Spectacled Cobra

We just learned a little about Beaver Tails.

The Indian Cobra is also known as the Spectacled Cobra
can you guess why by looking at the picture?

(from: wikipedia - indian cobra)

If you look at the markings on the back of the cobra,
it kind of looks like someone is wearing glasses,
and glasses are also sometimes called spectacles.

The Indian Cobra's head isn't always spread out like that,
they have something called a hood which fans out when they feel threatened.

Normal:


Threatened:


So if you see a snake standing up like that with it's hood out,
you know the snake feels threatened by you!

Intermediate phalanges

The finger bones in the middle of your finger are called the intermediate phalanges.

They are connected to the proximal phalanges,
but there are only four intermediate phalanges, because the thumb does not have a middle thumb bone.

(from: wikipedia - intermediate phalanges)

Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world.

(from: wikipedia - asia)

It is East of Europe, and West of North America if you go across the Pacific Ocean.

Some of the countries in Asia are Russia, China, India, Japan, Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Apostle's Creed - part 2

We already learned part 1 of the Apostle's Creed:

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

Now here's part 2:

And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord


(from: wikipedia - apostle's creed)

First human in space - Yuri Gagarin

We just learned about Explorer I the first satellite every launched into space by America.

The first person to ever go into outer space was Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut.
Cosmonaut is the word the Russians used for astronauts.

(from: wikipedia - yuri gagarin)

His spacecraft was called the Vostok 1, and it did one orbit of the Earth on April 12th, 1961.


(from: wikipedia - vostok 1)

French Alphabet - A B C D E F G

The French alphabet looks just like the English one,
but it sounds a little different

A - Sounds like ah
B - Sounds like bay
C - Sounds like say
D - Sounds like day
E - Sounds like uh
F - Sounds like eff
G - Sounds like zhay

To hear the letters, visit FrenchSpanish Online's alphabet page

Speed of light

Just like the speed of sound is very fast, the speed of light is even faster!
The speed of sound is 760 miles per hour.

The speed of light is over 670 MILLION miles per hour!

So when you turn on that flashlight, the light goes out from the light bulb so fast that no boat, car or airplane can go faster.

When the sun shines, it is very far away, but it takes eight minutes for a ray of sunshine to hit earth going at the speed of light!


(from: wikipedia - speed of light)