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autumnalwalker · 1 year ago

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WIP Wednesday

Thank you for the tag, @druidx.

Passing the (optional) tag to @ceph-the-ghost-writer, @outpost51, @sam-glade, @ren-c-leyn, @writernopal, and the usual open tag to anyone else who wants it.

Rules: Post part of a WIP (ideally on weds - but only if you can manage that)

So, here's the start of something I wrote last night instead of sleeping and is probably going to distract me from working on my main WIP until I finish it. It's a standalone piece I'm tentatively titling Kindly Basilisk:

The moment you gain the knowledge and means to do so you will void your own body’s warranty. You will jailbreak the bespoke gene sequence your sponsors commissioned for you before your immaculate conception, repurpose the spyware grafted into your bones, and talk your dormmate who was algorithmically selected for compatibility into helping you perform surgery on yourself to replace the neural jack you were born with in favor of one you cobbled together yourself from gray market parts. None of this will technically be illegal or even get you kicked out of your campus or its affiliates, but it will mean having to find a way to pay your own medical bills and handle your own tech support from then on. After the surgery your dormmate will put in a request for transfer and the two of you will never speak again.

You’ll major in AI studies and excel at it - as you were designed to - but you’ll shock everyone by dropping out halfway through working on your capstone thesis project. It won’t be the fact that you abruptly drop out that surprises your peers and professors - by then you’ll have acquired a reputation as a quiet loner without the standard optimized social support network of friendships to help protect you from burnout - but your exit interview statement declaring your intention to become a mech pilot. It’s not at all what your gene series was cultivated for, and your sponsors and counselors will try to walk you back from it. Then they’ll threaten to revoke your sponsorship that up until then will have provided for your every need. They will warn you that you’ll be just one step above a legal nonperson with no support; no one will care if you live or die or worse. You’ll tell them that you’ve already done the math, refuse to elaborate, and leave.

You’ll take two things with you. Two things worth mentioning anyway. The first will be a symbiotic gel suit designed for long-term all-environment life support. You will set its default texture to a shiny green the same hue as the broadleafed water plants you grew up around and always loved. Your exit interview will be the last time in a very long time that anyone - including you - will see your impossibly beautiful face with its perfect artisanally sculpted shape crossed with enthusiastically amateur self-modifications. From then on, everyone you meet and spend any time with will come to think of the mannequin blankness of the symbiote fully encasing your body as your face. It will be neither pride nor shame that causes you to present yourself as such, nor will you think of it as hiding your “real” face.

The second thing you’ll take with you when you leave the campus forever will be me.

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kashkave · 5 years ago

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soccernetghana · 5 years ago

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Ex-Ghana striker Razak Pimpong partners Hald Ege Efterskole for 2020 Pimpong Talent School program

[caption id="attachment_822950" align="alignnone" width="1242"] Razak Pimpong and Erik Junkerj[/caption] Principal of Hald Ege Efterskole, Erik Junker has expressed his delight to be partnering former Ghana striker Razak Pimpong ahead of the reopening of his summer school. Pimpong, who enjoyed spells with clubs such as FC Midtjylland, FC Copenhagen and Viborg FF in Denmark during his active career, is set to reopen his Pimpong Talent School for 2020. The Pimpong Talent School, which is taking place for the sixth year in a row, is expected to attract 40 local sponsors. The 37-year-old announced that for the second successive year, Hald Ege Efterskole will be one of the main sponsors. "We are so pleased that Erik Junker from Hald Ege Efterskole again this year has agreed to be the main sponsor of Pimpong's Talent School." "Hald Ege Efterskole will again form the framework around football school in week 42, where we can gladly welcome the coolest football girls and boys to three days with lots of football on the program." Erik Junker took the opportunity to shower praises on Pimpong for his vision and dedication to help children at Hald Ege Efterskole. "Razak is a super-spreader. He's contagious. But he only inflicts with good things: commitment, mood and joy. Both in football but also in life. And then he has the wisdom his own life's journey has given him. That's why we are proud to host Pimpong's Talent School - there is a formation in it that aligns so well with what we otherwise want at Hald Ege Efterskole," says Erik Junker. View this post on Instagram

Vi er så glade for, at Erik Junker fra Hald Ege Efterskole igen i år har takket ja til at være hovedsponsor for Pimpongs Talentskole. Hald Ege Efterskole danner igen i år rammerne omkring fodboldskolen i uge 42, hvor vi med glæde kan byde de sejeste fodboldpiger og -drenge velkommen til tre dage med masser af fodbold på programmet. Men hvorfor vælger efterskolen at bakke op omkring talentskolen? 🗣-Razak er en superspreder. Han smitter. Men han smitter kun med gode ting: Engagement, humør og glæde. Både ved fodbold men også ved livet. Og så har han den visdom, hans eget livs rejse har givet ham. Derfor er vi stolte over at være værter for Pimpongs Talent Skole – der ligger en dannelse i det, der flugter så fint med det vi i øvrigt vil på Hald Ege Efterskole, fortæller Erik Junker. @heefterskole

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Pimpong was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team, that exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B. The former Great Olympics frontman was also a member of the Black Stars squad that played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Pimpong amassed 9 caps for the West African nation. source: https://ghanasoccernet.com/

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jovialsoulinfluencer · 5 years ago

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csrgood · 5 years ago

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SC Johnson Partners with Molecoola to Increase Recycling in Brazil

SC Johnson today announced a partnership with reverse logistics startup Molecoola to sponsor recycling centers in São Paulo, Brazil, reinforcing the company’s commitment to recycling and sustainability. Consumers can return empty products from any of SC Johnson’s well-known brands, including Mr Muscle®, Glade® and OFF!®, at any of Molecoola’s locations and earn points that can be redeemed using app technology for goods and services. The points can also be used for charitable donations to communities in São Paulo.

“We are excited to partner with Molecoola to help increase recycling rates in Brazil,” said Tatiana Ganem, Executive Director and General Manager at SC Johnson Brazil. “As a leading manufacturer of household consumer brands in Brazil, we have a longstanding commitment to protecting the environment.”

Molecoola stores collect a broad range of recyclable materials including aerosol cans, beverage cans, paper, cardboard, chipboard, plastic, electronics and cooking oil. Since first partnering with SC Johnson in November 2018, Molecoola has collected more than 360 tons of recyclable materials.

With more than 25 million tons of recyclable solid waste discarded per year in Brazil1, this partnership is designed to help reduce the amount of waste entering landfills by incentivizing people to recycle. Molecoola is helping to build a circular economy to expand the current recycling level in Brazil of approximately 3 million tons per year2 through its unique one-stop-drop solution that collects a variety of post-consumer materials. This new recycling chain effectively consolidates recyclables, enables the sale of materials directly to recyclers and is 100% traceable via its unique system that works on smartphone devices.

“We are grateful to SC Johnson for their partnership in this important initiative,” said Rodrigo Jobim, Molecoola CEO. “With their help, we are educating consumers on the importance of protecting the environment; changing behaviors; and creating a circular economy that provides direct benefit to consumers, recyclers and most importantly the environment.”

Sustainability Leadership

From minimizing waste, to using renewable energy, to fighting deforestation, SC Johnson has a long legacy of acting to protect the environment. At the close of 2018/19, 100 percent of SC Johnson factories sent zero manufacturing waste to landfill, including the plant in Manaus, Brazil.

SC Johnson also conducts an aerosol recycling program in São Paulo, where it works alongside waste collection cooperatives, enabling more than 1,800 waste collectors and 95 additional workers to become involved in the recycling process while also bringing a positive social impact to the community.

A Commitment to Minimizing Plastic Waste

SC Johnson was a founding signatory to the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment and is a Global Partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. SC Johnson has made the following commitments to reduce its own plastic footprint, and encourage reuse and recycling of plastic products:

100% of SC Johnson plastic packaging will be recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. Currently, 94% of SC Johnson’s plastic packaging is designed to be recyclable, reusable or compostable.

Triple the amount of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic content in SC Johnson packaging by 2025. SC Johnson already uses 100% post-consumer recycled (PCR) bottles for several product lines, and in 2019 launched the industry’s first 100% recycled ocean plastic bottle made from plastic waste collected within 30 miles of an ocean or waterway in countries that lack effective, formal waste collection.

Expand the number of concentrated refill options for SC Johnson products by 2025. The company will continue to expand its variety of concentrated refill options and is now rolling out to Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, China and Japan, enabling consumers there to reuse packaging and reduce waste.

Continue to remove excess plastics wherever possible. SC Johnson has been relentlessly focused on designing unnecessary packaging out of its products. Over the past year, the company achieved a 1.7-million-kilogram reduction in the amount of plastic used in its primary packaging.

Work with industry and other organizations to support circular plastic economy models. SC Johnson will work with industry and NGOs to further support the circular plastic economy and keep plastic out of landfills and the environment.

