Common Marmoset

We just learned about the Proboscis Monkey.

We've learned about 19 of the 138 types of Old World Monkeys.
Let's learn about some of the 154 types of New World Monkeys!

One type of New World Monkey is the Common Marmoset also called callithrix jacchus.

These monkeys are very small, only about 7 inches tall and weighing less than 1 pound.
Their fur can be lots of different colors, like brown, grey or yellow.
On their heads they have white ear tufts that stick out making them look like they have big white poofy ears.

Marmosets live in South America, and eat mostly just insects and the gooey things inside of trees like sap.
They have tiny claws and teeth, so they will dig on a tree to get the sap and then eat it up.

There are lots of different faces these monkeys make to talk to each other, like holding their mouth open, frowning, staring or flattening their ear tufts.
They make high or low chirping or whistle sounds to send different messages.




(from: wikipedia - common marmoset)



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Earlobe

We just learned about the Tragus.

On the outer ear we know about:
- The auricle or pinna, which is the main outside part of the ear
- The helix, which is the folded over part around the outside
- The antihelix, which is the Y shaped bump that sticks out
- The antitragus, which is the bump pointing up that is connected to the earlobe
- The tragus, which is the part closest to the cheek that sticks out

Another part of the ear is the Earlobe, also called the lobulus auriculae.

This is the soft part of the ear that hangs down at the bottom.
Some people have earlobes that are loose, and other people have earlobes that are touching the side of their face and aren't loose.



(from: wikipedia - earlobe)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Lymphatic System

Maldives

We just learned about the country of Laos

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

This country is made up of 20 things called atolls, which are like islands made of coral rings that have lakes in the middle of them.
The coral rings are made up of small islands that people live on.
Maldives is about 115 square miles, and has about 500,000 people living in it.
It is about 400 miles away from the nearest continent in Asia.
People in this country speak Dhivehi or English.



(from: wikipedia - maldives)

The flag of Maldives has a red rectangle outside a green rectangle and a white moon in the middle.
Red is for the heroes of the country, the green is for peace, and the white is for islam.


(from: wikipedia - flag of the maldives)

To eat in Maldives you might have mas huni, which is made from tuna, onion, coconut and chili.


(from: wikipedia - mas huni)

Visiting Maldives you might go to Landaa Giraavaru, which is an island with a resort where people can go on the beach, swimming and snorkeling.

(from: wikipedia - landaa giraavaru)

Because the Maldives are all coral reefs in the ocean, there is a lot of wildlife living there.

(from: wikipedia - marine wildlife of baa atoll)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Antarctic Circumpolar Current

How Firm A Foundation

We just learned about the hymn Jesus Paid it All.

Another How Firm A Foundation written by John Rippon in England in 1787.

Rippon was born in 1751, and gre up to be a minister, where he wrote many hymns for his church that were later shared with the world.

This hymn was put in part of a book called A Selection of HYmns from the Best Authors.


(from: wikipedia - john rippon)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Rosary

Statue of Jimmy Carter - Frederick Hart

We just learned about the Flying Pins by Claes Oldenburg.

Another famous American sculpture is the Statue of Jimmy Carter by Frederick Hart in Atlanta Georgia in 1994.

The statue of President Carter is bronze, and shows Carter standing with normal pants and his sleeves rolled up like he is working.
Frederick Hart worked with Carter when he was running for president, so they called on him to be the artist to make this sculpture.

Hart was born in Georgia, and later moved to Washington DC to learn art.
He became famous for making lots of statues and memorials.


(from: wikipedia - statue of jimmy carter)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Mount Rushmore

Swahili - Counting to Twenty Nine

We counted to 20 in Swahili, let's keep going!

