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God’s Wonderful World

Watch a Nesting Owl

  Bring some spring wonder into your life!    Visit here to see a live feed of a wild female barn owl sitting on her nest.  The owlets are expected to hatch anytime now.   As I was writing this, mommy got up for a stretch break and then settled back onto her five eggs.  It […]

Winter Bird Study: Preparing for the Great Backyard Bird Count

  Two Februaries ago we participated in The Great Backyard Bird Count.   We did no preliminary study or bird watching, so we were not as prepared as we could have been. Hmmm.  I wonder what kind of bird that is?  Still it was thrilling to estimate just how many crows were in that huge flock […]

Falling Water Drops

  Now, here’s something amazing that my husband found on the blog “The Doctor is In.”  You can see a 2000-frames-per-second video of what happens to a water drop when it lands on a water surface, and it’s fascinating.      You might be content with just watching the drops, but if you wish to understand […]

Science and Nature Study Plans for the Year

  Here are this year’s science plans for each of our five children.  The Lord willing, we will have a wonderful science year.  Our three oldest work independently for much of each chapter, using the largely self-teaching Apologia textbook series.    I work closely with the younger two, reading the book out loud, listening to narrations, […]

It’s warmer at the weather station!

Here’s an interesting bit of research showing that global warming does exist, at least at US  weather stations.  Whether it exists elsewhere is still being debated.    Have a wonderful weekend!   Thanks to Kate at Small Dead Animals for bringing this to my attention.  (Note that much on her blog, including the name as well as the language of the […]