Category Archives: Fun, Silly and Funny
10,000 views, new updates and some Brainiac stupidity
No more landmark posts after this – I’ll stick to the Science!
A big thanks to Ben Goldacre from badscience.net for the miniblog link – it gave us a boost this week. Thanks also to all who have been emailing with video ideas and links and those who’ve posted on the TES Boards.
Update #1: Change of name
It’s now ‘Science Video Resources’, to reflect the diversity of people who drop in for a look. The web address is still the same and the content will still be aimed mainly at teachers and students.
Update #2: RSS feed available
An RSS/Atom feed is available (thanks to Feedburner), as is an email update notification. Just go clicky-clicky on the flaming icon in the sidebar – or select the email subscription.
OK, here’s some Brainiac thermite recklessness.
It’s the Holidays
No posts for a while – taking the family back to the UK for baby’s first Christmas.
Here are the Eepybirders celebrating Christmas – Diet Coke and Mentos style.
Enjoy, have a good holiday and see you in the New Year.
Steve.
Pavlov’s Dog – The Office style
One of Jim’s pranks on Dwight:
After the jump there’s a clip from an Eddie Izzard about Pavlov’s cats:
“You might as well face it – it’s resistant to base”
Very funny parody of Addicted to Love. Thanks to madcat for posting it to the TES Boards. It’s produced by scottkj on YouTube.
Full lyrics after the jump:
The New Scientists playing with food
Two experiments from the New Scientist book ‘How to Fossilise Your Hamster‘.
In the first, we find out how to extract iron from breakfast cereal (perhaps we could use it to make a hammer to deal with the presenter):
In the second, we see how to extract casein (as an example of a polymer) from milk, using just vinegar and a stove. They keep saying ‘plastic’ here, but I’m pretty sure it’s not a plastic. Plastics are polymers, but casein is a protein (though still a polymer). Correct me if I’m wrong. Either way, it might be a good trick to introduce the proteins topics in DP Bio.
DNA Extraction: a simple method and a music video
A simple DNA extraction worksheet is posted in the BOX on the right.
Alternatively, go here.
This video shows a guy extracting pea DNA and using it to draw a portrait of Darwin.
(Music Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Tick)
5,000 views and another Brainiac post
Thanks for the support.
Here are the Brainiacs looking at the differences between fat and thin people.
In these two clips, we can see the buoyant and thermal properties of lipids – ideal for the IBDP Bio statement on the properties of lipids.
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