Barney the Dinosaur meets Jöns Jakob Berzelius

A few years ago while teaching about element symbols in Chemistry, this song just popped into my head: Jöns Jakob Berzelius Words by Kevin Nelstead, Bucharest Christian Academy Sung to the tune of "John Jacob Jingelheimer Schmidt" John Jakob Berzelius His symbols are our symbols too When sodium we talk about “N-A” we will shout …

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Simple Cells?

Prominently displayed in the back of my science classroom at Bucharest Christian Academy is an oversized poster showing biochemical pathways—the enzyme-mediated processes that occur in all cells, in organisms ranging from bacteria to humans. The poster presents an incredible amount of information, outlining processes such as electron transport in the mitochondria (in eukaryotes), and the …

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