Category Archives: Fun, Silly and Funny

Hip-Hip-Hooray for DNA

I don’t know how sincere this is – it sounds like it might’ve been heavily influenced by Monty Python – but it’s catchy and I like it. Peter Weatherall has a few if these on YouTube, so go and have a look.

Another catchy one (this time about photosynthesis) after the jump.

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eChalk.com – got any spare e-learning credits?

There are a few good resources here – you can get a 3-day trial for nowt, though resources can’t be saved. There’s a fun Periodic Table Tetris on the site, which can be played without a membership.

If it’s in the budget, might be worth a spend – especially if you have some spare e-learning credits weighing down your e-wallet.

Some Cell Cycle Silliness

Very silly – but could be used to lighten a dull lesson or start a discussion on what’s missing. Thanks to greathat from the TES Boards for posting the links.

1. Mitosis Song with hi-tech video:

“Please baby, no television – I just wanna talk about cell division…”

Two meiosis videos after the jump.

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2000 Views and a Brainiac post

Thanks for the support so far – this blog’s only been going six weeks and it feels like it’s coming along nicely.

Love ’em or loathe ’em, Brainiac is a decent way to engage the telly-addicted, so I thought I’d put up one of their clips. Here is the Brainiac way of doing the thermite reaction:

Ali G takes on Kent Hovind

A bit silly, but vintage Ali G baits creationist ‘Dr’ Kent Hovind.

“So, has you ever eaten a banana? Ya? That’s proof!”

(EDIT – changed spelling of Hovind’s name)

First Post: The Elements Song

First post, had to be a classic: