Different Kinds of Art: Renaissance Art

Aldobrandini Madonna by Raphael

David by Michelangelo

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli 

Look at these cool Renaissance paintings and statues

The School of Athens by Raphael

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

Different Kinds of Art: Medieval Art

A tapestry of  the resurrection of Jesus Christ

Look at these cool Medieval tapestries and statues!

A Medieval tapestry

Byzantine tapestry of Emperor Justinian

A French tapestry 

History of Santa Claus: St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas, better known as Santa Claus, and Father Christmas was a saint that lived during the 4th century. He was born on March 15, 270 in Greece. He was very religious from a early age. According to the legend, he would have canonical fasts on Wednesdays and Fridays. His parents died in a epidemic. He went to live with his uncle-who was also called Nicholas-who was the bishop of Patara. He tonsured him to read and later taught him to be a priest. During his lifetime he did lots of miracles. One miracle he did was when there was terrible famine stuck the island and malicious butcher lured three children in his house, where he slaughtered them, placing there remains in barrel to cure, planning to sell them as ham. St. Nicholas seeing this, resurrected the boys through his prayers. He loved to give things to people. He gave all his toys to other children As a grown-up he gave all of he things. Because of this, he was very poor. At the end of his live he was very poor, but he was very happy. He died on December 6, 346. He died at the age of 76.

Different Kinds of Art: Ancient Art

Look at these cool pictures of ancient art to Greek art to Egyptian art!

The Book of the Dead

The Great Sphinx of Giza

Ancient Egyptian painting

Laocoon and His Sons
by Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus

Ancient Greek pottery

Different Kinds of Art: Prehistoric Art

Look at these cool pictures of art from the cave painting to the Stonehenge!

A cave painting of a deer

Venus of Willendorf

A spout vessel from Peru

Stonehenge, a ancient wall of stone

A ancient golden statue 

A cave painting of a bison

Prehistoric Mammals: Sthenurus

A Sthenurus

In this post you will read about the prehistoric kangaroo the "Sthenurus". It looked like a modern-day kangaroo but, it was much bigger! At the bottom there are more websites you can visit.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered by Darren R. Gröcke in Australia.

Time Period: Late Pleistocene

Where it lived: Australia

Diet: Plants

Behavior: It mostly ate plants and slept.

Visit these websites:
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/Sthenurus.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sthenurus
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/s/sthenurus.html

Prehistoric Mammals: Amphicyon

A Amphicyon fossil

In this post you read about the prehistoric bear-dog like thing the "Amphicyon". Visit more websites at the bottom.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in Sioux Country, Nebraska.

Time Period: Aquitanian period

Where they lived: Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa

Diet: Omnivorous

Behavior: It mostly preyed on food and ate plants and slept.

Visit these websites:
http://retrieverman.net/2012/01/24/amphicyon-ingens/
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/amphicyon.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicyon

Prehistoric Mammals: Baluchitherium

A Bauchitherium

In this post you will read about the prehistoric giant the "Baluchitherium". It was way BIGGER than a elephant! At the bottom, there are more websites you can visit.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in Pakistan by Sir Clive Forster Cooper.

Time Period: Oligocene period

Where they lived: Asia

Diet: Plants

Behavior: Since the Baluchitherium was a giant mammal, it was very slow. It mostly ate plants.

For more info about the Baluchitherium go these websites:
http://dawn.com/2010/12/20/baluchitherium-the-largest-land-mammal/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baluchitherium
http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Baluchitherium

Prehistoric Mammals: Glyptodons

A Glyptodon fossil

In this post you will read about the prehistoric mammal the armodillo-like "Glyptodonts".  Visit more websites at the bottom.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in South America.

Time Period: Pleistocene period

Where it lived: It lived in South America.

Diet: Plants

Behavior: It mostly ate grazed on plants

For more info about glyptodonts go to these websites:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/armadillo/Glyptodonprintout.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptodon
http://prehistoricearth.wikia.com/wiki/Glyptodon

Prehistoric Mammals: Giant Beaver

A Giant Beaver fossil

In this post you will learn about the prehistoric animal the "Giant Beaver". You can visit more websites at the bottom.

