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Here’s a fun way to make your mark on history - or at least a piece of paper! You might even design a simple Coat of Arms to print on your own stationery or wrapping paper. Best of all, your tool of choice is the humble but ever-useful potato. Hint: Simple shapes like stars, diamonds and half moons work the best.
Sir Reginald is mounted on his trusty steed, tensely facing his opponent. Each has a long and heavy lance in one hand and a shield in the other. They will soon be jousting, measuring their skill and courage against one another.
This is a tournament designed for the entertainment of royalty and that’s why it is full of pageantry. The horses are draped with luxurious fabrics and adorned with jeweled harnesses. The saddles are ornately tooled. All the events are announced with grand fanfare and Sir Reginald knows that if he wins he will be honored with riches and glory.
Have you ever noticed how one knight in armor looks a lot like another knight in armor? How can you tell who’s who? A knight carried a shield that acted like a huge business card. It identified him and his family. The shield was decorated in strong colors and bold images so that it was easily recognized from across the battlefield. The images, called “charges”, were often real or mythical animals chosen for their ferocity or courage.
Inside or out, how do we know what the temperature is? We use a thermometer. The word “thermometer” comes from the Greek “therme” for heat and the Latin word “metrum”, meaning to measure. And that’s just what a thermometer does, it measures the heat. Hot or cold, here’s a project you can do to see just how a thermometer works.
The bobcat feeds on only meat, and it can kill animals as big as deer. The bobcat subsists mainly on rabbits, ground squirrels, mice, pocket gophers and wood rats. Maybe that’s why they are able to make their home across the North American continent. You probably won’t see this secretive hunter, because bobcats are quite stealthy.
If you’ve been inspired by the story of the first telephone call, you might want to make your own telephone and experiment just like Bell and Watson. See how to get started with the instructions below. Then check out the Experiments List!
Did you know that the very first phone call was made on March 10, 1876? By today’s standards it was a short call over a short distance. Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, were literally just down the hall from each other in a Boston machine shop. The message was a single sentence, “Watson come here, I want you!”
The telephone is one of the cornerstones of the modern age, one of those inventions we cannot imagine living without although our ancestors managed just fine, thank-you very much, for thousands of years. Today we face telephones in every pocket or handbag. Here are some facts that speak to the early days of the wired phone, when the march of this inventiona cross the landscape of human history had just begun. How many of them are familiar to you?
Do you know what’s special about March 17th? It’s St. Patrick’s Day! You better wear something green if you don’t want to get pinched!
St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. Renowned for its lush green countryside, Ireland is nicknamed The Emerald Isle. That’s how the color green became associated with St. Patrick’s Day.
Have you noticed just how stylishly birds are dressed? From elegant penguins to cute ducklings and from flashy flamingos to drab sparrows, birds are always dressed for survival success! The exquisite array of colors and patterns found in feathers isn’t just for show. And feathers aren’t just for flying either! Feathers provide warmth, waterproofing and camouflage! Let’s just see how important feathers can be.
Here’s a great story to read out loud, since it’s really about friendship, self-expression and discovering the meaning of home. A Newberry Honor book, The Cricket In Times Square by George Selden tells a story about the adventure of living in the big city. It all begins when Chester, a cricket from Connecticut, finds himself being transported on the subway by way of a picnic basket into the city of New York. He finds himself in the Times Square subway station, which is filled to the brim with bustling people. Luckily, Chester finds a place to hide under some newspapers, and is soon discovered by young Mario Bellini. You see, Mario is working at his parent’s newsstand when he finds Chester, and he has to plead with his mother and father to let him keep the cricket.
Wonder why cans take up so much space? As heavy as they are when full, they are light and bulky when done with. What if you could make them really tiny, saving on recycling space? What if you could shrink them to a fraction of their volume? Try this experiment to see how this can happen.
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