Netscape and Firefox

We just learned about the Web Browser, and some of the first browsers called WorldWideWeb and Mosaic.

Another kind of browser was called Netscape, which then later turned into a browser called Firefox.

The browser Netscape was made by Marc Andreeson, one of the same people who worked on the Mosaic browser.
Netscape brought along a lot of big changes, like colors, animations, and lots of programming that people could do in browsers.

Later on the Netscape browser went away, but the people who worked on it came back later with a new browser called Firefox.





Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Long Block

Fisher

We just learned about the American Marten.

Another kind of animal in the same family is the Fisher, also called the pekan, wejak, or pekani pennanti.

The Fisher grows to be about 3 feet long and weigh about 10 pounds.
They have mostly brown fur all over their body.
Even though their name is fisher, these animals mostly hunt on the ground.
They are one of the few animals that will attack a porcupine!


(from: wikipedia - fisher (animal))


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Lion Tailed Macaque

Vomeronasal Organ

We just learned about the .

Another part of the nose is the Vomeronasal Organ.

This is back behind the nose and above the mouth, and is where all of the smells end up for your nose to smell.
The vomeronasal organ has some things called "receptors" that can tell when there are different types of chemicals in the air.
When those receptors sense the chemicals, they tell your brain that they are smelling something.


(from: wikipedia - vomeronasal organ)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Malignant Tumor

Cayman Islands

We just learned about the country of Bonaire

Let's learn a little about the country of Cayman Islands!

This country is in the Caribbean, close to Jamaica.
It is about 260 square kilometers, and about 69,000 people live there.
The people in this country speak S.


(from: wikipedia - cayman islands)

The flag of Cayman Islands is blue with the United Kingdom flag in the top left, and then the Cayman Islands coat of arms on the right.
The coat of arms has three green stars for the three islands, wavy blue and white lines for the sea, a gold lion for Britain, a turtle for the sailing, rope and a pineapple for those businesses.
At the bottom are the words He hath founded it upon the seas, which is from the Bible Psalm 24.


(from: wikipedia - flag of the cayman islands)

To eat in this country you might have Callaloo which is a type of spinach.


(from: wikipedia - callaloo)

Visiting this country you might go to Seven Mile Beach.

(from: wikipedia - seven mile beach, grand cayman)

Lots of people go scuba diving in the Cayman Islands, and there is a place called Stingray City that is very shallow water and people can swim around with stingrays.

(from: wikipedia - stingray city, grand cayman)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: San Marino

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

We just learned about the Christian song This Little Light of Mine.

Another famous Christian song is Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.

This is a song called an African-American spirtual song, and it was sung by black people when they were slaves.

The song talks about a chariot coming down from the sky to carry the singer off to heaven.
In the book of 2 Kings in the Bible, the prophet Elijah is carried up to heaven on a chariot:
"As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind."

No one really knows who wrote the song the first time, but in 1909 the Fisk Jubilee Singers made a recording of the song.

Refrain:
Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home.

I looked over Jordan, and what did I see, Coming for to carry me home.
A band of angels coming after me, Coming for to carry me home.
[Refrain]

If you get there before I do, Coming for to carry me home.
Tell all my friends I'm coming too, Coming for to carry me home.
[Refrain]

The brightest day that ever I saw Coming for to carry me home.
When Jesus washed my sins away, Coming for to carry me home.
[Refrain]

I'm sometimes up and sometimes down, Coming for to carry me home.
But still my soul feels heavenly bound, Coming for to carry me home.
[Refrain]



(from: wikipedia - swing low, sweet chariot)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Camp Meetings

Salmon, Boaz, Obed - Sistine Chapel - Michelangelo

We just learned about the Sistine Chapel paintings of Jesus' ancestors, Aminadab, and Naason.

Another of the ancestor paintings is of Salmon, Boaz and Obed, sometimes spelled like Booz and Obeth.

Just like the other ancestors, Salmon, Boaz and Obed are in the Old Testament of the Bible a few times, throughout the books of Exodus, Numbers, and Chronicles, usually just being listed as part of the old family of God's people.

In the book of Matthew in the New Testament, in the list of relatives of Jesus, Salmon is the son of Nahson that we just learned about.
Salmon is the father of Boaz who married Ruth.
Boaz and Ruth were the parents of Obed.

Obed is the Grandfather of David.

Michelangelo painted a woman holding a baby, and an old man.
Most people think that the woman is supposed to be Ruth, the baby is Obed, and the old man is Boaz.
The mother is painted to look very colorful and tender, while the old man is supposed to look hunched and angry.


(from: wikipedia - gallery of sistine chapel ceiling)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Anne Truitt - A Wall for Apricots

Hindi - Our table is short

We just learned that in Hindi:
This house is big: यह घर बड़ा है (yah ghar bada hai)
This chair is small: कुर्सी छोटी है (kursee chhotee hai)
My drink is cold: मेरा पेय ठंडा है (mera pey thanda hai)
Your food is hot: आपका खाना गर्म है (aapaka khaana garm hai)

Their car is tall is: उनकी कार लंबी है (unakee kaar lambee hai)

To say our table is short you would say हमारी टेबल छोटी है (hamaaree tebal chhotee hai).

Our - हमारी (hamaaree) - sounds like hah-mah-dee - 文A


table - टेबल - (tebal) sounds like tay-bah-l - 文A


short - छोटी (chhotee) - Sounds like choh-tee - 文A


is - है (hai) - sounds like hay - 文A


So all together To say our table is short you would say hah-mah-dee tay-bah-l choh-tee hay.


(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: Meza yetu ni fupi

Russian: наш стол короткий (nash stol korotkiy)

Norwegian: Vårt bord er kort

Greek: Το τραπέζι μας είναι σύντομο (To trapézi mas eínai sýntomo)

ASL: Our table is short

Italian: Il nostro tavolo è breve

German: Unser Tisch ist kurz

Spanish: Nuestra mesa es bajo

French: Notre table est courte