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Rachel Reports on Sprinkler Ice

December 26th, 2011 · No Comments

A week or so before winter break, we had a cold snap in Oklahoma City. Rachel reported on some EXCITING sprinkler ice we saw walking home from school. Technorati Tags: oklahoma, sprinkler, ice, okc, city, report, reporting

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Tags: littlesister · science · weather

How are stars born?

June 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

In this podcast, Rachel (age 7) and Wesley discuss some questions about how stars are born. http://cinch.fm/wfryer/talkingscience/247407 Sent from my iPad Cross-posted to Talking Science!

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Tags: littlesister · podcasts · science

Rachel explains how the eye works

May 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Rachel (age 6) asked today about why other people in our family wear glasses and she doesn’t. She shared what she learned today about how the eye works. http://ipad.io/Jch This was my napkin sketch I used to try and explain this to her. Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from wesley fryer’s posterous

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Tags: littlesister · science

Sarah’s Bread and Humidity Experiment

May 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Today was the science fair at our local elementary school, and Sarah shared what she learned about humidity and the science of baking bread. I brought my iPhone and interviewed her (using iPadio) at her exhibit in the cafeteria, and took several photos as well. It took about three minutes to upload this almost-four minute [...]

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Tags: school · science · sister

A few favorite photos from Washington DC today

June 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Here are a few of my favorite photos I snapped today in Washington D.C. with Alexander. I added all of these to my NECC 2009 Flickr Set. This is the first time I’ve seen a Tomahawk cruise missile up close. We were able to not only see but also TOUCH several enormous meteorites today at [...]

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Tags: dad · science · travel

Alexander on the Hubble Space Telescope

June 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Alexander shared the following thoughts at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum today in Washington D.C. Technorati Tags: museum, smithsonian, space, video, youtube, hubble, telescope

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Tags: brother · science · travel

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