For more information on SC Johnson’s commitment to addressing plastic pollution and to learn how the company is helping to support a more circular plastic economy, visit www.scjohnson.com/plastic

About SC Johnson

SC Johnson is a family company dedicated to innovative, high-quality products, excellence in the workplace and a long-term commitment to the environment and the communities in which it operates. Based in the USA, the company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning products and products for home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care, as well as professional products. It markets such well-known brands as GLADE®, KIWI®, OFF!®, PLEDGE®, RAID®, SCRUBBING BUBBLES®, SHOUT®, WINDEX® and ZIPLOC® in the U.S. and beyond, with brands marketed outside the U.S. including AUTAN®, BAYGON®, BRISE®, KABIKILLER®, KLEAR®, MR MUSCLE® and RIDSECT®. The 133-year-old company, which generates $10 billion in sales, employs approximately 13,000 people globally and sells products in virtually every country around the world. www.scjohnson.com

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1Brazilian Association of Companies for Public Cleaning and Special Residues Management (ABRELP)

22017 Report on Urban Solid Waste Management by the National System of Sanitation Information (SNIS – Ministry of Regional Development)

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aerroughneck · 6 years ago

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zillowcondo · 7 years ago

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Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2018

Taking place from 2-8 July 2018, RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is unmissable if you have an interest in horticulture. It’s a lovely day out by the River Thames in a relaxed setting.

Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Highlights

This year, one of the highlights is the Evolve: Through the Roots of Time exhibit. Situated inside a dome, it takes visitors on a journey from present day meadows to Jurassic jungles and further back to barren landscapes predominant over 500 million years ago.

Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf has created a delightful walk through feature opposite the royal palace. It features orange Achillea, mauve Lythrum, pink Echinacea and silver blue sea holly. The plants will be relocated to RHS Garden Wisley after the show closes.

You can also walk through a meadow of purple Verbena bonariensis, named Swathes of Purple, next to the Long Water fountain.

Show Gardens

There are some great Show Gardens this year including several for charities. Some of our favourites are:

Bursting Busy Lizzie Garden

This garden was designed by Matthew Childs and is sponsored by B&Q. It picked up a Gold Medal at the show, for its clever use of colour. It features a new breed of the busy lizzie plant, also known as impatiens, in six different shades.

The Children with Cancer UK: Mr. Happy, Mr. Worry Hill

This distinctive garden features a split hill and house, with one side symbolizing worry and the other symbolizing happiness. On Mr Happy’s side, plants include Echinacea and Rudbeckia in vibrant shades of yellow and orange. In Mr Worry’s garden, stone circles represent sadness and the colours of the plants are hues of blue and purple. The garden represents the huge progress made in child cancer treatment and also the ongoing research to eradicate it.

The Limbcare Garden

This peaceful haven offers a message of help and support to the UK’s amputees. Limbcare is a national charity founded by Ray Edwards MBE, the UK’s longest surviving quad amputee. It is one of the rare gardens at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show that members of the public can walk around. You enter the garden via a brook with calming water, then pass over a bridge which symbolizes safe passage. At the centre of the garden, a striking sculpted pair of uplifted hands catches your eye. To the rear, there’s a quiet area with fountains to promote healing. Designed by Edward Mantis and landscaped by David Sutton, it features Amelanchier and Prunus trees, a woodland glade and a fragrant arch of Hosta and Cardiocrinum. Once the show is finished, the garden will be moved to Limbcare’s Wellbeing Centre, for which a fundraising effort is ongoing, where it will be an integral element of the courtyard.

The RNIB Community Garden

This is a sensory experience with an abundance of scented flowers as well as grasses such as Pennisetum villosum and Stipa tenuissima.

World Gardens

There are 4 World Gardens at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2018 including The Orgeon Garden and The Charleston & South Carolina Garden from the USA.

Spain showcases Rías de Galicia: A Garden at the End of the Earth and the rugged coastline of Galicia.

The Santa Rita Living La Vida 120 Garden has a Mediterranean focus with Arubutus unedo trees and an oxide-yellow steel wall. Designer Alan Rudden was inspired by a trip to Chile as a guest of Santa Rita wines.

Conceptual Gardens and Gardens for a Changing World

This thought-provoking category showcases issues that the world is facing and also features conceptual gardens such as the one below.

Apeiron: The Dibond® Garden

This immersive space is an artwork as well as a garden. Enter the rusting steel box and you’ll discover a meadow surrounded by mirrored walls. It feels like the garden is stretching as far as the eye can see. It was created by Alex Rainford-Roberts using Dibond® mirror, which is an aluminium composite material that weighs half as much as a glass mirror.

Lifestyle Gardens

There’s also a new category for 2018, the Lifestyle Gardens, which aim to show how a garden can mirror the owner’s personality. There are four gardens including a family garden and an entertaining garden.

Schools’ Scarecrow Competition

Following the theme of You Are What You Eat, this competition involved schools in the South East and there were some brilliant entries.

Practical Information

Dates – Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2018 takes place from 2 to 8 July 2018. Preview Evening – 2 July. 3-4 July – RHS members. 5-8 July – RHS members and non-members

Opening hours – 3-7 July: 10 am to 7.30 pm. 8 July: 10 am to 5.30 pm.

Tickets

Food and Drink – Dig In Restaurant, Garden Cafe, Kings Food Court, Long Water Deli (North and South), Palace Stage, Food Court, Palace Kitchen by James Tanner, picnic enclosures at the Waterfront Oasis, Seafood Bar by Caviar House, Thames Food Court, Village Green Food Court, Waterfront Oasis North, Waterfront Oasis South

Drinking Water – several taps are located within the grounds

Cash machines – several within the grounds

Visitor Information Centre – located near to the Thames Gate

Pets – guide dogs are permitted to enter the showground – pets are not. Dogs must not be left unattended in vehicles

Plant and product creches – store your purchases at the creches, near the Country Living Magazine Pavilion and the Floral Marquee Entrance

Sell-off – from 4 pm on Sunday, display plants and products are sold off by many exhibitors

Getting to Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

By Train – 36 minute train ride from London Waterloo to Hampton Court then 15 minute walk

By Underground or Bus – District line to Richmond underground station, then R68 bus to Hampton Court

By Ferry – From Hampton Court Station, Kingston Bridge and Richmond to Molesey Lock Ferry next to the show entrance

By Car – Parking costs £16 per day at the Green car park at Hampton Court Green

By Bicycle – Bike racks are located at the Thames Gate Entrance

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Read all our garden reviews here

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strivesy · 7 years ago

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Learning Science Through Authentic Investigation

Kate Dobrzenski on episode 274 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

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Kate Dobrzenski spotlights K-4 innovative science practice. She discusses how to incorporate the observation of phenomena and other Next Generation Science Standards in elementary science.

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Learning Science Through Authentic Investigation

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Date: March 15, 2018

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Kate Dobrzenski @aacps_k5science about learning science through authentic investigation.

Now, Kate, you have some exciting strategies for us to really help kids engage in science.

Where do we start?

Kate: Well, first of all, thank you so much for having me. I’m really excited to be sharing some science strategies with y’all today.

Truly, the best way to be engaging kids in science is to have them learn through authentic investigation.

As well all know, kids are naturally inquisitive.They’re natural investigators. A lot of times they ask questions we don’t even know the answers to. (laughs)

Vicki: (laughs)

Kids are naturally inquisitive

Kate: So, I think for teachers sometimes it’s really hard to reconcile that idea about letting students explore and learn in a naturally investigative way — with what’s expected of them with standardized testing. But it really can be done.

Vicki: So give me an example of how you’ve helped a K-5 science teacher have their kids learn through authentic investigation.

Kate: I think that one of the big problems that we were having in our district is that the teachers were harping on the importance of vocabulary. And vocabulary is important, but for these littles, it’s a lot easier to teach them by establishing the concept first so they have a frame of reference to hang a vocabulary word on and give it meaning.

I mean, just for example, in 3rd grade, we were really wanting to understand forces and motion, balanced and imbalanced force, gravity, those kinds of things, magnetism.

And the teachers were really harping on, “Take out your notebooks. Write down what balance force is. And write down what magnets are.” and all this.

And we went in with a new approach to let the kids just kind of explore magnets and explore balanced and imbalanced force.

We let the kids play Jenga. I mean, kids love to play!

Vicki: (agrees)

Kate: A lot of the frame of reference that we have as humans about forces in motion comes from playing games when we were kids.

So we let the kids play Jenga. Once they’ve played and they’ve got sort of a frame of reference of how gravity affects things, and how balance works…

… then we go back and we hang vocabulary words onto that experience.

Move the vocabulary to the back end of the experience

Vicki: Ohhh, that’s tremendous! Because you’re making it real, aren’t you?

Kate: It has to be, for kids. They get bored so easily. You know, they need to move around and they need to do things with their hands and get into stuff and make a mess, you know?

Vicki: Well, and also the thing with younger children is that they are so concrete. Abstract concepts are so hard for them.

Kate: It really is.

And so like for example, I was beating my head against the wall trying to get kindergarteners to understand what properties of matter were.

