science Archive

Look! I got *this* close to Mayim Bialik. Ok, maybe there were about 200 people between me and her, but I have a really good zoom on my camera. The crowd was HUGE. It was standing room only. I don’t think she …

  This weekend is the US Science & Engineering Festival  in DC. Our family attended on a whim last year and since then, I’ve had 2012 Festival on our calendar for months. That’s where Sophia made maggot art last year. Check out …

Our family fell in love with Oscar the moment we met him. With a baby chimpanzee face like his, how could we not?  Disneynature’s new documentary Chimpanzee follows baby Oscar as his mother teaches him the skills necessary to survive: cracking nuts, making …

When I spotted a book about science with a picture of a girl on the cover, I had to borrow it from our library.  With a title of 11 Experiments That Failed, I knew Sophia would enjoy it. Besides the fact that she …

Penguins are my all time favorite animal. Bet you didn’t know that about me. Once hubby and I went to Sea World Orlando and I made him spend over an hour in the penguin house. Thankfully we had already visited the beer …

Last year for Dr. Seuss’s birthday, I made green eggs and ham for breakfast. Since we’ve read Green Eggs and Ham numerous times, I was proud that I remembered to commemorate Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Sophia refused to eat the green eggs. Thank …