The Beauty of Numbers in Nature by Ian Stewart Seeing as finding numbers in nature is my passion it wouldn’t take much for me to rave about this book and I wasn’t disappointed. In ‘The Beauty of Numbers in Nature’ by Ian Stewart possesses an engaging writing style in an area that can be seen […]
Snowflake Loom Bands. Instructions for how to make stunning snowflakes.
There are hundreds of cool things to make with loom bands, how do you choose? Snowflake Loom Bands are a seasonal choice. Snowflake Loom Bands I’ve been wanting to make these for a while. Fun Loom Bands can be full of creativity. They seemed the perfect medium to use for creating snowflake patterns and demonstrating the six […]
Online Launch
It’s all very exciting. What you see here is what I’m calling the ‘Experiment Edition’. A virtual magazine made up from some new and some activities already on the website. Seeing is Believing Browse and share. These are a just a few sample pages of what the magazine will look like. Kids magazines are hard to […]
How to make paper snowflakes
Make these easy, Steiner inspired, craft snowflakes. Encourage an understanding of the relationship between the number 6 and the snowflake. The natural hexagonal geometry present in each and every unique snowflake. A simple cutting and sticking exercise. You need only: 6 squares of paper (14x14cm was the size used here) scissors pencil glue stick ruler […]
Hexagon geometry in snowflakes
I love this image, it looks like the graveyard for all the old bits of the Starship Enterprise, everything is so chunky, like a construction kit that should fit together. What is it? It’s Snow Crystals at high magnification. Yes, bonkers, I know! The blue colours were added into the photograph for effect. Maybe this […]
