Genesis, Chapter 1

We just learned about the last of the twelve tribes of Israel, Benjamin.

Let's learn a little about what is in the Bible, from the beginning to the end.

The Bible starts with the book of Genesis, Chapter 1 tells about how God made the world.
It tells how God made the stars and the earth and all the animals and plants.


(from: wikipedia - book of genesis)


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Van Gogh's Chair - Van Gogh

We just learned about the The Yellow House.

Another of his famous works of art is Van Gogh's Chair, painted in 1888 in Arles France.

It is a painting of a simple chair made of woven straw over a tile floor.
In the background is a box of onions, with the name "Vincent" on the box.


(from: wikipedia - van gogh's chair)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Codex Atlanticus

Hindi - Counting to Eighty Nine

We counted to 79 in Hindi, let's keep going!

80 अस्सी (assee) - sounds like ah-see - 文A

81 इक्यासी (ikyaasee) - sounds like ih-k-yah-see - 文A

82 बयासी (bayaasee) - sounds like bah-yah-see - 文A

83 तिरासी (tiraasee) - sounds like tee-dah-see - 文A

84 चौरासी (chauraasee) - sounds like cho-dah-see - 文A

85 पचासी (pachaasee) - sounds like pah-chah-see - 文A

86 छियासी (chhiyaasee) - sounds like chee-yah-see - 文A

87 सतासी (sataasee) - sounds like suh-tah-see - 文A

88 अट्ठासी (atthaasee) - sounds like ah-tah-see - 文A

89 नवासी (navaasee) - sounds like nuh-vah-see - 文A



(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

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

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

Norwegian: åtti, åttiett, åttito, åttitre, åttifire, åttifem, åttiseks, åttisyv, åtti οκτώ, åttini

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

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

Italian: ottanta, unottanta, ottantadue, ottantatre, ottantaquattro, ottantacinque, ottantasei, ottantasette, ottantotto, ottantanove

German: achtzig, einundachtzig, zweiundachtzig, dreiundachtzig, vierundachtzig, fünfundachtzig, sechsundachtzig, siebenundachtzig, achtundachtzig, neunundachtzig

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

French: quatre-vingts, quatre-vingts-un, quatre vingt deux, quatre vingt trois, quatre vingt quatre, quatre vingt cinq, quatre vingt six, quatre vingt sept, quatre vingt huit, quatre vingt neuf

Jet Fuel

We just learned about the Diesel Fuel.

Another thing that is made from oil is Jet Fuel, also called aviation turbine fuel, ATF, or avtur.

Jet fuel is a lot like diesel fuel, but because it has to be used for jet planes flighing high up in the air it has to be a little different.
When the jet goes up very high, it gets very cold so there can't be any water in the fuel or it could freeze.
It also has a very high flash point, which is the temperature that the air fumes start on fire.


(from: wikipedia - jet fuel)


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Northern Olingo

We just learned about the Ringtail.

Another type of animal in the same family is the Northern Olingo, also called the bushy-tailed olingo or the bassaricyon gabbii.

This small animal only grows to be about 40 centimeters, and weighs a little over 1 kilogram.

They live mostly in the trees of Central America area in countries like Nicaragua and Panama.


(from: wikipedia - northern olingo)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Wedge Capped Capuchin

Renal Pyramids

We just learned about the Renal Hilum.

Another part of the kidney is the Renal Pyramid.

When the blood comes into the kidneys from the arteries it gets split up into one of these pyramids to get filtered and cleaned up.

People can have anywhere from 10 to 18 pyramids in their kidney.


(from: wikipedia - renal medulla)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Bony Labryinth

Guyana

We just learned about the country of

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

This country is in South America, and borders Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname and the Atlantic Ocean.
It is about 215,000 square kilometers, and about 800,000 people live there.
The people in this country speak either English or Guaynese Creole.


(from: wikipedia - guyana)

The flag of Guyana is green with red and yellow triangles on it.
There is a black line on the red triangle and a white line on the yellow triangle.
Green is for the forests, red is for the good energy, yellow is for minerals like gold, black is for endurance and white is for the water.


(from: wikipedia - flag of guyana)

To eat in this country you might have dal bhat, which is rice with some types of stews to mix in with it like lentils.


(from: wikipedia - dal bhat)

Visiting this country you might go see Kaieteur Falls, which is the largest single drop waterfall in the world.


(from: wikipedia - kaieteur falls)

There are two mountain groups next to each other called Mount Roraima and Kukenan Tepui.
Long ago when the famous author Arthur Conan Doyle visited there, he wrote a story about a lost world of dinosaurs living in between them.

(from: wikipedia - mount roraima)

(from: wikipedia - Kukenán-tepui)

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