Rhino teeth and horns

We just learned a little about Otter Noses and Ears.

Even though rhinos have huge horns and big feet, it's interesting to know that they don't have any front teeth!

(from: wikipedia - rhinocerous)

Rhinos only eat plants, and they use their large back teeth to grind up the plants they eat.

Their horns aren't made up of bone like you might think, they're made of keratin,
the same type of thing our hair and fingernails are made of.
So their horn is like one huge really tough fingernail!

A group of rhinos is called a crash which makes sense!
They can also be called a herd.

Coccyx

Last we learned about the sacrum which connects to the lumbar vertebrae.

Below the sacrum, and the last part of the spine
is the coccyx (sounds like cock-six)
Sometimes it's also called the tail bone.

It is made up of three to five bones that curve forward toward the front of your body.



(from: wikipedia - coccyx)

Indian ocean

The two big oceans we learned about already were the Atlantic ocean and Pacific ocean.

Another ocean that's located in between Africa, India and Australia
is called the Indian Ocean.

(from: wikipedia - indian ocean)

It's the third largest ocean.

Apostle's Creed - part 5

We just learned up through Part 4 of the Apostle's Creed.

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried.

Here's part 5:

He descended into hell. On the third day He rose again from the dead.


(from: wikipedia - apostle's creed)

After Jesus died on the cross, he went to hell because of the sins he carried on his shoulders for us.
But because he was God's son, he defeated death and hell and came back to life.

Ranger 4 - First American spacecraft on the moon

We've learned that the first spacecraft to land on the moon was the Luna 2, by the Russians.

The first American spacecraft to land on the moon was the Ranger 4 on April 23, 1962.

(from: wikipedia - ranger 4)

French Alphabet - V W X Y Z

We already learned French A B C D E F G, H I J K L M N, and O P Q R S T U
now let's learn the last letters:

V - Sounds like vay
W - Sounds like doo bluh vay
X - Sounds like eeks
Y - Sounds like ee guh dake
Z - Sounds like zed

So all together, let's say it!
You can try singing it to the alphabet song.

ah, bay, say, day, uh, eff, zhay
ah-sh, ee, zhee, kah
el, em, en, oh, pay
coo, ay-uh, ess
tay, oo, vay
doo bluh vay, eeks, ee guh dake, zed

Now you know your French ABCs!

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

Frequency

We just learned about Waves and Wavelength.

Frequency means the number of times that something happens during a certain length of time.

So for example, if you clap your hands 3 times,
then 3 is the number of times

If you count out 10 seconds,
that is the length of time.

If you clap your hands 3 times while you count out 10 seconds,
then 3 over 10 is the frequency.

You can write it like 3/10.

If you clap your hands 7 times in that 10 seconds, that's 7/10, which is a higher frequency
If you clap your hands just 1 time in that 10 seconds, that's 1/10, which is a lower frequency

We can use frequency to measure lots of things from music to heart beats to airplanes!

(from: wikipedia - frequency)

Sometimes we also use the word occurrences instead of saying number of times.