Comments on: Watch where you’re pointing that thing! http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/02/09/watch-where-youre-pointing-that-thing/ Science, science education, and other things ... with a distinctly Southern drawl Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:43:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kellie http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/02/09/watch-where-youre-pointing-that-thing/#comment-11632 Kellie Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:00:46 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/02/09/watch-where-youre-pointing-that-thing/#comment-11632 Was observing a student in a high school science lab this week...I know, I know...high school is the key here...but a group of kids I actually wasn't observing got my attention when they started putting hair (or something that led to an equally stinky smell) on their hotplate...which they shouldn't have even had on, or turned up as high as they did. Needless to say, their lab was cut short and the Assistant Principal had more work to do for the day. I don't think I've ever seen a hotplate smoke like that... Was observing a student in a high school science lab this week…I know, I know…high school is the key here…but a group of kids I actually wasn’t observing got my attention when they started putting hair (or something that led to an equally stinky smell) on their hotplate…which they shouldn’t have even had on, or turned up as high as they did.

Needless to say, their lab was cut short and the Assistant Principal had more work to do for the day.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hotplate smoke like that…

]]> By: IAMB http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/02/09/watch-where-youre-pointing-that-thing/#comment-11620 IAMB Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:04:01 +0000 http://shrimpandgrits.rickandpatty.com/2007/02/09/watch-where-youre-pointing-that-thing/#comment-11620 And then there's another of my favorites: when they're getting their organism out of a broth and instead of capping the tube and putting it back in the rack, they cap it and lay it on it's side on the bench. You'd be amazed how many broth cultures we have to throw out because of it. Okay, maybe you wouldn't be... And then there’s another of my favorites: when they’re getting their organism out of a broth and instead of capping the tube and putting it back in the rack, they cap it and lay it on it’s side on the bench. You’d be amazed how many broth cultures we have to throw out because of it.

Okay, maybe you wouldn’t be…

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