Yes we Literally went inside Noah’s Ark. Ok, they did not recover the actual Ark, It was a Replica. But life size and withall the cages for the vigorous animals and Noah, and his family. In this post I will address a lot of the big questions about the Ark and its contents as well as providing a list of things that surprised me. Please enjoy and learn a lot!
Most people including me (before the museum) imagine the Ark a lot smaller than it is and pink! ( I am kidding about the pink. 🙂 It is only a tiny bit smaller than the Titanic. It is over a hundred ft tall and at least fifty feet wide. How did Noah fit all the animals? God gave Noah the exact dimensions of the ship and God helped Noah fit all the animals (except wet one’s) in.
How did Noah feed and care for all the animas with only eight people? Each person had to care for 850 animals! (Gargantuan or small) The cages were designed so you did not have to go to each cage every day. (Side note, when we got there i thought mabey we were at Dollywood) There were water feeders and food troughs and the waste fell down chutes into a tray at the bottom for easy cleaning. All the humane and animal waste was emptied into the ocean via a chute. How did Noah build the zenuous (hospitable) Ark? He built it over many decades after Decades of planing and logging. His family helped him build it and they all traveled around the world with him on it.
How did Noah gather all the animals? I am going to give a straight answer to this question and other relative facts (i need 12-31 facts). He did not gather them. God gathered them and sent them to him to be with him. Now, he did not need to take all the animals like fish and some bugs. (Yellow moths went on board to feed the lizards) And not all animal species we have tuday existed back then. Also giraffes and elephants were smaller. Why did only Noahs family go on the Ark? They were were the only ones because the rest of the world was filled with sin and it needed to be cleansed.
Now for the Fun Facts you all have been waiting for.
How Noah could fit everything in so neatly!
Inside was way bigger than i expected!
Every inch of the outside had to be water-proof
little details could not be overlooked
Imagine living with all the smell and heat.
Zebras were also on the on the ark and lions!
Ark was the name Noah choose
Bears were alive then and on the ark!
There were even dinosaurs and two T-Rex’s
Ham and other meat could not be eaten til after the flood.
-Kangaroos lived and were on the boat.
Bugs were mostly left outside the boat but some had to be inside
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. Itis 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
We went to the Military Museum of South Africa which I would not recommend. The buildings were super creepy and dark. The only good part would be when we found two tanks and an airplane that you could go in. The boys played in the tanks for about 30 minutes then we had to go. I would give this place a two star review because they organized the museum not by war or year but by type of machinery. There were also a lot of mannequins that were insanely creepy. I would not recommend it unless you are into reading about the mechanics of destructive machines.