And all of a sudden it came to me. Let’s take them outside on a scavenger hunt.

Let’s find something flexible, something stiff, something shiny, something smooth.

And then we come in and have them classify those things by their physical properties. Then we hang a vocabulary word like “flexible” or “waterproof” or something like that on that experience.

Let’s take them outside on a scavenger hunt and then classify their findings

Vicki: Ohhh, that is tremendous!

So learning through authentic investigation and really helping them explore — and then hanging the vocabulary on top. That’s tremendous!

OK. What other ideas do you have for us?

Kate: Maryland is a Next Generations Science Standards state. So one of our big initiatives is to introduce phenomenon-based science.

Introduce phenomenon-based science

What that means is that we’re trying to get kids to learn science in a way that’s more authentic to the way science is done in the real world.

So, if you’re a scientist, and you’re trying to discover some new medicine or something, you’re trying to solve a problem, you’re trying to answer a question.

We want kids to naturally have the questions about those things.

We found that the best way to do that is to spark their interest by providing some sort of little mystery.

For example, in 4th grade, we are teaching kids how animals use their senses and what animals use each sense is really used for in the wild.

S before students would come into the classroom, we would spray a little bit of like Glade Air Freshener. And the kids would come in and say, “Oh my gosh, there’s a smell in here!”

Vicki: (laughs)

Kate: That’s the phenomenon.

And so we’re like, “Where did that smell come from?”

And they’re like, “Well, I don’t know, but it smells like Apple Cinnamon.”

And then we were like, “Oh. How did you know that it smelled like Apple Cinnamon if you didn’t see the Glade spray?”

And they were like, “Oh, we’ve smelled it before.”

Vicki: Hmmm.

Kate: And we’d tie that into the idea that animals have to be able to learn the meaning of different smells and recognize those smells quickly to determine whether there’s danger or a mate or a food source or whatever.

So, just things like that, where we lead off with the phenomenon and then start asking the questions about it.

Vicki: I love that.

Lead with the phenomenon, and then ask questions about it

And you’re really thinking about this whole concept that great teachers consider, which is the whole environment. Not just things you see, not just things… but EVERYTHING, aren’t you?

Kate: Yeah. And then it’s really important for kids to develop models of things.

Like you said, they’re so concrete at this age. Telling them isn’t enough. Showing them a video isn’t enough. We need to get up out of our seats and we need to move around and act out what it is we’re talking about.

Whether we’re talking about food webs or forces in motion or the solar system or things like that. We need to be getting up with our bodies and actually acting it out, physically modeling it, making concrete models — you know, getting that arts integration in there.

There are just so many ways that we can enrich our science experience for kids and not make it so vocabulary and worksheet and video driven.

Enrich our science experience for kids by making it experience driven

Vicki: Oh yeah. That’s tremendous.

Now, do you have any advice for us for the younger children? I mean, you talked about the Glade Air Freshener which is a great one.

Think about your kindergarteners. I mean how do things look in that grade?

Kate: One of our kindergarten phenomena that I just love is…

We show this little video segment about penguins living in Antarctica. It’s during a unit about animals and what need to animals live and those sorts of things.

The kids will naturally ask the question, “How do penguins survive in that freezing temperature? I mean it’s so snowy. Don’t they get cold? Where’s their home?”

And so we get all the kids together, and we purposely put this unit during the winter when it’s cold. We take them all outside without their coats. They’re out there saying, “Oh, I’m so cold! I want to go inside!”

And we say, “No, we’re not going to go inside. We’re going to survive like penguins. And then we show them how huddling together taking turns and being in the middle…

Vicki: (laughs)

Kate: … it helps you not be cold!

Yeah, you’re freezing on the outside, you’re going to get your turn in the middle, but once you’re warmed up, you got to go back to the outside and help keep everybody warm.

How do animals survive together in a group?

That sticks in their mind so much. They love that.

Vicki: As well as the adults.

I guess you couldn’t do that for too long, or you might get some parent complaints.

But that is a powerful example.

Kate: You might.

Vicki: OK, what else do you try to do to make science real through authentic investigation?

I love these.

Kate: One of the science and engineering practices in the Next Generation Science Standards is planning and carrying out investigations.

We really try to provide time for teachers to listen to student questions on whatever the topic is, and really kind of go down a wormhole of letting the students plan an investigation.

Let students plan an investigation

That is like wildly different from what we usually see in the elementary classroom.

Generally, we see, “OK, today, boys and girls, we’re going to learn about conduction, convection, and radiation. And here’s the lab we’re going to do about it that is going to give us this desired outcome.”

What we’re trying to get away from that. So instead, let’s think about what question we want to ask about conduction, convection, and radiation. And then let’s critically think about what investigation we can do to get that data.

And that’s pretty hard. It looks a lot different in K-2 than it does in 3-4-5.

So in K-2 it might look more like, “What do animals need to live? I don’t know. Let’s go outside on a scavenger hunt and gather some data about anthills and bird nests and things like that.”

But at the higher level, it’s really going to involve something like, “Let’s make a hypothesis about this. Let’s think about what the best strategies would be, to actually collect real data about this.”

So I think just letting kids make up their own investigations is so powerful.

Vicki: So, Kate, we could just go on forever, couldn’t we? (laughs)

Kate: Yeah. (laughs)

Vicki: So as we finish up, could you give a 30-second pep talk to teachers about how to really make science exciting.

I think it’s important to get us past the traditional to really make it become real.

Kate: Yes. OK, here’s your pep talk.

Y’all. Get your kids outside. Go on a scavenger hunt. Look for rocks. Classify those rocks. Study the weather. Give them weather tools. Come up with exploration centers where they can play with magnets or build things. Play games into your classroom. Get up out of your seat and act all of the things you’re trying to teach.

Like I would like to think right now, “What am I teaching in my classroom, that I could have the kids tomorrow get up and make up a skit about?”

That right there is the stuff that sticks out in their mind when it comes time for them to repeat it out on a test.

Vicki: OK. Teachers, let’s make science real. Here are some exciting ideas. And you know, science should be thrilling.

You can always tell when a student has had one of those amazing science teachers who really relates it to the real world, because they’ll always say, “I love science!”

Kate: Yes!

Vicki: … when they had that kind of teacher. So be that kind of “I love science!” teacher.

Kate: I totally agree. Thank you so much for emphasizing science on this show. We need all the time we can get!

Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford [email protected]

Bio as submitted

Kate Dobrzenski works as the elementary science resource staff for Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Annapolis, Maryland. She has a Masters Degree in K-12 Science Education and loves teaching science teachers how to engage students in inquiry through play.

Twitter: @aacps_k5science

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Learning Science Through Authentic Investigation

Kate Dobrzenski on episode 274 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter

Kate Dobrzenski spotlights K-4 innovative science practice. She discusses how to incorporate the observation of phenomena and other Next Generation Science Standards in elementary science.

Listen Now

Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher

Stream by clicking here.

***

Enhanced Transcript

Learning Science Through Authentic Investigation

Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e274

Date: March 15, 2018

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Kate Dobrzenski @aacps_k5science about learning science through authentic investigation.

Now, Kate, you have some exciting strategies for us to really help kids engage in science.

Where do we start?

Kate: Well, first of all, thank you so much for having me. I’m really excited to be sharing some science strategies with y’all today.

Truly, the best way to be engaging kids in science is to have them learn through authentic investigation.

As well all know, kids are naturally inquisitive.They’re natural investigators. A lot of times they ask questions we don’t even know the answers to. (laughs)

Vicki: (laughs)

Kids are naturally inquisitive

Vicki: So give me an example of how you’ve helped a K-5 science teacher have their kids learn through authentic investigation.

I mean, just for example, in 3rd grade, we were really wanting to understand forces and motion, balanced and imbalanced force, gravity, those kinds of things, magnetism.

And the teachers were really harping on, “Take out your notebooks. Write down what balance force is. And write down what magnets are.” and all this.

And we went in with a new approach to let the kids just kind of explore magnets and explore balanced and imbalanced force.

We let the kids play Jenga. I mean, kids love to play!

Vicki: (agrees)

Kate: A lot of the frame of reference that we have as humans about forces in motion comes from playing games when we were kids.

So we let the kids play Jenga. Once they’ve played and they’ve got sort of a frame of reference of how gravity affects things, and how balance works…

… then we go back and we hang vocabulary words onto that experience.

Move the vocabulary to the back end of the experience

Vicki: Ohhh, that’s tremendous! Because you’re making it real, aren’t you?

Kate: It has to be, for kids. They get bored so easily. You know, they need to move around and they need to do things with their hands and get into stuff and make a mess, you know?

Vicki: Well, and also the thing with younger children is that they are so concrete. Abstract concepts are so hard for them.

Kate: It really is.

And so like for example, I was beating my head against the wall trying to get kindergarteners to understand what properties of matter were.

And all of a sudden it came to me. Let’s take them outside on a scavenger hunt.

