Moray Eel

We just learned about the Electric Eel

Another type of Eel is the Moray Eel.

Moray eels are big long eels that mostly live in cracks of rocks and other small places.
They can not see very well, but they have a strong sense of smell so when a small fish comes by they jump out and bite it!

(from: wikipedia - moray eel)

Moray eels have a second jaw inside their mouth that comes forward, bites down on their prey, then pulls into their mouth.

(from: wikipedia - moray eel)


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Procerus nose muscle

We just learned about the Tongue muscle.

There is a muscle on your nose, that helps you wrinkle up your nose like when you are sniffing like a bunny.
That muscle is called your procerus muscle.

(from: wikipedia - procerus muscle)


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Indonesia

We just learned about the country of Israel.

Let's learn about the country of Indonesia!

Indonesia is a country made up of over 17,000 islands!
Most people live on three of the larger islands.

It has the fourth most people of any country in the world, behind China, India and the US.

(from: wikipedia - indonesia)

For a meal in Indonesia, you might have satay, which is cooked meat on a stick, with a sauce.

(from: wikipedia - sate)

Very much of the world's coral is right around the islands, so it's a great place to go scuba diving!

(from: wikipedia - tourism in indonesia)

When Barack Obama was a little boy, his family moved to Indonesia and he went to 1st through 4th grade there.
(from: wikipedia - Early life and career of Barack Obama)


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Jesus' Apostles - Thomas

We've learned about 7 of the twelve apostles so far:
Fishermen Andrew and Simon Peter
Fishermen James and John who were brothers and sons of Zebedee.
Philip and Bartholomew who were from the same town as the others.
Matthew the tax collector.

Another one of the Apostles was named Thomas.

He is sometimes called doubting Thomas because when the news came that Jesus had risen from the dead, he said that he would not believe it unless he saw Jesus with his own eyes and touched him with his own hands.

When Jesus appeared before him, he said that Thomas should have believed without seeing, because of so many others that believe without seeing.

That lesson helps us to remember that believing in Jesus doesn't always mean we get to see miracles, meet angels or meet Jesus face to face, it means we have to have faith even though we can't see him.

(from: wikipedia - thomas the apostle)


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Lunar Domes

We've learned about the moon's highlands, maria and rille.

What about volcanoes on the moon?

There are no active volcanoes there, but there are some old ones that we call lunar domes.

The lava from the volcanoes is what made the rilles that we already learned about,
and the dark maria areas are from when lava flowed long ago.

The lunar domes look like circle shaped lumps or holes on the moon.

(from: wikipedia - geology of the moon)


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Spanish - Dog, Cat

To say dog in Spanish, you say perro and it sounds like ped-oh. /?/

To say cat in Spanish, you say gato and it sounds like gah-toe. /?/


(from: wikipedia - Association of Spanish Language Academies)

Do you remember how to say it in French?
chien, chat

Stratovolcano

We just learned about Pillow Lava underwater.

Volcanoes come in different shapes and sizes.

If a volcano is tall and shaped like a cone, it is usually made up of hardened tephra, lava and ash.

We call that type a stratovolcano.

(from: wikipedia - stratovolcano)



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