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The Northern Lights in a Bowl

The 2016 Iditarod class has been learning about mixtures and solutions in our science class, and I wanted to try combining our demonstrations and experiments

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Parky Symmetry

What is a parky?  A parky is quite simply,  the northern term for a parka.   In the Aleutian Islands the word simply means “animal skin”.  They are

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Benny’s Flag

In Texas, we love our symbols.  The famous “Lone Star” is a symbol that is easily recognizable by just about anyone, young and old.  In

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Trek to Matanuska

According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, a glacier is, “a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on

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Sled Dogs of Denali

One of the big parts of our Social Studies curriculum in third grade is the study of our National Parks as a subtopic of our

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Tracking the Weather

“How cold is it going to be in Alaska when you are there?” is the question I seem to be asked most often these days.

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Skyping with Squid Acres

Just a quick comparison: Baltimore time:  1:30pm    Squid Acre time:  9:30am Baltimore temperature:  51⁰F    Squid Acre temperature:  0⁰ It’s a distance of 4, 152 miles

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The Great States Parade

“Fifty Nifty United States, From thirteen original colonies, Fifty nifty stars in the flag, That billow so beautifully in the breeze, Each individual state contributes

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