This is what I call "accidental" education. It happens a lot around my house!
My 8 y/o daughter was playing with Play-Doh and made a big purple carrot. I happened to remember that there really are purple carrots - and a lot of other colors - and told her so. As I was at the computer, she asked if she could see a purple carrot. Of course she can! This is the information superhighway, after all!
My 8 y/o daughter was playing with Play-Doh and made a big purple carrot. I happened to remember that there really are purple carrots - and a lot of other colors - and told her so. As I was at the computer, she asked if she could see a purple carrot. Of course she can! This is the information superhighway, after all!
So, I searched for "varieties of carrots" and up popped the World Carrot Museum! I will never cease to be amazed at the variety of interests and web sites available to us! The World Carrot Museum contains information about carrot nutrition, varieties of carrots, carrots in art, carrots in literature, recipes, carrots in history (did you know they were a great help in World War II?), carrot science experiments, nutrition information - and much, much more!
Just one interesting tidbit of information that I found is that the flower (or weed - however you view it) known as Queen Anne's Lace is a wild carrot! There is a whole page of information on Queen Anne's Lace, the history of the name, and instructions for making paper, a cake, and jelly out of Queen Anne's Lace.
There is a wealth of information on carrots if you are willing to dig it up!
I just had to add this video that I found at the World Carrot Museum! This is one jazzy carrot!
4 comments:
The Carrot Museum is maintained, but as you can imagine with over 170 pages it's a big task. If you could point me to broken links you found I will fix them.
John, World Carrot Museum
John, I have emailed you that I checked again yesterday and the links worked fine in the "Fun" section for children. Thank you, so much, for your extremely thorough and interesting web site that has something for all ages! Keep up the good work!
Who would have thought that Queen Anne's Lace is a carrot! Not me. Great site. I love how lessons can be taught from simple things like playing with play dough!
I never thought it would be a wild carrot, either. I love Queen Anne's Lace - even if it is a weed. So delicate and pretty.
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