Wordless Wednesday: Spring!
A cherry tree in bloom on the Wooded Isle in Jackson Park (Chicago, Illinois).
What’s The Ten-Year-Old watching this week?
This week, The Ten-Year-Old and I are headed out to see Disneynature’s Born in China. A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales between April 21 – April 27 will go to support the World Wildlife Fund’s efforts to restore habitats essential to the survival of the wild pandas and snow leopards featured in the film.
Wordless Wednesday: The Ten-Year-Old met Chewbacca over Spring Break
This is what happens when The Ten-Year-Old meets a hero of the Rebellion.
“How does a Galileo thermometer work?”
When The Ten-Year-Old first asked how Galileo thermometers work many moons ago, Daddyo knew the answer right away. Galileo thermometers operate on the principle that the density of a liquid changes with temperature, and that lower density objects float in higher density liquids. At first we surmised that each glass bubble held a liquid with slightly different densities. But it turns out the actual answer is much simpler than that.
What’s The Ten-Year-Old reading this week?
This week, The Ten-Year-Old reviews Muse Magazine by Cricket Media and The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups by David Wisniewski.
Wordless Wednesday: “What kind of tree is that?”
We saw these Monster Pollen Buds while wandering through Hollywood Studios at DisneyWorld last month. None of us knew what kind of tree this was. Do you?
Night Sky Watch: The moon helps Mommyo spot Jupiter, again
Just after sunset tonight, glance up at the full moon. That bright star immediately next to it is Jupiter. Enjoy the view. Related Links: Top 7…
What’s The Ten-Year-Old reading this week?
This week, the Ten-Year-Old reviews Alice in Wonderland and the Book of the Sith.
Wordless Wednesday: That tree has eyes
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“Cotton Candy: Clothing fiber or food?”
Last week, Daddyo introduced The Ten-Year-Old to the faux nutritional miracle that is cotton candy. He got her to try it by casting it as a scientific experiment: “Cotton Candy: Clothing fiber or food?”
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