Catalytic Reforming

We just learned about the Naphtha.

Another part of refining oil is Catalytic Reforming.

This is something using chemistry and a very expensive metal called platinum to turn the naphtha into something called reformates.


(from: wikipedia - catalytic reforming)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Rotor

Haida Ermine

We just learned about the Ferret.

Another animal in the same family is the Haida Ermine, also called mustela haidarum.

This small animal only lives on a tiny island on the west side of Canada called Haida Gwaii.

It changes its fur color from brown in the summer to white in the winter.
When it is brown the local Haida people call it daayáats’, and when it is white they call it tlag.


(from: wikipedia - haida ermine)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Cotton Top Tamarin

Loop of Henle

We just learned about the Proximal Tubule.

Another part of the kidneys is the Loop of Henle.

This is a tube that carries liquid down and back up, and helps separate the dirty liquid which turns into urea going back up at the end of the loop.


(from: wikipedia - loop of henle)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Intertragic Notch

Chile

We just learned about the country of Brazil

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

This country is in South America, and borders Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and the Drake Passage to the south which is the water between Chile and Antarctica.
It is about 750,000 square kilometers, and about 18 million people live there.
The people in this country speak Spanish.


(from: wikipedia - chile)

The flag of Chile is a blue on the top left with a white star, white on the top right, and red on the bottom.
Blue is for the sky and ocean, the star is for the planet Venus, white is for the snow on the Andes mountains, and red is for the blood of the people who fought for independence.


(from: wikipedia - flag of chile)

To eat in this country you might have dulce de leche, which means sweet milk.
This is a type of dessert that is made of sugar and milk cooked until it is like a pudding.


(from: wikipedia - dulce de leche)

Visiting this country you might go see the volcano Osorno, an 8,700 foot tall stratovolcano.


(from: wikipedia - osorno (volcano))

The largest open pit commer mine in the world is in Chile, called Chuquicamata.

(from: wikipedia - chuquicamata)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Mongolia

Gad

We just learned about the Naphthali.

Another of the twelve tribes of Isreal is Gad.

He was the 7th son of Jacob, and the 1st son of Leah's servant Zilpah.


(from: wikipedia - gad (son of jacob))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Still Life with Earthenware and Bottles - Van Gogh

We just learned about Van Gogh's painting Head of a Peasant Woman with a White Cap.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is Still Life with Earthenware and Bottles, made in Amsterdam in 1884.

This painting is part of a bunch of paintings by Van Gogh called Still Life Paintings.
For a while he lived in the town of Neunen, and made a bunch of paintings of things like bottles, bowls and fruit.
All of these things were not moving, which is why the painting type is called still life.

He tried to do a lot of contrasting to show different colors against each other, like green next to red, and he tried to work on different shades of light showing on the things in his pictures.
While he was in Neunen he also helped to teach some other people how to be painters.


(from: wikipedia - still life paintings by vincent van gogh (netherlands))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Leonardo da Vinci

Hindi - Counting to Thirty Nine

We counted to 29 in Hindi, let's keep going!

31 इकतीस, (ikatees) - sounds like ih-kuh-tee-z - 文A

32 बत्तीस (battees) - sounds like buh-tee-z - 文A

33 तैंतीस, (taintees) - sounds like tay-tee-z - 文A

34 चौंतीस (chauntees) - sounds like chaw-tee-z - 文A

35 पैंतीस (paintees) - sounds like pay-tee-z - 文A

36 छत्तीस (chhattees) - sounds like chuh-tee-z - 文A

37 सैंतीस (saintees) - sounds like say-tee-z - 文A

38 अड़तीस (adatees) - sounds like ah-r-tee-z - 文A

39 उनतालीस (unataalees) - sounds like oo-n-tah-lee-z - 文A



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: thelathini na moja, thelathini na mbili, thelathini na tatu, thelathini na nne, thelathini na tano, thelathini na sita, thelathini na saba, thelathini na nane, thelathini na tisa

Russian: тридцать (tridtsat'), тридцать один (tridtsat' odin), тридцать два (tridtsat' dva), тридцать три (tridtsat' tri), тридцать четыре (tridtsat' chetyre), тридцать пять (tridtsat' pyat'), тридцать шесть (tridtsat' shest'), тридцать семь (tridtsat' sem'), тридцать восемь (tridtsat' vosem'), тридцать девять (tridtsat' devyat')

Norwegian: tretti, trettien, trettito, tretti tre, trettifire, trettifem, trettiseks, trettisyv, trettiåtte, trettini

Greek: τριάντα (triánta), τριάντα ένα (triánta éna), τριάντα δύο (triánta dýo), τριάντα τρεις (triánta treis), τριάντα τέσσερις (triánta tésseris), τριάντα πέντε (triánta pénte), τριάντα έξι (triánta éxi), τριάντα επτά (triánta eptá), τριάντα οκτώ (triánta októ), τριάντα εννέα (triánta ennéa)

ASL: thirty, thirty one, thirty two, thirty three, thirty four, thirty five, thirty six, thirty seven, thirty eight, thirty nine

Italian: Trenta, trentuno, trentadue, trentatré, trentaquattro, trentacinque, trentasei, trentasette, trentotto, trentanove

German: einunddreißig, zweiunddreißig, dreiunddreißig, vierunddreißig, fünfunddreißig, sechsunddreißig, siebenunddreißig, achtunddreißig, neununddreißig

Spanish: treinta y uno, treinta y dos, treinta y tres, treinta y cuatro, treinta y cinco, treinta y seis, treinta y siete, treinta y ocho, treinta y nueve

French: trente et un, trente-deux, trente-trois, trente-quatre, trente-cinq, trente-six, trente-sept, trente-huit, trente-neuf