Let’s find something flexible, something stiff, something shiny, something smooth.

And then we come in and have them classify those things by their physical properties. Then we hang a vocabulary word like “flexible” or “waterproof” or something like that on that experience.

Let’s take them outside on a scavenger hunt and then classify their findings

Vicki: Ohhh, that is tremendous!

So learning through authentic investigation and really helping them explore — and then hanging the vocabulary on top. That’s tremendous!

OK. What other ideas do you have for us?

Kate: Maryland is a Next Generations Science Standards state. So one of our big initiatives is to introduce phenomenon-based science.

Introduce phenomenon-based science

What that means is that we’re trying to get kids to learn science in a way that’s more authentic to the way science is done in the real world.

So, if you’re a scientist, and you’re trying to discover some new medicine or something, you’re trying to solve a problem, you’re trying to answer a question.

We want kids to naturally have the questions about those things.

We found that the best way to do that is to spark their interest by providing some sort of little mystery.

For example, in 4th grade, we are teaching kids how animals use their senses and what animals use each sense is really used for in the wild.

S before students would come into the classroom, we would spray a little bit of like Glade Air Freshener. And the kids would come in and say, “Oh my gosh, there’s a smell in here!”

Vicki: (laughs)

Kate: That’s the phenomenon.

And so we’re like, “Where did that smell come from?”

And they’re like, “Well, I don’t know, but it smells like Apple Cinnamon.”

And then we were like, “Oh. How did you know that it smelled like Apple Cinnamon if you didn’t see the Glade spray?”

And they were like, “Oh, we’ve smelled it before.”

Vicki: Hmmm.

So, just things like that, where we lead off with the phenomenon and then start asking the questions about it.

Vicki: I love that.

Lead with the phenomenon, and then ask questions about it

And you’re really thinking about this whole concept that great teachers consider, which is the whole environment. Not just things you see, not just things… but EVERYTHING, aren’t you?

Kate: Yeah. And then it’s really important for kids to develop models of things.

There are just so many ways that we can enrich our science experience for kids and not make it so vocabulary and worksheet and video driven.

Enrich our science experience for kids by making it experience driven

Vicki: Oh yeah. That’s tremendous.

Now, do you have any advice for us for the younger children? I mean, you talked about the Glade Air Freshener which is a great one.

Think about your kindergarteners. I mean how do things look in that grade?

Kate: One of our kindergarten phenomena that I just love is…

We show this little video segment about penguins living in Antarctica. It’s during a unit about animals and what need to animals live and those sorts of things.

The kids will naturally ask the question, “How do penguins survive in that freezing temperature? I mean it’s so snowy. Don’t they get cold? Where’s their home?”

And we say, “No, we’re not going to go inside. We’re going to survive like penguins. And then we show them how huddling together taking turns and being in the middle…

Vicki: (laughs)

Kate: … it helps you not be cold!

Yeah, you’re freezing on the outside, you’re going to get your turn in the middle, but once you’re warmed up, you got to go back to the outside and help keep everybody warm.

How do animals survive together in a group?

That sticks in their mind so much. They love that.

Vicki: As well as the adults.

I guess you couldn’t do that for too long, or you might get some parent complaints.

But that is a powerful example.

Kate: You might.

Vicki: OK, what else do you try to do to make science real through authentic investigation?

I love these.

Kate: One of the science and engineering practices in the Next Generation Science Standards is planning and carrying out investigations.

We really try to provide time for teachers to listen to student questions on whatever the topic is, and really kind of go down a wormhole of letting the students plan an investigation.

Let students plan an investigation

That is like wildly different from what we usually see in the elementary classroom.

And that’s pretty hard. It looks a lot different in K-2 than it does in 3-4-5.

So in K-2 it might look more like, “What do animals need to live? I don’t know. Let’s go outside on a scavenger hunt and gather some data about anthills and bird nests and things like that.”

So I think just letting kids make up their own investigations is so powerful.

Vicki: So, Kate, we could just go on forever, couldn’t we? (laughs)

Kate: Yeah. (laughs)

Vicki: So as we finish up, could you give a 30-second pep talk to teachers about how to really make science exciting.

I think it’s important to get us past the traditional to really make it become real.

Kate: Yes. OK, here’s your pep talk.

Like I would like to think right now, “What am I teaching in my classroom, that I could have the kids tomorrow get up and make up a skit about?”

That right there is the stuff that sticks out in their mind when it comes time for them to repeat it out on a test.

Vicki: OK. Teachers, let’s make science real. Here are some exciting ideas. And you know, science should be thrilling.

You can always tell when a student has had one of those amazing science teachers who really relates it to the real world, because they’ll always say, “I love science!”

Kate: Yes!

Vicki: … when they had that kind of teacher. So be that kind of “I love science!” teacher.

Kate: I totally agree. Thank you so much for emphasizing science on this show. We need all the time we can get!

Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford [email protected]

Bio as submitted

Twitter: @aacps_k5science

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Learning Science Through Authentic Investigation

Kate Dobrzenski on episode 274 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter

Kate Dobrzenski spotlights K-4 innovative science practice. She discusses how to incorporate the observation of phenomena and other Next Generation Science Standards in elementary science.

Listen Now

Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher

Stream by clicking here.

***

Enhanced Transcript

Learning Science Through Authentic Investigation

Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e274

Date: March 15, 2018

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Kate Dobrzenski @aacps_k5science about learning science through authentic investigation.

Now, Kate, you have some exciting strategies for us to really help kids engage in science.

Where do we start?

Kate: Well, first of all, thank you so much for having me. I’m really excited to be sharing some science strategies with y’all today.

Truly, the best way to be engaging kids in science is to have them learn through authentic investigation.

As well all know, kids are naturally inquisitive.They’re natural investigators. A lot of times they ask questions we don’t even know the answers to. (laughs)

Vicki: (laughs)

Kids are naturally inquisitive

Vicki: So give me an example of how you’ve helped a K-5 science teacher have their kids learn through authentic investigation.

I mean, just for example, in 3rd grade, we were really wanting to understand forces and motion, balanced and imbalanced force, gravity, those kinds of things, magnetism.

And the teachers were really harping on, “Take out your notebooks. Write down what balance force is. And write down what magnets are.” and all this.

And we went in with a new approach to let the kids just kind of explore magnets and explore balanced and imbalanced force.

We let the kids play Jenga. I mean, kids love to play!

Vicki: (agrees)

Kate: A lot of the frame of reference that we have as humans about forces in motion comes from playing games when we were kids.

So we let the kids play Jenga. Once they’ve played and they’ve got sort of a frame of reference of how gravity affects things, and how balance works…

… then we go back and we hang vocabulary words onto that experience.

Move the vocabulary to the back end of the experience

Vicki: Ohhh, that’s tremendous! Because you’re making it real, aren’t you?

Kate: It has to be, for kids. They get bored so easily. You know, they need to move around and they need to do things with their hands and get into stuff and make a mess, you know?

Vicki: Well, and also the thing with younger children is that they are so concrete. Abstract concepts are so hard for them.

Kate: It really is.

And so like for example, I was beating my head against the wall trying to get kindergarteners to understand what properties of matter were.

And all of a sudden it came to me. Let’s take them outside on a scavenger hunt.

Let’s find something flexible, something stiff, something shiny, something smooth.

And then we come in and have them classify those things by their physical properties. Then we hang a vocabulary word like “flexible” or “waterproof” or something like that on that experience.

Let’s take them outside on a scavenger hunt and then classify their findings

Vicki: Ohhh, that is tremendous!

So learning through authentic investigation and really helping them explore — and then hanging the vocabulary on top. That’s tremendous!

OK. What other ideas do you have for us?

Kate: Maryland is a Next Generations Science Standards state. So one of our big initiatives is to introduce phenomenon-based science.

Introduce phenomenon-based science

What that means is that we’re trying to get kids to learn science in a way that’s more authentic to the way science is done in the real world.

So, if you’re a scientist, and you’re trying to discover some new medicine or something, you’re trying to solve a problem, you’re trying to answer a question.

We want kids to naturally have the questions about those things.

We found that the best way to do that is to spark their interest by providing some sort of little mystery.

For example, in 4th grade, we are teaching kids how animals use their senses and what animals use each sense is really used for in the wild.

S before students would come into the classroom, we would spray a little bit of like Glade Air Freshener. And the kids would come in and say, “Oh my gosh, there’s a smell in here!”

Vicki: (laughs)

Kate: That’s the phenomenon.

And so we’re like, “Where did that smell come from?”

And they’re like, “Well, I don’t know, but it smells like Apple Cinnamon.”

And then we were like, “Oh. How did you know that it smelled like Apple Cinnamon if you didn’t see the Glade spray?”

And they were like, “Oh, we’ve smelled it before.”

Vicki: Hmmm.

So, just things like that, where we lead off with the phenomenon and then start asking the questions about it.

Vicki: I love that.

Lead with the phenomenon, and then ask questions about it

And you’re really thinking about this whole concept that great teachers consider, which is the whole environment. Not just things you see, not just things… but EVERYTHING, aren’t you?

