A school of fish

I decided it was time for another Electricity Unit mostly because Teddy had been asking me tons of questions about electricity, and has also...

When we studied fireflies, we learned that each species uses a distinctive flash pattern to identify themselves and attract mates. So, t...

This is a great site , but overwhelming because there is just so much information to get through! His diagrams are really clear, though,...

We learned about this awesome project from  The Happy Scientist  (subscription required for this video). He gave a great, simple explanati...

I can't even describe to you how much the children delight in saying "light amplification through stimulated emission of radiatio...

It would be a shame to talk about only the science of light and not the importance of light in art, especially with our resident expert  ...

We spent a day talking about fiber optics. I knew they used fiber optic cables for transmitting phone and internet signals, but my only real...

I've seen this project cited as a good way to demonstrate the different densities of different materials, but we used it when we were...

We had this book  from the library, and we liked it so much that I got it for Sam for Christmas. We love observing/remarking on stuff lik...

We liked creating a prism with a mirror, light, and water (something similar is  described here ) and projecting the spectrum on the wall....