education - Curious Karibella

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Adler Planetarium

This post is all about the planets. I will cover every Planet except the Sun and Pluto. I learned all the information in this post from the Adler Planetarium in Chicago Illinois. My favorite planet is Saturn or Neptune. I wish Earth had more moons for us to explore and populate. I believe there are probably other life forms in other Galaxies or on other planets in our galaxy. I think it is really cool that we landed people on the moon but I think it is about time that we take another series of trips. I am Exited for you to read all about the planets and I hope you learn at least Five Fun Facts about each one! 🙂

Earth

Earth is the Planet we live on. (Duh) It is Blue and Green, these colors make up the ocen and gorgeous land. It is currently the only planet that can sustain humane life. The Earth’s health is rapidly declining and we should work to keep it alive and more healthy. If we don’t, start imagining living on the other planets, you will learn about them and their harsh conditions soon. First we are going to learn Five Fun Facts about earth. Along with a Fact that links earth to another planet.

3rd Planet From the Sun
Has Four inner Zones, Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core.
The core is 800 miles in diamiter
The Crust is 5-25 miles Thick
93,000,000 Miles from the Sun

Our Relational Planet Fact for earth is….. Earth and one other planet have polar Ice caps. Please Guesse wich other planet before.

Mars

Mars also known as the red planet, is (true to its name) Red. Humans have been exploring it for years and have discover there was once water on this barren planet. Just to clear up any confusion, humans have been exploring it by employing robots and droids to do the work; not exploring it using themselves. Now for the Five Fun Facts about Mars.

Mars has two moons
Mars’ atmosphere is so impecably thin that water cant exist as a liquid
Mars is 142,000,000 miles from the sun
Fourth planet from the sun
Mars has four Zones, Crust, Mantel, Liquid outer core, Solid Inner Core

The Planet Relational Fact is, Mars has the Same inner zones as…

Venus

Venus looks like a swirl of Red, Orange, and Yellow and in my opinion looks like marbled doughnuts. There is not a-lot to say about Venus exept that it is big and a planet. Now the Five Fun Facts

67,108,000 miles from the sun
6 robots or droids have been sent to explore, none have returned alive. Of course they have not, there stuck there for the rest or there electrical lives!
Venus’ atmosphere is the thickest of all the inner planets
Venus’ has a dry, dessert like surface
Venus’ Volcanos are 10-100 times bigger than Earth’s Volcanos

The Planet Relational fact is , Venus and another planet same the same color range. The other planet is…..

Saturn

Saturn looks like a perfectly blended painted ball with rings around it. It is my favorite planet because of the rings ,and if you compare it with earth, imagine a watermelon next to a blueberry. The rings around Saturn are made mainly of Ice. The chunks of Ice range from the size of a house, a grain of sand thick. If you stood on the top side of the rings you could dig a hole through the rings to the southern hemisphere of Saturn! Now for the Five Fun Facts.

885,000,000 miles from the sun
This planet had no crust! It is only Atmosphere
6th Planet From the Sun
Its Rings are only 30 Ft tall
Earth is minuscule compared to Saturn. Compare a pillow to a blueberry.

The Planet Relational Fact is, Saturn is a Gas Gient just like……

Jupeter

Jupiter is also a gas giant and when I say giant I mean giant. It is 460.43 Million miles from the sun! It has rings but not rings like Saturn. Its rings are stripes of color on the planet itself. It is tan and red-ish in color and sits next to Mars and Saturn. Now for the Five Fun Facts.

5th Planet from the Sun
Larges planet (besids the sun) in our solar system.
It only had three zones! Atmosphere, Mantle, and Core
Had huge Aurora Borealis
Has five moons and one Giant Red Spot( a big storm)

The Planet Relational Fact is, Jupiter shares the sam amount of zones as….

Neptune

Neptune is very, very Blue. It had some lighter and darker spots wich are probably clouds. Neptune in my opinion is not a very interesting planet. It had atmosphere, mantle and core as its three zones. One interesting fact is that diamonds are forming and as those diamonds go closer to the core they melt into oceans. Humans probably cant live on a planet without crust so we probably cant live here despite the water. Now for the Five Fun Facts.

