Maroon Leaf Monkey

We just learned about the Dusky Leaf Monkey.

Another type of monkey is the Maroon Leaf Monkey also called the red leaf monkey.

This monkey lives on the island of Borneo, spending most of their time in the trees.
They get their name from the color of the fur on their body.

These monkeys mostly eat fruits, seeds and leaves, but they also sometimes eat dirt!
There are termites that make dirt mounds for homes, and because the termites are living there they leave a bunch of other minerals like calcium, magnesium or aluminum.
The monkeys need these minerals, so they will go down to the dirt and eat it, but not the termites just the dirt!


(from: wikipedia - maroon leaf monkey)



Dusky Leaf Monkeys Thailand - TheMollytitti


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Serval

Helix

We just learned about the Auricle.

Another part of the ear is the Helix.

This is the curved part at the top of the ear on the outside.


(from: wikipedia - helix (ear))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Near Sightedness

North Korea

We just learned about the country of Iran

Let's learn a little about the country of North Korea!

North Korea is part of a peninsula that is connected to China, and it is just north of South Korea.
People in North Korea speak the Korean language.

There are about 25 million people in North Korea, and it is about 46,000 square miles.


(from: wikipedia - north korea)

The flag of North Korea is stripes of blue, white, red, white blue, with a white circle and red star in the middle.


(from: wikipedia - flag of north korea)

To eat in North Korea you might have naengmyeon which is noodles with potatoes and other vegetables, served cold.Naengmyeon

(from: wikipedia - naengmyeon)

Visiting North Korea you might go see Mount Kumgang, which is a mountain peak that is 5,400 feet high, that has waterfalls and hiking.


(from: wikipedia - mount kumgang)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Meltwater

All Hail The Power of Jesus Name

We just learned about the hymn All Creatures of our God and King.

Another famous hymn is All Hail The Power of Jesus Name, written by Edward Perronet in 1779 in England.

Edward Perronet was the son of a priest, and he grew up in England where he worked with some other famous church leaders like John Wesley.
Through the years he wrote a few books of Christian poems and hymns, and Wesley wanted Perronet to be a preacher too.
Edward was always too nervous, but one time Wesley forced him to go up in front of the church and give a sermon.
He went up and told everyone he would give the greatest sermon ever preached, and then he read Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from the book of Matthew.

The hymn "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" is so famous some people call it the national anthem of Christianity.


(from: wikipedia - all hail the power of jesus name)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Notre Dame de Paris

Tower - Sol Lewitt

We just learned about the work of art Repetition Ninteen III by Eva Hesse.

Another famous work of Minimalist art is Tower by Sol Lewitt made in 1984 in Davenport Iowa.

Lewitt was born in Connecticut in 1928, and learned art in New York and Europe.

He was famous for making minimalist art, usually in simple shapes like towers, pyramids or cubes.


(from: wikipedia - sol lewitt)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark - Charles Keck

Swahili - September, October

We already learned that January, February is Januari, Februari, March, April is Machi, Aprili,
May, June is Mei, Juni,
and July, August is Julai, Agosti.

Let's keep going!

September - Septemba - sounds like say-p-tay-m-bah 文A

October - Oktoba - sounds like aw-k-toh-bah 文A



(from: wikipedia - swahili language)

Russian: Сентябрь (Sentyabr'), Октябрь (Oktyabr')

Norwegian: September, Oktober

Greek: Σεπτέμβριος (Septémvrios), Οκτώβριος (Októvrios)

ASL: September, October

Italian: Settembre, Ottobre

German: September, Oktober

Spanish: Septiembre, Octubre

French: Septembre, Octobre

Manual Transmission

We just learned about the Automatic Transmission.

Another part of a car is a Manual Transmission.

Just like an automatic transmission, this is the part of the car that uses big or small gears to help the car go fast or slow.

In an automatic transmission, the car changes between big and small gears automatically as the car speeds up or slows down.
For a manual transmission, the driver has to tell the car when to change the gears.

To the left of the brake pedal in a car is something called the clutch pedal.
To the right of the driver's seat in the middle of the car is a stick pointing up called the gear shift.

When the driver wants to change from a slow gear to a fast gear, they have to push in the clutch, and then move the gear shift around to the right spot, then release the clutch and the new gear will be used.
The gear shift can be moved up, down, left or right to go into different slots that are for different gears like 1, 2, 3, 4 or reverse.



(from: wikipedia - manual transmission)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Pen-y-Darren Locomotive