by McKenna Gordon | Feb 10, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, DIY, HOW STUFF WORKS, NATURE
Did you know that Luffas are a type of cucumber? Take a tour of the Luffa Gardens in Reedley, California which grows and harvests organic luffa sponges. Luffas are best used for bathing, exfoliating and cleaning. Farm Owners Nathan and Sherri Pauls show us how luffas...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 10, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, HISTORY, SCIENCE
As an Australian-Canadian the Fahrenheit temperature scale always seemsed a bit arbitrary. I mean why does water freeze at 32 degrees? And what exactly does zero represent? According to many sources the Fahrenheit scale was defined by setting zero degrees equal to the...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 10, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, HISTORY, INSPIRATION
Escaping slavery; risking everything to save her family; leading a military raid; championing the cause of women’s suffrage; these are just a handful of the accomplishments of one of America’s most courageous heroes. Janell Hobson details Harriet Tubman’s many...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 10, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, INSPIRATION
This clever stop-motion is sure to put a smile on your face! A mock DIY video of a boy making a lego duck out of wood and paint that are really Legos. Take a look behind the scenes to see how they made this creative...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 10, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, HOW STUFF WORKS
Who remembers this classic trip to the crayon factory with Mister Rogers? I was so excited to share this bit of magic from my childhood with my kids this week! Melted wax, saturated pigments, and a hardening agent get poured into tiny cylinders to make this everyday...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 3, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, NATURE
Listen to the otherworldly sounds made as Mårten Ajne skates over the thin, black ice of this lake outside Stockholm, Sweden. Nordic skating is both an art and a science, as skaters look for the most black, most thin ice in order to make the most high-pitched laser...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 3, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, HISTORY
How a cheesy joke from the 1830s became the most widely spoken word in the world. “OK is thought to be the most widely recognized word on the planet. We use it to communicate with each other, as well as our technology. But it actually started out as a language...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 3, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE, SPACE
This TED Ed from Harvard University’s Yuan-Sen Ting gives us a glimpse into how we can know so much about galaxies, planets, and stars. This is how astrophysicists see the universe. “Want to know the secrets of the universe? Just follow the...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 3, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE
Seven builders collaborate to make this epic Rube Goldberg machine, a complex chain reaction that travels through the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, office, living room, patio, and backyard, using everyday objects to automatically pour lemonade for the entire team of...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 3, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, NATURE, SCIENCE
Using a mixture of 6 parts water, 2 parts dish soap and 1 part white corn syrup, Don Komarechka filmed ice crystals forming across the thin walls of freezing bubbles. The corn syrup is an important ingredient as it allows the bubble to thicken on the bottom and acts...
