Hair

We just learned about the Adnexa, things that stick out of your skin.

Part of the Adnexa is Hair.

Even though hair just looks like small strings to us, there are a lot of parts to hair like the root, the follicle, shaft, cuticle, cortex and medulla.
Hair can be curly or straight, and can be many colors like brown, black, blond, red or even white.

It grows on every part of the skin except places like the palms, bottoms of the feet, and lips.



(from: wikipedia - hair)


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Ozarks

We just learned about the U.S. Interior Highlands.

Part of the U.S. Interior Highlands is the Ozarks.
The name Ozarks comes from the French word "Aux" meaning "Of" and either the state name Arkansas, or the river arc nearby.
So it was either Aux-Arkansas, or Aux-arc, which got changed to Ozarks.
Because it was so long ago, nobody is really sure where it came from.

One fun part of the Ozarks mountains is a place called the Devil's Honeycomb, part of Hughes Mountain.
There are rocks there that stick up like columns or posts all over the place, and it almost looks like a bees honeycomb.

These mountains go through Arkansas, MIssouri and Oklahoma.
(from: wikipedia - ozarks)


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Psalms

We just learned about the book of the Bible named Esther.

We've learned before that the Bible has Books of Poetry and Wisdom.

The longest book in the whole Bible is the book of Psalms, with 150 chapters.

In the book of Psalms there are 5 different sections:
Book 1 (Psalms 1–41)
Book 2 (Psalms 42–72)
Book 3 (Psalms 73–89)
Book 4 (Psalms 90–106)
Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)

Many of the Psalms have been made into songs like hymns, or put into poetry.


(from: wikipedia - psalms)


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Casket with Scenes of Romances

We just learned about the Virgin and Child from the Sainte-Chapelle.

Another Gothic art sculpture is the Casket with Scenes of Romances, made in Paris, France around the year 1340.
This is a small box made out of elephant tusks called ivory, where a royal person could have kept their special things like jewelry.
It is about 5 inches tall and 10 inches wide, and 5 inches deep.

The carvings on the casket are of a bunch of Romantic stories from history, like Sir Lancelot, or Tristand and Iseult.



(from: wikipedia - casket with scenes of romances (walters 71264))


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ASL - Her hands are soft

We just learned in ASL how to say Our table is short

Let's learn how to say Her hands are soft.
To say her, you put your flat hand in a B shape with your fingers pointed up, and push your palm out away from you and off to the right, like you are pushing someone away.

To say hands, you put your right hand up in front of you in a B shape, with your fingers pointed up and your thumb pointed toward your face.
Put your left hand in a B shape, and put your fingertips on your right forearm, with your thumb pointed toward your face.
Bring your right hand in and them circle your hands around each other, and put them back into place.

Here are some helpful videos to show how these signs are done.


ASL Lessons: Pronouns and Family - Chris Wood


First 100 Body Parts in ASL: - SouthDakotaSchoolForTheDeaf


Describing Surfaces of Objects in ASL - ASL THAT




(from: wikipedia - american sign language)

Italian: Le sue mani sono morbide

German: Ihre Hände sind weich

Spanish: Sus manos estan suaves

French: Ses mains sont douces

Swarf

We just learned about Threading.

Another part of Metalworking is Swarf.

This is the leftover metal shavings and chips that come off when you cut metal with a lathe, mill or other type of machining tool.


(from: wikipedia - swarf)


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Golden Poison Frog

We just learned about the Common Suriname Toad.

Another type of frog is the Golden Poison Frog, also known as the Phyllobates Terribilis.
This frog is the most poisonous frog in the world, and one frog has enough poison to kill about 20 people.
It makes the poison in its body after eating certain kinds of bugs.
If they don't eat the same bugs that they eat in the wild, their skin stops being poisonous.

There are about 170 different types of poison frogs, just like the Strawberry Poison Dart Frog that we already learned about.
Scientists are trying to learn ways to use the poison that comes from these frogs, to maybe come up with helpful medicines.



This frog also has a morph called the "Mint Green" morph.

(from: wikipedia - golden poison frog)


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