Wall Cloud

We just learned that a Tornado Family is multiple tornadoes in one storm.

Another type of weather is a Wall Cloud.

We learned a while back that a shelf cloud is a big cloud that is at the edge of a thunderstorm moving out.

A wall cloud looks a lot like a shelf cloud, but it is on the inside of the thunderstorm, not on the outside edge.


(from: wikipedia - wall cloud)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Cumulonimbus Clouds

Boston Terrier

We just learned about the Jack Russel Terrier.

Another type of dog is the Boston Terrier.

It has a black and white coat, and because it looks like it is wearing a suit it has the nickname of the American Gentleman.

Long ago people raised these dogs to fight other dogs for fun, or to hunt rats, but now they just keep them as pets.

(from: wikipedia - boston terrier)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Spider Spiral Orb Webs

Mitral Valve

We just learned about the tricuspid valve between the right atrium and ventricle.

Another valve is called the mitral valve and it is between the left atrium and left ventricle.

It opens to let blood flow from the left atrium into the left ventricle, and then closes so the blood doesn't flow back into the left atrium.


(from: wikipedia - mitral valve)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: External Carotid Artery

Lake Erie

We just learned about the Great Slave Lake.

Another lake is Lake Erie, which borders Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Ontario.

This is the smallest of the Great Lakes in North America.

The lake got it's name from the Native American Iroquoi tribe, who thought since the lake was so wild and unpredictable they called it a cat.
The Iroquoi word for cat is Erige.

The Detroit river runs into Erie, and the water from Erie flows out to Niagara Falls.


(from: wikipedia - lake erie)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Iowa

Acts

We just learned about the last book of the bible called Revelation.

Let's learn about the book of Acts.

Right after the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John comes the book of Acts.

This book talks about many of the things that happened right after Jesus was crucified, like the Holy Spirit coming down on the Apostles, and when the Apostle Paul was brought to be a believer in Jesus.


(from: wikipedia - acts of the apostles)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Arrest of Jesus - Sword

Metz & Co showroom - van der Leck

We just learned about the famous work of art Composition VII by Theo van Doesburg.

Another famous work of art is the Metz & Co showroom by Dutch artist Bart van der Leck in 1941.

Like Mondrian and van Doesburg, van der Leck was part of the abstract art style called De Stijl.

Metz and Co was a store that asked van Doesburg to make a nice looking room, and he made it using simple shapes and colors, that weren't supposed to look like anything except a bunch of shapes.

(from: wikipedia - bart van der leck)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Raphael Rooms

Italian - Black, White, Brown, Gray

We just learned that red, yellow, orange in Italian is rosso, arancione, giallo,
and green, blue, purple, pink is verde, blu, viola, rosa.

Let's learn some more colors!


black - nero - sounds like nee-doh /?/

white - bianco - sounds like bee-ah-n-koh /?/

brown - marrone - sounds like mah-doh-n-ay /?/

gray - grigio - sounds like g-dee-joh /?/


(from: wikipedia - accademia della crusca)

In German:
schwarz, weiß, braun, grau

In Spanish:
negro, blanco, marrón, gris

In French:
noir, blanc, brun, gris