The most interesting thing I have seen today has to be this video of Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel explaining photosynthesis. I don't know where this came from, but I would guess from the credits at the end that it was done for one of the introductory Biology courses (since it was produced by Dr. Susan Fisher, one of my former entomology professors that I think was on the cycle to teach the intro courses).
It makes me feel good, both as an Ohio State graduate (and football fan) as well as a scientist, that this video exists. There is a lot to be embarrassed about in college football these days (as could be seen last night), and I don't know if there are a lot of coaches out there who would take the time and effort to be a part of an educational video about photosynthesis. And, frankly, if some college freshman is better able to understand the concept because it is explained using football (or, is more likely to pay attention because the coach s/he loves is the one explaining it) then it was worth doing.
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Oh, wow - that's outstanding! I'm going to publish it on my blog as well - nice work, Mr. R. Glad we're colleagues :)
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