Leif Erikson - Christianity in Greenland

We just learned about the Christianity in Russia.

Another part of early Christianity is Leif Erikson - Christianity in Greenland.

Leif was a viking and an explorer from Iceland.
He lived in Norway for a while, and then he was sent from Norway to Greenland to tell the people there about Christianity.

On his trip there he accidentally took a wrong turn and ended up in Canada, but then turned around and went back to Greenland.


(from: wikipedia - leif erikson)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Antipope

Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider - Alexander Phimister Proctor

We just learned about the sculpture of Bronco Buster by Frederic Remington.

Another famous American sculpture is Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider made by Alexander Phimister Proctor in Portland Oregon in 1922.

Theodore Roosevelt was President of the US and a member of a group of people called the Rough Riders who were soldiers on horses.
The statue is 12 feet tall and 9 feet long and made of bronze.

The sculptor Proctor grew up in the West traveling around in the wild and learning to paint and study animals.
Because he knew animals so well he was one of the most famous sculptors of animals in America, and sometimes he would get asked to sculpt a horse while someone else sculpted the rider.


(from: wikipedia - theodore roosevelt, rough rider)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Sanchi Stupa

Russian - Your food is hot

We just learned that in Russian:
This house is big: Этот дом большой (Etot dom bol'shoy)
This chair is small: Стул маленький (Stul malen'kiy)
My drink is cold: Мой напиток холодный (Moy napitok kholodnyy)
Let's learn about more things we see every day.

To say your food is hot you would say Ваша еда горячая (Vasha yeda goryachaya).

Your - Ваша (vasha) - sounds like vah-sha 文A

food - еда (yeda) - sounds like yeh-dah 文A

hot - горячая (goryachaya) - sounds like gah-yeh-chee-yah 文A


So all together Ваша еда горячая (Vasha yeda goryachaya) sounds like vah-sha yeh-dah gah-yeh-chee-yah.


(from: wikipedia - russian academy of sciences)


Norwegian: Maten er varm

Greek: Το φαγητό είναι ζεστό (To fagitó eínai zestó)

ASL: Your food is hot

Italian: Il vostro cibo è caldo

German: Ihr Essen ist heiß

Spanish: Tu comida está caliente

French: Votre nourriture est chaud

Pneumatics

We just learned about the Pulse Coder.

Another type of machine movement is Pneumatics, pronounced like new-mat-ix.

The word pneuma in Greek means "breath", and pneumatics means using air that is under pressure.
Some machines use pneumatics in big metal tanks with pressurized air, and some use pneumatics in tubes to push things along.

Pneumatics would even be if you had a balloon full of air, and you let the air out to have the balloon fly around the room.
That is using the air trapped in the balloon to push the balloon along.


(from: wikipedia - pneumatics)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Forensics

Jaguarundi

We just learned about the Cougar.

Another type of wild cat is the Jaguarundi, also called the eyra.

This is a wild cat, but it is just a little bigger than most normal house cat pets!
It is usually about 2 1/2 feet long, and weighs about 20 pounds.

These jaguarundi have fur that can be black or brown or even red.

They live in South America and parts of Mexico, and are usually very shy.
For food they will eat birds, mice or snakes, and they live in the grasslands.




(from: wikipedia - jaguarundi)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Black Sea Nettle

Lacrimal Ducts

We just learned about the Lacrimal Punctum.

Another part of the eye is the Lacrimal Ducts, also called the lacrimal canals or lacrimal canaliculi.

When the water in your eyes from tears goes into the lacrimal punctum hole in your eyelid, it goes into the lacrimal ducts.
These are like little tubes that bring the water away from your eyeball.


(from: wikipedia - lacrimal canaliculi)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Foramen Cecum

Orcadas Base

We just learned about the explorer Ernest Shackleton.

Another part of Antarctica is the Orcada Base research station.

In the year 1903, there were British explorers to Antarctica who came to set up a building where they could stay and study the life and nature of Antarctica.

After they left to go back home to Scotland, they worked with the people of Argentina to agree to keep the building around for other people to come and do experiments.

The Orcada Base has been around now for over 100 years as a scientific research station in Antarctica where people have come through the years to study the life of Antarctica.



(from: wikipedia - orcadas base)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Bailey