21 ishirini na moja - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah moh-jah 文A

22 ishirini na mbili - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah m-bee-lee 文A

23 ishirini na tatu - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah tah-too 文A

24 ishirini na nne - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah n-nay 文A

25 ishirini na tano - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah tah-noh 文A

26 ishirini na sita - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah see-tah 文A

27 ishirini na saba - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah sah-bah 文A

28 ishirini na nane - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah nah-nay 文A

29 ishirini na tisa - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah tee-sah 文A



(from: wikipedia - swahili language)

Russian: двадцать один (dvadtsat' odin), двадцать два (dvadtsat' dva), двадцать три (dvadtsat' tri), двадцать четыре (dvadtsat' chetyre), двадцать пять (dvadtsat' pyat'), двадцать шесть (dvadtsat' shest'), двадцать семь (dvadtsat' sem'), двадцать восемь (dvadtsat' vosem'), двадцать девять (dvadtsat' devyat')

Norwegian: tjueen, tjueto, tjue-tre, tjuefire, tjuefem, tjueseks, tjuesju, tjue åtte, tjue ni

Greek: είκοσι ένα (eíkosi éna), είκοσι δύο (eíkosi dýo), είκοσι τρεις (eíkosi treis), είκοσι τέσσερις (eíkosi tésseris), είκοσι πέντε (eíkosi pénte), είκοσι έξι (eíkosi éxi), είκοσι επτά (eíkosi eptá), είκοσι οκτώ (eíkosi októ), είκοσι εννέα (eíkosi ennéa)

ASL: twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine

Italian: ventuno, ventidue, ventitré, ventiquattro, venticinque, ventisei, ventisette, ventotto, ventinove

German: einundzwanzig, zweiundzwanzig, dreiundzwanzig, vierundzwanzig, fünfundzwanzig, sechsundzwanzig, siebenundzwanzig, achtundzwanzig, neunundzwanzig

Spanish: veintiún, veintidós, veintitrés, veinticuatro, veinticinco, veintiséis, veintisiete, veintiocho, veintinueve

French: vingt et un, vingt-deux, vingt-trois, vingt-quatre, vingt-cinc, vingt-six, vingt-sept, vingt-huit, vingt-neuf

Rims

We just learned about the Cooling Fan.

Another part of a car is the Rims.

The wheels that the car rides on have big metal insides that are connected to the axle that spins around and moves the wheels.

These big metal cylinders are called rims, and they are made out of strong metals that can hold the weight of the car.
The tires are on the outside of the rims, for the rubber part that touches the road.



(from: wikipedia - alloy wheel)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Tender

Proboscis Monkey

We just learned about the Golden Snub Nosed Monkey.

Another type of old world monkey is the Proboscis Monkey also called nasalis larvatus.

This type of monkey has a long nose, red brown skin and a long tail.

They live mostly in mangrove forests in the southeast part of the island of Borneo.
These monkeys are over 2 feet tall, and they weigh about 50 pounds.
Their nose can grow up to 4 inches long.

Proboscis monkeys make lots of sounds like honking at younger monkeys or when they are in danger.


(from: wikipedia - proboscis monkey)



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Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Rusty Spotted Cat

Tragus

We just learned about the Antitragus.

On the outer ear we know about:
- The auricle or pinna, which is the main outside part of the ear
- The helix, which is the folded over part around the outside
- The antihelix, which is the Y shaped bump that sticks out
- The antitragus, which is the bump pointing up that is connected to the earlobe

Another part of the ear is the Tragus.

This is the part of the ear that is closest to the cheek.
It sticks out and can be pushed down to close the ear so you can't hear.

Tragus is also the name for the hair that grows around the entrance of the ear.
The name comes from the Greek word τράγος (tragos) meaning goat.


(from: wikipedia - tragus (ear))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Presbyopia

Laos

We just learned about the country of Kyrgyzstan

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

Laos is a small country in Asia, bordering Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.
It is only about 90,000 square miles, and about 7 million people live there.
People in this country speak the Lao language.


(from: wikipedia - laos)

The flag of Laos is sideways stripes of red, blue and red, with a white circle in the middle.
The blue is for money, the red is for blood, and the white is for the moon shining over the Mekong river.


(from: wikipedia - flag of laos)

To eat in Laos you might have khao niao, also called sticky rice.
This is a type of rice that grows in the area, and when cookied all of the pieces of rice stick to each other, so it is called sticky rice.

(from: wikipedia - lao cuisine)

Visiting Laos you might go to Si Phan Don which is a group of islands with rivers going around them.

(from: wikipedia - si phan don)

In Laos there is a place called the Plain of Jars, where there are thousands of stone jars laying around in big piles.
No one is sure what the jars are for, but they are thousands of years old.

(from: wikipedia - plain of jars)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Nunatak

Jesus Paid it All

We just learned about the When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.