Kate: Yeah. And then it’s really important for kids to develop models of things.

There are just so many ways that we can enrich our science experience for kids and not make it so vocabulary and worksheet and video driven.

Enrich our science experience for kids by making it experience driven

Vicki: Oh yeah. That’s tremendous.

Now, do you have any advice for us for the younger children? I mean, you talked about the Glade Air Freshener which is a great one.

Think about your kindergarteners. I mean how do things look in that grade?

Kate: One of our kindergarten phenomena that I just love is…

We show this little video segment about penguins living in Antarctica. It’s during a unit about animals and what need to animals live and those sorts of things.

The kids will naturally ask the question, “How do penguins survive in that freezing temperature? I mean it’s so snowy. Don’t they get cold? Where’s their home?”

And we say, “No, we’re not going to go inside. We’re going to survive like penguins. And then we show them how huddling together taking turns and being in the middle…

Vicki: (laughs)

Kate: … it helps you not be cold!

Yeah, you’re freezing on the outside, you’re going to get your turn in the middle, but once you’re warmed up, you got to go back to the outside and help keep everybody warm.

How do animals survive together in a group?

That sticks in their mind so much. They love that.

Vicki: As well as the adults.

I guess you couldn’t do that for too long, or you might get some parent complaints.

But that is a powerful example.

Kate: You might.

Vicki: OK, what else do you try to do to make science real through authentic investigation?

I love these.

Kate: One of the science and engineering practices in the Next Generation Science Standards is planning and carrying out investigations.

We really try to provide time for teachers to listen to student questions on whatever the topic is, and really kind of go down a wormhole of letting the students plan an investigation.

Let students plan an investigation

That is like wildly different from what we usually see in the elementary classroom.

And that’s pretty hard. It looks a lot different in K-2 than it does in 3-4-5.

So in K-2 it might look more like, “What do animals need to live? I don’t know. Let’s go outside on a scavenger hunt and gather some data about anthills and bird nests and things like that.”

So I think just letting kids make up their own investigations is so powerful.

Vicki: So, Kate, we could just go on forever, couldn’t we? (laughs)

Kate: Yeah. (laughs)

Vicki: So as we finish up, could you give a 30-second pep talk to teachers about how to really make science exciting.

I think it’s important to get us past the traditional to really make it become real.

Kate: Yes. OK, here’s your pep talk.

Like I would like to think right now, “What am I teaching in my classroom, that I could have the kids tomorrow get up and make up a skit about?”

That right there is the stuff that sticks out in their mind when it comes time for them to repeat it out on a test.

Vicki: OK. Teachers, let’s make science real. Here are some exciting ideas. And you know, science should be thrilling.

You can always tell when a student has had one of those amazing science teachers who really relates it to the real world, because they’ll always say, “I love science!”

Kate: Yes!

Vicki: … when they had that kind of teacher. So be that kind of “I love science!” teacher.

Kate: I totally agree. Thank you so much for emphasizing science on this show. We need all the time we can get!

Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford [email protected]

Bio as submitted

Twitter: @aacps_k5science

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Learning Science Through Authentic Investigation

Kate Dobrzenski on episode 274 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter

Kate Dobrzenski spotlights K-4 innovative science practice. She discusses how to incorporate the observation of phenomena and other Next Generation Science Standards in elementary science.

Listen Now

Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher

Stream by clicking here.

***

Enhanced Transcript

Learning Science Through Authentic Investigation

Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e274

Date: March 15, 2018

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Kate Dobrzenski @aacps_k5science about learning science through authentic investigation.

Now, Kate, you have some exciting strategies for us to really help kids engage in science.

Where do we start?

Kate: Well, first of all, thank you so much for having me. I’m really excited to be sharing some science strategies with y’all today.

Truly, the best way to be engaging kids in science is to have them learn through authentic investigation.

As well all know, kids are naturally inquisitive.They’re natural investigators. A lot of times they ask questions we don’t even know the answers to. (laughs)

Vicki: (laughs)

Kids are naturally inquisitive

Vicki: So give me an example of how you’ve helped a K-5 science teacher have their kids learn through authentic investigation.

I mean, just for example, in 3rd grade, we were really wanting to understand forces and motion, balanced and imbalanced force, gravity, those kinds of things, magnetism.

And the teachers were really harping on, “Take out your notebooks. Write down what balance force is. And write down what magnets are.” and all this.

And we went in with a new approach to let the kids just kind of explore magnets and explore balanced and imbalanced force.

We let the kids play Jenga. I mean, kids love to play!

Vicki: (agrees)

Kate: A lot of the frame of reference that we have as humans about forces in motion comes from playing games when we were kids.

So we let the kids play Jenga. Once they’ve played and they’ve got sort of a frame of reference of how gravity affects things, and how balance works…

… then we go back and we hang vocabulary words onto that experience.

Move the vocabulary to the back end of the experience

Vicki: Ohhh, that’s tremendous! Because you’re making it real, aren’t you?

Kate: It has to be, for kids. They get bored so easily. You know, they need to move around and they need to do things with their hands and get into stuff and make a mess, you know?

Vicki: Well, and also the thing with younger children is that they are so concrete. Abstract concepts are so hard for them.

Kate: It really is.

And so like for example, I was beating my head against the wall trying to get kindergarteners to understand what properties of matter were.

And all of a sudden it came to me. Let’s take them outside on a scavenger hunt.

Let’s find something flexible, something stiff, something shiny, something smooth.

And then we come in and have them classify those things by their physical properties. Then we hang a vocabulary word like “flexible” or “waterproof” or something like that on that experience.

Let’s take them outside on a scavenger hunt and then classify their findings

Vicki: Ohhh, that is tremendous!

So learning through authentic investigation and really helping them explore — and then hanging the vocabulary on top. That’s tremendous!

OK. What other ideas do you have for us?

Kate: Maryland is a Next Generations Science Standards state. So one of our big initiatives is to introduce phenomenon-based science.

Introduce phenomenon-based science

What that means is that we’re trying to get kids to learn science in a way that’s more authentic to the way science is done in the real world.

So, if you’re a scientist, and you’re trying to discover some new medicine or something, you’re trying to solve a problem, you’re trying to answer a question.

We want kids to naturally have the questions about those things.

We found that the best way to do that is to spark their interest by providing some sort of little mystery.

For example, in 4th grade, we are teaching kids how animals use their senses and what animals use each sense is really used for in the wild.

S before students would come into the classroom, we would spray a little bit of like Glade Air Freshener. And the kids would come in and say, “Oh my gosh, there’s a smell in here!”

Vicki: (laughs)

Kate: That’s the phenomenon.

And so we’re like, “Where did that smell come from?”

And they’re like, “Well, I don’t know, but it smells like Apple Cinnamon.”

And then we were like, “Oh. How did you know that it smelled like Apple Cinnamon if you didn’t see the Glade spray?”

And they were like, “Oh, we’ve smelled it before.”

Vicki: Hmmm.

So, just things like that, where we lead off with the phenomenon and then start asking the questions about it.

Vicki: I love that.

Lead with the phenomenon, and then ask questions about it

And you’re really thinking about this whole concept that great teachers consider, which is the whole environment. Not just things you see, not just things… but EVERYTHING, aren’t you?

Kate: Yeah. And then it’s really important for kids to develop models of things.

There are just so many ways that we can enrich our science experience for kids and not make it so vocabulary and worksheet and video driven.

Enrich our science experience for kids by making it experience driven

Vicki: Oh yeah. That’s tremendous.

Now, do you have any advice for us for the younger children? I mean, you talked about the Glade Air Freshener which is a great one.

Think about your kindergarteners. I mean how do things look in that grade?

Kate: One of our kindergarten phenomena that I just love is…

We show this little video segment about penguins living in Antarctica. It’s during a unit about animals and what need to animals live and those sorts of things.

The kids will naturally ask the question, “How do penguins survive in that freezing temperature? I mean it’s so snowy. Don’t they get cold? Where’s their home?”

And we say, “No, we’re not going to go inside. We’re going to survive like penguins. And then we show them how huddling together taking turns and being in the middle…

Vicki: (laughs)

Kate: … it helps you not be cold!

Yeah, you’re freezing on the outside, you’re going to get your turn in the middle, but once you’re warmed up, you got to go back to the outside and help keep everybody warm.

How do animals survive together in a group?

That sticks in their mind so much. They love that.

Vicki: As well as the adults.

I guess you couldn’t do that for too long, or you might get some parent complaints.

But that is a powerful example.

Kate: You might.

Vicki: OK, what else do you try to do to make science real through authentic investigation?

I love these.

Kate: One of the science and engineering practices in the Next Generation Science Standards is planning and carrying out investigations.

We really try to provide time for teachers to listen to student questions on whatever the topic is, and really kind of go down a wormhole of letting the students plan an investigation.

Let students plan an investigation

That is like wildly different from what we usually see in the elementary classroom.

