Sam Harrelson

We made it back to Mrs. Harrelson’s family’s house in Lancaster, Pennsylvania after visiting Philadelphia for a few days (lots of commas and apostraphes in this sentence).

It is really really cold here!! There is even (a little bit) of snow on the ground with a chance that it’s going to snow on Sunday… maybe [...]

Went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art today. On display was the series of paintings by Cy Twombly entitled “50 Days at Illiam,” which was all about the Trojan War between the Greeks and the Trojans.

You can see the words Achaeans and Achilles in red and there are some other names you’ll recognize if [...]

Found these in Philly for Lillie

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Saw the “Body Worlds” exhibit at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute on Thursday. Very cool stuff!

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Notice that the sun went down a little earlier than it has all year? That’s because today is a very special day…
Does the Sun always rise in the same direction? No. As the seasons change, the direction toward the rising Sun will change, too. The Sun will always rise and set furthest to the [...]

Because of the New York City transit strike, Mrs. Harrelson and I decided not to go to the city. Instead, we’re spending a few days with her parents in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Today, we went to a Rotary Club lunch which was interesting! It is very very cold here with lots of snow [...]

How often have you been taking notes using a highlighter and realized that after you’ve read an entire page, you’ve also highlighted the entire page.
That’s not effective studying. Try SQ3R!
Many students misuse the technique of highlighting important parts of their textbook. One common problem is reading the text just to find and highlight facts, [...]

Mrs. Harrelson and I are headed to New York for a few days of vacation. New York is my favorite place in the entire world. Art galleries, museums, theater, jazz, snow, subways, crazy people… what’s not to like?!!
I’ll be making audio posts while we’re gone and I’ll try to find internet access to [...]

Atieno and some others of you will really enjoy this article on Sodoku!
American Scientist SoDoKu Article
Lots of hints are in the article (such as)…
“If you take a pencil to a few Sudoku problems, you’ll quickly discover various useful rules [...]

I’ve been kicking around the idea of starting a page where we can communicate a little easier rather than just a page where I post up things.
Check this out and see what you think. …
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skyhawkscience/
Do you think this is something that would be helpful?
I like it because:
-it’s easy to post
-we can keep threads of [...]