What’s the difference between a dust devil and a tornado? Why don’t vacuum cleaners work on the moon? What do raindrops look like? With Steve LaNore you can learn these and other science tidbits while laughing through Weather Wits and Science Snickers. This 57 page softcover book is full of Corny Jokes and Cool Facts […]
Nature Study
Jay Ryan Discusses Saturn and Venus
I love knowing what all the lights in the night sky are. Reading the Bible, I’m realizing how closely people lived with nature thousands of years ago. For example, they had no electric lights to block the night sky, so they understood how the moon and stars marked the times and seasons as God had created […]
Rain, Fog, and Floating Down the River
So far, this week has been all about water. Not only pool water, but mostly water from the sky, and even river water. We’ve had slow rain, heavy rain, and a cloud burst (> 1.5″ of water in 10 minutes!), as well as mist, fog, and humidity so high my husband feels he should be sprouting mushrooms. Our […]
Miss 10’s Year Studying Fulbright’s Botany
Surrounded by our plant and tree guide books, Miss 10 sits at the table, half hidden by my 24th anniversary roses. She’s working on her final botany project: making her own guidebook of some of the trees and plants on our property. Then she will be finished an entire year of Exploring Creation with Botany […]
Field Trip: Heritage Mica Festival
We visited a mine. The Silver Queen Mica Mine was just as in all those wonderful story books, but, fortunately, not so deep. The walls were oozing wet and it was very cold and dark and exciting and full of puddles. This mine, at Murphy’s Point Provincial Park, produced a lot of mica. Because the crystals form […]