On a recent family trip to the Outer Banks in North Carolina, we learned that Dare County, NC, has the largest concentration of black bears in the Southeast. There are over 20,000 of them in our state (North Carolina). The bear warning signs near the Wright Brothers Memorial kept us well aware of this fact! So, when we received The Creature Crew Deciduous Forest science kit, it was fun to learn more about black bears. The Creature Crew science subscription boxes are designed for kids ages 5-10. We have studied a great deal about animals during our homeschooling years, would The Creature Crew boxes teach us something new? (spoiler alert: YES!) Features of The Creature Crew Subscription...
After a long wait of three years, the trailer for "Stranger Things" season 4 has dropped, leaving fans scurrying for answers, cause hoo boy, a LOT is happening within those three minutes. Series creators the Duffer brothers previously revealed that the upcoming season will be divided into two parts, and considering the range and scope of the events that are about to unfold, this makes absolute sense. Moving away from the "E.T." meets "A Nightmare on Elm Street" vibes of the first three seasons, season 4 does imbue the "horror movie" vibe promised by the creators, delivering monsters old and new, ominous prophecies, and a mystery that takes over the town of Hawkins and its inhabitants, with the notorious Creel house...
Make the perfect air fryer grilled cheese to celebrate National Grilled Cheese Day! Love easy air fryer recipe ideas? I don’t think there’s anything more comforting than a gooey and warm grilled cheese sandwich dipped in a little tomato soup! My kids seem to agree because it’s their go-to quick meal when we don’t have anything planned, and it’s one they can even make themselves. And what better time to try one than today for National Grilled Cheese Day! 🧀🥪👏 We’ve been making grilled cheese in the air fryer, and it’s LIFE CHANGING! The result is a perfect buttery and crispy texture on the bread, combined with a gooey cheesy middle. In my opinion, it’s actually pleasantly more perfect than when...
There are only two industries that call their customers ‘users:’ illegal drugs and software. — Edward Tufte We can no longer ignore the intricate interconnections between manufactured consent and climate crisis.[1] Cracking the veneer of normalcy entails unflinching inquiry. Rilke writes: Don’t try to get to the answers too quickly…you have to live the questions more fully. By scrutinizing the twin narratives of carbon-myopia and digital empires,[2] we can begin to disentangle the interrelational roots of our ecological, health, and geopolitical crises. Our investigation of digital technology and its corporeal and global inflammatory impact must begin with everyday electronics: the harsh reality of the physical, physiological, and planetary dangers of smartphones is unfolding but remains woefully ignored. Jean M. Twenge’s article “Has The...
Sublimation is when a solid becomes a gas without turning into a liquid first. There are three states of matter. Adding or removing energy from a substance can change the state it is in. For example water is a solid below 0oC ( freezing point ), a liquid above 0oC ( melting point ) and a gas above 100oC ( boiling point ). Boiling, melting and freezing point temperatures are different for different substances. What is an example of sublimation? One example of sublimation is when dry ice ( solid carbon dioxide ) turns from ice to carbon dioxide gas when it comes into contact with air. The opposite of sublimation is deposition. What is an example of deposition? An...
