I grew up in a town with a river flowing through it. A beautiful river, that served voyageurs, communities, and industry for years. A river in which we couldn’t swim because it was so polluted with PCB’s (polychlorinated biphenols) it wasn’t safe. A river you could fish, but not eat from because the fish were […]
Toddlers
How Watching a Solar Eclipse with Toddlers Actually Went Down
On Aug 21, 2017 we experienced a solar eclipse. Parts of the United States even experienced a total solar eclipse. You may recall that the day before the eclipse, I was still trying to figure out the best way for our toddlers to experience the eclipse, participate in some eclipse related citizen science, and not […]
Watching a Solar Eclipse with Toddlers
It’s nearly here. The Total Solar Eclipse happens tomorrow, Aug 21, 2017. Like many parents, I’ve been meaning to come up with a cool way for our toddlers to participate in the fun. But, I’ve been struggling with what to do and have procrastinated far too long. Ideally, we’d go out in the backyard, put […]