Another famous hymn is Jesus Paid it All written by Elvina Hall and John Grape .

This hymn is about Jesus paying the price so all the bad things people do are forgiven by Jesus if they believe in him.

It was written in 1865 by Elvina Hall, and the music was made by John Grape.
Elvina was sitting in church one day and while she was listening to the sermon she wrote the words on the back of a hymnal. After church she gave the lyrics to her pastor.
That same week the organist John Grape wrote some new music for another song and shared it with the pastor.
The pastor liked the lyrics from Elvina and the music from Grape, so he put them together for the hymn.


(from: wikipedia - jesus paid it all)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Franciscans

Flying Pins - Claes Oldenburg

We just learned about the Monument to Joe Louis by Robert Graham.

Another famous work of American art is Flying Pins by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen made in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Oldenburg was born in 1929 in Sweden, and in 1936 his family moved to Chicago where he learned to be a sculptor.

In 2001 he made a sculpture of giant bowling bins and a bowling ball.
They were all made from steel, plastic and foatm, and the pins are about 24 feet tall.


(from: wikipedia - claes oldenburg)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Maya Lin

Swahili - Counting to Twenty

We counted to 15 in Swahili, let's keep going!

16 kumi na sita - sounds like koo-mee nah see-tah 文A

17 kumi na saba - sounds like koo-mee nah sah-bah 文A

18 kumi na nane - sounds like koo-mee nah nah-nay 文A

19 kumi na tisa - sounds like koo-mee nah tee-sah 文A

20 ishirini - sounds like ee-she-ree-nee 文A



(from: wikipedia - swahili language)

Russian: шестнадцать (shestnadtsat'), семнадцать (semnadtsat'), восемнадцать (vosemnadtsat'), девятнадцать (devyatnadtsat'), двадцать (dvadtsat')

Norwegian: seksten, sytten, atten, nitten, tjue

Greek: δεκαέξι (dekaéxi), δεκαεπτά (dekaeptá), δεκαοχτώ (dekaochtó), δεκαεννέα (dekaennéa), είκοσι (eíkosi)

ASL: sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty

Italian: sedici, diciassette, diciotto, diciannove, venti

German: sechzehn, siebzehn, achtzehn, neunzehn, zwanzig

Spanish: dieciséis, diecisiete, dieciocho, diecinueve, veinte

French: seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt

Cooling Fan

We just learned about the car's Radiator.

Another part of a car is the Cooling Fan.

We know the radiator gets hot and has to get cooled down so it can put cold liquid back into the engine.
Most engines have a fan that blows air onto the radiator to help cool it.


(from: wikipedia - fan (machine))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Fire Tube Boiler

Golden Snub Nosed Monkey

We just learned about the Red Shanked Douc.

Another type of old world monkey is the Golden Snub Nosed Monkey.

These monkeys live in the mountains of China, and can live in snowy colder places than most monkeys.

Golden snub nosed monkeys grow to about 2 feet long and weigh about 35 pounds.
They have long gold colored fur and white faces.



(from: wikipedia - golden snub-nosed monkey)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Pallas's Cat

Antitragus

We just learned about the Antihelix.

On the outer ear we know about:
- The auricle or pinna, which is the main outside part of the ear
- The helix, which is the folded over part around the outside
- The antihelix, which is the Y shaped bump that sticks out

Another part of the ear is the Antitragus.

Going up from the bottom of the ear and just connected to the earlobe is the antitragus.
It is a bump that is pointing up.
The shape of this part of the ear helps bring in sounds the way your body wants to hear them.


(from: wikipedia - antitragus)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Astigmatism

Kyrgyzstan

We just learned about the country of Kuwait

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

Kyrgyzstan, is a small country in Asia, bordering Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China.
About 6.5 million people live there, and it is about 77,000 square miles.
People in this country speak either Kyrgyz or Russian.


(from: wikipedia - kyrgyzstan)

The flag of Kyrgyzstan is red with a yellow sun in the middle.
The red is for bravery and valor, and for the story of a famous hero named Manas.
The picture in the middle is the shape you would see if you were inside a tent called a yurt and looked up at the sun.


(from: wikipedia - flag of kyrgyzstan)

To eat in Kyrgyzstan, you might have qazı, which is a sausage usually made of horse meat.


