I was recalling some of the fun nature study things we’d done when the kids were younger. The monarch butterflies from Insect Lore were a big hit and it was a fun and sad day when we released the pretty things. Monarchs were a stepping stone to another project our daughter took on the […]

Some folks just love unit studies; sorry, but I’m not one of them. There’s nothing wrong with unit studies they just don’t fit the way we think and do stuff at our house. But I think this one is pretty cool because Alaska is such an airplane-dependent place. So, if your kids love planes check […]

And frogs, and newts and salamanders. I’ve been playing with Amphibiaweb, a project of UC Berkeley. It’s a fun way to learn about the amphibians in your neighborhood.
AmphibiaWeb is an online system enabling anyone with a Web browser to search and retrieve information relating to amphibian biology and conservation.
They’ve got 6,190 species from […]

It’s raining in Anchorage today and I’ve found something fun for my thirteen year old son. This looks like a fun contest from the Makezine Blog.
So here’s the situation. I’m out in the wilderness with a metal detector, some water, snacks and a basic tool kit. I’ve dropped my car keys down a six-inch crevice. […]

Did I mention that I am a science teacher by training? I love science. And I love those activities that demonstrate science versus textbooks with vocabulary words in bold.
Robert Krampf loves science too. He’s brilliant about using everyday materials to demonstrate scientific principles. And he has a very user friendly website that […]

In this very cool photo series it looks like the egg came first.

Hat Tip: digg

My kids have gone to a few camps, summer church camps, space camp. Pretty tame stuff. But, check this it out. It’s Explosives Camp! That’s right, I can send my son to a University of Missouri Rolla camp to learn how to blow things up. (He’s eager to do just that. And my husband wants […]

Have to take a few lines to recommend Make Magazine. We call it the MacGyver magazine at our house. It’s filled with fun and sometimes oddball science and technology projects. We’ve made a jet engine in a mason jar. How about a USB iPod charger from an Altoids tin? One can even find out […]