January 2009
The Archives
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01.21.09Tide Pool Etiquette
Aquaria, documenting nature, Fish, Necessary Provisions, Scientist, tools (64)This post is part one in a two-part series by Minette Layne, a tide pool naturalist and docent in Seattle and a very special guest contributor at Boy's Almanac. Minette is a frequent and, might I say, AWESOME photographer of wildlife and otherwise. You can find her images on Flickr. Today, she will give us all tips on how to be better amateur naturalists on the reefs at low tide: Know When To Go The first step when planning a tide pool outing is to know when to go. When I first started going out to look at the sea creatures, it ...
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01.19.09The Bug Box
bugs, Scientist, Taxidermy (5)At the end of his chapter on taxidermy Daniel Beard had the victorian charm to add two brief paragraphs on building a box in which a boy could breed butterflies or moths. The sketch for this box was drawn by someone named Lawrence, so the box is called the Lawrence Breeding Box. The box that Beard and Lawrence suggest can be broken down into individual walls and stored. This is what in design school we would have termed "knock-down furniture". "Knock-down" is pretty much the fate of everything around little boys, so instead of trying to create a permanent box, ...
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01.14.09Compass Letters
Compass (2)Seth: Mommy what direction is that? (Arm pointing randomly) Alis: I don't know, here let's find out using the compass. Ok it's north east. Seth: Mommy which letter is east? Alis: The E. Seth: I have that letter in my name. Hey mommy the compass has all the letters from my name on it!
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