I’m pretty sure you’ll have cranberries on your Thanksgiving table this year. Cranberries are one of the foods that Native Americans taught the Pilgrims to eat, and they remain one of our traditional Thanksgiving foods. But did you know how great cranberries are? Cranberries are red because they contain a pigment called anthocyanin. Anthocyanins areContinue reading “What’s so great about Cranberries?”
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The Science of Thanksgiving
Here’s a great way to engage students in science during the day or two before the holiday with a science of Thanksgiving themed jigsaw activity or escape room. To play as a Jigsaw: Divide students into groups and have each group research a different aspect of Thanksgiving and how it relates to science. Here areContinue reading “The Science of Thanksgiving”