And that’s pretty hard. It looks a lot different in K-2 than it does in 3-4-5.

So in K-2 it might look more like, “What do animals need to live? I don’t know. Let’s go outside on a scavenger hunt and gather some data about anthills and bird nests and things like that.”

So I think just letting kids make up their own investigations is so powerful.

Vicki: So, Kate, we could just go on forever, couldn’t we? (laughs)

Kate: Yeah. (laughs)

Vicki: So as we finish up, could you give a 30-second pep talk to teachers about how to really make science exciting.

I think it’s important to get us past the traditional to really make it become real.

Kate: Yes. OK, here’s your pep talk.

Like I would like to think right now, “What am I teaching in my classroom, that I could have the kids tomorrow get up and make up a skit about?”

That right there is the stuff that sticks out in their mind when it comes time for them to repeat it out on a test.

Vicki: OK. Teachers, let’s make science real. Here are some exciting ideas. And you know, science should be thrilling.

You can always tell when a student has had one of those amazing science teachers who really relates it to the real world, because they’ll always say, “I love science!”

Kate: Yes!

Vicki: … when they had that kind of teacher. So be that kind of “I love science!” teacher.

Kate: I totally agree. Thank you so much for emphasizing science on this show. We need all the time we can get!

Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford [email protected]

Bio as submitted

Twitter: @aacps_k5science

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How Brands Use Pop-Up Experiences to Make a Lasting Impression

A couple of months ago, my daughter sent me a link to a place in San Francisco that I just didn’t have a name to describe. Some might call it a museum. Or maybe it was a pop-up experience? To me it looked like attending a toddler birthday party while on ’shrooms.

I’m talking about the Color Factory – an appointment-only museum. If you’re not familiar with it, spend a few minutes browsing #colorfactory on Instagram. (Or check out the Color Factory account @colorfactoryco.)

It’s essentially a space designed for the selfie generation. In one room you wander through millions of ribbons hanging from the ceiling. In another, rainbow confetti showers over you. And there’s no need to keep your smartphone at the ready for that perfect shot. In each room, cameras click away at just the right angle and with perfect lighting. It’s nearly impossible to take a bad picture … and that’s kind of the point. This place was designed for sharing. I’m betting not a single person visits the Color Factory without posting (stunning) images on social – most often Instagram.

The @colorfactoryco museum is designed for sharing on social, says @soloportfolio. Read more > Click To Tweet

After my daughter alerted me to it, I spotted fantastic pictures of @amywhiggins in a Day-Glo yellow ball pit. I didn’t need to see an ad or sponsored social content to know that on my next trip to San Francisco, I’m booking a ticket.

Plenty of brands have noted this concept even before the Color Factory opened its doors and tried to design what I’ll call “selfie moments.” I’ll venture to say most are weirdly gratuitous selfie moments … and that’s OK because it’s in keeping with the brand.

The Cheetos Museum wasn’t intended to be a transcendent experience. Cheetos invited people to submit pictures of their most interestingly shaped puffed cheese snacks. (Kind of like a modern version of finding the likeness of the Virgin Mary in an everyday object.) Winners were displayed in a museum-worthy temporary space in New York’s Times Square, but an online museum also memorialized the curled cheese crunchies.

Or consider the air-freshener brand Glade’s Museum of Feelings, a pop-up show that saturated all your senses with lights, textures, and smells. (I’d call it the precursor to the Color Factory.)

These are fleeting experiences for brands to create a short-lived memory or brand association. They are passing campaigns from brands thinking more about advertising and less about longer-term relationships.

What is it about pop-up experiences that deliver something a little more meaningful? Maybe an experience that transcends the selfie moment and has more staying power?

In recent months, I’ve spotted some amazing examples of brands that aim to capitalize on the selfie moment, but do so in a way that’s true to the brand and not quite as cheesy or fleeting as the Cheetos Museum.

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We all know about this example: The Fearless Girl statue. Images of the Fearless Girl were splashed across media sites and social media channels from its debut. State Street handled the launch particularly well – unveiling it on the International Day of the Woman and not wading into the inevitable controversy that followed. (Some people thought the global bank’s honoring women was disingenuous; plenty of people defended the statue as a creative and bold statement, meaning State Street didn’t have to argue much on its own behalf.)

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Maria’s Field of Hope

I found out about Maria’s Field of Hope on social media, where all my Cleveland-based friends were suddenly posting images of their families posing in endless fields of sunflowers. Like any mildly curious individual, I searched on Google for Maria’s Field of Hope and found out it was launched by the Prayers from Maria Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to funding global research into gliomas, a form of childhood brain tumors. The first field of sunflowers was planted in 2014 to draw attention to the lack of funding for childhood cancer, but the arresting images of sunflowers spread via social have pushed the foundation’s message much farther than typical social media messaging could have achieved.

GE won a lot of attention a few years ago for its pop-up garages, essentially maker spaces for those curious about new manufacturing technologies such as laser cutting, 3D printing, and CNC mills. But GE has a long history of bringing its ideas and passions to life in the real world. GE hosted a campus bus tour – part of its Balance the Equation movement, which aims to attract more women to work in the STEM fields. The bus tour stopped at a half-dozen campuses and helped students set up professional social media profiles on sites like LinkedIn. Chief Marketing Officer Linda Boff told CCO magazine, “You may expect LinkedIn to show up on campus and teach kids how to update their social profiles … but we work really hard to bring the brand to life in ways that people can feel and touch.” In other words, it’s less about creating a moment, and much more about creating a deeper relationship.

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Land O’ Lakes

One of my favorite examples is the Crop Adventure from Land O’ Lakes (the butter people). The museum experience is built into an existing destination: Fair Oaks Farm, the largest agri-tourism destination in the United States. Land O’ Lakes partnered with Fair Oaks Farms in Indiana to build a 12,000-square-foot Crop Adventure exhibit that highlights how high-tech tools like drones will play a part in modern farming. Land O’ Lakes CEO Chris Vilsack explained to local media, “I hope that when young people go through it the first reaction is, ‘I didn’t know that, I want to know more … I want to be the scientist, I want to be the farmer. I want to be in the new economy that is displayed here.’” The Crop Adventure destination is part of a bigger push by Land O’ Lakes to be a leader in the conversation about modern farming; its hallmark event, Fields of the Future, aims to raise awareness about the complex challenge of feeding 9 billion people by 2050.

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Adidas

High on my list of uplifting live experiences is adidas’ Brooklyn Farm Studio – one of three global creative spaces from the athletic brand. This example isn’t for a public audience but for creative talent inside adidas who are designing the next generation of footwear. It’s part maker lab and part gorgeous, industrial-styled meeting space. A blog post about the lab explains, “When two people connect in the MakerLab, collaborate, learn from each other and then pass their experience on to another person … That’s the magic spark. From there, it’s a ripple effect until a whole community of creators, artists, and thinkers are igniting new dialogues and perspectives. This is the key to innovation.”

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Why does the Creative Farm make my list? It’s not exactly a selfie-machine. I love this idea because it capitalizes on the network effect of the social graph, but it’s focused inward on a single brand’s culture and knowledge sharing. The Farm Studio (as well as adidas’ other hubs in Germany and Portland, Oregon) is intended to be a creative collaboration space, but even more, it’s designed to create a ripple effect of knowledge sharing and culture transfer across the organization … much like the Color Factory images spread virally across Instagram. In this case, however, the shareable experience is less about imagery (though there are some amazing images coming out of the Farm Studio) and more about ideas.

How will you create interactive, memorable, and shareable experiences beyond those you serve up on a screen? This is the question every brand – not just consumer-facing brands – should be grappling with.

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Want to experience a content marketing selfie opportunity? Attend an upcoming CMI Master Class this year. Check out the dates and cities for the rest of 2017.

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SC Johnson Spatial Repellent Innovation Provides New Potential Solution for Communities in Malaria-Endemic Areas

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently posted a report showing the effectiveness of spatial repellents in fighting malaria. The data outcomes came from the first study of a five-year program which is being conducted by the University of Notre Dame and The Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology in partnership with SC Johnson and with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The program is investigating the potential impact of spatial repellents in reducing mosquito-borne diseases like malaria, Zika and dengue fever.

“For years, we’ve been working to prevent malaria. It’s heartening that this week’s WHO report shows spatial repellents could be an effective tool against the disease,” said Fisk Johnson, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO of SC Johnson. “This successful outcome opens the door for additional study, which we hope will secure a WHO policy recommendation. Ultimately, we want this to get into the public health channels and save lives.”

Researchers tested the efficacy of an innovative spatial repellent product, developed exclusively by SC Johnson, to reduce the transmission of malaria. Analysis of data from the spatial repellent study, including some village clusters with zero baseline malaria transmissions, showed an approximate 28% reduction in first-time infection, while a subset of clusters with the highest number of mosquitoes saw an approximate 66% reduction in overall malaria infection.

