Make Two Ice Cubes Stick Together
Ice cubes are solid blocks. You can slide them across the table. Or bounce them off each other. They float…
A Safer Solution to Reveal a Lemon Juice Secret Message
I’m still working on the lemon juice secret message project. Many children don’t know how to iron. Their first experience…
How to Reveal Lemon Juice Secret Messages in the 21st Century
How to Reveal Lemon Juice Secret Messages in the 21st Century If you write a message on paper using lemon…
Ambigrams and Palindromes
upside down and backwards 1/9/2021 0 Comments Looking at things upside down or sideways can be fascinating. It’s even more…
Why Mermaid Science?
As a former head science teacher, I’ve had a lot of experience with answering kids questions about science and setting…
Baby Birds
What’s with “The Ugly Duckling”? I’m a biology and chemistry major. Swans never – absolutely NEVER –lay their eggs in…
Loretta’s Stick that Walks
Loretta notices unusual things in her garden. One day she saw an ant taking a bleeding heart fern seed to…
Look Under Rocks test newsletter
Dear Readers, It’s been a while, so I don’t even know if you remember that you signed up for my…
Pykrete – Stronger than Ice
Pykrete is stronger than ice and stays cold longer than ice. You can make it with sawdust or old newspaper…
Pouring Air
Air seems like an unlikely thing to pour. It’s all around us. If you hold an empty glass, you know…
Pulling Water Up
Equipment needed:1 floating candle1 bowl of water1 clear glass jar or drinking glass that fits over the candle1 match to…