Death Valley Field Trip

My daughter just returned from a field trip to Death Valley....one chewed up steering pump and three flat tires later (and they didn't have to leave any of the 6 vehicles along the way to be repaired). The nights were cool enough for coats and zippered sleeping bags. I'm enjoying the pictures...and made a slide show of them below.

Gleanings of the Week Ending February 25, 2012

The items below were ‘the cream’ of the articles I read this past week:

• Kid powered school bus - Looks like fun but where are their backpacks?
• Bird Cookies - Maybe these are better than a birdfeeder….as long as the squirrels don’t run off with whole cookies
• Photographs from the road between San Francisco and Phoenix - Great idea for your next road trip (if you are the one driving….stop before snapping).
• How Much Solar Costs & How Much You Could Save on Electricity in Your State (Infographic) - How much does it cost…how much can you save…how long would it take to pay for itself. Good representation of the analysis.
• Garth Lenz: Images of Beauty and Devastation (TED talk video) - Boreal forest and tar sands. “We all live downstream” is my favorite quote from the video.
• Image of what was under a hoop skirt in the 1800s - it must have been uncomfortable to sit down!
• Toilet paper has surpassed newsprint in the US - and most of it is not made via recycling unlike newsprint 
• Distance Learning (infographic) - it’s been going on for quite some time but has gathered momentum recently. It has a lot to offer. What types of learning environments do you want in your future?
• Death Valley National Park factoids - This is a National Park I have not visited…but would like to…and this would be a great time of year to do it.
• How Doctors Die - No heroics…dying with dignity.