Sunday, July 5, 2009

House Bunny for Science?

I do not own this movie, but towards the end there is a scene that could be used to introduce subatomic particles and it contains a line that is somewhat like "I want to be your girlfriend more than an electron wants to be with a proton."

Senseless

There are many parts of this movie that are not appropriate for class, but some could be used.

The Senses - Ch 3 @ 15m

Site with clips

I found a good site, http://www.flickclip.com/index.htm. It has clips categoried with information it correlates to, as well as, questions to use in class. So now I am focusing on movies not included on the list.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Jurassic Park

Again I love Jurassic Park. I cannot even imagine how many times I have seen it. I have shown it in class a time or two after students told me they had never seen it, but there are many pieces that are capable of being tied into a lesson, or as a hook to pull kids in.

Reptiles/Birds dinosaurs related to birds/ raptor=bird of prey @ 6m30s in.
Cloning, DNA from fossils, Mr. DNA @ 24m
Imprinting @28m
homeothermic & hormones controlling sex - deny them that - @30m
observation: animal behvior & problem solving abilities - @3m
possible ramifications of cloning extinct org- plants @ 37m
Conservation: tour of "park" @42
sick triceratops @51m (watch for language "one big pile of S**t")
change of sex in single sex environment - amphibian DNA - @1h30m
Amino Acids - lysine contengency @ 1h32m scene 13