है (usaka chehara khuradara hai).

His - उसका (usaka) - sounds like oo-skah - 文A

face - चेहरा (chehara) - sounds like chay-hah-dah - 文A

rough - खुरदरा (khuradara) - sounds like koo-day-drah - 文A

is - है (hai) - sounds like hay - 文A



So all together उसका चेहरा खुरदरा है (usaka chehara khuradara hai) sounds like oo-skah chay-hah-dah koo-day-drah hay.


hindi devanagari
(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: Uso wake ni mkali

Russian: Его лицо грубо (Yego litso grubo)

Norwegian: Ansiktet hans er grovt

Greek: Το πρόσωπό του είναι τραχύ (To prósopó tou eínai trachý)

ASL: His face is rough

Italian: il suo volto è ruvida

German: Sein Gesicht ist rau.

Spanish: Su cara es áspera

French: Son visage est rude

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Internet Explorer and Edge


We've learned about the first internet Web Browsers like WorldWideWeb, Mosaic, Netscape and Firefox.

Another few Internet Browsers are Internet Explorer and Edge.

In 1995 around the same time that Netscape was starting up, Microsoft made their own web browser called Internet Explorer, also sometimes just called "IE" for short.
IE went through lots of changes from 1995 through 2020, and then Microsoft decided to replace IE with a new browser called "Edge".


(from: wikipedia - internet explorer)

(from: wikipedia - microsoft edge)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Motor Oil

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Greater Grison


We just learned about the Fisher.

Another type of animal in the same family is the Greater Grison.

These small animals grow to be about 60 centimeters, and weigh about 4 kilograms.
They are mostly black on the bottom and grey or white on top.

One funny thing about these animals is that when they are hunting they won't just run straight at their prey.
They will run in a zig zag pattern, then start grunting, then do a loud screech before jumping on their meal.


(from: wikipedia - greater grison)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Uganda Mangabey

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Olfactory Mucosa


We just learned about the Vomeronasal Organ.

Another part of the nose is the Olfactory Mucosa.

This is the wet skin on the inside of the nose that helps collect the things in the air that make smells.
The mucosa is like the inside of your mouth, and is wet and slimy.
Those smells stick to the wet slimy skin, and then some other sensors in the nose work to figure out what the smell is.


(from: wikipedia - olfactory mucosa)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Cell Growth

Monday, April 18, 2022

Saint Pierre and Miquelon


We just learned about the country of Cayman Islands

Let's learn a little about the country of Saint Pierre and Miquelon!

This country is in the northern Atlantic ocean, just east of Canada.
It is about 242 square kilometers, and about 6,000 people live there.
The people in this country speak French.


(from: wikipedia - saint pierre and miquelon)

The flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon is either the flag of France, or a special flag made just for the islands.
The special flag is a yellow ship called the Grande Hermine sailing on a blue sea. This was the French ship that discovered the island.
On the left are the flags of three countries that have ruled over the island: Basques, Bretons, and Normans.


(from: wikipedia - flag of saint pierre and miquelon)

Visiting this country you might go see the coastal city of St. Pierre, which is the biggest town and place where most of the business like fishing happens.

(from: wikipedia - saint pierre and miqueon)

Because Saint Pierre and Miquelon are so far to the north by Canada, they can have very harsh winters with lots of snow!

(from: wikipedia - saint pierre and miquelon)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Serbia

Sunday, April 17, 2022

He's Got the Whole World in his Hands


We just learned about the Swing Low Sweet Chariot.

Another famous Christian song is He's Got the Whole World in his Hands.

This is a song that was made famous as an African-American spiritual, from days during slavery when African-American people would sing Christian songs to try and be happy even though they were slaves.
In 1927 the song was put into a book of hymns called Spirituals Triumphant, Old and New.

Since then it's been recorded by many other musicians giving their own style to how the song sounds.

The lyrics start by saying He's got the whole world in his hands, and then move on to say He's got other things, like the little bitty baby, you and me sister, everybody here, you and me brother.


(from: wikipedia - he's got the whole world in his hand)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Saturday, April 16, 2022

Jesse, David, Solomon - Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo


We just learned about the Sistine Chapel paintings of Jesus' ancestors, Aminadab, Naason.
and Salmon, Boaz and Obed.

Another of the ancestor paintings is called Jesse, David and Solomon.

We know of King David in the old testament, one of the most well known kings of all time of Isreal, and one of the ancestors of Jesus.
Jesse was David's father, and Solomon was David's son.

For this painting, Michelangelo painted a servant woman, and old man and an old woman.
People think these are not supposed to be Jesse, David and Solomon, but just people who maybe lived at the time they were around.


(from: wikipedia - gallery of sistine chapel ceiling)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Untitled - Dan Flavin

Friday, April 15, 2022

Hindi - Her hands are soft


We just learned in Hindi our table is short is >हमारी टेबल छोटी है (hamaaree tebal chhotee hai).

