What Does a Jellyfish Think About: Dr. Albert is a behavioral neuroscientist, so his interest in moon jellies isn’t really in how they end up on beaches. He is fascinated by the fact that a moon jelly can exhibit true behaviors, even though it has a nervous system that doesn’t look anything like what we think of as a brain. There is no central mass of nervous tissue in the head of a moon jelly. A moon jelly doesn’t even have a head. It’s “brain” is spread throughout the organism. Yet it changes its swimming behavior and direction in response to complex sensory information that includes temperature, salinity, touch, and light levels. Somehow, without having what we think of as a brain, it coordinates this information from the various parts of its body and “decides” on a response.

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Test to see if it’s setting, if not continue to boil for 1 more minute if it is then remove it from the heat and skim off the foam.

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I am used to creating big batches of these activities for large classes and parties, but here are some edible sensory play tips if you would like to try any of these activities with your little ones in your nursery, childcare setting or home. Edible Sensory Play Activities Pectin comes in 2 forms, powdered and liquid. So you will find many recipes made for both types of pectin. But you can’t simply use powdered pectin in a recipe that is made for liquid pectin. Boil hard for 1 minute then test a little on an ice-cold spoon to see if it sets up. If it doesn’t boil for another minute, if it does remove it from the heat, skim the foam and fill your mason jars leaving 1/4 inch headspace.

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You could also simply store the jars in your pantry and refrigerate 1 jar at a time before use. 2. Recooking You can set the jelly with small toys inside for your children to get out or dip their toes in! Once played with, the leftover jelly will need to be thrown away. Chocolate CakeYou should always store pectin in an airtight container to keep the moisture out. Also storing in a cool, dry place is best. Silty areas can more easily liquify than sand. Clay deposits can exhibit thixotropic behavior and lose their shear strength suddenly due to vibration. (Add water to corn starch while slowly stirring to make it just liquid. Then let it rest. Is this a liquid or a solid? It’s a thixotropic solution.) If it’s been over 24 hours and your jam or jelly hasn’t set take one of the jars and place it into the fridge. This is a lovely way to explore all of the different senses! For an ‘Edible Experience’ party, I provide a handful of each fruit, some ‘juicers’, spoons, bowls etc. and let the children create their own juices. Babies and toddlers enjoy this at different levels, which is perfect if you have mixed ages at a party. Remember that a hard boil can’t be stirred down and often makes the jam foam and swell upward in the pot.

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Is this just part of their life and death cycle? I’m less alarmed than some because they’ve been a fact of life at local beaches and when I worked for a coastal non-profit I was used to them after a lifetime of trips to the northern “rugged” Assateague beaches. Or is the fact they arrive en masse and, well, dead seasonally a harbinger of issues and we’ve just seen it for longer in the mid-Atlantic. I should note they aren’t there for long. Maybe a week at most? Then by late August they’re generally gone. The warmest waters of September, I’ve yet to see them. Both types require a different way of cooking. So yes you can switch out the type of pectin you use but you need to adjust the recipe. Did You Measure The Fruit Differently? What ends up happening is that some of the pectin gets overcooked and some is undercooked. Did You Over Measure The Fruit? I know it’s tempting to try and save time in the kitchen by cooking twice as much but it just doesn’t work when you are making jams or jellies. Still, despite these occasions when the normal behavior doesn’t work, Dr. Albert asserts that the vast majority of moon jellies don’t become stranded. He says the ones that end up as mesoglea disks on the sand were probably dead before they washed ashore.Saltleaf • Sea Beans • Stringwood Nut • Feathergrass • Feathergrass Seeds • Gull Feather • Earth Essence • Life Essence • Air Essence • Jellygrass • Jellybean • File:JellygrassSeeds.png Jellygrass Seeds • File:JellygrassBirdNest.png Jellygrass Bird Nest • File:JumboJellybean.png Jumbo Jellybean • File:ChaosMushroom.png Chaos Mushroom • Fire Mushroom • Life Mushroom • Water Mushroom • Air Mushroom • Earth Mushroom • Crystal Thorns Remove air bubbles, wipe the rims clean and add the lids finger tight and process in a water bath canner for 10 minutes or according to your altitude. Don’t use more than 6 cups of crushed fruit in your recipe. Amounts larger than this just can’t reach the right temperature that is needed for the recipe to set properly.

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If you used more fruit or juice then your recipe called for it changes the amount of pectin you need. Even if you only slightly increased the amount you will need to add more pectin. Was The Pectin Measured Properly? If you often have problems with your canned jellies and jams not setting but they do set for you before you’ve water bath canned them you could be over-processing. For best results always start with unsweetened fruit juice. How To Fix Jam And Jelly That Didn’t Set 1. Refrigeration Likewise, if you purée the fruit instead of mashing it you will have more fruit then the recipe intended on. This can also happen if you remove the seeds from the pulp before making jelly. The Pectin Is Bad If you bought presweetened juice to make jelly with this also throw off the balance of sugar and pectin in the recipe and can cause it not to set.Stringwood Branch • Stringwood Fibers • Stringwood Log • Stringwood Nut • Life Essence • Jellywood Log • File:JellywoodBurl.png Jellywood Burl • File:JellygrassBirdNest.png Jellygrass Bird Nest • Crystal Vines • Crystal Thorns To make it yourself, use 2 cups of flour to 1 cup of water and whisk. It is important to whisk it, as it gives it a much smoother consistency which works better for painting. If you find it’s too dry, slowly add more water. If it’s too gooey, add more flour and keep experimenting until you’re happy with the texture. This recipe will make one batch of paint so create more batches for different colours. Add 1/2 tsp of food colouring to each batch and stir well until all the colour is mixed in.