The latest in my quest to do all the challenges in The Dangerous Book for Boys with my sons in a year … After our last episode in The Dangerous Quest, I asked my sons what they most enjoyed about creating invisible ink. Gabe said it was being able to write a message in urine. [...]
Archive for May 8th, 2009
From Secret Inks to Memories of My Father
Posted in Boys and Girls, Childhood Memories, Moms and Dads, tagged Ancestors, Boys, Childhood Memories, Fathers, Secret Inks on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Blotting Paper Chronicles, or How We Made—Or Didn’t Make—a Battery
Posted in Boys and Girls, Eight and Up, Indoors, Moderate Difficulty, Moms and Dads, Parenting Tips, Science, tagged Blotting paper, Boys and Girls, Making a Battery, Moms and Dads, Science Project, Secret Inks on May 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Faithful followers of The Dangerous Quest (and you ARE growing in number) deserve an apology because more than a month ago the boys and I started making a homemade battery. (See “Hearing the Voice” and “What the Heck is Blotting Paper?” to catch up.) But since then I have not said one peep about it. [...]