Red Fox

We just learned about the Moray Eel.

The red fox is a very common type of fox that lives through North America, Asia and Europe.

A boy fox is called a tod, a girl fox is a vixen, and little baby foxes are called kits.

(from: wikipedia - red fox)


What does the fox say?

Red foxes make a few different types of sounds.
One is like a high pitched barking sound.
Another is like a high shrieking sound, almost like a woman screaming.
Another is called "gekkering" and it sounds very weird, like chattering teeth and high pitched barking.

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Levator Lip Muscles

We just learned about the Procerus Nose Muscle.

There are two muscles in your face that help raise your upper lip:
levator labii superioris and levator anguli oris.

The superioris muscle is the bigger one.

levator means to raise, labii means lip, superioris means upper or bigger, anguli means angled and oris means mouth.


(from: wikipedia - levator labii superioris)


(from: wikipedia - levator anguli oris)


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Thailand

We just learned about the country of Indonesia.

Thailand is a small country just south of China.


(from: wikipedia - thailand)

Phat thai (also called pad thai) is a meal of noodles, meat, vegetables, peanuts and spices.

(from: wikipedia - pad thai)

Kickboxing is a popular sport in Thailand.

(from: wikipedia - muay thai)

Khon is a type of dance where people wear masks and dance while a story is told.

(from: wikipedia - khon)


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Jesus' Apostles - James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, Jude Thaddaeus

We've learned about 8 of the twelve apostles so far:
Fishermen Andrew and Simon Peter
Fishermen James and John who were brothers and sons of Zebedee.
Philip and Bartholomew who were from the same town as the others.
Matthew the tax collector.
Thomas who is sometimes called doubting Thomas.

Some of the apostles were named the same as others, so they aren't just listed by their first name.

There were two apostles named James.
We already learned about James son of Zebedee, there was also James son of Alphaeus.

(from: wikipedia - james, son of alphaeus)

We already learned about Simon Peter, and there is also the apostle Simon the Zealot.

(from: wikipedia - simon the zealot)

Sometimes people had different names or nicknames too. The apostle Thaddaeus is also called Jude.

(from: wikipedia - jude the apostle)

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Lunar wrinkle ridges

We just learned about Lunar Domes.

Let's keep learning about the moon!

Another thing you can see on the moon look like wrinkled lines.
These are called wrinkle ridges.

If you look inside the crater Letronne, you will see some wrinkled lines that are wrinkle ridges.

(from: wikipedia - geology of the moon)


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Spanish - One, two, three, four, five

Let's count to five in Spanish!
1 uno - sounds like oo-no /?/
2 dos - sounds like doh-s /?/
3 tres - sounds like ted-ace /?/
4 quatro - sounds like coo-ah-ted-oh /?/
5 cinco - sounds like sink-oh /?/


(from: wikipedia - Association of Spanish Language Academies)

Do you remember how to say it in French?
Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq

Shield Volcanoes

We learned before about stratovolcanoes and how they are tall and cone shaped.

When a volcano is much flatter, it's called a shield volcano.

Shield volcanoes are made up mostly of hardened lava flows.

(from: wikipedia - shield volcano)


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