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“Cell Division” tees available here.

(via fuckyeahmath)

Bill Nye: Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children (by bigthink)

Polymers to help plant growth?

Steve Spangler on Good Morning America (by SteveSpanglerScience)

Article for Biology 11 discussion.  What is E. coli?  How did it get on the lettuce?  How does it affect people?

Spider carrying her egg sac.

This is what quinoa looks like when it’s growing.

Harvesting garlic at UBC Farm

Camomile flowers. Use fresh in tea today or dry them to use in the winter.

Seeding lettuce. The leaves are no longer bunched close to the ground, but start to spread out upward as vertical stems with flowers (seeds) grow. (It was described to me as looking like a “Christmas tree”.)

I also learned that carrots are biennials, meaning that in the first year they use their energy to make the roots (carrots) and then use their energy in the second year to make seeds. In the second year, the carrots would taste very bitter because the plant’s energy (sugars) are diverted to flower and seed production. This means that a farmer would need to choose whether to grow the carrot plant for food or for seeds; he couldn’t get both from the same plant.

Native strawberries. So small in size, so big in flavour.

Slug!

Caper flowers are edible. Add them to salads; they’re a bit spicy.

Caper buds. Also edible. Notice the circular leaves.

rat heart cells + silicone polymer = “medusoid” jelly