Total Eclipse of the Moon #totallylunar #supermoon (Left) My view of the eclipse in Jan 20 2019 from Las Vegas (Right) An amazing time lapse photo of the same eclipse in Kentucky

Read more about this amazing phenomenon here

Left my coffee on the dash this morning, while I was getting gas for my car. Look what happened... can you guess what the outside temperature was? What happened here? Decide to write myself a message... ;-)

That our population is growing so RAPIDLY amazes me. Dealing with BIG numbers and LARGE scale thinking is the job of many scientists. Here is the US and World Population Clock that is constantly updated using census data.

The family and I took a trip to Mammoth Cave as part of an assignment for my fourth grader, Gus. It is amazing that water has formed all these amazing underground formations and the enormous time scale of their creation as well. We had a wonderful time exploring for the day and learning about caves and their formations.

At the theater where my daughter takes classes, we notices something interesting happening along the sideways. Do you know what is causes this? Why is this a problem?

Wow! We had MONARCH CATERPILLARS on our honey vine this year. Lots of them! So we decided to bring a few inside so that we could watch them finish up their growing and form chrysalis. And now, they are emerging as Monarchs and we will release them to allow them to head on their way to Mexico in the annual Monarch migration.

Plants aren't as stationary as most people would believe. Many move their tendrils, flowers or leaves in response to stimuli. Plants that open and close their leaves in response to day and night cycles are called nyctinastic. These plants experience circadian rhythms much as humans do, only they don't sleep like humans do, they simply fold their leaves at night. While nyctinastic movement may be found in isolated species, certain plant families are known for this activity.

Why is it so much fun to sled on snow? Why can't we use our sleds when there is no snow? Here is a basic explanation of why sledding works and is so much fun! Here is an interesting article about how to speed up your sled, but remember to be careful out there! Someone else was wondering too...here is a cool list of questions to ponder.

On a recent trip, I learned about the Pikeville Cut-Through Project. Deemed an astonishing engineering wonder that has been called “the eighth wonder of the world” by The New York Times- I must say I was impressed! They rerouted an entire branch of a river and reclaimed it for roads. Wow! Read more here.

What's happening on my sidewalk?! Who lives here? I'm thinking that this might be what's going on!

On a trip in Orlando, Florida, I looked out the airplane window and saw the shadow of our airplane in the clouds. It was encircled by a rainbow. I wondered what was causing this. I had never seen anything like this before.

This little yellow bird was living in Animal Kingdom in Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The bird was gathering pieces of grass and taking them back to create a ring among the tree branches. The bird was threading the grass back and forth, almost sewing its nest. I had never seen such behavior and couldn't believe that this bird was capable of "sewing" in the tree. I wondered if there were other birds that did this and if the "sewing" helped the nest be stronger. Why would a bird want this type of nest?

My students always bring me fun surprises. One family of three girls brought me these three jaw bones. Immediately I asked where they had been found and then, of course, I wanted to figure out what kind of animal they came from. I began looking carefully at the jaws for clues...looking at the back teeth and the big space in the jaw with no teeth. I was determined to figure out what this mystery animal was.

The kids and I are always finding these little brown shells on trees in our neighborhood. In fact, one day we decided to make some funny photos with a plastic frog chowing down on one. The other day, however, we actually saw something emerging from one of the shells- a newly formed cicada!

These eggs have been showing up everywhere around our house, including on the back of my car. I don't know what they are. Do you? I think it is a type of insect.

These little black and orange bugs have been all over my neighbor's plants. I think they are going to pupate and go through a big change. Do you know what they are going to become?

On our recent trip to Chicago, we passed through fields and fields of these big machines. Do you know what they are? What function are they serving? Why so many in this area of the country? Click here for a hint.