Springbok

We just learned about the Bongo type of antelope.

Another kind of antelope is the springbok.

The male springbok has a flap of skin like a pocket on it's back by its tail.
When he wants to show that he is big and strong, he will jump up in the air and flip that flap of skin up, to show how tough he is!


(from: wikipedia - springbok)


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Bronchi

Let's keep learning about the respiratory system!

We know now that the lungs are where you store air you breathe in, and the trachea is the big tube in your throat that carries air down toward your lungs.

Your trachea comes down your neck, then splits into two parts called your bronchi.
One goes to the left lung, and one goes to the right lung.


(from: wikipedia - right main bronchus)


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Jordan

Jordan is a country in the Middle East in Asia, in between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

(from: wikipedia - jordan)

For a meal in Jordan you might have mansaf, which is lamb with yogurt and rice.

(from: wikipedia - mansaf)

Daoud Hanania is a famous surgeon in Jordan, and was the first to perform heart surgery in the country.
(from: wikipedia - daoud hanania)

A very famous tomb was carved out of a mountain in a place called Petra.

(from: wikipedia - al khazneh)

There is an ancient place in Jordan called Bethabara that people believe is the place where John the Baptist brought people to be baptized.

(from: wikipedia - bethabara)


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Jesus' Miracles - Healing the centurion's servant

We've learned about Jesus' Miracles healing lepers, healing the blind, healing the paralyzed, healing women, healing on the sabbath, healing in a synagogue, and Jesus' Miracles - Healing a deaf and mute person

One time a soldier called a centurion asked Jesus to heal one of his young servants.
Jesus told the soldier that he would come to his house to heal the boy, but the soldier said that he believed Jesus could just heal the boy without even coming to the house.

Because the soldier had such strong faith, Jesus healed the boy right then.

(from: wikipedia - healing the centurion's servant)


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Lunar eclipse

We know that a solar eclipse is when the moon gets between the earth and the sun.

A lunar eclipse is when the earth gets between the moon and the sun. Since the earth is blocking the sunlight shining on the moon, the moon will go dark in the sky and you won't be able to see it.


(from: wikipedia - lunar eclipse)


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Spanish - I am happy

Last time we learned that the Spanish words for horse, sheep and duck are caballo, oveja and pato.

Let's learn how to say I am happy in Spanish!

We can break it up into two words:
I am - Estoy - sounds like ess-toy /?/
happy - feliz - Sounds like fell-ee-ss /?/

Together Estoy feliz sounds like Ess-toy fell-ee-ss.

(from: wikipedia - Association of Spanish Language Academies)

Do you remember how to say it in French?
French - I am happy - Je suis heureux

Sandstone

We've learned now that there are three types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.

One type of sedimentary rock is called sandstone.
Like the name sounds, it's made up of pieces of sand piling up on top of sand over years and years.
The small sand pieces are sediments, so that means it is a sedimentary type of rock.


(from: wikipedia - sandstone)


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