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How Plants Adapt to Forest Fires

August 15, 2021 1:58 pm Published by Nicky Middleton Leave your thoughts

Rising From the Flames: How Plants Adapt to Forest Fires Forest fires are raging infernos that burn everything in their... View Article

August 3, 2021 9:38 am Published by Nicky Middleton Leave your thoughts

Young or old, everyone loves to fly paper airplanes. Folding paper to form a glider and competing against other flyers... View Article

July 28, 2021 1:59 pm Published by Nicky Middleton Leave your thoughts

Go outside, in a park, at home, or in your neighborhood, and check off as many life forms as you... View Article

March 11, 2021 3:40 pm Published by Nicky Middleton Leave your thoughts

Flowers – both beautiful and functional When we think of flowers, we often think of them as beautiful, delicate, and... View Article

February 12, 2021 10:06 am Published by Nicky Middleton Leave your thoughts

Chocolate. It is rich and sweet and satisfying. Chocolate – As the winter settles in and the temperature makes us... View Article

December 4, 2020 4:55 pm Published by Nicky Middleton Leave your thoughts

In honour of Hanukkah, here’s a pattern to make a paper dreidel at home! To make the dreidel, you will... View Article

November 3, 2020 11:00 am Published by Nicky Middleton Leave your thoughts

Fur, Fat and Air: Insulators Experiment You will need: margarine or shortening ice water plastic bag or plastic wrap (to... View Article

August 12, 2020 8:43 am Published by Nicky Middleton Leave your thoughts

September vacation There are only 3 weeks left before the routines are back to normal. Wait. Put the cringe-worthy thought... View Article

July 28, 2020 6:34 am Published by Nicky Middleton Leave your thoughts

The Bees Trees OK. We love other mathematicians too. But we can’t get enough of Fibonacci. How is it that... View Article

July 19, 2020 8:20 am Published by Nicky Middleton Leave your thoughts

How are we preparing our kids for their future? Thought ASTEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math) or more recently STEAM (added... View Article