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Friday, July 19, 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Electrical Conductivity
We just learned about what Capacitors are!
Let's learn about Electrical conductivity.
Electrical conductivity sounds like a couple of big words,
but really it's not all that hard to understand.
We know about electricity from things like lightning, batteries or plugs.
Conductivity just means how easy or hard it is for electricity to go through something.
Things like metals are very conductive, but things like rubber or plastic are not very conductive.
This is why plugs and wires for your electronics are all made out of metal,
and the metal wires are usually wrapped in rubber because then the electricity can't get out!

(from: wikipedia - electrical wiring)
Things like rubber that are not very conductive, can also be called resistive.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Triceps
Let's keep learning about the muscles in the human body!
Last time we learned about the biceps
Next up is the triceps.
The tricep is the muscle on the back side of your upper arm between the shoulder and elbow,
right along your humerus bone, and on the opposite side of the bicep.
You are using your tricep when you push your arms out from your body.

(from: wikipedia - triceps)
Monday, July 15, 2013
Greece
Let's keep learning about the countries in Europe!
Last time we learned about Poland.
Next up is Greece.
Greece is home to some great foods like moussaka, pastitsio and a cheese called saganaki that they light on fire and say OPAH!

(from: wikipedia - greece)
Many famous big thinkers called philosophers were from Greece, one was named Socrates

There are many famous buildings in Greece, like the Parthenon

And Greece is where the Olympic Games were first invented.

Sunday, July 14, 2013
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Betelgeuse
We've learned about the stars Alpha Centauri and Sirius.
Another star that has a funny name is Betelgeuse, pronounced like beetle-juice.
It is the ninth brightest star in the night sky,
and part of the constellation of Orion.
(from: wikipedia - betelgeuse)
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