Asher

We just learned about Gad from the 12 tribes of Israel.

Another of the twelve tribes is Asher.

He was the eigth son of Jacob, and his mother was Zilpah.


(from: wikipedia - asher)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Crown Him with Many Crowns

Still Life with Straw Hat - Van Gogh

We just learned about the painting Still Life with Earthenware and Bottles.

Another of Van Gogh's still life paintings was Still Life with Straw Hat painted in 1885 in Neunen.

When Van Gogh was teaching some of his friends in the town of Eindhoven how to paint, he made a bunch of paintings himself.
This painting shows some nice smooth brush strokes and lots of light and dark shading of colors.


(from: wikipedia - still life with straw hat)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Annunciation - Leonardo da Vinci

Hindi - Counting to Forty Nine

We counted to 39 in Hindi, let's keep going!

41 इकतालीस (ikataalees) - sounds like ih-k-tah-leez - 文A

42 बयालीस (bayaalees) - sounds like bay-ah-leez - 文A

43 तैंतालीस (taintaalees) - sounds like tay-n-tah-leez - 文A

44 चौवालीस (chauvaalees) - sounds like choh-vah-leez - 文A

45 पैंतालीस (paintaalees) - sounds like pay-n-tah-leez - 文A

46 छियालीस (chhiyaalees) - sounds like chee-yah-leez - 文A

47 सैंतालीस (saintaalees) - sounds like say-n-tah-leez - 文A

48 अड़तालीस (adataalees) - sounds like ah-dah-tah-leez - 文A

49 उनचास (unachaas) - sounds like oo-n-chah-z - 文A



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Swahili: arobaini na moja, arobaini na mbili, arobaini na tatu, arobaini na nne, arobaini na tano, arobaini na sita, arobaini na saba, arobaini na nane, arobaini na tisa

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

Norwegian: førti, førtien, førtito, førtitre, førtifire, førtifem, førtiseks, førtisyv, førtiåtte, førtini

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

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

Italian: quaranta, quarantuno, quarantadue, quarantatre, quarantaquattro, quarantacinque, quarantasei, quarantasette, quarantotto, quarantanove

German: vierzig, einundvierzig, zweiundvierzig, dreiundvierzig, vierundvierzig, fünfundvierzig, sechsundvierzig, siebenundvierzig, achtundvierzig, neunundvierzig

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

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

Catalytic Reforming

We just learned about the Naphtha.

Another part of refining oil is Catalytic Reforming.

This is something using chemistry and a very expensive metal called platinum to turn the naphtha into something called reformates.


(from: wikipedia - catalytic reforming)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Rotor

Haida Ermine

We just learned about the Ferret.

Another animal in the same family is the Haida Ermine, also called mustela haidarum.

This small animal only lives on a tiny island on the west side of Canada called Haida Gwaii.

It changes its fur color from brown in the summer to white in the winter.
When it is brown the local Haida people call it daayáats’, and when it is white they call it tlag.


(from: wikipedia - haida ermine)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Cotton Top Tamarin

Loop of Henle

We just learned about the Proximal Tubule.

Another part of the kidneys is the Loop of Henle.

This is a tube that carries liquid down and back up, and helps separate the dirty liquid which turns into urea going back up at the end of the loop.


(from: wikipedia - loop of henle)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Intertragic Notch

Chile

We just learned about the country of Brazil

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

This country is in South America, and borders Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and the Drake Passage to the south which is the water between Chile and Antarctica.
It is about 750,000 square kilometers, and about 18 million people live there.
The people in this country speak Spanish.


(from: wikipedia - chile)

The flag of Chile is a blue on the top left with a white star, white on the top right, and red on the bottom.
Blue is for the sky and ocean, the star is for the planet Venus, white is for the snow on the Andes mountains, and red is for the blood of the people who fought for independence.


(from: wikipedia - flag of chile)

To eat in this country you might have dulce de leche, which means sweet milk.
This is a type of dessert that is made of sugar and milk cooked until it is like a pudding.


(from: wikipedia - dulce de leche)

Visiting this country you might go see the volcano Osorno, an 8,700 foot tall stratovolcano.


(from: wikipedia - osorno (volcano))

The largest open pit commer mine in the world is in Chile, called Chuquicamata.

(from: wikipedia - chuquicamata)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Mongolia