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27 Apr 2021 Leave a comment
in 323, Covid 19, deployment, science Tags: butterfly, caterpillar
This was a fun, four-part activity. First the eggs on a leaf (stickers on foam leaf; then making a foam caterpillar of different colors; then twisting a pipe cleaner to make the pupa/cocoon and taping it to a foam twig; then using highlighters to color in in the butterfly. It took exactly 45 minutes, so yeah.
27 Apr 2021 Leave a comment
in 323, Covid 19, deployment, science Tags: butterfly, caterpillar
I bought painted lady caterpillars, to somehow incorporate them into the April=Animals curriculum. They came.
At first they were littles.
Then they ate
and ate
and got big
and bigger,
then cocooned.
I clipped the cocoons to the big mesh butterfly habitat.
Then we waited.
Sometime today, the first butterfly emerged. I feel like a proud papa!
14 Apr 2021 Leave a comment
in science Tags: PK Dick, Ron Miller, The Elements
I was looking for a science book and found this in the closet: The Elements by Ron Miller
Cover is pretty, right? However, the pages are mostly black and white. The few illustrations there were did intrigue me though:
Well, I am a toothpaste snob, and am currently using Marvis toothpaste. I have never heard of “fluoridine.” Google tells me it is a British brand.
OK. But what about “Black Cat Brand Salt?” I have never heard of it and neither has Google.
Same with the Black Cat baking soda:
and Bettcher’s Best Milk of Magnesia:
I feel like I have stumbled upon an alternate reality of countertop medications, like in any PK Dick novel.
A little research left me with the stunning conclusion: Ron MIller, the author of the textbook, created the illustrations himself, to use as examples for the chemical elements. Crazy, right? So I googled him.
Ron Miller is a superstar writer, illustrator, college professor, consultant, USPS postage stamp designer (!), comic book creator, and much, much more.
So there you have it.
14 Apr 2021 Leave a comment
Honeywell-brand face masks, er, Procedure Masks with Earloops, will not only prevent exposure to covid germs, but will also bring your vocabulary up a notch.
Instead of putting on and taking off the face mask, I mean, procedure mask, you don it and doff it. Classy words, if you ask me.
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