Seeds that travel Many flowers and plants around us may have arrived from somewhere else. They are plants with seeds that travel. That somewhere may be far away or it may be just up along the road. Whichever it is, how do seeds travel? Seeds that travel do it for the same reasons but they […]
String, Straight-edge and Shadow
String, Straight-edge and Shadow The Story of Geometry by Julia E Diggins, Floris Books Mixing history and legend this intriguing book explores geometry’s greatest discoveries and through stories and illustrations explains the geometric principles which underpin mathematics in our world FLORIS BOOKS The tradition that we call GEOMETRY is so very much part of life […]
Natural weaving
Natural weaving with a ‘Y’ branch This type of natural weaving involves gathering your own natural materials including a natural loom. A ‘Y’ shape stick works really well for this. What you can do with a ‘Y’ shape stick : construct a triangle den and learn the properties of strength plot a curve using only […]
Natural Collections in a chocolate box
Natural collections in a chocolate box Many people ask me about suitable display boxes for their natural collections. There are lots of ways to display and it is something I get really into. Anything that already has dividers is great. we previously did a shell collection in an ice cube tray. One of my favourites […]
What are the Cross Quarter Days?
What are the Cross Quarter Days? Naturally, I love this because it’s all about the geometry of the world and its journey, the passing of time, and how we observe the journey of the seasons. The Wheel of the year goes as you can see in the geometry. the Solstices divide the year in half […]
