I have been so intrigued by incorporating The Private Eye into a comprehensive nature study that I have created a new blog dedicated to writ...

A friend of mine recently started a workshop based on The Private Eye: "5x" Looking/Thinking by Analogy and I am hooked! The pro...

Would you like a chance to look at bugs through a scanning electron microscope? My boys would, and Bugscope gives kids that chance. Afte...

It is snowing again today--big, light flakes. Inspired by In the Sparrow's Nest , I went out and took some pictures of these snowflakes....

We are having major repairs done on our house, so we have a large dumpster in our driveway, along with lots of other eye-catching things (m...

We have come across some interesting caterpillars crawling around our backyard this fall. This first one looks to be a banded tussock moth ...

My kids enjoy catching creatures that happen to enter our yard. We take the opportunity to examine and identify them. Simple lessons like th...