Orbit

We just learned a little about our Solar System.

Let's learn about Orbit!

The earth orbits around the sun, which means that it spins around the sun kind of like the outside of a ferris wheel or merry go round.
It takes one year for the earth to do a full orbit around the sun.

(From: Wikipedia - Solar System)

The moon orbits around the earth, and we see a full moon about every 27 days, almost a whole month.
If there are two full moons in one month, that is called a blue moon.

(From: Wikipedia - Lunar Month)

The earth spins (rotates) and when it does a full spin around that takes one day.

(From: Wikipedia - Earth's Rotation)

French - Mr, Mrs, Miss

In French, the word for Sir or Mr. is Monsieur pronounced like muhsyuh.
(google translate)
The word for Madam or Mrs. is Madame pronounced like mahdahm.
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The word for Miss or a young lady is Mademoiselle pronounced like mahdmwahzehl.
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Muffler

A muffler is the part of the car that helps make the engine quieter.
When the engine runs it creates smoke, or exhaust, and that exhaust goes out through the muffler and then the tailpipe.


(from: wikipedia - exhaust system)

Without the muffler the car engine would be very loud.
The word "muffle" actually means to wrap something up to make it quieter,
so just like you can cover your mouth to make sounds quieter the muffler makes a car quieter.

Lion's Mane

A lion's mane (only found on male lions) is used to make the lion look bigger and stronger to scare away other animals.

(From: Wikipedia - Lion)

You can tell how healthy a lion is by looking at it's mane. The thicker, fuller and darker the mane is, the healthier the lion.

Esophagus

We just learned about the Lumbar Vertebrae


The esophagus is the tube that goes down your neck, and brings the food from your throat to your stomach.

(#1 in picture. From: Wikipedia Esophagus)

The part at the back of your throat that connects your mouth to your esophagus is called your pharynx.

United States of America

The United States of America (Also called "USA" or just "America") has 50 states.

(From: Wikipedia - United States)

The American flag has 50 stars on it because there are 50 states.


The national bird (like a mascot) for America is the bald eagle

Third Commandment

We just learned the Second Commandment to not take God's name in vain.

The third commandment God gave to Moses is:
Thou shalt sanctify the holy-day.

(from: wikisource - Luther's Small Catechism)
This means you should take one day out of each week, like Saturday or Sunday, to worship God.


(from: wikipedia - sabbath)