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Category Archives: Infotoons
The Kalahari
The Kalahari desert in Southern Africa has to be the largest sandbox in the world, covering some 350,000 square miles. A great place to play with your Tonka trucks, but you might want to come prepared. Temperatures go from 117°F … Continue reading
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Tagged cartoon, children's books, desert, Infotoon, Kalahari, kids activity, michael kline
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The Early Turkey
Just getting warmed up for drawing a bunch of turkeys… maybe. It’s fun to practice. I doodle on Post-It notes all the time.
Doodles
Statements from the electric company, envelopes, menus… anything is fair game for a doodle. Even a sketchbook. LOL!
Enter the Worm
On this day (November 2nd) in 1988, Cornell University graduate Robert Morris uncaged the first computer worm (virus), which began replicating itself far beyond what its programmer intended. The infection spread rapidly among universities, medical research facilities, and military sites … Continue reading
Candy Hangover
Beware of November 1st and all it holds…!
Here’s to, ummm, cholera.
In 1850’s England, physician John Snow decided that authorities were off track when declaring that a deadly outbreak of cholera (also known as Black Death) was due to breathing foul air. Instead, he was able to track the disease to … Continue reading
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Tagged black death, cholera, Infotoon, John Snow, Soho, Thames, water pollution
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Creativity
It’s all around us. The secret is knowing what to look for…
Shaking It Up
Depending upon where you live in the United States, you may or may not be visited by an earthquake sometime soon. The areas of greatest concern lie along major fault lines (as in California and Alaska), but New Madrid, Missouri … Continue reading
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Tagged earthquake, geologic time scale, Infotoon, michael kline, New Madrid, plate tectonics, tectonic plates
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Who’s Watching Who?
Usually, it watches us. Now, we are watching it. The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is expected to fall out of the sky and break into pieces as it enters Earth’s atmosphere sometime this weekend. The 6.5 ton, large-as-a-bus ozone … Continue reading
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Tagged Infotoon, michael kline, NASA, satellite, Skylab, UARS, Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
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How To Peel a Planet
If the kids are bored some afternoon, and the question of map projections comes up (just sayin’), dig around for a piece of citrus (navel oranges do well), draw a likeness of the earth on the surface, then have the … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Szent-Györgyi, citric acid cycle, geography, map projection, orange, vitamin c
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