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profile.gif David Ng is Director of the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory at the University of British Columbia - this is a just a fancier way of calling himself a science teacher.

profile.gifBenjamin Cohen is an Asst. Professor of Science, Tech., and Society at the University of Virginia. He studies the place of S & T in environmental history, policy, and ethics. He also writes other stuff.

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A big hurrah to all those who participated in THE INAUGURAL FIRST ANNUAL "MOST EXCEPTIONAL ESCAPADES IN SCIENCE" HIGH SCHOOL CONFERENCE!

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Posted on: March 14, 2008 3:51 PM, by David Ng

Not just exceptional, but awesome...

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Thanks go to Phil Hieter, Jane Roskams, Brett Finlay, Jaymie Matthews, Daniel Pauly, Joanne Fox, UBC Let's Talk Science, the many volunteers within the Michael Smith Laboratories, and the 100 or so high school folks who came out for the day.

So doing this again...

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I remember this: we filled the sink with soapy water, and detatched the rubber tube from the bunsen burner and ran it into the sink and turned it on. It created big suds, which we lit, and it rose into the air in a flaming glob. there was a substitute teacher. I guess she was afraid to tell, because there was never any consequence or feedback. We weren't even that bad.

Posted by: mdreyer | March 15, 2008 4:02 PM

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