Impala

We just learned about the Gazelle.

Another type of antelope is the impala.

It is very good at jumping!
It can jump 9 feet in the air, taller than any person!
And it can jump more than 33 feet forward, about as long as two cars!

When a group of impalas gets scared by another animal that is attacking,
they will all start jumping around in the air to try and confuse their attacker.


(from: wikipedia - impala)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Shark teeth

Chewing muscles

We just learned about the Nose Muscles.

There's a fancy word for chewing, it's called masticating.

You have two main muscles you use for chewing.
One is your jaw muscle called the masseter muscle.


(from: wikipedia - masseter muscle)

The other is your temple muscle up on the side of your head, called the temporal muscle.


(from: wikipedia - temporal muscle)


If you bite down hard and feel your face and the side of your head, you can feel which muscles they are.

Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Tibia & Fibula

Uzbekistan

We just learned about the country of Malaysia.

Uzbekistan is a country in Asia West of China.

(from: wikipedia - uzbekistan)

For dinner in Uzbekistan, you might have plov, which is rice, meat carrots and onions.

(from: wikipedia - uzbekistan)

One of the fastest bicycle racers in the world is from Uzbekistan, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov.

(from: wikipedia - djamolidine abdoujaparov)

Aral sea in Uzbekistan was once the fourth largest sea in the world.
Some people who needed drinking water took it from rivers that came out of that sea, and it drained it almost empty.

(from: wikipedia - aral sea)

The city of Bukhara has many wonderful buildings.

(from: wikipedia - bukhara)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Lattitude & Longitude

Jesus' Miracles - Healing Women

We've learned about Jesus' Miracles healing lepers, healing the blind, and healing the paralyzed.

Jesus healed other people as well, like three women that he healed.

One was sick and just had to touch his cloak to be healed.
One was the mother of the Apostle Simon Peter,
and another was a woman who had been crippled for eighteen years.


(from: wikipedia - healing the mother of peter's wife)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Apostle's Creed - Part 9

Moon Tides

We just learned about Gravity on the Moon.

The moon orbits the earth about every 27 days, and the earth spins around once every day.

Because the moon is so big, as it is spinning around the earth it affects the oceans and lakes.
This is called Tide.

When a part of the ocean is facing where the moon is, the water rises up.
Then when the earth spins and the moon orbits, the water goes down.
When the ocean is facing totally opposite of where the moon is, the water rises up again.
And when the earth spins again the water goes down.

If you live on an ocean or lake, you can see the water rise up to the beach for a few hours, then go back out for a few hours.


(from: wikipedia - tide)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Planet Venus

Spanish - Green, blue, purple, pink

Last time we learned red orange and yellow in Spanish is rojo naranja and amarillo, let's learn more colors!

Green - verde - sounds like vay-uh-day /?/
Blue - azul - sounds like ah-zool /?/
Purple - morado - sounds like moh-dah-doh /?/
Pink - rosa - sounds like doh-sah /?/


(from: wikipedia - Association of Spanish Language Academies)

Do you remember how to say it in French?
French - vert, bleu, violet, rose

Lava Fountain

A lava fountain is like a big fountain of lava erupting from a fissure vent.


(from: wikipedia - lava)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Binary