Argentina

We just learned about the country of Clipperton Island

Let's learn a little about the country of Argentina!

This country is in South America, and borders Chile, Bolivia, Paragua, Brazil, Uruguay and the Atlantic Ocean.
It is over 2 million square kilometers, and about 47 million people live there.
The people in this country speak Spanish.


(from: wikipedia - argentia)

The flag of Argentina is sideways stripes of blue, white and blue with a yellow sun in the middle.
Many people think the white and blue are for the skies and clouds.
The sun is called the Sun of May and is for the old Incan gods, and for the independence from Spain.


(from: wikipedia - flag of argentina)

To eat in this country you might have asado, which is barbecued meat like beef, pork or chicken.


(from: wikipedia - argentine cuisine)

Visiting this country you might go see the mountain aconcagua that is 6,961 meters high, and is the highest peak outside of Asia.


(from: wikipedia - aconcagua)

There is a large glacier in the southern part of Argentina called Perito Moreno Glacier that people will go walk out on, and sometimes see parts of it break off and fall into the ocean.


(from: wikipedia - perito moreno glacier)


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Zebulun

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Another of the twelve tribes is Zebulun.

He was the 10th son of Jacob and Leah, and the last one of the 6 sons that Leah had.


(from: wikipedia - zebulun)


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Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Vincent Van Gogh.

One of the first paintings from Vincent van Gogh is Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs in the Netherlands in 1881.

When Van Gogh was 28 years old he made one of his first paintings, of some cabbages and wooden shoes called clogs on a table.
Paintings of things that are not moving are called still life.
This was before Van Gogh came up with his own different style that made him famous later on.


(from: wikipedia - early works of vincent van gogh)


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Hindi - Fifteen

We just learned about all the months of the year in Hindi!

Let's learn about some more numbers.

We already counted to 10 in Swahili, now let's learn some bigger numbers!

11 ग्यारह (gyaarah) - sounds like g-yah-rah - 文A

12 बारह (baarah) - sounds like bah-rah - 文A

13 तेरह (terah) - sounds like tay-rah - 文A

14 चौदह (pandrah) - sounds like pah-n-drah - 文A

15 पंद्रह (chaudah) - sounds like chah-oo-dah - 文A



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: kumi na moja, kumi na mbili, kumi na tatu, kumi na nne, kumi na tano

Russian: одиннадцать (odinnadtsat'), двенадцать (dvenadtsat'), тринадцать (trinadtsat'), четырнадцать (chetyrnadtsat'), пятнадцать (pyatnadtsat')

Norwegian: elleve, tolv, tretten, fjorten, femten

Greek: ένδεκα (éndeka), δώδεκα (dódeka), δεκατρία (dekatría), δεκατέσσερα (dekatéssera), δεκαπέντε (dekapénte)

ASL: eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen

Italian: undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici

German: elf, zwölf, dreizehn, vierzehn, fünfzehn

Spanish: once, doce, trese, catorce, quince

French: onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze

Oil Refinery

We just learned about the Oil Platform.

Another part of how we use oil is an Oil Refinery.

When the oil is pumped out of the oil well in the ground, it needs to be cleaned up and made into something that can be used in engines or to make other things that need oil.
An oil refinery is the place the oil is brought to, and cleaned up in what is called refining.


(from: wikipedia - oil refinery)


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European Polecat

We just learned about the Stoat.

Another animal in the same family is the European Polecat.

This is a small animal about 400 milimeters long, weighing about 1,200 grams.
They have brown and black fur, and usually a white face.

Some people in Europe have been able to keep polecats as pets, and even teach them how to hunt things like rats.
Long ago polecats were hunted a lot for their fur, and there are many made up stories about polecats having powers to paralyze someone with just a bite to the neck!


(from: wikipedia - european polecat)


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Renal Corpuscle

We just learned about the Nephron.

Another part of the kidneys is the Renal Corpuscle.

The word renal has something to do with the kidneys, and the word corpuscle means something to do with cells.
The renal corpuscle works to help clean up the blood by filtering out bad stuff.

The kidneys take in blood from the body, clean it up and send it back around the body, and then any waste gets sent out of the body when you go to the bathroom.


(from: wikipedia - renal corpuscle)


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