Plants don’t get the admiration they deserve. I mean, sure, lots of people enjoy gardening. Some may even have a favorite flower. But when it comes time to learn about plant science, most people tune out. In all my years …
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This post contains affiliate links.** That’s one of the first things I tell my chemistry students. They react by looking at me as if I have three heads. Still, without exception, every single one of my students will at some …
Most of us were taught that there are three states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. Solids are rigid and have a fixed shape and volume. Liquids have a fixed volume, but are not rigid. Instead, they take the shape …
Genetics is typically a topic taught to students in middle or high school. The reason? Well you can’t really discuss heredity and how genes are passed from parent to offspring without talking about sexual reproduction. Children mature at different rates, …
I am a microbiologist, so needless to say I’m fascinated by the microscopic world. I can literally spend hours using my microscope exploring life in a sample of pond water. What I find most intriguing is that there is a …
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We Are Born Curious. As children, one of the first words most of us learned was, “Why?” How many of us remember the stage when our own children reached the age of constant curiosity? Virtually nothing could escape our kids’ …
I adore summer. In fact, it’s one of my four favorite seasons! Who doesn’t love the longer days, sunny skies, and warmer temperatures? For me, as the mother of two adventurous boys, summer means more time spent outside exploring nature …
For more than a year now, I’ve made it a habit to go for a walk each morning. Do you know how often I wake up making excuses to avoid my daily walk? Every day. Literally every morning, I …
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If I had to wager a guess, I’d bet that you likely don’t have strong feelings about crickets. In fact, you probably don’t give crickets much thought at all (unless a cricket has found its way inside your house and …
Nothing says summer has arrived like the twinkle of fireflies. As the weather starts to warm, I keep an eye on the woods as the sun sets, searching for that neon glow. I have fond memories of chasing fireflies as …
