Everything isn’t sunshine and rainbows, except when you plant a rainbow-themed garden in the full sun! After a month of daydreaming, I’ve settled on a challenge for myself. I solemnly vow to fill my garden with colorful flowers and vegetables that represent red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet, or as I prefer to …
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Freezer Art
Breaking news from my freezer this week, there’s more ice art! I mentioned odd natural ice formations in my freezer before, but this one is different than the leftover crystals because it was freshly frozen. Here’s how it went down: An uncooked, square dish of lasagna was topped by a layer plastic wrap, and then …
White Coral Bells upon a Slender Stalk…
How many of you immediately thought of the next line in this song? Anyone…Bueller? Bueller? I can’t recall when and where I learned this song, but I must have been a little tyke because I can’t remember. Years passed without thinking much of the song. Then, “BAM!” the first year after I graduated from college …
Pokémon Collectors Make for Successful Scientists
Do you have the meticulous resolve it takes to become a Pokémon Master? If so, then you might have the traits and skills of a scientist! Propensity to Collect As any avid Pokémon player will tell you, part of the appeal of these games is trying to collect every single one of the 800+ creatures. …
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Citizens of Earth: Participate in JunoCam!
Back on the fifth of August in 2011, NASA launched the space probe Juno to the planet Jupiter. Juno is carrying an array of scientific instruments, one of which is a special telescope/camera called JunoCam. JunoCam has a planetary-sized job and it’s not simply taking images to send back to earth. NASA incorporated an interactive …
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How to Make an Origami Fortune Teller
Whether you’ve made a fortune teller before or not, I bet you don’t know how many squares were hidden in the fold lines. What You Need: A square piece of paper or origami paper Directions Step 1 Fold the paper in half, and then unfold. Step 2 Fold the paper in half in the other …
Making Dye From Natural Materials (Farm to Yarn)
When you pulled a shirt out of your closet this morning, what color shirt was it? Did you wear a vivid red or brilliant blue? The bright colors we have access to today generally weren’t available until the introduction of synthetic (man-made) dyes and the industrial revolution. Before these milestones in chemistry and modern science, …
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Algae Art
A few summers ago I met an artist in Maine who makes beautiful framed artwork from algae. Using algae as a medium was news to me, so she explained where she finds her different types of algae and the best times of day to collect it. Algae come in various shades of greens, red and …
Make Your Own Bark Rubbing
Here’s an easy project to use an excuse to get outside in spring, summer or fall. As an added bonus, you probably already have all the materials on hand. What You Need: Paper Roll Rubbing Crayon (with the paper wrapper peeled off) Pencil, Markers, Stickers or Crayons Instructions: 1. Gather a sheet of paper …
Leftover Crystals
In preparation for Thanksgiving I was riffling through my freezer and discovered a leftovers container that was long forgotten. I vaguely recall I was going to use that last bite ages ago. Just before I cleaned up the storage container I decided that forgetting actually turned out to be a thing of beauty. One woman’s …