American Badger

We just learned about the Weasel family of animals called Musteloidea.

One member of this family is the American Badger.

These animals live in North America, all they way from Canada down to Mexico.
They grow to be about 70 centimeters, and weigh about 7 kilograms.
Their fur is mostly grey, with some black and white marks on their face, and a white stripe that goes all the way from their head to their tail.

Badgers are very active animals and they eat lots of smaller animals like rats, snakes, or lizards.
Usually they like to hunt alone, but people have now seen badgers hunting together with coyotes!

Badgers have really long and strong claws, and are great diggers.
Coyotes are realy fast, and can chase down just about any prey.

So the badger and coyote will work together to chase down their prey.
If the animal tries to run away, the coyote will get it.
If it tries to hide in a hole in the ground, the badger will get it.

The coyotes and badgers don't share homes or snuggle together, but they work together to try and hunt up something to eat!


(from: wikipedia - american badger)


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Lateral Nasal Cartilage

We just learned about the Septal Nasal Cartilage.

Another part of the nose is the Lateral Nasal Cartilage.

This is a flat triangle shaped cartilage on either side of the nose, that helps give the nose shape and protect the inside of the nose.


(from: wikipedia - lateral nasal cartilage)


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Grenada

We just learned about the country of Saint Vincent and Grenadines

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

This country is in the Caribbean Sea, just north of South America.
It is about 350 square kilometers, and about 111,000 people live there.
The people in this country speak either English or Creole.


(from: wikipedia - grenada)

The flag of Grenada has a red rectangle with stars around the outside, green triangles on the left and right, yellow triangles on top and bottom.
On the left side is a picture of a nutmeg plant, and in the middle is a red circle with a yellow star.
Green is for the plants, yellow is for the sun, red is for courage.
The green, yellow and red are also the Pan-African colors that help bring people from all nations together.
Yellow stars are for the different areas in the country, and the nutmeg is because there are lots of nutmegs grown in the country.


(from: wikipedia - flag of grenada)

To eat in this country you might have Oil Down, which is a salty stew with meat and vegetables.


(from: wikipedia - oil down)

Visiting this country you might go see Carriacou, one of the many beaches in Grenada with scuba diving and coral reefs.

(from: wikipedia - carriacou)

This country grows a lot of the nutmeg plant, which is a spice used in cooking foods.

(from: wikipedia - grenada)


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Go Tell It on the Mountain

We just learned about the Christmas song We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Another famous Christmas song is Go Tell It on the Mountain.

This song goes back to around 1865, and was an African American song that was written down in a book by John Wesley.

It tells about going to the mountain to tell everyone about Jesus.


(from: wikipedia - go tell it on the mountain (song))


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Zechariah - Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo

We just learned about Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel painting of the prophets Isaiah, Daniel, Jonah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel,
and Joel.

Another prophet that Michelangelo painted on the ceiling was Zechariah.

In the Bible, Zechariah talked about a savior coming some day as king into Jerusalem.
Michelangelo painted him balding with a white beard, with cherubs behind him and reading a book.


(from: wikipedia - sistine chapel ceiling)


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Hindi - He is angry

We just learned that in Hindi I am happy is म्हानै खुशी होई (mhaanai khushee hoee), and you are sad is आप दुखी हैं (aap dukhee hain).

Now let's learn how to say He is angry.

वह क्रोधित है (vah krodhit hai)

He - वह (vah) - sounds like vah - 文A

angry - क्रोधित (krodhit) - Sounds like kroh-dit - 文A

is - है (hai) - Sounds like hah-see-rah - 文A


So all together वह क्रोधित है (vah krodhit hai) sounds like vah kroh-dit hay.


(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: Ana hasira

Russian: Он сердится (On serditsya)

Norwegian: Han er sint

Greek: Είναι θυμωμένος

ASL: He is angry

Italian: Lui è arrabbiato

German: Er ist wütend

Spanish: Él está enojado

French: Il est en colère

Webcam

We just learned about the Bluetooth.

Another part of a computer is a Webcam.

Not that long ago, if you wanted to send a picture to your friend you had to put it in an envelope and mail it through the post office.

These days if you want to send a picture you can take one with your phone camera, or the camera hooked up to your computer.
Remmember that smart phones are actually tiny computers!

You can even have a live video with a friend and you can see them using the cameras on your computers.
When these cameras on computers first came out they were called Webcams, and they usually were a separate camera that you set up and plugged into your computer.
These days pretty much every laptop already has a camera in it, but sometimes people still want a fancy expensive camera to use for talking to their friends over the computer.



(from: wikipedia - webcam)


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