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Tag: earth science
Smithsonian Science Kits Review
A few years ago Batman went through and gave his grandparents his Christmas list. It consisted of about 10 different science kits to play around with. Most were duds. They were fun for a little bit, but he quickly forgot about them, there was one kit he got that had staying power. Now, I’ll admit…
How did Mount Saint Helen change the landscape of Washington?
When I was in second grade my class had a subscription to Weekly Reader. I saved every single one of those issues, and they might actually all be on a shelf upstairs somewhere. I bring this up because in one of the issues it talked about the Mount Saint Helen volcano eruption. For some reason…
Explore a cave with your kids without leaving home
Two years ago we studied earth science for our science lessons. I had one project we did when the kids were preschoolers, that I desperately wanted to figure out how to recreate, but never did figure out how to do it. We created a cave system in our house. It was amazing, but I never…
How did sailors navigate before the age of GPS?
In 2016, if I need to know how to get somewhere I will type the destination into my phone and it will tell me step by step how to get there. But, how did sailors navigate before GPS? Did they just point a direction and go? Of course not, they had all sorts of ideas,…
How to identify rocks using a nature guide
Last summer we went back to the Navajo Reservation with our kids. One of the neat features about going is getting to see their handcrafts and buying some neat jewelry. I bought each of the kids a handmade necklace, and this turned into a homeschool science lesson as we tried to identify the rocks used…