(from: wikipedia - qazı)

Visiting Kyrgyzstan you might go to Issyk Kul Lake, which is the 10th largest lake in the world.
It is a salt water lake, and it never freezes even though it is right by snowy mountains.
The name Issyk Kul means Warm Lake.


(from: wikipedia - issyk kul lake)

In Kyrgyzstan they have a famous story written in the 1700s called the Epic of Manas.
It is an old story that tells about the hero Manas and his forty clans win battles against all of their enemies.
The story is so famous that people think the name of Kyrgyzstan comes from the word for his forty clans, and many things in the country are named after Manas.


(from: wikipedia - epic of manas)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Onyx River

When I Survey The Wondrous Cross

We just learned about the hymn Blessed Assurance.

Another famous hymn is When I Survey The Wondrous Cross written by Isaac Watts, in England 1707 AD.

Watts was born in England in 1674 AD, and grew up to be a minister.
He wrote around 750 hymns, and some people called him the Godfather of English Hymnody.

One difference for this hymn was that while most hymns used words from Psalms or other books of the Bible, this hymn uses the ideas from the Bible but doesn't use the actual words.

The tune of the hymn was written by Edward Miller, and is also called "Rockingham".


(from: wikipedia - when i survey the ondrous cross)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Battle on the Ice

Monument to Joe Louis - Robert Graham

We just learned about the sculpture Truncated Pyramid Room by Bruce Nauman.

Another famous American sculpture is the Monument to Joe Louis by Robert Graham made in 1985 in Detroit, Michigan.

Graham was born in Mexico, and when he was 6 years old his family moved to California where he went to college to learn about art.

The monument to Joe Louis was made to honor the famous boxer Joe Louis, one of the best boxers of all time.

Joe Louis had a very hard time growing up and in the sport of boxing because he was a black African American person, and there were a lot of people who were racist and did not like to see African American people winning at things.

Because he kept winning and was a champion for many years, he was someone that other black people could look up to and have hope for a better future.

The sculpture is a 24 foot bronze arm, made as a copy of Joe Louis' arm.
It is hanging from a frame, and the fist actually can swing back and forth like it is punching.
This was meant to be a symbol of how the power of his arm helped fight against racism.



(from: wikipedia - monument to joe louis)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Marine Corps War Memorial - Felix de Weldon

Swahili - Fifteen

We just learned about all the months of the year in Swahili!

Let's learn about some more numbers.
We already counted to 10 in Swahili, now let's learn some bigger numbers!

11 kumi na moja - sounds like koo-mee nah moh-jah 文A

12 kumi na mbili - sounds like koo-mee nah m-bee-lee 文A

13 kumi na tatu - sounds like koo-mee nah tah-too 文A

14 kumi na nne - sounds like koo-mee nah en-nay 文A

15 kumi na tano - sounds like koo-mee nah tah-no 文A



(from: wikipedia - swahili language)

Russian: одиннадцать (odinnadtsat'), двенадцать (dvenadtsat'), тринадцать (trinadtsat'), четырнадцать (chetyrnadtsat'), пятнадцать (pyatnadtsat')

Norwegian: elleve, tolv, tretten, fjorten, femten

Greek: ένδεκα (éndeka), δώδεκα (dódeka), δεκατρία (dekatría), δεκατέσσερα (dekatéssera), δεκαπέντε (dekapénte)

ASL: eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen

Italian: undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici

German: elf, zwölf, dreizehn, vierzehn, fünfzehn

Spanish: once, doce, trese, catorce, quince

French: onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze

Radiator

We just learned about the Car Battery.

Another part of a car is the Radiator.

We learned before about the coolant passages in an engine that bring cooled liquid through holes in the hot engine to cool it down.

After the liquid called coolant comes out of the engine it has been heated up by the engine.
The hot liquid then goes to the radiator to get cooled off.
The radiator is a bunch of tubes with a bunch of metal fins on it.
The metal fins help pull the heat away from the tubes and cool down the liquid.
There is also a fan that is blowing on the radiator to try and cool it down.

The liquid that is in the radiator is called coolant or antifreeze, which is a mix of water and some other chemicals that won't turn to ice in the winter.




(from: wikipedia - radiator)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Locomotion No. 1

Red-Shanked Douc

We just learned about the Maroon Leaf Monkey.

