The classroom writing implement has roots in exploding stars, the French Revolution, the British crown jewels and Walden Pond. Trace The Remarkable History Of The Humble Pencil A class of ...
The Pencil Museum by Jackie Mock, installed in Faber Park on Staten Island (photo by Rob Ventura, courtesy Jackie Mock and the New York City Parks Department) Suspended in a vitrine in Staten Island’s ...
A class of fifth-graders from Green Acres Elementary in Lebanon, Ore., asked us to find out how pencil lead is made. That quest took us all the way back to the dawn of the universe and then all the ...