Nepanthia Belcheri

We just learned about the Red Knobbed Sea Star.

Another kind of starfish is the Nepanthia Belcheri.

This type of starfish lives near Australia, and grows to be a few inches wide.
One very interesting thing about this starfish is that it can split itself in half and turn itself into two starfishes.


(from: wikipedia - nepanthia belcheri)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Philippine Tarsier

Alpha Waves

We just learned about Narcolepsy.

Another part of sleep science is Alpha Wave.

These are waves that come out of the brain while you are sleeping, and can be measured with science tools called an EEG.

(from: wikipedia - alpha wave)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Oval Window

Istanbul Turkey

We just learned about the city of Shenzhen China.


Let's learn a little about the city of Istanbul, Turkey!

This city is in Turkey.
It is about 2,500 square kilometers, and about 15 million people live there.
The people in this city mostly speak Turkish.


(from: wikipedia - istanbul)

In Istanbul there is a sports club calls Beşiktaş J.K, that owns a bunch of different sports teams like soccer, basketball, and volleyball.

(from: wikipedia - beşiktaş j.k.)

To eat in this city you might have Dolma which is a vegetable leaf filled up with rice, meat or fruit.

(from: wikipedia - dolma)

Visiting this city you might go see dalia beach in the town of Kilyos.

(from: wikipedia - kilyos)

Under the ground in Istanbul are some cisterns that are big open areas for storing water.
The basilica cistern is over 100,000 square feet and can old over 2 million cubic feet of water.


(from: wikipedia - basilica cistern)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Dominican Republic

Jacob and Rachel

We just learned about the Jacob and Leah.

Another part of the Bible is about Jacob and Rachel.

In the old days of the Bible, a lot of times men would have more than one wife.
After Jacob married Leah, seven years later he married Leah's sister Rachel, in Genesis chapter 29.


(from: wikipedia - rachel)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: The First Noel

Trees and Undergrowth - Van Gogh

We just learned about the painting Pine Trees and Dandelions in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is Trees and Undergrowth, from 1887.

During his time at the Saint Remy, Van Gogh made some paintings of the outdoors, that were called sous-bois which is French for undergrowth.
This style of painting was used by a lot of other impressionists, and Van Gogh was making paintings in their style.


(from: wikipedia - trees and undergrowth)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel - The Creation of Adam

Arabic - One, two, three, four, five

We just learned that dog and cat in Arabic is كلب (kalb) and قطة (qita)

Let's count to five in Arabic!

1 واحد (wahid) 文A

2 اثنين (aithnayn) 文A

3 ثلاثة (thalatha) 文A

4 أربعة ('arbaea) 文A

5 خمسة (khamsa) 文A




(from: wikipedia - lebanese academy of sciences)

Hindi: एक (ek), दो (do), तीन (teen), चार (chaar), पांच (paanch)

Swahili: moja, mbili, tatu, nne, tano

Russian: раз (raz), два (dva), три (tri), четыре (chetyre), пять (pyat')

Norwegian: en, to, tre, fire, fem

Greek: ένα (éna), δύο (dýo), τρία (tría), τέσσερα (téssera), πέντε (pénte)

ASL: One, two, three, four, five

Italian: uno, due, tre, quattro, cinque

German: Ein, zwei, drei, veir, fünf

Spanish: Uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinco

French: Un, deaux, trois, quatre, cinq

Hotel Flag

We just learned about the Golf Flag.

Another of the maritime flags is the Hotel Flag, used for the letter H.

It is a flag with left half white and the right half red. It also means "I have a pilot on board".


(from: wikipedia - international maritime signal flags)


Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Computer Mouse