Another type of Old World Monkey is the Red-Shanked Douc.

This monkey lives only in Vietnam, Laos or Cambodia.

They spend most of their lives in the trees, and only sometimes come down to the ground for water.
Since they live in the trees they are great jumpers, and can jump up to 20 feet!
Red-Shanked Doucs grow to about 2 feet long, with a tail about 2 and 1/2 feet long, and they can weigh up to 24 pounds.

These monkeys are one of the most colorful of all monkeys, and have been called the queen of primates because of their colors.
Their fur has many different colors, like red, orange, yellow, brown, black, and grey.
They have red legs, grey and white arms, black hands and feet, and a yellow face with blue eyelids and white whiskers.

For food these monkeys mostly only eat leaves, and when they digest those leaves in their stomachs it makes a lot of gas, so these monkeys are known to burp a lot!



(from: wikipedia - red-shanked douc)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Caracal

Antihelix

We just learned about the Helix.

So we now about the outer ear, which has a part called the auricle or pinna, which has a part called the helix.

Another part of the auricle is the Antihelix.

The antihelix is the bump that sticks out on your ear that is sort of "Y" shaped.


(from: wikipedia - antihelix)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Far Sightedness

Kuwait

We just learned about the country of North Korea

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

Kuwait is a small country in the middle east that borders Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf.
People in Kuwait speak the Arabic language.

It is about 6,800 square miles, and over 4 million people live there.
Even though many people live in Kuwait, only about 1 million of the people living there are actually citizens of Kuwait.
The other 3 million are people who are from other countries, that have come to Kuwait to work.


(from: wikipedia - kuwait)

The flag of Kuwait is a black trapezoid on the left, next to sideways stripes of green, white and red.
Black is for the winning battles, green is for the land, white is for purity, and red is for the blood of warriors who died fighting for Kuwait.

There are lots of shapes on other flags like diamonds, circles and stars, but Kuwait is the only flag with a trapezoid on it.


(from: wikipedia - flag of kuwait)

To eat in Kuwait you might have Balaleet, which is a breakfast made with sugar, cardamom, rose water, saffron noodles and eggs.

(from: wikipedia - balaleet)

Visiting Kuwait you might go to Sea City, which is a city in Kuwait that was built by digging canals into the ground to make a fake shoreline where 250,000 people built houses on the water, without being right on the persian gulf.

(from: wikipedia - sabah al ahmad sea city)

In Kuwait they have the largest dhow ever built, called the Al-Hashemi-II.
A dhow is a type of sailing ship, and this one is 274 feet long.


(from: wikipedia - al-hashemi-ii)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Subglacial Lakes

Blessed Assurance

We just learned about the All Hail the Power of Jesus Name.

Another famous hymn is Blessed Assurance, written by Fanny Crosby and Phoebe Knapp in 1873.

Phoebe and Fanny were working together in the church one day, and Phoebe played a tune on the piano.
She asked Fanny what it should be called, and right away she said Blessed assurance; Jesus is mine, which became the first words of the hymn.

Phoebe wrote music for over 500 hymns through her life.
Fanny was blind ever since she was a baby, and she wrote over 8,000 hymns and was sometimes called the Queen of Gospel Song Writers.

She was well known throughout America, and also wrote songs about the Civil War supporting the Union, as she liked Abraham Lincoln and wantd to get rid of slavery.

In 1843 when she was trying to get better education for blind people, she went and talked to the Senate to ask for help.
This was long before women were allowed to be part of the Senate, and in 1843 she was the first woman to speak to the US Senate.


(from: wikipedia - fanny crosby)

(from: wikipedia - phoebe knapp)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Basilica of Saint-Denis

Truncated Pyramid Room - Bruce Nauman

We just learned about the sculpture Tower by Sol Lewitt.

Another Truncated Pyramid Room by Bruce Nauman, made in Germany in 1982.


(from: wikipedia - bruce nauman)

This is a 24 foot high sculpture that is shaped like part of a pyramid with the top cut ouff and the insides open.
The pyramid is all black, and has some yellow lights shining on it at night.

Bruce Nauman was born in 1941 in Indiana, and studied art at the University of California.

Kid Facts - Blast from the past: George Washington as President - Alexander Stirling Calder