This was such a fun learning about directions, magnets and how earth’s magnetic field reacted with the magnetic field of the magnetic needle to either repel or attract each other.
For thousand of years, people have been using magnet in form of compass to study directions. This compass can be called an old-fashioned compass. They actually used magnetized needle to find directions. They fitted this needle along a cork or something similar and floated this needle in a bowl of water. The needle would point to North only.
Material required:
Sewing needle Magnet (horse shoe magnet or fridge magnet) Wax paper Scissors Bowl of water
Directions:
1. Cut a circular piece out of wax paper. Make sure that its diameter is smaller than the needle.
2. Rub the needle along the magnet around 20 times, always in the same direction, starting at the eye and moving towards the point.
3. Poke the needle through the wax paper circle, so that the needle sits centrally on the paper.
4. Take your bowl of water and place the needle and wax paper carefully onto the surface of the water.
5. After a moment, the needle will start to move all by itself. When it stops, it will be lined up with north and south.
The science behind:
When we rub the magnet against the needle, we are magnetising the needle that is transforming it into a temporary magnet. Just like the needle or the magnet in compass reacts ( attracts or repel) with the magnetic field of the earth and thereby tell the direction, this temporary magnet also reacts to the magnetic field of the Earth causing it to align North to South.
This cute bunny garland is a perfect craft activity for spring or Easter. A super easy and fun filled activity, that can be done by kids and adults alike. All it requires is some craft papers and cutting them in shape of a bunny and sticking some yarn pompoms onto it and finally hanging those on a string.
The first thing that you need for this activity is an image of a bunny to use it as a stencil. You can use a printable or draw a bunny and use it as a stencil. I drew the same. Pompoms are also easy, just that they might require help of an adult to handle while making. I used craft papers of several prints and colors and stuck yarns pompoms in pink and blue.
These cheesy spinach bites are a power house of health and goodness. With very few ingredients and quick steps, these can be altered to your taste. You can add your choice of seasoning from herbs to spices that you would prefer in your egg bite. You can also add your choice of veggies.
They are naturally gluten free, low carb, keto friendly and paleo friendly. Plus, you can always make them ahead of time and store in fridge.
Material required:
1 cup spinach 6 eggs 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1 tbsp milk 1 tsp seasoning (herbs, spices etc.) 1 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp salt
Directions:
1. Blanch spinach and puree it.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit and brush muffin tin with butter or with spray a cooking spray.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk eggs until they are nice and frothy.
4. Add pureed spinach, cheese, salt, butter, seasoning and give a good mix.
5. Fill 3/4 of the tin with the mix and let it cook for 20-22 mins. or until it turns brown.
6. Let it cool and serve with hot sauce or avocados.
Notes:
1. You can refrigerate these bites for 3 days and freeze for 3 months.
2. This recipe added pureed spinach, however you can also add chopped spinach.
; or you can spend hours building your own LEGO® creations?
; or just that LEGO® in any form tempts you?
Then LEGOLAND Discovery Center is the place meant for you.
We visited Legoland Discovery Center at Columbus, Easton Town Center. It is an indoor LEGO® playground and a heaven for any LEGO® lover.
The admission price is $ 24 for children above 2 years and $ 25 for adults. Pre-purchased online tickets are available at a discount of $ 5. LEGOLAND memberships are also available at $ 60 per family with more than 3 members. Children under 2 are free. It’s open all seven days a week from 10.00 am to 7.00 pm except Saturday when it’s open until 8.00 pm. Adults must be accompanied by at least one child.
What you will find inside
LEGOLAND, Columbus.
The place provides hours of fun, to LEGO® lovers. Here is a quick peak
into what you will find there.
The first attraction is Kingdom quest that allows the riders to board on a chariot and rescue the princess using laser guns at skeletons, spiders and bats. Kids less than 4’3” must be accompanied by someone over that height.
You can watch an adventure 4D Lego movie at the Lego 4D Cinema. The one running on the day of our visit was Nexo Knights. It is quite a fun- be prepared to get a bit wet though!
Miniland is one amazing creation and one of the highlights of the Center. It contains LEGO® sized replica of favorite spots at Ohio’s three cities- Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati.
Then there is Merlin’s Apprentice Ride that lets you paddle and soar. You must be 3’ tall to ride this. Those under 4’, must accompany someone over that height.
You can build your own vehicle and test on tracks built at LEGO® racers. Vehicle lovers are sure to have a great time building and finally racing their cars.
LEGO® City Play Area gives a good breather to kids for running, climbing and jumping.
There is DUPLO® Villageand DUPLO® Farm for younger kids.
It’s your best chance to create almost anything under the sun at the LEGO Friends area.
You can also catch up special Creative Workshops with tips and tricks on building with LEGO®. Although, you need to check
their schedule to catch up with their timings.
Amenities
The place is wheelchair and stroller accessible. It also has a small cafe with options like coffee, cold sodas, snacks and fresh meals. The party hall is especially available for hosting kid’s birthday parties. Unique shopping options are also available at the LEGO® store.
Give your own exciting twist to playing LEGOS®
The ways to play LEGOS® are just endless. With zillions of LEGO® pieces around at the Center, sky
is the limit towards constructing marvellous creations. Even with your own set
of pieces at home, you can experiment the following.
Build a famous landmark or your favorite building. You can just refer to any book or picture from your album for building any of your favorite structure. Also, you have instructions online to build a lot of well-known structures, like The Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Colosseum in Rome etc.
Merge and mix to
create a new world on a particular theme. From a given set of LEGO® pieces create your own themes
of a particular landscape or a setup. You can even encourage children to make
up their own stories about their LEGO®
creations.
Creative challenge. Time yourself and your friend to create something you have decided to. For example, you might start with a simple practice of building the tallest structure in a particular time period. This also teaches kids a lot about science. For example, here they learn the wider the base, the taller will be the structure.
Craft a character or an animal. Use your imagination or refer to any picture or follow online instructions to create anything under the sun– a robot or an animal or an object or any of your favorite character.
LEGOS® are not only helpful in building skills in kids like thinking, problem solving, focussing; the creations they make give a great a sense of accomplishment that can be extremely satisfying!
It’s time you discover your favorite source of LEGO® source or creation!
Doing cheese crackers is something I always enjoy doing as much as serving. They are the quickest form of apetizers that allow variation to another level. From preserves to nuts to fruits to fresh herbs; they can be altered to your fancy to give an interesting twist to your dish.
They are equally interesting for kids. You can vary according to the taste of kids or even join them in doing these. A board of cheese cracker will always be a crowd pleaser with its element of aesthetics and tastefulness to it.
What you’ll need:
Cracker: The first thing you’ll need is crackers; from triscuits to grahams to any cracker. I used a multigrain crackers which was low in carb.
Cheese: The second thing required is cheese. I used Philadelphia cream cheese and American cheese slices.
Fruit: You can choose from any to every fruit. I picked apple from my refrigerator.
Dip: You can choose any dip from queso, to ranch to hummus. The dip used in here is homemade mexican salsa.
Fruit preseves/jam/jellies: You can give an interesting twist to your cheese cracker from choosing from a wide variety of preserves to jam and jellies. I used strawberry jam.
Greens: Greens can vary from avocados to cucumbers to olives.
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