A new year and new adventures! I'm excited to try out some new experiments and learn MORE. Never stop growing! Before winter break I did...

Our community garden set up a vermiculture bin for the first time earlier this year. In March we ordered some worms from Uncle Jim's Worm...

Remember this strange alien flower from my post two weeks ago? It's the purple passionflower vine (passiflora incarnata), a plant native...

I started volunteering at the local community garden a few years ago because I thought it might get my children more interested in eating...

I started making soap before the pandemic mostly because I learned that the soap we wash our hands with every days isn't technically...

Today Hurricane Helene walloped the gulf side of Florida and battered much of the Southeast with wind and rain this morning. School was...

Once in a while I make it my mission to vacuum up the floating rafts of dog hair that haunt the back corners of my hall closets. One of...

We had a great science experiment at Park West Preschool this week! The kids investigated which household materials were soluble in water...

Have you ever cut open an apple to find the seeds sprouting in the core? I bought a bag of apples at the store last September and that's...

Chemistry happens all the time, especially in the kitchen. The smell of bread baking is a result of the Maillard reaction - this is what...

My name is Amanda and I love science. My background is in chemistry and biochemistry (I have a M.S. in chemistry from University of...