“Spatial repellents may have a very important place in the mix of things we can do to help prevent malaria in these communities,” said Claus Bogh, Ph.D., Director of Health Programs, The Sumba Foundation. “This product category could really change things in malaria control internationally.”

The study results provide a path forward for this new tool in the global fight against mosquito-borne diseases, like malaria. The study was conducted in Sumba, Indonesia, where malaria is endemic in large parts of the country.

Malaria: A Global Public Health Issue

Malaria is a preventable, curable but potentially life-threatening disease caused by a one-celled parasite in the genus Plasmodium. Malaria is transferred when the female Anopheles mosquito feeds on a person who has malaria. The malaria parasite is then transmitted to the next person via mosquito bite. It is estimated that there are over 400 types of Anopheles mosquitoes, however, only about 30 to 40 of those species transmit, or are vectors, of malaria.

Though progress has been made in reducing mosquito-borne disease mortality rates, WHO has indicated that malaria cases have significantly risen in several countries, with many of the most vulnerable communities unable to access prevention methods regularly.[1]

According to WHO, nearly half of the world’s population, or 3.2 billion people, are at risk for malaria.1 In 2017, there were an estimated 219 million malaria cases globally – an increase of 3 million cases over 2016.1 Spatial repellents may offer a new opportunity for global public health channels to bridge gaps in existing mosquito prevention methods.

Spatial Repellents as a New Prevention Paradigm

The research-based spatial repellent product is designed to be easy to use and set up. It takes minimal handling, which may increase compliance, and can be hung in semi-enclosed and enclosed spaces to protect against mosquitoes for up to a month. The product passively emanates the active ingredient, transfluthrin, using natural airflow to protect people from mosquitoes in a specific area.

As an industry leader in consumer pest control products, SC Johnson provided integral industry and product expertise, manufacturing, and market access, particularly in the development and production of the spatial repellent product used in the University of Notre Dame study.

“Prevention is key for billions of people around the world who are at risk of malaria,” Johnson continued. “There is a great team at SC Johnson dedicated to developing real-world solutions for this serious public health issue.”

Sustained Commitment to Communities at the Base of the Pyramid

SC Johnson has provided sustainable business solutions to raise the standard of living for the estimated 4 billion of the world’s poor making less than a few dollars per day. With a focus on protecting families around the world from insect-borne diseases and improving lives in the communities in which it operates, the company’s Base of the Pyramid program has worked with communities to enact methods for reducing mosquito populations and educating residents about prevention strategies, including:

Launching an unprecedented multi-year partnership with the Rwanda Ministry of Health and the Society for Family Health Rwanda to help address public health issues like malaria and construct health posts across the country. The company announced the addition of 40 additional health posts in Rwanda in January 2019 and is also working with the Rwanda Ministry of Health to co-develop national standards for mosquito-borne disease preventative offerings.

Teaming up with Cornell University’s Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise in 2012 to launch the WOW™ club pilot in Ghana, which explores new ways to help families reduce malaria transmission through a business model that brings repellents and insecticides to rural families. The resulting efforts have helped low-income homemakers care for their families.

Sponsoring a three-year research program beginning in 2002 with Healthy Children, Healthy Homes™ in South Africa that reached more than 1 million people with malaria prevention information.

For more information about SC Johnson and its social corporate responsibility efforts, visit the company on Facebook, Twitter or at www.scjohnson.com. The full WHO report can be found here and the full results of the study are available here.

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Chrysalis Spa Review | Sponsored

Spa day, a day which everyone look forward to. Especially in a resort like this. But here’s the problem. This is not a resort. In fact, it’s located closer to your home than you know!

Located at AMK Hub, this hidden resort-liked spa sits at a cosy corner near the ATMs and toilet, easily accessible to shoppers.

Chrysalis Spa

Ang Mo Kio Hub

#03-26, AMK Ave 3

Tel: 6481 9270

Business Hours: 11am - 9pm (Mon – Fri)

10am – 7pm (Sat, Sun & PH)

Upon arrival in their spa, I was immediately greeted with a leafy paradise. At that instance, I realised I’m going to experience my journey in a green fortress.

Since it was a weekday, there were not much customers and I was attended by their staff very quickly. Here, you can see one of the consultation rooms which they have for their customers.

While filling up the form to determine my physical well-being at that time, I was served a warm red dates tea. If you do not know, red dates tea is known to help with the strengthening of one’s immune system and rebalance your body’s energy 气. Plus, it’s sweet thus, one of my favourite teas to drink.

Thereafter, I was brought to the back where the castles of a leafy canopy were unveiled to me.

Lockers were available for customers to safekeep their stuff during their spa session. If you look closely at the top, you’ll see some leaves and vines peeking out from the tip of my picture. This leafy canopy stretches out throughout most of the spa.

This leafy dome even stretches out to the dressing room where one can freshen up after their spa treatment. Enough of me beating around the bush, trying to stall you to the best part of the spa – the resort spa room.

Ah yes, the couple suite. Easily one of the best-looking spa room I’ve ever visited. It’s spacious and very romantic. I’m surprised by how everything look so effortlessly placed, especially the decorations.

Yes, the vines. All around the amazing Jacuzzi and around the room. I felt like I was in a fortress of trailing plants where I was too stumped for words by it’s magnificent. Who would have known such hidden beauty could be found at a humble corner of a neighborhood shopping centre?

Now before I move on, I want you to keep this image in your head because it is the last image I have before I indulge in my facial under the leafy dome of the forest.

Nano Stem Cells Treatment Facial

The facial which I did is a nano stem cell treatment which aims to:

Replenish any type of damaged cells

Reduce wrinkle lines

Allow us to look more youthful and energetic

What is unique about the nano stem cell treatment is how these nano stem cells can turn into several kinds of cells, depending on the user’s skin issue. Sounds a lot like a customised facial, right? Plus, it targets cellular proteins such as collagen and elastin which allow us to maintain the flexibility and structure of our skin – the key to looking young forever.

With that aside, time for me to enjoy my pampering session in an indoor forest – a space which I’ve always dreamt of.

Step 1: Cleansing

Like every facial session, one must start with the cleansing of the face. To remove all the dirt, the makeup and the troubles which you’ve brought in from the polluted world outside. A milk cleanser and a facial scrub were used to clean my pores.

Thereafter, a miracle solution was use to soften the pores. I call this gel a miracle solution for it works miraculously. You know how every time you go to a facial and they will use the steaming machine to open your pores? With this miracle solution, that machine is not needed. Honestly, I was so relieved. Personally, I’m not very fond the steaming machine because it seemed that every time a steaming machine was used on my face, I felt that too much oxygen was being shoved into my nostrils and I had to try not to panic – deep inside I’m pulling my hair out. I don’t know, it’s a weird thing that I have.

Anyhow, the miracle solution has other uses as well, such as ensuring that the pores do not get too big during the ‘’squeezing session” and reduce the painfulness of the extraction. Personally, I like to believe that I have a high pain tolerance but blackhead extractions often prove me wrong. Thus, after hearing that there will be less pain, I was over the moon. However, before magic can happen, patience is virtue.

Step 2: Eyebrow Trimming

While waiting for the miracle solution to do its work, my esthetician did a quick eyebrow grooming session on my furries. The one thing I love about this esthetician which I was assigned to was how she patiently answered all the questions I’ve have at the top of my mind in full detail. Plus, right before every single step or sub step, she’ll ensure that I am aware and comfortable of what is going to happen and what I will feel during the process. In addition to that, she asked for my approval for the small things such as “It’s going to be dark for the mask will cover your eyes, is it ok?” As a slight control freak, I find this to be very reassuring for me. In fact, it calms me down so much just knowing that small little piece of knowledge.

Getting back to point, the eyebrow trimming session went wonderfully. I was even taught some tips and tricks when it comes to plucking my own eyebrows – never pluck from the brow bone (middle portion of the eyebrows) for they will not grow back after frequent plucking and you’ll just look bad.

Step 3: Black and White Head Extraction

This is one of the most dreaded part of the process. The ‘Squeeze me, Ouch!’ As I felt the warmth of my estheician’s hand on my face, I started to flinch, awaiting for what’s ahead. She examined my skin and go “You don’t have much black or white heads. However, you did have some infected pus.” Oddly, enough I didn’t panic about the word ‘infected pus’ because I knew it was there. I just can’t seem to get it out. That’s where she come in.

As she gently placed her tool on my skin, I imagined her finding those pesky little enemies in the pores and digging them out from their hiding place. My mind eventually drifted off to the calming piano music played in the background. Before I knew it, it was over. I was shocked. I’m not going to say that it is painless because that would be a lie. Yet, as compared to the normal extraction procedures which I’ve received, this procedure is so much better. If those had a pain level of a 10 this is a pain level of a 3.

Since, I did have some ‘fermented dirt’ under my skin, my esthetician told me to continue my aftercare with either tea tree oil, green tea, aloe vera or chrysanthemum.

