by: Priscilla Robinson
With the Halloween cobwebs retired and my Jack-O-Lantern wilting in the compost heap, my thoughts and energy turn toward Thanksgiving. This year undoubtedly will be filled with family, friends, feasts, and laughter. In past years, after the meal and second slice of pie, I have enjoyed keeping the kids focused with decorating gingerbread houses as adult family members enjoy time together cheering on their footballs teams or gaining bragging rights during epic board game battles. Read the rest of this entry »
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by: Linda Dunnavant
For this edition of 
Halloween isn’t just a great time for tricks and treats… it’s time for spooky science, too!
Talk about sure-fire discussion starters! Halloween is a prime time for demonstrations that will leave your students dazzled, curious… and maybe just a wee bit scared. Even your most reluctant learners will be excited to find how what’s going on with these spooky science demos. What we refer to as “discrepant events,” they might simply call AWESOME! We like to think of it as going from Wow!! to How??