Naked mole rat

We just learned about the big bird called the Ostrich.

The naked mole rat is a rat that lives mostly underground and has almost no hair.

Their families are like bees or ants, where they have one queen who is in charge of having babies,
and a bunch of workers rats who do all the work to take care of her.


(from: wikipedia - naked mole rat)

The naked mole rat's skin is interesting because they feel very little pain!


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Inside Bees

Forearm pronators

Let's keep learning about the muscles in the human body!

We've now learned that the forearm flexors are used to help flex your elbow together,
and the forearm extensors are used to move the bank of your hand toward your forearm, or spread your fingers out.

The forearm does even more than that!

There is another group of muscles called pronators.
They spin your wrist around, so that your hand is pointing away from you.


(from: wikipedia - pronation)

Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Thoracic Vertebrae

Russia

We just learned about the small country of Iceland.

Russia is the largest country in the world.

It is so large, that even though it's part of Europe, it's also part of Asia!


(from: wikipedia - russia)

For dessert in Russia, you might have syrniki, which is kind of like a donut!

(from: wikipedia - syrniki)

The Russians were the first to launch a satellite in space, called Sputnik 1

(from: wikipedia - russia)

Saint Basil's Cathedral is a beautiful famous church in the city of Moscow.

(from: wikipedia - russia)

One of the most famous musical composers ever was Russian Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
He wrote the famous Nutcracker ballet.

(from: wikipedia - russia)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Peninsulas

John

Let's keep learning about the four Gospels in the New Testament.

We've already learneda bout Matthew, Mark and Luke.
The last of the four gospels is John.

John was the cousin of Jesus, and one of the Apostles.

One of the most famous things from the Bible is from the book of John, chapter 3, verse 16:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.


(from: wikipedia - john the apostle)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: First Commandment

Planetary system

We just learned about the Interstellar Cloud.

We learned before that our solar system is our group of planets (like Earth and Mars)
spinning around our star which is called the Sun.

We use the word solar just for our Sun, not for other stars.

For other stars with planets that spin (or revolve) around them,
we use the name planetary system.


(from: wikipedia - planetary system)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Saturn's Rings

French - one hundred

We just learned how to count to 99 in French! Wow!

What about numbers 100 and over?

100 in French is cent - sounds like son - /?/
For numbers higher than that, you just say the individual numbers afterward.
101 cent un - sounds like sont-on /?/

102 cent deux - sounds like son-doo /?/

103 cent trois - sounds like son-twah /?/

104 cent quatre - sounds like son-cat-uh-ah /?/

105 cent cinq - sounds like sont-sank /?/

106 cent six - sounds like son-see /?/

107 cent sept - sounds like son-set /?/

108 cent huit - sounds like son-oo-ee /?/

109 cent neuf - sounds like son-nef /?/


(from: wikipedia - OIF)

Lava

We just learned a little about LEDs

Let's learn about Lava!

Lava is molten (or melted) rock!

To melt rock, the temperature has to be over 1,200 degrees.

(from: wikipedia - lava)

The word lava is also used for the cooled down lava that turns into rock.


(from: wikipedia - lava)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: ENIAC