Will we all be eating jellyfish in the future because jellies have taken over the oceans? It’s entirely possible according to marine biologists. In waters from the Sea of Japan (aka East Sea) to the Black Sea, jellies today are thriving as many of their marine vertebrate and invertebrate competitors are eliminated by overfishing, dead zonesand other…
Category: STEM/STEAM
Science non fictions books and fun experiments for kids to do at home.
Dinosaur T Rex: Not the Fiercest!
This fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex (T. Rex) is the mascot of Boston’s Museum of Science. He (or she) can be seen as you enter the museum, and enticed my son down two stories to the dinosaur exhibit. I mean, who can resist a life-size T. Rex? I told my son that scientists have no idea what…
Butterfly Garden
My son and I visited the Butterfly Garden exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston. He missed his third grade school field trip because he had Strep Throat the last week of school so I promised him a make up trip as part of his Camp Mom week. I used to take his older…
Water Supply System for Kids: A Science Unit and Book List
I never really gave storm drains much thought. Occasionally, I’d notice a sign that said drain empties directly to the ocean but I didn’t put the garbage piece together with the storm drain pollution piece. As for my water supply at home, I’ve only wondered what the lead content was. I had no idea where…
Nature is All Around Us! Best Nonfiction Picture Books for Kids
Please welcome my guest author Maria Gianferrari. We met via social media and were conversing using the comments on my blog. I always find her comments to be thoughtful and helpful. She has a vast knowledge of children’s books and with the best recommendations so I asked her to please, please, please guest post on…
10 Great Science Books for Kids
Please welcome Erica from What Do We Do All Day?, a blog that always inspires me. There’s a big push now for non-fiction in the Common Core Curriculum and I am afraid that if we, as parents, don’t introduce non-fiction books to our kids that enchant them, they could be turned off by the onslaught…
Free Site for Summer Learning Activities for Kids (CWIST)
I received an email from CWIST, a free website for parents and kids, and was intrigued by their idea: Challenges or “cwists” are crowd-sourced from parents, educators, mom bloggers and experts and posted in the cwist library. The cwists can be anything from organizing a community clean-up, researching fun facts for an upcoming family trip, completing a summer reading…