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Sandra Porter I am a digital biologist, teacher, and entrepreneur. My passion is developing instructional materials for 21st century biology (Digital World Biology).

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November 30, 2008

Community-based science, an introduction to finding opportunity

Category: Science education

Getting kids involved in science, outside of the classroom. A conversation with a friend last night reminded me of some posts I wrote earlier about helping scientists connect to programs...

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Make a merry molecule mug!

Category: Arts & Crafts

The grocery store magazine covers all say that home made gifts are big this year. So I thought, some of you might like to channel your inner Martha Stewart and...

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November 29, 2008

Dangerous chemistry: explosive experiments with junk food

Category: Chemistry & Biochemistry

Chemistry experiments you can do at home.

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November 28, 2008

Plants that make crystals that look like plants

Category: Plant biology

A crystalline botanical fashion show. Awhile back Chemical & Engineering News published a fascinating article called "The Secret Life of Plant Crystals" with some wonderful photos of calcium oxalate crystals....

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Thanksgiving Leftovers: Under the Microscope

Category: Holidays

Would you recognize your leftovers when they're magnified? Would you know turkey if you saw it at 40X? Make a guess and click an image to see the answer. Reposted...

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November 27, 2008

Cooking a turkey in an egg

Category: Holidays

Thanksgiving is a holiday (in the U.S. at least) when we're all reminded about the things we're thankful for. At our house, we're thankful for the opportunity to cook all...

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Fun experiments for Thanksgiving

Category: Chemistry & Biochemistry

If you're not cooking today, why not experiment? Here's something fun you can do with Mentos and Diet Coke - and for those of you who think these experiments are...

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Cooking on Thanksgiving?

Category: Chemistry & Biochemistry

Our household is very excited about Thanksgiving. That's because this Thanksgiving, my husband is cooking a turkey in an egg. A big green egg. Check back later today, about 5:30...

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November 26, 2008

A Thanksgiving mash-up

Category: Bioinformatics

I suppose I should have expected this. I thought it might be fun to see what the databases had to say about turkeys. Technorati Tags: Thanksgiving,, turkey,, mash-up...

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November 25, 2008

Using a "distributed grid of undergraduate students" to annotate genomes

Category: Bioinformatics

I just love this title! It's nerdy and cute, all at the same time. I read about this in www.researchblogging.org and had to check out the paper and blog write...

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