#sciteach

As many of you know, I run a program called Skype a Scientist! We match scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, and more for Q&A sessions about science. We ALSO run monthly livestreams with hand-picked scientists on zoom webinar.

Here are the upcoming sessions. All are welcome to attend, and all sessions are free.

RSVP for Shark Scales and Tails here

RSVP for Sea Star Feet here

RSVP for Finding Medicine in Plants here

RSVP for Pokemon here

Dr Warhol’s Periodic Table of Microbes, The Small Guide to Small Things

98.  Cf. Chloroflexus

Not the Latin name for The Incredible Hulk, Chloroflexus is an extremophile that lives in hot springs at around 140 Fahrenheit.

Only 2 species in the genus, so it’s a rare little beastie.

It is motile via gliding, at 0.04 microns per second, gee that’s slow. Photosynthetic, but in a unique way that is not like plants or green- or purple-sulfur bacteria. Hates oxygen. Actually a photoheterotroph, so it can snack on organic molecules. It changes color if grown in light vs dark environments.

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Many teachers have been working in overdrive for months (or years), so I can understand they might not have the energy to proverbially text back, but I still gotta tell 'em about Skype a Scientist. We're a nonprofit science education org that matches teachers and librarians with scientists for free Q&As about science.

In these sessions, you can:

Learn about the scientists' areas of expertise

Show your class what a real lab looks like

Talk about the many ways a career in science can take shape.

A 4th thing I haven't thought of yet

Here's how it works:

Step 1: Pick a category of science that your class would like to talk about

Step 2: Sign up on SkypeAScientist.com

Step 3: Get a match via email

Step 4: Connect with your scientist to discuss your classroom's interests and needs

Women with Microscopes

Stuff in My Office, Dr Warhol’s Periodic Table of Microbes

Rosalind Franklin

sci teach: looks over at him suspiciously

kid: doesn’t pick up on it

kid, 30sec later: falls on the ground with the metal chair making a remarkably loud noise