Published on April 26, 2011 at 5:34 pm
A few weeks ago, I received a number of questions about Redwoods from students at the JFK Elementary School in Winooski, VT. Here are the questions and the answers that I gave them. Thanks for the great questions, JFK Elementary! 1. I liked the book “Redwoods”. Did you actually go to California to study Redwood [...]
Published on April 12, 2011 at 10:17 am
Last Thursday I had two school visits in one day. In the morning I visited the Peacham Elementary School, and in the afternoon I visited Barnet Elementary School. Both schools were excitedly celebrating the Red Clover books and I was happy to be able to talk with them about Redwoods. It was a great day, [...]
Published on April 11, 2011 at 10:11 am
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting the Porters Point Elementary School in Colchester, VT. The students and faculty were great, and I had a wonderful time. They were celebrating all of the Red Clover Award books last week and put up a slideshow of their activities. Click on the picture below to see [...]
Published on April 9, 2011 at 1:00 pm
It’s not easy to find a picture of Hyperion, the world’s tallest tree, but yesterday I found a great composite photo on Robert Krulwich’s blog. He’s a great writer, so I recommend that everyone read his post. The photo is so good though, I’ve taken the liberty of sharing it with you here.
Published on April 8, 2011 at 2:06 pm
I’m a big fan of Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, hosts of one of my favorite radio programs, Radiolab. Today I was browsing Krulwich’s blog and I was very happy to find this post about the world’s tallest tree (tallest known living thing, actually). He’s a great writer, and you should all read the article. In [...]
Published on April 4, 2011 at 8:00 am
Last week Coral Reefs was made available for pre-order and the cover was revealed. Here it is: Support local bookstores by using Indiebound.org to find a store near you where you can pre-order Coral Reefs.
Published on April 3, 2011 at 8:00 am
In my post, Corals: Nature’s Greatest Builders, I wrote about how corals build reefs, but I didn’t write about how corals themselves grow. Here is an explanation (like the previous post, I am focusing on hard corals): Most corals start as a single polyp. The polyp divides in two**, then those divide into four and [...]
Published on April 1, 2011 at 12:28 pm
On Monday I had the pleasure of visiting the wonderful Calais Elementary and I wrote about it in a previous post. Today, one of the teachers at Calais created a video of the presentation and sent me the link. The video has been edited down (so it’s not the full presentation) but it will give [...]
Published on April 1, 2011 at 8:00 am
After a year and a half reading about coral reefs and the creatures that inhabit them, the octopus has emerged as my favorite animal, hands down. Here are my favorite things about octopuses: They can squirt ink to distract and confuse predators allowing them to escape danger. They can change the color of their skin, [...]
