Science of Gardening
For years, I dreamed of having a garden. Vegetables, mostly, because I couldn’t quite see the appeal of working so hard unless you were...
Science Friendly Activities to Check Out This Weekend! (Part 6)
Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes. Heirloom tomatoes: yellow, orange, green, and red; farm-fresh cherry tomatoes (sweet enough to keep eating...
Fun Science Activities to Do with Kids in The Summer (Part 7)
Check out the first six parts of this series, or below to make some delicious rock candy! Yum! I love rock candy! You know who else loves...
Science of Barbecuing
Soon it’s going to be the end of the summer (note to self: stop saying those words out loud!), and we should take advantage of every...
Fun Science Activities to Do with Kids in The Summer (Part 6)
Still summer (although less and less of that now), still looking for things to do with your children? Check out the first five parts of...
Fun Science Activities to Do with Kids in The Summer (Part 5)
How about a puppy, Mommy? Please oh please oh please oh please…Or a kitten? A horse? Goat? No, no, no, and no. There will be no more pets...
More on Pool Chemistry
I’ll never forget the first summer I was on the swim team, and we were swimming two hours a day, every day, in a highly chlorinated pool....
Science Friendly Activities to Check Out This Weekend!
If you are looking for some new ideas, how about these? 1. MIT Museum (https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/). Yes, I was a postdoctoral research...
Fun Science Activities to Do with Kids in The Summer (Part 4)
Hi fellow scientists and scientist-parents! It’s been a little cold recently, so hope everyone is figuring out how to keep kids...
Science-Friendly Activities to Check Out This Weekend
Looking for fun science-related activities to keep you and your children entertained this weekend? Check out last week’s blog, or some of...
