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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Deer
We just learned a little about Bald Eagles.
A male deer is called a buck, a female deer is a doe, and a baby deer is a fawn.
(From: Wikipedia - deer)
Male deer grow new antlers every year, and at the end of the season they fall off.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
False Ribs
We just learned about the Pectoral Girdle
The lower five ribs are called the false ribs.
(From: Wikipedia - false ribs)
The upper three false ribs are called the vertebro-chondral ribs, because they connect from the vertebrae to the rib above them.
The lower two false ribs are called the floating ribs or vertebral ribs because they only connect to your vertebrae, and the other end is just floating out there.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Australia
We just learned a little about Cardinal Directions.
Just like North America is a continent, there is another continent on the other side of the globe called Australia.
(From: Wikipedia - Australia)
Australia is home to some very special animals like the kangaroo, koala and duck billed platypus!
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Sixth Commandment
We just learned the Fifth Commandment about not killing.
The sixth commandment that God gave to Moses is:
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
This means that married people need to love and be faithful to each other.
(from: wikisource - Luther's Small Catechism)
(from: wikipedia - thou shalt not commit adultery)
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Milky Way
We just learned about Earth's Seasons.
Let's learn about the Milky Way.
The planet earth that we live revolves around the sun in our solar system.
The sun is one of many stars in our galaxy called the Milky Way
(From: Wikipedia - Milky Way)
It's called the Milky Way because up in the night sky it kind of has a milky white color.
Our galaxy has somewhere from 200 to 400 BILLION stars!
That's a whole lot of zeroes! 200,000,000,000
Friday, November 2, 2012
French - Very good thanks
In French, if someone asks How are you? by saying Comment allez-vous
you can answer Very good, thanks. by saying Très bien, merci.
The way you say it, sounds like Tray bee-en, mare-see.
It's also polite to ask how they are, so you can add et vous? to the end of that sentence.
That sounds like Ay voo? (The vowel in Ay sounds like Hay)
So using all the words we've learned:
Bonjour, Au revoir, Monsieur, Madamoiselle, Comment allez-vous and très bien merci, et vous
We can have a conversation in French like this:
Girl: Bonjour Monsieur.
Boy: Bonjour Madameoiselle, comment allez-vous?
Girl: Très bien merci, et vous?
Boy: Très bien, merci.
Girl: Au revoir!
Boy: Au revoir!
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Car ignition
We just learned a little about Spark Plugs.
The ignition or starter is the part of the car that you put your keys into, then turn them, and it starts the car.
When you turn your keys, the car takes electricity from the battery and sends it to the sparkplugs to make a spark.
That spark explodes the gas inside the piston and starts the engine.
(From: Wikipedia - ignition system)
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