July - 2017

More on Pool Chemistry

I’ll never forget the first summer I was on the swim team, and we were swimming two hours a day, every day, in a highly chlorinated pool....

If you are looking for some new ideas, how about these? 1. MIT Museum (https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/). Yes, I was a postdoctoral research...

Hi fellow scientists and scientist-parents! It’s been a little cold recently, so hope everyone is figuring out how to keep kids...

Looking for fun science-related activities to keep you and your children entertained this weekend? Check out last week’s blog, or some of...

Well we are smack in the middle of the summer here in New England, and it’s been hazy, hot and humid for many days in a row. I don’t know...

Still looking for fun things to do with your kids this summer? Check out parts 1 and 2 of our series (HERE and HERE), or today’s new...

Almost the weekend again…still the summer…car is so full of sand that you wonder how there could be anything left on the beach…. …. house...

Continuing in our installment of fun science activities to do with your kids this summer…. 1. Make your own play-dough. This is...

It’s hot outside, again. You’ve been to the pool, and the beach, and the splash pad, and you’ve turned on your sprinklers more days that...