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Throwback Thursday: “Are caterpillars ticklish?” Part Two: The Tickling
Every once in a while when I tell people the name of my blog, they want to know why I picked it. Believe it or not, there is actually a reason. Back in the days when my daughter’s...
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(Not Even Sort of) Wordless Wednesday: Storm Glass Fun
Those crystals apparently mean thunderstorms are coming. Or maybe just that the storm glass is in the bathroom. (Photo: Shala Howell) Two days ago, I moved the storm glass into the master bathroom in...
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“How do storm glasses work?” Part Two: The Testing
My retro weather center. The storm glass is on the right, making its bold prediction of cloudy skies in Chicago in winter. The glass tube on the left is Galileo’s thermometer. We’ll talk about how/if...
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“How do we reset the storm glass?”
Inquiring Janes want to know: “Did we break it?” (Photo: Shala Howell) Last week, we tested our storm glass to see whether the crystals were forming (or dissolving) in response to changes in...
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Your storm glass update
As you remember, yesterday The Nine-Year-Old and I tried to reset our storm glass, with rather surprising results. A couple of hours after the official experiment had ended, I wandered into the office...
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“How does a Galileo thermometer work?”
My retro weather center. The storm glass is on the right, making its bold prediction of cloudy skies in Chicago in winter. The glass tube on the left is Galileo’s thermometer. (Photo: Shala Howell) Too...
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Sky Watch: Total Solar Eclipse August 21
Readers in North America who have been hiding under rocks, there’s a total solar eclipse headed our way on August 21. DO NOT look at a solar eclipse directly. You will go blind. Watching the Eclipse...
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“Why can’t you heat a jawbreaker?”
In an effort to finally rid the house of our leftover Halloween and Easter candy, I snagged a copy of Loralee Leavitt’s Candy Experiments and began to flip through looking for a way to dispose of all...
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“What happens in a microwave that makes jawbreakers explode?”
The warning from Loralee Leavitt’s book, Candy Experiments, that got all our wondering started. If you’re just joining us, last week I learned that jawbreakers can explode when heated in a microwave....
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“Why do you have to change baking recipes at high altitudes?”
Hi all, it’s back to school time here at Caterpickles Central, which means my annual summer hiatus from blogging about the random questions that pop up in our lives is over. But before I get into...
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