Newton’s Third Law {and Some Water Fun!}

    Trevor and I worked on this project when I wrote A Project Guide to Forces and Motion for Mitchell Lane Publishers. Since the days are warming up, and you may be ready for some outdoor water play, I thought I’d share it with you. {Though it would make a fun bath...

Hands-On Learning {and Fun}: Spiders

  I had the, ummm… pleasure, of meeting one of these…     …in the basement the other night as I finished up some work {really. really. late.} and nobody was around to save my family from being murdered in their sleep by snapping fangs and hairy legs, so I had to take...

Hands-On Learning: Colors

  We have a lot of fun with science around here. Once you get to know me a little, you come to expect random “science days” or experiments—and lots of messes! It makes sense after all, I write nonfiction for kids, parents, and teachers and mainly focus on science and...