Hyena

We just learned about the Aardvark.

Hyenas are known for living in the desert, and their laughing bark sound.

Many people think hyenas only eat dead animals and never hunt themselves,
but most hyenas really do go out and hunt their own prey!

(from: wikipedia - hyena)

When we see hyenas, we mostly think they act like dogs,
but in many ways they are actually more like cats.

They clean themselves with their tongues like cats do,
and they have a rough tongue like a cat does.


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Dorsal Foot Muscles

We just learned about the Palmar Interossei Hand Muscles.

There are a lot of muscles in the foot, just to help you walk and keep your balance!

The first group of foot muscles we'll talk about are the dorsal foot muscles.

They have really fancy names extensor digitorum brevis and extensor hallucis brevis,
but you can just call them dorsal muscles.

They are used to help you straighten your toes, or lift them up toward your face.

(from: wikipedia - extensor digitorum brevis muscle)


(from: wikipedia - extensor hallucis brevis muscle)



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India

India is a very large country in Asia southwest of China.

(from: wikipedia - india)

For dinner in India, you might have tandoori chicken

(from: wikipedia - indian cuisine)

A great leader in India named Gandhi helped people by showing them how to fight back
against others without hurting anyone, called non-violence.

(from: wikipedia - mohandas karamchand gandhi)

One of the most famous buildings in the world is the Taj Mahal.
It was built by an emperor as a tomb for his wife after she died.

(from: wikipedia - tourism in india)

The third highest mountain in the world is in India, called the Kangchenjunga.

(from: wikipedia - tourism in india)



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Jesus' Apostles - James and John Zebedee

After Jesus called Andrew and Simon Peter, he called two more apostles, James and John, sons of Zebedee.

They were also fishermen, and when Jesus called them they left their fishing boats and followed him.

(from: wikipedia - matthew 4:21)


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Moon - Highlands

We just learned about the Cat's Eye Nebula.

Let's learn a little more about the Moon!

We've already learned that the moon orbits the earth every 27 days or so.

And we learned about the first moon spacecrafts Luna 2 and Ranger 4 as well as the first people to walk on the moon in the Apollo 11 mission.

But what about the moon itself?

If you look at the moon you'll see that it has bright and dark markings on it.
The bright areas are called the lunar highlands, or terrae.

(from: wikipedia - geology of the moon)


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Spanish - Do you speak Spanish?

To ask if someone speaks Spanish, you say hablas español?.

It sounds like ah-blah-ss ess-pan-yole /?/
.


(from: wikipedia - Association of Spanish Language Academies)

Do you remember how to say it in French?
parlez-vous français

Volcanic Ash

We just learned about the rocks that are thrown from volcanoes called Tephra

Volcanic Ash is the smoky cloud that comes up from a volcano when it erupts.
Even though it just looks like smoke or steam,
the ash is actually made up of tiny bits of rock that are floating through the air.


(from: wikipedia - volcanic ash)

Volcanic Ash isn't like lava where it will melt everything in it's path,
but it can shoot out and cover areas for almost a thousand miles.
It can make animals or people sick, and just make a big mess covering everything up in a black mush.

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