Tag: Invisible Lines
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Revision Examples to Use in the Classroom
Teachers! Download PDF pages showing my revision process to use in your classroom.
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Mushroom Sculpture
After writing Invisible Lines, I became enchanted with mushrooms. My friends began to send me images of mushrooms. Here’s a mushroom craft idea. Software developer and game designer Zach Barth, in Bellevue, WA, realized that screws resemble mushrooms and created this whimsical sculpture. First find some large screws and paint them however you like. Although…
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How to Make a Spore Print
In Invisible Lines, Trevor Musgrove makes a spore print. If you’d like to try it, read on. Mushrooms release spores, which are tiny, round, reproductive bodies, which you can literally “capture” in a print. Take a mushroom and gently remove the stem—you don’t want to damage the mushroom, but you do want to make sure…
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Going on a Mushroom Foray
Hidden Superfood: Some people believe that mushrooms have little nutritional value. Wrong. Mushrooms are good for you. They contain protein, fiber, essential amino acids, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, biotin, ascorbic acid and Vitamin D. Mushrooms produce strong antioxidants, antibiotics, and antiviral compounds. Scientists are studying their medicinal compounds to cure cancers and small pox, to treat…
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Mushrooms on Display Video
Photos from my trip to the Mycological Association of Washington’s annual Mushroom Fair.