Favorite Halloween Science
It is almost Halloween, readers, and even though my family doesn’t celebrate this holiday, over the years we have accumulated a wide...
All the Things You Can Do with Dry Ice
Sometimes, I think to myself that I need to spend more time playing with dry ice. I imagine that this thought is not universally shared,...
Robot Building 101
Let’s say you wanted to build a robot, and you wanted to do it on a relatively low budget and accessible to young children. This was my...
Rocket Making 101
So you are thinking you want to make a rocket…. or maybe not you, but you have an elementary-school aged child who has made rockets, or...
Fireworks
So how do fireworks work anyway? I know this is very delayed from July 4th, when I first thought about writing a fireworks-related post,...
June Weekend Part III
What are you doing tonight, readers, in honor of the summer solstice? How about checking out a free summer solstice celebration night at...
Fizzy Science Behind Bath Bombs
Recently one of my children has been asking for bath bombs, which, until he asked for it, was not something I had ever bought. Bath time...
June Weekend Part II
Another weekend coming up, and lots and lots of activities to do. First of all, strawberries. The picking season for strawberries in New...
Medicine Tricks
Anyone else struggling to make a child take his/her/their medicine, because even with camouflaging and puddings and all kinds of other...
June Weekend Part I
What are you planning for this weekend, readers? If you haven’t headed to the scooperbowl yet (http://www.scooperbowl.org/faf/home/defaul...
