Peanut Butter Science
One of my friends forwarded me a video she found online, which I am sure many of you have also seen. It involved taking a piece of coal,...
It's Electric!
So I got in the mood today to electrocute a pickle, and figured it would work as an exciting demonstration for some of my students. After...
Top Five Science Activities to Do with Kids in the Kitchen
If your kids are anything like mine, they eat a lot, and so I find myself in the kitchen a lot. Invariably, they follow me in there...
Maple Syrup: YUM!
Maple Sugar Day Festivals are on! This is the brief window of time during which real maple sap is collected from maple trees, and then...
First Night of Hanukkah
Yesterday we lit the first Hanukkah candle, and so in honor of that, I thought we could talk a little bit about this holiday. For those...
All About Cranberries
Continuing in our Thanksgiving theme, let’s talk about cranberries. There is a strong local crop of cranberries (see blog post from...
Why Does Turkey Make You Tired?
One week away from Thanksgiving, so let’s talk about turkey. First, true confessions: I do not actually like eating turkey. I don’t like...
Daylight Savings
As you may have noticed, we changed the clocks this past weekend, and so now it is starting to really feel like winter is coming....
All About Frying!
Let’s talk about frying, readers. My lab group recently bought a deep-fryer, named, for reasons that I will not care to speculate on, the...
All About Honey
Three weeks into September, and we are now smack in the middle of the Jewish High Holiday season, which includes the Jewish New Year...
