Great Lakes (HOMES)

There are five lakes in the United States called the "Great Lakes" and an easy way to remember the names of all five is the word HOMES.

H - Huron
O - Ontario
M - Michigan
E - Erie
S - Superior


(Image from: Wikipedia - Great Lakes)

Second commandment

The second commandment God gave to Moses is:

We just learned about the First Commandment to have no other gods.

Let's learn the Second Commandment:

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain.

(from: wikisource - Luther's Small Catechism)

This means you should not say God or Jesus unless you're talking to God or about God.
Saying things like "Oh my God" is an example of what not to do.


(from: wikipedia - ten commandments)

Planet Names

An easy way to remember the planet's names is to remember a funny thing to say:
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos

The first letter from each of those words matches up with the first letter of a planet!
My - M - Mercury
Very - V - Venus
Educated - E - Earth
Mother - M - Mars
Just - J - Jupiter
Served - S - Saturn
Us - U - Uranus
Nachos - N - Neptune

This is also the right order for the planets too, from the closest to the sun (Mercury) to the farthest away (Neptune)

(From: Wikipedia - Solar System)

Remember that Pluto is still out there, but it's not a planet anymore!

Hardware & Software

For computers, the word hardware means all of the hard parts of the computer, like the screen, buttons, keyboards, all the bits and pieces inside a phone or laptop or desktop computer.


(From: Wikipedia - Personal Computer Hardware)

The word software means all of the things that the computers do, like games and programs that run and make the computer work.



(From: Wikipedia - Angry Birds)

Inside Bees

A bee's heart runs all along the heart of it's body.

(from: wikipedia - insect morphology)

They have holes in their bodies called spiracles that are openings where they take in air to breathe.

(from: wikipedia - spiracle)

Thoracic Vertebrae

We just learned about the Cervical Vertebrae.

The middle part of your spine is called the Thoracic Vertebrae.
Remember that your ribs are called the Thoracic Cage, and your Spine is made up of vertebrae.

(from: wikipedia - thoracic vertebrae)

Peninsulas

A peninsula is some place where land is sticking out and is surrounded by water.

Lake Michigan has an upper peninsula and lower peninsula surrounded by the lakes.

(from: wikipedia - michigan)

And Florida is a peninsula sticking out into the ocean.

(from: wikipedia - florida)