Budding Biologists

The 8 year old performed a dissection in class today.  He recounted the procedures and the parts examined.  The subject was a grasshopper and prior to this morning he didn’t know what a dissection was.

The 12 year old is examining cell and tissue sample and is looking forward to a pig dissection later this month. But he still gets a kick out of seeing a pig on a leash as a pet. 

The 10 year old (tomorrow) spent some time online today learning about slope intersect equations and hours on the couch devouring books. Yet still for his birthday he wants a wood baseball bat “Just my size.”

You’ve Got to See This

This is totally crazy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSxoWITDjj4&feature=related . Apparently the solution is injected and it destroys the veins.  It’s crazy how easy this is (appears to be) when so many people struggle with these.  Medicine is so cool.

Tonight at a softball game a guy thought he broke his collar bone when reaching for a fly ball. Reaching! He didn’t fall or collide with another player he reached, and broke his collar bone (maybe).  As he was standing on the sideline and his teammates were attending to him I wondered if it was a dislocated shoulder. I had a few thoughts as to how I would diagnose and treat it but in the end I really didn’t know anything. A doctor would have. Doctors are awesome.