Cheetah

We just learned about the Wild Turkey Snood.

The cheetah is the fastest animal on land, it can run 75 miles per hour.
That's as fast as a car on the highway!

(from: wikipedia - cheetah)

The black lines on a cheetah's face that look like tears are actually used to help keep the sun out of the cheetah's eyes for hunting.

Hand bones - metacarpals

We just learned about the Carpal Wrist Bones.

The bones in your hand are called your metacarpals.

If you feel in your hand, you can feel the long thin bones going out toward each knuckle and finger.

(from: wikipedia - hand)

The metacarpal bones are numbered one through five, starting with your thumb bone and going toward your pinky.

Africa continent

We just learned about the Equator.

Africa is a continent that is home to many countries such as Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

There are 57 countries on the African continent!


(from: wikipedia - africa)

The African continent is home to animals like giraffes, rhinoceroses, elephants and lions.

(from: wikipedia - rhinoceros)

And in the country of Egypt they have pyramids!

(from: wikipedia - pyramids)

Tenth commandment

We just learned about the Ninth Commandment to not covet your neighbor's house.

The tenth commandment that God gave to Moses is:

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his cattle, nor anything that is his.

This means do not sit and think about how much you want anything that belongs to your neighbor.
(from: wikisource - Luther's Small Catechism)



(from: wikipedia - thou shalt not covet)

sputnik

We just learned about the Hubble Space Telescope.

A satellite is something that floats into outer space around a planet.

The very first satellite to go into outer space from earth was called sputnik.


(from: wikipedia - sputnik 1)

It was launched in 1957 and stayed in outer space for 22 days before falling to the earth.

French - One two three four five

Let's count to five in French!
1 un - sounds like un /?/
2 deaux - sounds like doo /?/
3 trois - sounds like twah /?/
4 quatre - sounds like coo-ah-twah /?/
5 cinq - sounds like sahnk /?/

Sound waves

We just learned about Positive and Negative sides of batteries.

When you make a sound, like plucking on a guitar string, it makes a vibration that pushes through the air.

(from: wikipedia - seven strings guitar)

Those invisible vibrations in the air are called sound waves and if you could see them you'd see they look a lot like the waves you see in the water.

(from: wikipedia - sound waves)

The waves travel through the air until they hit your ear, then you hear the sounds!

(from: wikipedia - ear)