When animal was discovered?: It was discovered in 1837.

Time Period: Ice Age

Where it lived: North America

Diet: Plants

Behavior: It had a very bad temper!!! It could scare away predators very easily!!

Visit these websites:
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/giant-beaver.htm
http://ffe.hendersongdi.com/g/giantbeaver-ff2.html
http://animals.jrank.org/pages/3365/Beavers-Castoridae-BEHAVIOR-REPRODUCTION.html

Prehistoric Mammals: Cave Lion

A picture of a cave lion by Heinrich Harder.

In this post you will learn about the prehistoric animal the "Cave Lion". At the bottom you can visit some other websites about the prehistoric animal, the Cave Lion.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in 1985.

Time period: Ice Age

Where it lived: Europe

Diet: Elk, Reindeer, and Wolf

Behavior: It acted like modern-day lion.

Visit these websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_leo_spelaea
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Cave_Lion
http://www.cbs.umn.edu/lionresearch/cave-lions

Prehistoric Mammals: Giant Ground Sloth

Whoaaaaaaaa! Thats a Megatherium a type of ground sloth.

In this post you will read about the prehistoric mammal, the Giant Ground Sloth. At the bottom you can visit other websites about Giant Ground Sloth.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in 1799 by President Thomas Jefferson!

Time period: Ice Age

Where it lived: North America

Diet: Trees, Cactuses, Leaves, Twigs, Grass, Tall Plants, and Globe Mallow

Behavior: It acted slow. It mostly ate plants and slept a lot

For more info about Giant Ground Sloths visit these websites:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/sloth/Megatheriumprintout.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_sloth
http://exhibits.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/sloth.html

Prehistoric Mammals: Saber-Tooth-Tigers

A picture of the saber- tooth- tiger fossil.

In this post you will read about the extinct animal "Saber-Tooth-Tiger".This animal lived in the time period called the Ice Age. At the bottom there are more websites you can visit.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in 1842 by the Danish paleontologist Peter Lund.

Time period: Ice Age

Where they lived: They lived on all the continents except Australia and Antarctica.

Diet: They hunted animals such as mammoths, deer, mastodons, bison, American camels, and horses.

Behavior: They acted like modern-day lions. They lived in prides just like modern-day tigers.


For more info go to these websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312706/sabertoothtigers.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/sabertoothtiger_knifetooth/
http://exhibits.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/smilodon.html

Prehistoric Mammals: Wooly Mammoth

This picture was by Benjamin Waterhouse
Hawkins.

A wooly mammoth is one of the extinct animals of a period of time called the Ice age. In this post you will read facts about the elephant-like animal of the Ice age.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in 1828 by Joshua Brooks.

Time period: Ice Age

Where he lived: North America, Alaska, Eurasia, Siberia

Diet: Fruit, Plants, Seeds, and perhaps Flowers.

Behavior: They acted like a modern-day African elephant.

For more info about mammoths go to these websites:
http://www.woollymammoth.org
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/mammoth/
http://www.mammothsite.com

Pluto

A picture of Pluto from space.

Discovered: It was discovered on Feb. 18, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.

Named after: It was named after the Roman god Pluto god of the underworld.

Temperature: 33 Kelvin

Diameter: 2,302 miles

Made of: 98% nitrogen ice, methane, and carbon monoxide

Can people live on Pluto?: No. First of all it is way too cold for people to live on it and it doesn't have oxygen in the air.

Neptune

A picture of Neptune from space.

Discovered: It was discovered in 1846 by John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier.

Named after: It was named after the Roman god Neptune god of the sea.

Temperature: 73 K

Diameter: 49,500 km

Made of: 80% hydrogen,19% helium, methane, ammonia, and water ice

Can people live on Neptune?: No. It is so,so,so cold on Neptune that people can't live on this planet.