Humpback Whale - Baleen Plates

We just learned about the Lion's Mane

Let's learn about Humpback Whales!

Humpback whales don't have regular teeth like humans or other animals, they have something called baleen plates.

Baleen plates are kind of like the bristles on a brush. They grow down from the top of the whale's mouth, and are very close together.

(From: Wikipedia - baleen)

When a whale wants to eat, it gets a huge mouthful of water that is filled with things like krill, which look like very small bugs that live in the water.

(From: Wikipedia - humpback whale)

Then the whale closes it's mouth and pushes the water out through it's baleen plates.
The krill are too big to get pushed out, so the whale gets to eat them. Yum!


(From: Wikipedia - krill)

Clavicle and Scapula

We just learned about the Esophagus

The bones on the upper part of your shoulder are called the clavicle (or collarbone) and the scapula (or wingbone).

The clavicle is the bone in the front that goes from your neck to your shoulder.
It is connected to your sternum (middle of your chest) and your scapula.

The scapula is the bone in the back that sticks out like a wing, and connects up to the back of your shoulder.
It is connected to your clavicle and your upper arm bone.


(From: Wikipedia - Clavicle)

North America Continent

United States of America (USA) is a country, and is part of something bigger called a continent.
The continent that USA is a part of is called North America.

There are other countries in North America, like Canada which is above the USA, and Mexico which is below the USA.

All of North America (in green):

(From: Wikipedia - North America)

Canada:

(From: Wikipedia - Canada)

USA:

(From: Wikipedia - United States)

Mexico:

(From: Wikipedia - Mexico)

Fourth commandment

We just learned about the Third Commandment to keep the Sabbath Holy.

The fourth commandment that God gave to Moses is:

Thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother that it may be well with thee and thou mayest live long upon the earth.

This means to listen to your parents, be good to them, and don't disobey them.

(from: wikisource - Luther's Small Catechism)


(from: wikipedia - honour thy father and thy mother)

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.
(google translate)
The word for Miss or a young lady is Mademoiselle pronounced like mahdmwahzehl.
(google translate)

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.