Desalter

We just learned about the Oil Refinery.

One part of refining oil is called a Desalter.

When crude oil comes out of the ground it has a bunch of chemicals in it that need to be removed to make it more useful.
Usually oil ends up getting mixed up with water which can have a lot of other things mixed in it like calcium, sodium and magnesium chlorides.
These are all called salts, and aren't the same as the salt you eat but they have to be removed from the oil.

The crude oil gets heated up really hot and then mixed with some fresh water.
It gets pumped into another tank that uses electricity to get the water and salts to go to the bottom of the tank and get separated from the oil.
The desalted oil on top then gets pumped out.


(from: wikipedia - desalter)


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European Mink

We just learned about the European Polecat.

Another type of animal in the same family is the European Mink.

This animal is about 15 inches, and weighs about 1.5 pounds.

They are small good little hunters that swim really well and live in small caves.


(from: wikipedia - european mink)


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Glomerulus

We just learned about the Renal Corpuscle.

Another part of the Kidnys is the Glomerulus.

This is a small bunch of blood vessel capillaries called a tuft that helps push the blood and water through the kidneys to be cleaned up.


(from: wikipedia - glomerulus)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Antitragus

Argentina

We just learned about the country of Clipperton Island

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

This country is in South America, and borders Chile, Bolivia, Paragua, Brazil, Uruguay and the Atlantic Ocean.
It is over 2 million square kilometers, and about 47 million people live there.
The people in this country speak Spanish.


(from: wikipedia - argentia)

The flag of Argentina is sideways stripes of blue, white and blue with a yellow sun in the middle.
Many people think the white and blue are for the skies and clouds.
The sun is called the Sun of May and is for the old Incan gods, and for the independence from Spain.


(from: wikipedia - flag of argentina)

To eat in this country you might have asado, which is barbecued meat like beef, pork or chicken.


(from: wikipedia - argentine cuisine)

Visiting this country you might go see the mountain aconcagua that is 6,961 meters high, and is the highest peak outside of Asia.


(from: wikipedia - aconcagua)

There is a large glacier in the southern part of Argentina called Perito Moreno Glacier that people will go walk out on, and sometimes see parts of it break off and fall into the ocean.


(from: wikipedia - perito moreno glacier)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Kyrgyzstan

Zebulun

We just learned about Issachar.

Another of the twelve tribes is Zebulun.

He was the 10th son of Jacob and Leah, and the last one of the 6 sons that Leah had.


(from: wikipedia - zebulun)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Vincent Van Gogh.

One of the first paintings from Vincent van Gogh is Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs in the Netherlands in 1881.

When Van Gogh was 28 years old he made one of his first paintings, of some cabbages and wooden shoes called clogs on a table.
Paintings of things that are not moving are called still life.
This was before Van Gogh came up with his own different style that made him famous later on.


(from: wikipedia - early works of vincent van gogh)


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Hindi - Fifteen

We just learned about all the months of the year in Hindi!

Let's learn about some more numbers.

We already counted to 10 in Swahili, now let's learn some bigger numbers!

11 ग्यारह (gyaarah) - sounds like g-yah-rah - 文A

12 बारह (baarah) - sounds like bah-rah - 文A

13 तेरह (terah) - sounds like tay-rah - 文A

14 चौदह (pandrah) - sounds like pah-n-drah - 文A

15 पंद्रह (chaudah) - sounds like chah-oo-dah - 文A



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: kumi na moja, kumi na mbili, kumi na tatu, kumi na nne, kumi na tano

Russian: одиннадцать (odinnadtsat'), двенадцать (dvenadtsat'), тринадцать (trinadtsat'), четырнадцать (chetyrnadtsat'), пятнадцать (pyatnadtsat')

Norwegian: elleve, tolv, tretten, fjorten, femten

Greek: ένδεκα (éndeka), δώδεκα (dódeka), δεκατρία (dekatría), δεκατέσσερα (dekatéssera), δεκαπέντε (dekapénte)

ASL: eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen

Italian: undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici

German: elf, zwölf, dreizehn, vierzehn, fünfzehn

Spanish: once, doce, trese, catorce, quince

French: onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze