This year for science we are exploring creation with biology. I am teaching this class to 12 high schoolers during our Thursday co-op using the text published by Apologia Educational Ministries. This past week we learned that a bacterium can reproduce asexually every 20 minutes. Theoretically, there could be billions of this bacterium in 10 hours and in one week the weight of said bacteria would be greater than that of the planet. Spencer found this to be intriguing. Slurrrp POP! Hi,I'm Spencer...Slurrrp POP! Hi, I'm Spencer! Think of how much work you could accomplish, how many different places you could be at the same time, and how much you could annoy your mother. This sounds a bit Calvin and Hobbes to me! I am not a fan of exponential growth.
As a side note: The phyla of the kingdom Monera (Gracilicutes, Firmicutes, Tenericutes, and Mendosicutes) end in 'cutes' which is pronounced kyoo'teez as in cooties as in all boys have cooties. However, as Bacterium Man's mother I think he is a cutie.
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what a strange kid
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