EO WILSON on TED

http://www.ted.com/talks/e_o_wilson_advice_to_young_scientists.html

Lab safety

 
 Here's a short video to review lab safety issues.
This is a Biology class so we probably won't be working a whole lot with toxic chemicals or gas flames but you should always enter a lab situation knowing and using best practices for all possible situations, enjoy:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/puppet-lab-safety-video/

Our first week will be focused on the smaller pieces of Biology.
We'll be learning about biochemistry so you'll need a refresher on atoms, molecules and pH in order to  really understand what makes organic compounds and how they work.

Here's another clip by the same people that did the safety song, only this one is about really small things; Nano sized things!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFoC-uxRqCg&noredirect=1


Now check out this interactive on size and scale of cells and other things

what's bigger an e.coli bacterium, a paramecium or a ribosome?
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/