Compared to a hundred years ago, most of us don’t know much about farming except that chickens lay eggs and cows make milk. That’s why it is beneficial for city children to participate in 4H or attend county fairs or state fairs. Little Hands on the Farm is a fun way to teach kids about agriculture This web article by Lisa Foust Prater tells all about the Little Hands on the Farm program. It started More to read…

According to this Fox News Story, a federal judge in California ruled yesterday that students who used Christian textbooks such as  BJU Press Biology for courses in a private Christian school can be denied course credit by the University of California . It is “because those texts failed to teach critical thinking and omitted important science and history topics.” The lawyers for ACSI (Association of Christian Schools International), the two schools, and several students who More to read…

I’ve always been fascinated by the Richter Scale. It’s amazing how it works. This week I checked at the U.S. Geological Survey for news about the California earthquake. Like a lot of you, we have family and friends who live there. That site has “real time” reporting of recent earthquakes around the world. There’s more to be learned there than earthquake updates. The science topics range from droughts and volcanoes to energy and minerals. It’s More to read…