Donna Young

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My son used Exploring Creation with Physical Science during his 8th grade year (2000-2001) and we all enjoyed the experiments from that book. Recently I went through some old photographs and came across the pictures from experiment 3.2. If you want to read more about ex. 3.2 see Michelle’s blog here: Apologia Physical Science Ex. […]

Choose a tree or two to observe. If the tree is deciduous, make an accurate drawing of the branch pattern. What does the bark look like? Can you make a drawing or rubbing of the bark? Can you locate any overwintering bugs on the tree, any eggs?
When the tree breaks buds, […]

Lurking in the furthest corner of my refrigerator was a jar of homemade raspberry sauce. If I were to guess the age of this particular sauce, I would say that is has been aging in the refrigerator a year or more. Last year, when my son visited us, I would make a jar of raspberry […]

This must have been the year of the cardinals in my backyard. On my frequent trips in my backyard to do garden work or feed the birds, I occasionally came across a cardinal feather. They accumulated over the months and now I have a small collection. I do not keep feathers for long and soon […]

While working in the garden yesterday, I found a sunflower bloom on the ground. I do not know why it fell off the stem. I brought the sunflower inside to scan close up images of its parts. The image to the left is scanned at 100%. If you would like to see the rest of […]