Step 4: Nano Stem Cells Serum Application

By this step, the battle was over and my pores were cleaned. It’s time for the cells to do their job. A cooling layer of nano stem cells serum was applied. At that point of time, I was too ‘drunk’ from enjoying the facial and the apple scent from the nano stem cell serum that I did not ask about the other products which was massaged into my skin – because facial.

Step 5: The Heavenly Massage

Just when I thought this treatment could not get any better, my estheician whipped out a bottle of lavender massage/body oil – oh, how she know it’s my favourite scent! – and became a masseur. My partially bony shoulders which have been locked in their position for the longest period was instantly released upon her touch. So, amazing.

After the warm massage was done, a cooling body lotion was spread all over my shoulders and upper back to indicate the closing of a massage.

Step 6: Nano Stem Cell Mask Application

Finally, we are heading towards the last steps of the facial. A nano stem cell mask was applied. What I find interesting about the mask is the fact that it smells like apple. Plus it felt so cooling as well!

As I rest there for 20 minutes - with my permission once again I sound so controlling OMG- the lights were dimmed and the main lights was offed.

This was what the room look like with the lights dimmed. So romantic! While I lay under the skyscrapers of the glades and listen to relaxing piano music, I dreamt of unicorns crossing and rainbows jelly beans popping out from the ground – I’m not high. Before I knew it, the 20 minutes was over and it’s time for my mask to be removed. By this time, my mask became a silicon state where it could be removed all in one piece.

Step 7: Wash off

This is more like a brush off. Where my esthetician brush and pick off those remaining small pieces of dried masks off my face. My eyes were still close at this stage for I don’t any debris to get in my eyes, do I? After the brush off, I was asked to slowly open my eyes. Like how a new born would.

And this is the first thing which I saw once my eyes adapted to the dark. It looks truly amazing.

Step 8: Serum & Moisturiser

Finally, more serum and a moisturiser was spread on my face, ensuring the goodness of the mask stays in my skin. When it’s time for me to sit up, my esthetician became my masseur once again and did a quick massage on my back. I never want this to end but as Nelly Furtado say, all good thing comes to an end.

The Aftermath:

I looked so much more relaxed and younger. Don’t you think? Plus my pores were squeaky clean!

As you can see, my face looked like it’s practically glowing the day after. That’s the thing about a good facial. The effects last so much longer and you can see the effects days after. Of course, you must do good aftercare after the facial for the effects to be lengthen. For me my aftercare involved using he most natural of products eg. Green tea, aloe vera and tea tree oil to prevent your skin from getting confused. Oh, and about that dot in the middle of my forehead, it was a pimple but it was de-pimplised and as I typed this post, that dot was history.

Overall, I feel that Chrysalis Spa is a great place to rest and relax in an indoor forest. I love the ambience of the place where there’s no chattering heard and the piano songs were perfect to loosen up to. Plus, the esthetician which I was assigned to was amazing. I would tell you her name but I’m just horrible with names AKA I’ve forgotten her name but she’s amazing at her job and so patient.

Besides facials, Chrysalis Spa also provide cupping treatment, gua sha, body massage and more. You can see the full list on their website. Before you go, here’s a little treat for all you people!

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Follow Chrysalis on their following social media channels to find out more about their other treatments and services.

Website: www.chrysalis.com.sg

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Chrysalisspasg

Instagram: www.instagram.com/chrysalis_spa_singapore

Visit Chrysalis outlets:

Ang Mo Kio Hub (AMK MRT)

AMK Hub #03-26, 53 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 Singapore 569933

Tel: 6481 9270

Operating hours: 11am - 9pm (mon-Fri), 10am - 7pm (Sat, Sun and PH)

Pacific Plaza (Orchard MRT)

9 Scotts Road, #03-13 Singapore 228210

Tel: 6884 9636

Operating hours: 11am - 9pm (Mon-Fri), 10am - 7pm (Sat, Sun and PH)

Westgate (Jurong East MRT)

#B1-43 Westgate, 3 Gateway Drive Singapore 608532

Tel: 65675393

Operating hours: 11am - 9pm (Mon-Fri)m 10am - 7pm (Sat, Sun and PH)

Bedok Mall (Bedok MRT)

Bedok Mall #01-25, 311 New Upper Changi Road Singapore 467360

Tel: 65873310

Operating hours: 11am - 9pm (Mon-Fri), 10am - 7pm (Sat, Sun and PH)

Jurong Point (Boon Lay MRT)

Jurong Point, #03-04JP1, 63 Jurong West Central 3 Singapore 648331

(Opening on Early June 2017)

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Current Empties | May 2017 I’m not doing these posts monthly because.. well I don’t use up products that often. Especially when it comes to beauty related items. But here is what I’ve used up in the past few months.

1.) Body Armor Super Drink: I’ve had quite a few of these and tossed the other bottles, but wanted to share it for an empties post. I originally got this drink because my boyfriend and his paintball buddies post pictures with these I assume trying to get sponsored by them? Not sure. So I got it to take a picture holding it like the asshole I am. Surprisingly, I enjoy it! It’s like a better tasting/more flavorful Gatorade. Strawberry Banana is my faveeee.

2.) Secret Oo LaLa Lavender Deodorant: Hands down my favorite. This is like my 73749393th tube. However, when I went to purchase it again- they don’t have them anymore 😭😭😭 I guess they are changing the name and look, because I got one called Luxe Lavender and it smells & works the same sooo, yeah. 😋

3.) Blue Bleach Tabs from Dollar Tree: Shit shit shit. These literally lasted two flushes. TERRIBLE. I’m not sure what I expected from the Dollar Tree anyway.. but still.. two flushes?!? Cmon now.

4.) L'Oréal Miss Manga Mascara: Favorite drugstore mascara EVER. I use this in blackest black. I love it - it separates your lashes & lengthens them as well. Doesn’t make them look all spidery - so if you’re into that kinda look - this mascara isn’t for you.

5.) Not Your Mothers Clean Freak Dry Shampoo: Love it. Best drugstore dry shampoo I’ve used. Doesn’t leave annoying white residue & actually soaks up the oil well. I’ve read people don’t like the scent, but it just smells like dry shampoo to me? Haha doesn’t bother me. This product did go up in price since I purchased this - so I got something else to try this time around for that reason. But other than that, yaaaas. Do it.

6.) Gain Dishwashing Liquid: It’s dishwashing liquid. 😑 haha works, smells nice and cleans well. I have Gain scented everything. Why would you not? This is the kind I always get.

7.) Great Value Energy Drink Mixes: This blueberry flavor is my least favorite - but I absolutely love these! Pomegranate Lemonade is the BEST. These are the Walmart brand & they are only $1.98 I believe for 10 individual uses. Not too shabby. They also have caffeine which is why I personally get them. I’m trying to stop drinking soda & these are helping. However, if you don’t want the caffeine, they have ones that are caffeine free.

8.) Restorz Multivitamin Gummies: This was just a 7 day pack. Comes with 14 gummies. Dollar Tree purchase for only $1 of course. These were actually pretty yummy - they are just hard to find because they sell out of these quick. So if you happen to be in your local Dollar Tree, grab ‘em!

9.) Glade Carpet Powder in Clean Linen: BEST. INVENTION. EVER. I live in an apartment which is basically all carpet & this stuff leaves my place smelling AMAZING! People who visit even mention the smell. I mean, I do a lot of candles and wax tarts too.. but they ain’t got shit on dis 😎 Only $1.98-$2 depending on where you purchase it. Just sprinkle it all over your carpet before vacuuming & let it set a few minutes then vacuum it up. Not really sure why I’m explaining how to use it, I’m sure I’m the only person who didn’t know this existed lol

10.) Bath & Body Works Mahogany Teakwood Candle: My second favorite B&BW scent. Love these candles. This one actually lasted quite a long time for how small it is. My sister got this for me for Christmas. This size is $12.50 regularly 😅 So no, no repurchase for me yet. I rarely purchase their candles because of the price unless they have a sale. I’m a cheap ass, ok?

11.) 719 Walnut Avenue Mahogany Driftwood Candle: Walmart dupe! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 As far as I know.. these are only sold at Walmart. These huge candles are only $4.93. They are the exact same size as the regular B&BW candles that are $22.50. This one does smell very similar to Mahogany Teakwood, but not the exact same. But these candles do have a very strong scent and they last forever. I’ve purchased 4-5 of these already and just found out about them last summer. Also, if you go to Walmart looking for them - they are NOT where all the other candles and wax tarts are - they are on the aisle where febreeze & all that stuff is. Just FYI. You’re welcome.

12.) Febreeze spray in the Gain scent: Smells clean. Not exactly like the Gain I know and love, but whatever. Smells fresh lol I got a different kind to try this time.

THAT’S ALL, FOLKS! Exciting household & food items, am I right?! 😂 My posts will be more interesting in the future. Promise. Let me know what you guys love! Be sure to follow my Instagram for this blog: @lpdoesstuff

#beauty blogger #product empties #empties #may 2017 #candles #loreal #febreeze #bathandbodyworks

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