Archimedes Notebook

  This week is Pollinator week! And this year’s theme is Life on a Leaf: Celebrating Caterpillars and Host Plants . The theme highlights the...

  Monarch and Mourning Cloak: A Butterfly Journal  by Melissa Stewart; illus. by Sarah S. Brannen  48 pages; ages 4-8 ‎Beach Lane Books, 202...

I’m celebrating pollinators all week with books and activities. Pollinators come in all shapes and sizes, from teensy bees to big flappy bat...

themes : Animals, nature, growing up, eggs Watching and Waiting: What Hatches from Nature's Nurseries By Sara Levine 32 pages; ages 4-8 ...

 It's Pollinator Week! That means every day I'll have something fun on this blog. Tomorrow and Thursday it's a look at pollinato...

 Have you ever watched a butterfly (or a moth) up close as it slurps up nectar from a flower? If so, you've noticed that it has a very l...

  In late summer the goldenrod blooms. Some flat-topped, some droopy spikes, all filled with the color of the sun. And above, fritillaries f...

Got an eye for monarchs? The Xerces Society among other partners invites you to join a weeklong International Monarch Monitoring Blitz begin...

  Butterflies are busy pollinating flowers all summer long. Some, like the swallowtails, have wingspans nearly as big as my hand. Others a...

 I've allowed the milkweed to infiltrate the borders of my garden. It's taken a couple years of encouraging them to grow, taking out...

As summer comes to an end, I’ve noticed tons of butterflies flitting around my garden and along the roadside: Monarchs, cabbage butterflies,...

One last bug book for the month! Bugs in Danger by Mark Kurlansky; illus. by Jia Liu 176 pages; ages 8 - 12 Bloomsbury Children's...

Not only is this month "Bug Month" for Archimedes  - it's #pollinatorweek! Today we're Looking for Lepidoptera ~ bu...

This week is National Pollinator Week ~ a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what you can do to protect them. Poll...

Next time a butterfly drops by for a sip, edge closer and take a look at its long tongue. These guys don't need straws - they carry t...

It's the last week of poetry month, so I'm celebrating with another book featuring poems about bugs. And now that butterflies are fl...

refueling before take-off

Butterfly Counting by Jerry Pallotta; illus by Shennen Bersani 32 pages; ages 3-7 Charlesbridge, 2015 theme: counting, butterflies ...

gypsy moth caterpillar (creative commons) How much can a single caterpillar eat? A lot! Caterpillars are basically eating machines. They...

This week, take a moment to think about things you can do to help pollinators. Pollinator conservation isn’t just something for field...