View the October 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Photo © Jordan Roper/Dreamstime.com. Supplies Needed: Large mason jar with lid Small mason jar with lid (small enough to fit into the larger one) Dirt...
Learning By Doing
Learn About Straight-line Light
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine When I was a boy, I enjoyed making tents. I liked to use covers to make cozy tents with rooms and doorways. So if you enjoy making tents too, you will...
To Build a Log Cabin Wren House
View the August 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Editor’s note: In the March 2020 magazine, we published the winners of a birdhouse building contest. Each entry was to be a “Learning By Doing” lesson....
Tumbling Gibbons
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Oatmeal-Box Planetarium
View the June 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Cylindrical cardboard boxes, of the type at least one brand of oatmeal comes in, can be used for projecting beautiful images of star constellations on the...
Defying Gravity
View the June 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Photo © Dreamstime.com. This science experiment is interesting because it defies gravity. First get a funnel and a ping-pong ball. Then set the ball in the...
Salamander Incubator
View the April 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Spotted Salamander eggs. Photo © Dana Atkinson. “Sooooo squishy!” George exclaimed as he cupped a grapefruit-sized salamander egg mass in both his...
Frosty Bubbles
View the February 2023 Nature Friend Magazine Frozen soap bubble. Photo © Don Komarechka. The clear globe with frost patterns caught my eye. I had to do a double-take. Just what was I seeing?...
Make a Model Motor, Part 3
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Make a Model Motor, Part 2
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Make a Model Motor, Part 1
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Mailbox, November 2022: Feeding Cardinals
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Tea Light Holders
Wildflower Arranging
Fireweed in Rocky Mountains. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. The scenarios are endless. A slope covered with goldenrod and daisies…the first autumn olives opening…a dogwood in full bloom…a facet of my brain...
Viewing Crystals with Polarized Light
Epsom salt crystals. Photo © Maria Carver. Viewing crystals with a microscope is lots of fun! Home grown crystals from sugar, salt, and other household items, are beautiful on their own, but some...