Has 14 moons
2,800,000,000 miles from the sun
Farthest planet from the sun
One Neptune year is 165 Earth years
Neptunes gravity is almost Earth like

The Planet Relational Fact is, Neptune is warmer than one other planet despite it being the farthest from the sun. The other planet is….

Uranus

This planet might be most peoples favorite planet for obvious reasons. I don’t know who choose the name but they were definitely not thinking about all the little kids who would laugh at the name. Despite all the pictures of Uranus being white it is actually light blue or turquoise. It has small white rings. 13 rings in all and you probably can’t see them without a very strong telescope. Now for the Five Fun Facts.

1,790,000,000 miles from the sun
Coldest Planet
Three zones, Atmosphere, Mantle and core.
Has 27 moons
One planet year is 84 Earth years

The Planet Relational Fact is, Uranus and another planet have three zones. That planet is….

Mercury

Mercury looks like our moon, but a-lot bigger. This planet is pretty uninteresting. It sits between the Sun and Mars. Its core is liquid, and now lets read the Five Fun Facts.

Has 0 Moons
Is much much smaller than Earth
Three zones, Crust Mantle and Liquid Core.
Closest to the Sun
Has no Atmoshpere

This is the last planet in our learning journey so I will link it back to our first planet, Earth. The Planet Relational Fact is, Earth and Mercury both have a crust.

The controls needed to turn off on Apollo 13 mission

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Bokaap Cooking Experience

Today we did a cooking experience! The lady who hosted us had lived in her house her whole life and so did her parents, grandparents and great grandparents! There was two other people doing the experience with us. Their names were Libby and Matt. We started with introductions and our host talked about herself. Then we started cooking. The first thing we did was fill the samosas. There were gluten filled and gluten free! I was tasked with frying the samosas in oil and it was very fun. While I was frying them, the others started making the curry and rice. The rice was made with cardamom and other spices to give it flavor. The process of making the curry was ridiculously simple and fast. We put the spices in then the coconut cream ingredients in then it was done! By done, I mean ready to be put on the stove to be cooked. When it was time to sit down and eat I was very hungry. The samosas were the best! The chicken curry was a little spicy for me and the rice was super good! While we were eating our host and her helpers made us a traditional dessert of Ribose tea, sweet potato, and a ball with dates in it. I liked the tea and sweet potato but I don’t love dates.

The Experience overall was amazing! Being able to learn from someone who loves cooking and has done it for many years is very special. I really enjoyed myself and I would highly recommend doing a cooking experience with anyone!

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South African Penguins

The Scenery and the Drive

The scenery was amazing! The drive to the penguins was along the coast and through towns. We learned about the history of each town. At one point there was a tunnel that had one side open. I really enjoyed the drive and one thing I learned was, there was 14 mountains that were called the 11 apostles. If you are into awsome landscape photos I would highly recommend this drive!

Puppy the Seal

Puppy, in my opinion, is a funny name for a seal. It makes me think of a cute fat animal, wich is what Puppy is. When we saw him he was being hand fed by a man and he seemed to know what to do. We were told that he came up on the docks to get snacks and that he was very friendly. The friendly part might not be true. He was more exited about the food then anything. I think he did not mind us touching him and maybe he liked it but he was super exited about the food. While we were with Puppy I bought a really cute elephant satchel! We then moved on so we could see the penguins.

The Penguins

The penguins were awesome! We had to climb over some rocks witch was super fun. Then we had to wade through freezing water to get to the penguins. When I got to the place where the penguins were I saw what looked like a dead shark! I asked our guide and he confirmed it was a dead shark; and just to clarify, the shark was a baby so only a foot and a half long. The penguins were sitting on a rock and they would waddle into the water. I was surprised at how fast they could move under water. They were little bullets! We went to a second place with penguins but it had lots of people in it and it was less special.

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The Masai Village at Amboseli, Kenya

Today we went to one of the Masai villages next to Amboseli National Park. We got a welcome dance from some of the villagers, and we also got to dance. The dancers put beautiful handmade necklaces around our necks and welcomed us happily. We were invited to dance with them, and we did. Then they prayed for us. The Masai people are Christians.

