by Karri Iverson | Uncategorized
One of the best things about hands on science is that you probably don’t need to leave your house. You could go to the store and pick up a crystal growing kit, but if you have sugar and water, you can create crystals without a kit. In fact, you can complete many...
by Karri Iverson | Chemistry, Homeschool Science, Physics
Imagine you’re playing a fun, summer game of badminton in your backyard. Your sister smacks the birdie across the net directly at you and, whoosh! You hit it back. For a moment, it looks like it’s going to fly right into the neighbor’s yard, but then...
by Karri Iverson | Chemistry, Homeschool Science, Physics
Imagine a day of frolicking at the sunny beach—one of the joys of summer! While writing The Mystery of Science: Astronomy, I learned about our Sun and the amazing way it provides just the right amount of light and warmth to sustain life on Earth. Sunlight contains not...
by Karri Iverson | Chemistry, Homeschool Science, Physics
Skittles or M&Ms are beloved candies! Some people even sort them by color, eating all of the yellows, then the reds, etc. What if I told you that the colors of the candy you see are made of several colors? And that those dyes can be broken down into their...
by Karri Iverson | Chemistry, Homeschool Science, Physics
Sometimes when we talk about 2 people who don’t get along, we might say they are like oil and water. We mean they don’t mix well together. Have you ever tried to mix oil and water? Even if you stir or shake the solution, the oil and water eventually separate. Have you...
