Joseph in Egypt

We just learned about the Joseph's Coat of Many Colors.

When Joseph lived in Egypt he met the Pharaoh and helped him figure out what his dreams meant by asking God for help.

Pharaoh had a dream about seven good cows and seven good heads of grain, and then seven bad cows and seven bad heads of grain.

Joseph told him that the seven good things were for a time where the animals and farms would do great and be healthy for seven years.
But then the seven bad things were for seven years where the animals and plants would all die.

So he told the Pharaoh to save up food so that his people could survive during the seven bad years.


(from: wikipedia - joseph (genesis))


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Le Facteur: Joseph Roulin - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Café Terrace at Night - Van Gogh.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is Le Facteur: Joseph Roulin.

Roulin was a friend of Van Gogh's, that lived near where he was so he painted self portraits of him.


(from: wikipedia - portraits by vincent van gogh)


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Arabic - Green, Blue, Purple, Pink

We just learned that in Arabic, red, orange and yellow are أحمر ('ahmar), नالبرتقالي (alburtuqaliu), पأصفر ('asfar).

Let's learn more colors!

green - أخضر ('akhdar) - 文A


blue - أزرق ('azraq) - 文A


purple - أرجواني ('arjuani) - 文A


pink - لون القرنفل (lawn alqaranful) - 文A



(from: wikipedia - lebanese academy of sciences)

Hindi: हरा (hara), नीला (neela), बैंगनी (bainganee), गुलाबी (gulaabee)

Swahili: kijani, bluu, zambarau, nyekundu

Russian: зеленый (zelenyy), синий (siniy), фиолетовый (fioletovyy), розовый (rozovyy)

Norwegian: grønn, blå, lilla, rosa

Greek: πράσινο, μπλε, μοβ, ροζ

ASL: green, blue, purple, pink

Italian: verde, blu, viola, rosa

German: grün, blau, lila, rosa

Spanish: verde, azul, morado, rosa

French: vert, bleu, violet, rose

Lima Flag

We just learned about the Kilo Flag.

Another of the maritime flags is the Lima Flag used for the letter L.

It is four squares of yellow and black.

It can also mean "Stop immediately".


(from: wikipedia - international maritime signal flags)


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Asterias Amurensis

We just learned about the Heliaster Microbrachius.

Another type of starfish is the Asterias Amurensis, also called the Northern Pacific seastar or Japanese common starfish.

This type of starfish can grow to be 50 centimeters, and can be orange, yellow, red or purple.

Where this starfish lives it is called an invasive species, because there are so many of them they hurt the environment.


(from: wikipedia - asterias amurensis)


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Femoral Head

We just learned about the Electroencephalography and a lot of other things about sleep.

We've learned before about all of the bones in the human body, like the femur.
All of the bones have different parts, so let's learn about those!

One part of the femur is the Femoral Head.

This is the ball at the top of the femur that fits into the hip socket and helps the leg move around in the right way.


(from: wikipedia - femoral head)


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Tokyo, Japan

We just learned about the city of Tianjin, China.


Let's learn a little about the city of Tokyo, Japan!

This city is in Japan.
It is about 2 million square kilometers, and about 14 million people live there.
The people in this city speak Japanese.


(from: wikipedia - tokyo)

There are lots of different sports in Tokyo. The baseball teams Yomiuri Giants and Tokyo Yakult Swallows, the soccer teams FC Tokyo and Tokyo Verdy, the basketball teams Hitachi SunRockers, Toyota Alvark Tokyo and Tokyo Excellence.
Tokyo also has the Japan Sumo Association where they wrestle at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.

(from: wikipedia - ryōgoku kokugikan)

To eat in this city you might have Japanese boiled spinach salad.

(from: wikipedia - japanese cuisine)

Visiting this city you might go see Mount Fuji.
This is a volcaono that is over 3 kilometers high. It is the tallest mountain in Japan, and is called one of the three "Holy Mountains" in the country.


(from: wikipedia - mount fuji)

There is a bridge in Tokyo called the Rainbow Bridge.
It is a white bridge, and at night they shine rainbow colors on it, using electricity that they collected with solar power from the day.

(from: wikipedia - rainbow bridge (tokyo))


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