Professor Blue

Month: June 2010

  • Dinner’s on me… A slug from the sea

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    Its scientific/Latin name is Elysia chlorotica, but this Slug from the Sea has been called many other things.  Scientists are excitedly clapping their hands together about the SOLAR POWERED SEA SLUG!  The Kleptomaniac sea slug!  The HALF PLANT HALF ANIMAL! Elysia chlorotica look like leaves but are actually animals.  When they eat algae for breakfast…

  • Solid, liquid, elephant, iguana

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    When scientists talk about ‘changing states’ they do not mean moving from Iowa to Kentucky, or New York to Philadelphia. They do not mean the state of an elephant versus the state of an iguana. Click the link below to play a game to learn more about changing states. Can you cool water down and…