Respiratory System

We just learned about the Chewing Muscles.

Your respiratory system is the part of your body that helps you breathe in air.

The air we breathe has something called Oxygen which our body needs to survive.

There are many parts to your respiratory system, from your chest to your throat to your nose!


(from: wikipedia - respiratory system)


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Afghanistan

Afghanistan is country in Asia South of Uzbekistan.

(from: wikipedia - afghanistan)

For lunch in Afghanistan, you might have badenjan which is eggplant.

(from: wikipedia - afghan cuisine)

The baba mountain range goes through Afghanistan.

(from: wikipedia - koh i baba)

Women in Afghanistan have to fight to have equal rights, and one famous woman who is helping women be equal in their country is Anarkali Honaryar

(from: wikipedia - anarkali honaryar)

The country is also known for some of the best pomegranates!

(from: wikipedia - afghanistan)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Canada

Jesus' Miracles - Healing on the Sabbath

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

One time some of the people that didn't like Jesus tried to trick him into breaking one of God's commandments.
People believed that you should always rest on the Sabbath day, a holy day that you should set aside just to worship God and not do any work. This was one of Moses's ten commandments.

So the people brought Jesus to a man who was sick and asked if it was OK for him to heal someone on the holy day. Jesus knew it was a trick, and said that if one of those people had a child or an ox that fell into a well, they would rescue it, so it was OK for him to heal the sick man.


(from: wikipedia - healing a man with dropsy)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Apostle's Creed - Part 10

Solar eclipse

Remember orbit means that one thing spins around the outside of another thing.

We know the moon orbits around the earth, and is kind of close to the earth.
We also know the earth orbits around the sun.

What happens when the moon spins around the earth, and is right between the earth and the sun?
That's called a solar eclipse.

The moon gets right between the earth and the sun, and blocks out the sun!

(from: wikipedia - solar eclipse)

When the moon is in just the right position, it blocks out pretty much the whole sun, and the earth gets dark light night time, even though it's day time!

(from: wikipedia - solar eclipse)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Earth

Spanish - Black, white, brown, gray

We've learned red orange and yellow in Spanish is rojo naranja and amarillo, and green blue purple pink is verde azul morado and rosa.

Let's learn more colors!

Black - negro - sounds like nay-gdoh /?/
White - blanco - sounds like blah-n-coh /?/
Brown - marrón - sounds like mah-dd-oh-n /?/
Gray - gris - sounds like gd-ee-ss /?/


(from: wikipedia - Association of Spanish Language Academies)

Do you remember how to say it in French?
noir, blanc, brun, gris

Lava lake

We just learned about a Lava Fountain.

A lava lake is a large crater or hole filled with lava.

Sometimes lava lakes happen after an eruption that just fills up a crater,
and sometimes they happen because lava flows along the ground and fills up a hole.

(from: wikipedia - lava lake)


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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)


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