Biology, 9/19, Period 2

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Elliot sipped from a very, very large cup of coffee as she waited for her students. A TV and DVD player had been wheeled into the classroom, and a mound of socks was on each lab table.

"Hi, people. Today you're going to learn about cell reproduction through mitosis and meiosis. They're both processes that cells use to make more cells. The deal is, every living thing begins as one cell. To get the number of cells that are needed to make up, say, Ronnie the rat or you or me, cells need to go through a cycle of division many, many times. And they never stop -- as long as you're alive, cells will keep dividing and growing. Think about skin cells, for example.

The two cells that come from the division of one cell are called daughter cells -- even in boys and men. Each of the daughter cells needs to have a complete set of chromosomes, or genes. The two distinct ways they make those copies are mitosis and meiosis. I have short little movies showing both of them,, because they're kind of complicated to explain, but it's really pretty when you see it."

She cues up the movies, one on mitosis and one on meiosis.

When they're done, she hands out an explanation of the lab. "Go forth and experiment, and try not to throw too many sockosomes at each other."

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Sign In, Biology, 9/19

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General Class Stuff, Biology, 9/19

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It's fine to fall asleep during the films, but drooling's just rude. Passing notes or talking to Elliot also go here.

Re: General Class Stuff, Biology, 9/19

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Willow checked on the rats before sitting down. She had little ratty treats for them.

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Elliot grinned when she saw what Willow was doing. "They're going to be the fattest rats on the planet, but they seem so happy."

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"I like spoiling them," Willow said. "I was thinking about adding on to their cage, if that's okay?"

Re: General Class Stuff, Biology, 9/19

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"No problem off the top of my head," Elliot said, walking over to scratch Ronnie's twitchy nose throught he cage. "What did you have in mind?"

Re: General Class Stuff, Biology, 9/19

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"Some tunnels up to an exercise wheel?" Willow said, pointing to where she was picturing putting them. "It'll give them new things to do. Plus? They can work off the treats."

Lab, Biology, 9/19

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The handout is here. (http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/waldron/mitosis.html) Pair up or work alone.

[OOC: I'll warn you in advance that the lab's a little on the long and confusing side, so you may need to handwave more than usual. I just couldn't resist the one that used socks as a prop.]

Re: Lab, Biology, 9/19

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Willow thought that sockosomes was possibly the best word ever.

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Meanwhile Aeryn is thinking the whole class is designed to mess with her. "Do you know what you're doing?" Aeryn asks.

Re: Lab, Biology, 9/19

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"We're recreating the wonders of cell reproduction!" Willow said, with a far too cheerful smile about this.

Re: Lab, Biology, 9/19

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Aeryn looks wary. "Is that a yes?"

Re: Lab, Biology, 9/19

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Teddy's hand twitched as he resisted the urge to use the socks for sock-puppets.

He would name them Cytosine and Thymine, and they would be awesome.

Re: Lab, Biology, 9/19

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Zack played with the sockosomes as he tried to work out all the possible sockosome combinations in his head.

Re: Lab, Biology, 9/19

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Isabel couldn't help but think that Liz would really appreciate this lab. In fact she made a note in her planner to make a set of sockosomes as a Christmas present for her.

Re: Lab, Biology, 9/19

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Parker was matching up socks to socks to socks, in kind of long domino effect. She'd definitely getting a mutant elephant out of these sockosomes.

Re: Lab, Biology, 9/19

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SOCKS! YEAH BABY!

Jamie pretty much ignores the lab and begins to mass produce sock puppets.

Re: Lab, Biology, 9/19

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Greg glanced at the handout, and gleefully set to work. Because what could go wrong with a lab involving socks?

Re: Lab, Biology, 9/19

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Sockosomes. Peter would have to remember that if he ever needed a fake name. "Richard Sockosome." Change the inflection and he could probably even pass it off as a legitimate Japanese name if he was dealing with an idiot.

After dealing with that line of thought, Peter did his work.

OOC, Biology, 9/19

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She eyes me like a Pisces when
I am weak
I've been locked inside her OOC
For weeks