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Science works whether you believe in it or not.
Source: justjasper
Every once and a while (and by “once and a while” I mean “at least twice a week”), I have this overwhelming SCIENCE IS SO AMAZING feeling. These feelings usually happen when I start really thinking about the brain, or how skin works, or when I’m performing a PCR in the lab.
This week, the feeling came from watching THIS VIDEO. DNA just REPLICATES. It just DOES. (Well, I guess helicase is technically the thing that makes it work, but still.) If you didn’t understand how DNA works before, you’ll definitely understand now. I think that if this sort of thing were more widely distributed throughout schools, science would be much easier for young people to understand. Part of my trouble with chemistry at first was the fact that I could not SEE what I was supposed to be learning. There just wasn’t a good way of showing how things work on a molecular level.
My favorite part, personally, is the bit on transcription.
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Cell Size and Scale →
(via elmshomeschool)
I 100% guarantee you this link is worth clicking on. Very easy to understand, will take very little time, and you can get your daily dose of perspective.
This is so, so excellent. What a great teaching tool!!
Source: elmshomeschool
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]I am a big fan of those people who make science easy for children to understand without compromising the facts. They Might Be Giants are especially great at this, as demonstrated in the song “Cells”. I can’t wait ‘til I have kids. If they are any kids of mine, then they will love TMBG just as much as I do.
Lyrical excerpt:
Different cells have different jobs
But they all have one thing in common
Inside of every cell is a twisted ladder
A recipe for life called DNA
The directions are written out in the ladder's rungs
Where they can be found
In every cell of everything that lives
Sun Bears do not hibernate, can reproduce all year, and are the smallest members of the Ursidae family.
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.
