Saturday, May 12, 2018

Fabrications and Provocations: Where Science and Play Meet









Maryann's, Kori's and Jenn's K students at the shore.  Where blue fabric became shelters...



mermaid's tails, Queen of The Sea Capes,


A parade float,





 

 A stormy ocean, or















Poseiden's wind blown flag.


Where sand and water become coffee and cupcakes with some "bits of chocolate" added.



 






Where water and sand become an erosion experiment.









Where you never run out of interest in pumping water up and sending it back down to the salt marsh.








Where the human need to record beauty and wonder leads to drawing and writing.


Drawing with leftover matting and soft pencils.



Where nature surprises. 



A "sea worm"?



A dead mussel









Where sand fills your shoes.




And where you can rule the ocean by commanding it with your magical singing.

 










Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Mason Bees: A Native New Yorker

Mason bees have arrived at BNS Farm.  They use mud to encase their larva. Summer bees, leaf-cutters, use--that's right--leaves to encase their larva.



Very flylike.





Sunday, May 6, 2018

Discovering Wind: Paper Bag Box Kites

A paper bag, a wooden coffee stirrer (instead of a plastic drinking straw), tape, and string make an amazing box kite. Here are a few images.











Click here:  Paper Bag Kite Instructions 






Biodiversity: First Grade Insects

So many variations on the theme of head, thorax, abdomen, 6 legs, 2 antenna, and an exoskeleton.