To say her hands are soft you would say उसके हाथ कोमल हैं (usake haath komal hain).
This really means "Her hands soft are".

Her - उसके (usake) - sounds like oo-skee - 文A

hands - हाथ (haath) - sounds like hah-th - 文A

soft - कोमल (komal) - sounds like koh-mah-l - 文A

are - हैं (hain) - sounds like hay - 文A


So all together To say her hands are soft you would say oo-skee hah-th koh-mah-l hay.

hindi devanagari
(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: Mikono yake ni laini

Russian: Ее руки мягкие (Yeye ruki myagkiye)

Norwegian: Hennes hender er myke

Greek: Τα χέρια της είναι μαλακά (Ta chéria tis eínai malaká)

ASL: ASL: Her hands are soft

Italian: Le sue mani sono morbide

German: Ihre Hände sind weich

Spanish: Sus manos estan suaves

French: Ses mains sont douces

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Netscape and Firefox


We just learned about the Web Browser, and some of the first browsers called WorldWideWeb and Mosaic.

Another kind of browser was called Netscape, which then later turned into a browser called Firefox.

The browser Netscape was made by Marc Andreeson, one of the same people who worked on the Mosaic browser.
Netscape brought along a lot of big changes, like colors, animations, and lots of programming that people could do in browsers.

Later on the Netscape browser went away, but the people who worked on it came back later with a new browser called Firefox.





Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Long Block

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Fisher


We just learned about the American Marten.

Another kind of animal in the same family is the Fisher, also called the pekan, wejak, or pekani pennanti.

The Fisher grows to be about 3 feet long and weigh about 10 pounds.
They have mostly brown fur all over their body.
Even though their name is fisher, these animals mostly hunt on the ground.
They are one of the few animals that will attack a porcupine!


(from: wikipedia - fisher (animal))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Lion Tailed Macaque

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Vomeronasal Organ


We just learned about the .

Another part of the nose is the Vomeronasal Organ.

This is back behind the nose and above the mouth, and is where all of the smells end up for your nose to smell.
The vomeronasal organ has some things called "receptors" that can tell when there are different types of chemicals in the air.
When those receptors sense the chemicals, they tell your brain that they are smelling something.


(from: wikipedia - vomeronasal organ)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Malignant Tumor

Monday, April 11, 2022

Cayman Islands


We just learned about the country of Bonaire

Let's learn a little about the country of Cayman Islands!

This country is in the Caribbean, close to Jamaica.
It is about 260 square kilometers, and about 69,000 people live there.
The people in this country speak S.


(from: wikipedia - cayman islands)

The flag of Cayman Islands is blue with the United Kingdom flag in the top left, and then the Cayman Islands coat of arms on the right.
The coat of arms has three green stars for the three islands, wavy blue and white lines for the sea, a gold lion for Britain, a turtle for the sailing, rope and a pineapple for those businesses.
At the bottom are the words He hath founded it upon the seas, which is from the Bible Psalm 24.


(from: wikipedia - flag of the cayman islands)

To eat in this country you might have Callaloo which is a type of spinach.


(from: wikipedia - callaloo)

Visiting this country you might go to Seven Mile Beach.

(from: wikipedia - seven mile beach, grand cayman)

Lots of people go scuba diving in the Cayman Islands, and there is a place called Stingray City that is very shallow water and people can swim around with stingrays.

(from: wikipedia - stingray city, grand cayman)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: San Marino

Sunday, April 10, 2022

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot


We just learned about the Christian song This Little Light of Mine.

Another famous Christian song is Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.

This is a song called an African-American spirtual song, and it was sung by black people when they were slaves.

The song talks about a chariot coming down from the sky to carry the singer off to heaven.
In the book of 2 Kings in the Bible, the prophet Elijah is carried up to heaven on a chariot:
"As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind."

No one really knows who wrote the song the first time, but in 1909 the Fisk Jubilee Singers made a recording of the song.

Refrain:
Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home.

I looked over Jordan, and what did I see, Coming for to carry me home.
A band of angels coming after me, Coming for to carry me home.
[Refrain]

If you get there before I do, Coming for to carry me home.
Tell all my friends I'm coming too, Coming for to carry me home.
[Refrain]

The brightest day that ever I saw Coming for to carry me home.
When Jesus washed my sins away, Coming for to carry me home.
[Refrain]

I'm sometimes up and sometimes down, Coming for to carry me home.
But still my soul feels heavenly bound, Coming for to carry me home.
[Refrain]



(from: wikipedia - swing low, sweet chariot)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Camp Meetings

Saturday, April 9, 2022

Salmon, Boaz, Obed - Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo


We just learned about the Sistine Chapel paintings of Jesus' ancestors, Aminadab, and Naason.

Another of the ancestor paintings is of Salmon, Boaz and Obed, sometimes spelled like Booz and Obeth.

