Peacay at BibliOdyssey has a roundup of illustrations of early microscopes. “They were incredibly small, nay so small, in my sight, that I judged that even if 100 of these very wee animals lay stretched out one against another, they could not reach to the length of a grain of coarse Sand.” [Antonie van Leeuwenhoek […]
Bonnie at the Star Wars site, shows kids how to make their own handy lightsaber pencil holder, keeping those pens and pencils together while representing their favorite Jedi, or Sith, at the same time.
Wise Craft shares a fun tutorial you can do with kids, which shows you how to make your own rock candy. I’ve also seen these used at tea parties–stir your tea with the rock candy and it will sweeten your drink!
Learn how to make your own homemade play dough from Amy at Let’s Explore.
Ok, this looks cool… Think you can’t have fun learning statistics? Think again. The Manga Guide to Statistics will teach you everything you need to know about this essential discipline, while entertaining you at the same time. With its unique combination of Japanese-style comics called manga and serious educational content, the EduManga format is already […]
Oliver + S shares a free pattern download for making this easy, breezy summer skirt for a little girl.
Here’s a fun online toy I found through Deep Fun– you paste in the url from an online image you like, and the software converts it into a kaleidoscope image – you can change the kaleidoscope image by clicking and dragging with your mouse. (that’s my cat, Jamie)
