Magic and Mayhem

Have you been to OLogy yet?  This web site run by The American Museum of Natural History is so much fun!  There are sections on everything from genetics to biodiversity to astronomy, with experiments, crafts and tons of online activities.

I looked around and barely scratched the surface.  It looks like the type of site Victoria could lose a day in, and with all of the horse information it’s likely to suck Anna in as well.  :)  Other features like the games would be great fun for Jack.

A really cool feature is the collectible cards, though.  Every day there is a different virtual trading card to collect.  Create an account to start your collection, and then you can view and sort your collection by different means.  Today’s card was Mars.

Members pick a user name out of a choice of a bunch of silly adjectives for the first name and animals/minerals for the second.  For instance, you can pick Silly Sea Horse as your name (though you’re likely to be Silly Sea Horse 277).  Members can also submit projects that may be published on the site.  The projects consist of choices like Stumpers (you answer quiz questions about that card), creative grouping of cards or Story Starters (they start the story and you insert your card and finish it), plus more.

The girls are off swimming but I’m going to set Jack up on it now and see what he thinks.  It looks like a fun way to learn about lots of neat stuff.