Just like the other ancestors, Salmon, Boaz and Obed are in the Old Testament of the Bible a few times, throughout the books of Exodus, Numbers, and Chronicles, usually just being listed as part of the old family of God's people.

In the book of Matthew in the New Testament, in the list of relatives of Jesus, Salmon is the son of Nahson that we just learned about.
Salmon is the father of Boaz who married Ruth.
Boaz and Ruth were the parents of Obed.

Obed is the Grandfather of David.

Michelangelo painted a woman holding a baby, and an old man.
Most people think that the woman is supposed to be Ruth, the baby is Obed, and the old man is Boaz.
The mother is painted to look very colorful and tender, while the old man is supposed to look hunched and angry.


(from: wikipedia - gallery of sistine chapel ceiling)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Anne Truitt - A Wall for Apricots

Friday, April 8, 2022

Hindi - Our table is short


We just learned that in Hindi:
This house is big: यह घर बड़ा है (yah ghar bada hai)
This chair is small: कुर्सी छोटी है (kursee chhotee hai)
My drink is cold: मेरा पेय ठंडा है (mera pey thanda hai)
Your food is hot: आपका खाना गर्म है (aapaka khaana garm hai)

Their car is tall is: उनकी कार लंबी है (unakee kaar lambee hai)

To say our table is short you would say हमारी टेबल छोटी है (hamaaree tebal chhotee hai).

Our - हमारी (hamaaree) - sounds like hah-mah-dee - 文A


table - टेबल - (tebal) sounds like tay-bah-l - 文A


short - छोटी (chhotee) - Sounds like choh-tee - 文A


is - है (hai) - sounds like hay - 文A


So all together To say our table is short you would say hah-mah-dee tay-bah-l choh-tee hay.

hindi devanagari
(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: Meza yetu ni fupi

Russian: наш стол короткий (nash stol korotkiy)

Norwegian: Vårt bord er kort

Greek: Το τραπέζι μας είναι σύντομο (To trapézi mas eínai sýntomo)

ASL: Our table is short

Italian: Il nostro tavolo è breve

German: Unser Tisch ist kurz

Spanish: Nuestra mesa es bajo

French: Notre table est courte

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Web Browser


We just learned about the operating systems called Linux and Unix.

Another thing that runs on your computer is a Web Browser, also called an internet browser, or just a browser.

This is the thing you use to go on the web and do Google searches, open up web pages, watch youtube videos or go to your email.
Web browsers were first invented around 1990, and people very quickly saw how useful it was to go to web pages on the internet.

The first web browser was called WorldWideWeb and was made by Tim Berners Lee.
Tim created the idea of the world wide web, to help people share information easily.
He shared his idea with the world, and the rest is history!

The first really popular browser was called Mosaic, and was made by Marc Andreeson.
It was very simple, and mostly just had grey backgrounds with pictures and words and things to click on.
After that a lot of other browsers came along where people could do colors, animations, videos and a lot of other fancy programming.





Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Long Block

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

American Marten


We just learned about the Wolverine.

Another type of animal in the same family is the American Marten.

These small fuzzy animals are about 2 feet long and weigh about 3 pounds.
They have dark brown fur and a a yellow orange neck.

Even though these animals are small, they are great hunters and will go after other animals like mice, squirrels and bugs.
In the winter time they will dig under the snow in tunnels to hunt other animals!

Sometimes when martens get cold in the winter they will make tunnels in the snow going down to tree roots to make themselves a little snow house almost like an igloo to keep warm.


(from: wikipedia - american marten)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: L'Hoest's Monkey

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Sphenoethmoidal Recess


We just learned about the Nasal Meatus.

Another part of the nose is the Sphenoethmoidal Recess.

This is a place in the back of the inside of the nose that connects to the sinus.
The sinus is where the mucus comes from, which is sometimes called things like snot or boogers.


(from: wikipedia - sphenoethmoidal recess)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Benign Tumor

Monday, April 4, 2022

Bonaire


We just learned about the country of United States Virgin Islands

Let's learn a little about the country of Bonaire!

This country is in C, and borders B.
It is about 300 square kilometers, and about 20,000 people live there.
The people in this country speak Dutch or Papiamento.


(from: wikipedia - bonaire)

The flag of Bonaire is sideways stripes of yellow, white and blue.
In the middle of the white is a black compass circle with a red star in it.
Blue is for the sea, white is for the sky, and yellow is for the sun.
The compass is for the people of Bonaire who come from all over the world.
The six pointed star is for the six villages that were first built on the island.


(from: wikipedia - )

Salt is a big business in this country, with things called salt pans which are flat salty wet areas where salt dries up and can be farmed.

(from: wikipedia - bonaire)

The cactus plant grows easily in this country, so in some places people would grow the cactus plant as a type of fence for their land.

(from: wikipedia - bonaire)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Portugal