Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

We just learned about the Nestorian Stele.

Another ancient Chinese work of art is the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove sculpture.

The seven sages in Chinese history were wise men, musicians and writers that lived in China around 200 AD.

They were very famous, and this sculpture is made of more than 300 bricks, carved to make a picture when they were put together.
It is over 8 feet long and about three feet tall.


(from: wikipedia - seven sages of the bamboo grove)


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Greek - Counting to Ninety Nine

We counted to 89 in Greek, let's keep going!

90 ενενήντα (enenínta) - sounds like ay-nay-NEEN-tah
91 ενενήντα ένα (enenínta éna) - sounds like ay-nay-NEEN-tah AY-nah
92 ενενήντα δύο (enenínta dýo) - sounds like ay-nay-NEEN-tah DEE-y-oh
93 ενενήντα τρεις (enenínta treis) - sounds like ay-nay-NEEN-tah t-day-ss
94 ενενήντα τέσσερις (enenínta tésseris) - sounds like ay-nay-NEEN-tah TAY-say-dee-ss
95 ενενήντα πέντε (enenínta pénte) - sounds like ay-nay-NEEN-tah PAY-n-tay
96 ενενήντα έξι (enenínta éxi) - sounds like ay-nay-NEEN-tah AY-k-see
97 ενενήντα επτά (enenínta eptá) - sounds like ay-nay-NEEN-tah ay-p-TAH
98 ενενήντα οκτώ (enenínta októ) - sounds like ay-nay-NEEN-tah oh-k-TOH
99 ενενήντα εννέα (enenínta ennéa) - sounds like ay-nay-NEEN-tah eh-NEE-y-ah


(from: wikipedia - center for the greek language)

ASL: Ninety, ninety one, ninety two, ninety three, ninety four, ninety five, ninety six, ninety seven, ninety eight, ninety nine

Italian: novanta, novantuno, novantadoue, novantatre, novantaquattro, novantacinque, novantasei, novantasette, novantotto, novantanove

German: neunzig, einundneunzig, zweiundneunzig, dreiundneunzig, vierundneunzig, fünfundneunzig, sechsundneunzig, siebenundneunzig, achtundneunzig, neunundneunzig

Spanish: noventa, noventa y uno, noventa y dos, noventa y tres, noventa y cuatro, noventa y cinco, noventa y seis, noventa y siete, noventa y ocho, noventa y nueve

French: quatre-vingts dix, quatre-vingt onze, quatre-vingt douze, quatre-vingt treize, quatre-vingt quatorze, quatre-vingt quinze, quatre-vingt seize, quatre-vingt dix sept, quatre-vingt dix huit, quatre-vingt dix neuf

Inertial Navigation System

We just learned about the Reaction Control System.

Another part of rocket science is an Inertial Navigation System, or just INS for short.

We've learned that accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers are all sensors that can tell a rocket where it is going.
An INS is a computer that is hooked up to different sensors like these, and it steers the rocket the right way based on what the sensors tell it.



(from: wikipedia - inertial navigation system)


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Big Blue Octopus

We just learned about the Pharaoh Cuttlefish.

Another type of cephalopod is the Big Blue Octopus also called the octopus cyanea or day octopus.

This octopus lives in the pacific, all the way from Hawaii to Africa.
It grows to about 3 feet long, and lives in coral reefs.

Like a lot of other cephalopods, this octopus can changes its color and whether it has bumpy or smooth skin.
It can even make stripes or dots on its body, or even make itself look bumpy like a rock.
One scientist studying a big blue octopus watched it change the way it looked 1,000 times in 7 hours!
Sometimes the octopus will even make moving and changing colors on its body, like a cloud is passing over head.



(from: wikipedia - octopus cyanea)


cyanea octopus camouflaging - noam josef


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Tooth Enamel

We just learned about Tooth Impaction.

Let's learn about what a tooth is made of!

The outside of the tooth that you can see is called Enamel.

Enamel is the hardest thing in the whole body, even harder than bone and nails.
It is made up mostly of something called hydroxyapatite, which is a kind of crystalline calcium.

Enamel is mostly white, but can be a little bit yellow or blueish if it is stained from food.


(from: wikipedia - tooth enamel)


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Spiš Castle

We just learned about the Buda Castle.

Another ancient castle is Spiš Castle, built around 1100 AD in Slovakia, and it over 400,000 square feet.

This castle was owned by the kings of Hungary, and then later was passed on to different families before it was taken over by the state of Slovakia.

At one time in the past the family that owned it abandoned it to move to the nearby village because they said it was not very comfortable.

A little while later there was a big fire and a lot of the castle was destroyed for over almost two hundred years.
The castle has now been fixed up and has a museum inside showing many things from the history of the castle.





(from: wikipedia - spiš castle)


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Caius - bishop of Ephesus

We just learned about Linus - Bishop of Rome, one of the seventy disciples.

Another of the seventy was Caius - bishop of Ephesus.

The city of Ephesus used to be part of the Roman empire, and is now part of the country of Turkey.
In the Bible there is a book called "Ephesians" that was a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the church in the city of Ephesus.

Some time around 100 AD, Caius (also known as Gaius) was the leader of the church in the city of Ephesus.


(from: wikipedia - gaius of ephesus)


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