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Wow! Thank you all so much! Who knew that one little fruit could inspire so much science?
(well, obviously *you* did. I guess that was sort of a silly question.)
Now I just need to test some of these ideas and decide which will work best with our audience.
thanks!
AD
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Alissa Daniels, Science Program Manager/Senior Educator
Boston Children's Museum
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And for a little background on the fascinating history of apple
propagation and Johnny Appleseed, read the chapter on Apples in
Michael Pollen's book, The Botany of Desire.
On Sep 18, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Daniels, Alissa wrote:
> our health educator is having an "apple day" next month (ah, fall in
> new england!) I'm trying to come up with a good science activity
> around the theme of apples (on beyond apple prints, you know what I
> mean...)
>
> thoughts?
>
> and happy new year to them that celebrates
>
> AD
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> Alissa Daniels, Science Program Manager/Senior Educator
> Boston Children's Museum
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> "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds
> new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's
> funny..." " --Isaac Asimov
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