We then went into their village. There was a fence made of thorn bushes to keep unwanted animals out and their livestock in. There were also similar smaller enclosures inside to keep the cows, goats, and sheep inside the paddocks, inside the village. There were so many baby cows, goats, and sheep running around. We were led to chairs and saw how the Masai make fire. They made fire by rubbing a stick in a notch in a piece of wood to create friction and then fire. While one of the men was talking, a baby goat ran under my chair and stayed there! It was adorable, but I wanted to see what was happening, so I stopped gazing at it.

They next brought out three kinds of traditional medicine. It was all different types of wood! And there were so many uses for it all. Such as helping with headaches and stomachaches and treatment to block diseases from mosquitoes.

We got to tour one of the huts. The doorways were shorter than me! The inside was super dark because there was only one tiny window close to the fire area. There were two rooms, one for the adults and one for the kids. The walls were made of elephant dung and sticks, and the roof was made of thatch and sticks. I would not want to live in this type of home. It didn’t make me sad because these people were keeping their traditions and choosing to live this way.

After the house, we went to their market. All the ladies had beautiful stuff, but they were kind of pushy. They kept trying to put bracelets on my wrists, and one bracelet was too small, but the lady wanted to get it on me. Emmy and I did find some cool things in the end, but when it was time to pay, we discovered that everything was more expensive than we anticipated. I went from about six items to three. Emmy and I got gifts for a friend and one thing for myself.

While mom and dad were settling the prices for what they were buying, us kids got to hold a three-day-old goat! It was so tiny and so cute! We got plenty of good photos, and I wanted to keep it, but I knew I could never carry a goat around Africa.

We went to the school. The kids there were super cute! Three-year-olds knew their ABCs and 123s fluently! They all had the cutest uniforms, and I adored them all. We had to leave after school, and I was glad because I was super hot! I loved seeing the village and I wish more people knew about it. I would go again to see more and learn more.

baby cow in a traditional Masai village — this baby cow was very skinny due to the 2 year drought

traditionally made Masai earrings — this baby cow was very skinny due to the 2 year drought

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Discovering Nairobi, Kenya – Churches, Markets, Slums and More

The First Visit to Nairobi

Our first visit to Nairobi started at midnight in a hot, stuffy airport. Getting through customs was long and not fun. The only fun part was when I made my passport photo face at the person checking our passports.

For those of you who don’t know, when I got my last passport and when they took my photo, I smiled a sweet smile, but to my astonishment, they said I was not allowed to smile. Now my passport photo looks like I am a hiker trying to stare down a mama bear. In other words, I don’t look happy.

The outside air was not hot, thankfully. Hot outside air is the last thing anyone needs when coming off a late-night flight. It took us so long to get our sim cards, long enough for Bardez to fall asleep by mom, on the floor, outside. He was pretty cute.

When we finally got our sim cards, we got into the hotel taxi. There was nobody at the hotel except the security guard. They had to find someone to check us in. It took a while to get room keys, but it eventually happened.

The hotel was excellent. But not somewhere that I would want to go back to. The food was delicious and the staff was friendly, but it was not a stunning experience. I would rate the Double Tree Hilton four stars.

Second Stay in Nairobi

Our second stay in Nairobi after being in the Masai Mara was much better. We stayed at a different hotel called the Movenpick. The rooms were more beautiful, and the food was so much better! At breakfast, there were always gluten-free cupcakes and bread. They would also label everything saying if it was gluten-free or not. On Sunday, we went to the same church we attended the previous Sunday. After Church, we had an afternoon at the hotel.

To our delight and surprise, there was a beautiful lunch buffet and a kid’s play area with bracelet making. I made about five bracelets, one of which was completely gold, and I wore it to dinner that night. The restaurant was a revolving restaurant at the top of the hotel where we could see most of the city while we ate our dinner. I would rate this hotel five stars and add that the staff was excellent and friendly. I would also visit again and explore Nairobi more extensively.