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You want the tooth…

December 12, 2019 By Ellen

From left the teeth were in apple juice, vinegar, coke, water and milk Things we learned from our dental experiment. No one knows what to do with their children’s baby teeth. That is no one except sister-in-law A (aka Healthandsafety) who suggested we carry out an experiment on ours. What else would you do? Make […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, science, things I learned from my children today

Things I’ve learned from Silent Witness: Trauma Tales at Stirling Castle

May 26, 2014 By Ellen

Jo Buckberry with the female skeleton from Stirling

“Let’s do some date nights,” the Panther of News and I have agreed. Something to add a little extra – if not romance – that certainly a bit of time away from the boring old work-home-telly-repeat routine.  So when I got an email telling me of a Historic Scotland event called Silent Witness: Trauma Tales […]

Filed Under: bones, date night, Dr Jo Buckberry, history, murder, other things I have learned, other things i learned, Panther, romance, science, skeletons, Stirling Castle, Taggart

Top Free Family Activities in London

February 25, 2014 By Ellen

Despite being a few months into the New Year, most people are still feeling the post Christmas pinch and are trying to make pennies go that little bit further. With such miserable weather and a tight budget it can be tempting just to stay in, keep warm and veg out. When you have a family, […]

Filed Under: cheap, day out. museum, free, Frugal fun, London, science, Things to do, travel, travel with children

266/365 The Experiment

September 23, 2013 By Ellen

  “Have you got a cork?” Boy Two was so keen to find one I briefly considered opening a bottle, for his benefit of course. It turns out he wanted to do an experiment. “It’s really cool.” We improvised with BluTack. If you fill a saucer with water, stick a match in the BluTack and […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, experiment, mull of kintyre test, science, women's hour

Review: The science of balls under the sofa

April 8, 2012 By Ellen

Wild Science – Hyperlauncher Rocket Ball FactoryBoth Boys One and Two are partial to a little boffinery, unfortunately, so is Boy Three given half a chance.Thus it was that the science lab was set up in granny’s utility room. The boys were using the Hyperlauncher Rocket Ball Factory to explore the properties of bouncy balls […]

Filed Under: Hyperlauncher Rocketball factory., review, science

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