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Science With Africa! Simple Science Experiment: Cleaning Water!

Elva O'Sullivan — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:35:27 +0000

Science With Me! brings you another simple science experiment: Cleaning Water! Many of you have written to me over the past few weeks asking for some more experiments. You seem to particularly enjoy our Science With Africa! series. So… I finally got time to put another one together. I hope you all have fun doing [...]

An Unusual Post: Looking Behind the Curtains of ScienceWithMe!

Elva O'Sullivan — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:45:35 +0000

This is not the sort of post that I usually write. Usually, I write about science and education-related issues, and I share fun experiments and activities that you can do with your child. But that’s not what this post is about. Instead, I’m going to “break out of character” and tell you a bit about [...]

Remembering 2007!

Elva O'Sullivan — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:24:29 +0000

Here’s a post from Sept 13 2007 that I decided to re-post today due to yet another tooth loss.. For those of you with younger kids I am sure this will be timely. When monumental moments occur like the loss of first teeth don’t forget to seize those scientific moments and discuss science in addition [...]

Why does my child carry his body-weight in books to school everyday?

Elva O'Sullivan — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:23:18 +0000

Every now and then it’s good to vent. Why is it that my son’s backpack weighs more than he does? I am sure I am not the only one to have noticed the weight of these things! Our children are now like those ants we read about when we were children. You know, the ones [...]

Science With Africa! Floats like a Boat, Sinks like a Bean?

Elva O'Sullivan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:20:56 +0000

Science With Me! is trying to spread science and scientific thinking around the globe. To this end, we have sponsored an expat in a rural community in Africa to get African kids doing Science With Me! We hope you in the Americas, Australia, Europe and Asia follow suit! Enjoy this experiment! And be sure and [...]

Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge

Elva O'Sullivan — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:06 +0000

The U.S. Bureau of Statistics projects that STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) jobs will increase by over 20 percent in the next five years alone, but the U.S. is now finding a lack of young adults interested in science careers, further deteriorating the country’s global competitive edge. To help the next generation of great [...]

Learn about ‘Dem Bones

Elva O'Sullivan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:37:06 +0000

If your child wants to learn about the bones in their body, you can easily teach them by using a built-in teaching aid – their own skeleton. Or, you can peruse Science With Me!’s own resident skeleton, Stanley, for a look at the way bones are organized in the human body! The human skeleton, and [...]

Born to Learn? or Too Bored to Learn?

Elva O'Sullivan — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:30:28 +0000

Hi everyone! Before you read my latest post, take a look at this short thought-provoking animation. Like me, I think it will resonate strongly with many of you. In particular I think my homeschooling audience, along with parents who are worried about what is currently happening in the public school system will enjoy it. The [...]

Learn about Respiration

Elva O'Sullivan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:05:40 +0000

Like other vertebrates, you rely on a large amount of energy made available through the metabolism of food and oxygen. Humans and many other organisms are called “aerobic” organisms because they need oxygen in order to survive. What is respiration? Respiration is the term used to refer to the movement of oxygen into your body [...]

From Earth to the Outer Limits: A Voyage in Images

Elva O'Sullivan — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:33:52 +0000

Can you imagine taking a trip into outer space? Can you envision the incredible sights you’d see peering out the window of the Space Shuttle? For most of us space travel will remain just a dream, but it’s still fun to dream! Luckily for us, cameras on satellites, probes and the galactic gaze of giant [...]