Ariane Coffin

2 months ago | geekmom.com | Melanie Meadors |Ariane Coffin |Sarah Pinault |Patricia Vollmer

“Science Adventures” are short informational articles you can share with your kids! Read them aloud, look up words your kids don’t know, and dig deeper on topics that spark their interest at your local library or the internet. Today we’re learning about snowflakes!Today was an awfully snowy day where I live, and it made me think about snow itself. What makes snow…well, snow? Why do snowflakes look the way they do? What is snow? Snow is frozen water.

Sep 26, 2024 | geekmom.com | Elizabeth MacAndrew |Ariane Coffin |Lisa Tate

Some of my (and my family’s) favorite shows are the ones that don’t adhere to a traditional release schedule thanks to the way content for streaming services is created. While the wait is harder on the fans, I can appreciate the flexibility this gives shows with high and complication production demands. Of course it’s extra exciting when these shows do offer us little sneak peeks and photos to let us know that production is underway.

Aug 27, 2024 | geekmom.com | Melanie Meadors |Elizabeth MacAndrew |Dakster Sullivan |Ariane Coffin

Do neighborly galaxies, those with lots of other galaxies around them, have any differences from those who are a bit more isolated? Sometimes scientists have ideas for things they’d like to research, but the technology available just isn’t enough to allow for a robust and accurate study. For example, astrophysicists have been wondering what the correlation between galaxy size and galaxy environment is—or if there is one at all.

Jun 24, 2024 | geekmom.com | Sarah Pinault |Ariane Coffin |Ruth Suehle

The residents of Eternity, and the beauty of Tanria, return this July in The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen. We first encountered these two characters in Bannen’s first Tanrian novel, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy and now we get to take a closer look at another odd couple from this odd but beautiful place. Where in the first book we were given enemies to lovers, now we see what happens when you start as best friends.

Dec 13, 2023 | geekmom.com | Elizabeth MacAndrew |Ariane Coffin |Claire Jennings

Hey Parents,We’re about halfway through Elf of the Shelf season, which tends to be when a lot of parents start hitting a blank wall of what to do with their Elf. Earlier in the month, you had a bunch of ideas, but as the holiday season gets busier, and you get more tired, it probably seems like that well of inspiration you had started drying up, and then you realize you once again have to move that little Elf (or an Elf Crew if you’re like us) before you go to bed.