Car Tire

We just learned about the Brake Pad.

Another part of a car is the Tire.

We know these are the things on the car that touch the road and spin around and make the car go.
Even though tires seem really simple, there is a lot of work that goes into making a tire that doesn't pop or slip all over, and that makes a car ride feel smooth.

When people first started making carts to sit in and be pulled by horses, they were mostly just made of wood, metal and leather so they were a very bumpy ride.
Now cars use rubber tires, that are smooth or bumpy on the outside depending on if you are driving in snow or on a race track.
There are even giant rubber tires that are made with no air in them so they can't pop.


(from: wikipedia - tire)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Safety Valve

Golden Lion Tamarin

We just learned about the Brown Mantled Tamarin.

Another type of New World Monkey is the Golden Lion Tamarin, also called the golden marmoset or leontoithecus rosalia.

This is a small monkey that lives in Brazil, with only about 3,000 of them left in the wild.
These monkeys only grow to about 10 inches long and weigh about 1 pound.

They have bright orange fur with a big furry mane around their face like a lion.
Mostly these monkeys live in trees, using their little claws to hang on to the bark.
Usually for food they will eat fruits, nuts or small bugs.



(from: wikipedia - golden lion tamarin)


What's Moo at the Zoo? - Golden Lion Tamarins - Erie Zoological Society


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Black Footed Cat

Inner Ear

We just learned about the Ear Canal.

Another part of the ear is the Inner Ear, also called the internal ear, or auris interna.

We learned about the parts of the outer ear that you can see outside the body.
After the outer ear helps bring sounds to the ear and into the ear canal, the parts of the inner ear help turn all of those noises and sound waves into something the brain can understand.


(from: wikipedia - inner ear)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Lymph Nodes

Qatar

We just learned about the country of Pakistan

Let's learn a little about the country of Qatar!

Qatar is a small country in the middle east, made up of only about 4,000 square miles but with about 2.7 million people living there.
People in Qatar mostly speak Arabic.


(from: wikipedia - qatar)

The flag of Qatar is white on the left and red on the right, and the middle is a jagged edge splitting up the two colors.

The red color is called "Qatar Maroon" and goes back over 100 years to when the country made a reddish colored dye from shellfish, and the white is for peace.


(from: wikipedia - flag of qatar)

To eat in Qatar you might have quzi, which is made of rice with lamb and nuts.


(from: wikipedia - quzi)

Visiting Qatar you might go see Al Zubara Fort, which is an old castle built in 1938.

(from: wikipedia - al zubara fort)

The Pearl is a 12 square mile man made island that was built for people to live there.


(from: wikipedia - the pearl-qatar)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Ross Gyre

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

We just learned about the hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus.

Another famous hymn is Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus, also called The Heavenly Vision, written by Helen Lemmel in 1922.

Helen Lemmel was born in England, and moved to America when she was 12.
She was the daughter of a pastor, and grew up learning music and studying the Bible.

Helen heard a poem called "Focused" that was written by Isabella Lilias Trotter.
After she read it, she went right awand wrote the music for this song, and other verses to make the hymn.


(from: wikipedia - lilias trotter)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Medieval Inquisition

The Battle of Anghiari - Leonardo da Vinci

We just learned about Leonardo Da Vinci's painting the Virgin of the Rocks.

Another famous painting of Leonardo's was The Battle of Anghiari made some time around 1505 AD.

This painting is also called the "Lost Leonardo" because the painting is missing.
People know about the painting because some other painters made copies of the original and they are still around.

This was a painting of a big battle with people on horses fighting for a flag.
It was painted on a wall in the town hall in Florence, and Michelangelo made a painting on the wall across from it.
This was the only time the two masters worked on a project together.


(from: wikipedia - the battle of anghiari (leonardo))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Alexander Macomb - Adolph Alexander Weinman

Swahili - Counting to Sixty Nine

We counted to 59 in Swahili, let's keep going!

60 sitini - sounds like see-tee-nee 文A

61 sitini na moja - sounds like see-tee-nee nah moh-jah 文A

62 sitini na mbili - sounds like see-tee-nee nah m-bee-lee 文A

63 sitini na tatu - sounds like see-tee-nee nah tah-too 文A

64 sitini na nne - sounds like see-tee-nee nah n-nay 文A

65 sitini na tano - sounds like see-tee-nee nah tah-noh 文A

66 sitini na sita - sounds like see-tee-nee nah see-tah 文A

67 sitini na saba - sounds like see-tee-nee nah sah-bah 文A

68 sitini na nane - sounds like see-tee-nee nah nah-nay 文A

69 sitini na tisa - sounds like see-tee-nee nah tee-sah 文A



(from: wikipedia - swahili language)

Russian: шестьдесят (shest'desyat), шестьдесят один (shest'desyat odin), шестьдесят два (shest'desyat dva), шестьдесят три (shest'desyat tri), шестьдесят четыре (shest'desyat chetyre), шестьдесят пять (shest'desyat pyat'), шестьдесят шесть (shest'desyat shest'), шестьдесят семь (shest'desyat sem'), шестьдесят восемь (shest'desyat vosem'), шестьдесят девять (shest'desyat devyat')

Norwegian: seksti, sekstien, seksti to, sekstitre, sekstifire, sekstifem, sekstiseks, sekstiju, seksti åtte, sekstini

Greek: εξήντα (exínta), εξήντα ένα (exínta éna), εξήντα δύο (exínta dýo), εξήντα τρεις (exínta treis), εξήντα τέσσερις (exínta tésseris), εξήντα πέντε (exínta pénte), εξήντα έξι (exínta éxi), εξήντα επτά (exínta eptá), εξήντα οκτώ (exínta októ), εξήντα εννέα (exínta ennéa)

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

Italian: sessanta, sessantuno, sessantadue, sessantatre, sessantaquattro, sessantacinque, sessantasei, sessantasette, sessantotto, sessantanove

German: sechzig, einundsechzig, zweiundsechzig, dreiundsechzig, vierundsechzig, fünfundsechzig, sechsundsechzig, siebenundsechzig, achtundsechzig, neunundsechzig

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

French: soixante, soixante et un, soixante-deux, soixante-trois, soixante-quatre, soixante-cinq, soixante-six, soixante-sept, soixante-huit, soixante-neuf