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What if I told you that there is a way to keep scrolling without having some loud-mouth influencer telling you to stop it because it rots your brain? You just gotta substitute whatever that you're scrolling with the big brain version of it.
Enter clever science memes as per The Lighter Side Of Science, a Facebook group that’s all about science memes to give you an educated giggle and hopefully not rot your brain.
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So, there’s a Facebook group called The Lighter Side Of Science that prides itself in, predominantly, sharing memes that are lightly scientific and cool, all the while delivering a certain level of humor and relatability.
The group is actually a part of IFL Science and has roughly 741,000 members as of this listicle.
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Robin Canfield 1 year ago
Their tongue is long and wraps around it's brain to protect it during high speed pecking..
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Sadly, OP would have smelt of horse, not corpses.
For the record, it’s not all memes. There is community engagement going on in several ways, including IFL Science promoting its own articles and folks in the community themselves asking scientific questions and everyone else jumping on board and brainiacking this thing out.
Engaging to say the least.
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Kate 1 year ago
I also have never heard it, but I assume that's because I was a latchkey kid. My "clean up song" was the sound of the garage door opening when Mom came home. That sounds still makes me nervous, so yeah, it does work.
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Sara Frazer 1 year ago
As a preschool teacher, YES, it's surprising how effective this is... 😹 But at a tribal preschool in America we sing it in both English and Twulshootseed, the effect is the same ^-^
cerinamroth 1 year ago
How amazing - I just looked up the Lushootseed language! I love learning new things.
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8Yorkies-and-33cats 1 year ago
Thanks (sincerely) for this Bored Panda! I googled "the clean up song" and now I'm happily listening to "Mozart for babies".
Julia Mckinney 1 year ago
I've never heard it either. I need to see if it'll work on me some day.
Laura Mortensen 1 year ago
I work at Goodwill and have often been tempted to try singing it in the toy aisle when there are a bunch of kids making messes.
George D 1 year ago
Man, if only I can train my wife in this manner. Love her dearly but what a complete slob.
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
❓What? I’m married? Where are you? And who are you? Are we happy?
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Skylar Jaxx 1 year ago
Shocked Pikachu face on the amount of people who don't know the clean up song. It actually works wonders. Clean clean up everybody everywhere clean up clean up everybody do your share. Lol
Dawnieangel76 1 year ago
I'm 47, went through TWO generations of hearing that song. I still hum or quietly it when I clean.
Bryn 1 year ago
When my 2nd graders were kindergarteners, there teacher would sing the "chicken wing, chicken wing, hot dog & balogni" song to get them to come to carpet time. If they're not paying attention, I can get them to come to the carpet with it, lol. Lining up to go home? nope, carpet time!
Nancy Lynch 1 year ago
They did not have this in the 60's. Maybe that's why my house looks as though it has been searched multiple times.
Jaybird3939 1 year ago
I always thought it was the song from "Enchanted". Maybe that was a little too complicated. Barney sounds more like toddler speed.
The Starsong Princess 1 year ago (edited)
I still remember “Tidy up, tidy up, everybody tidy up up up”. Sometimes I sing it to myself when I’m doing housework and yes, the trigger works.
cerinamroth 1 year ago
I don't know it and my house is an absolute bombsite. But it's my kids' fault - they don't know this one either. In their kindergarten, they just learn that their lunch won't taste as good if they don't tidy their toys before they eat. They also learn "1, 2, 3, Spielzeit ist vorbei. 4, 5, 6 aufgeräumt wird jetzt!" (1,2,3 playtime's over. 4,5,6 time to tidy up!) It worked at home for a bit but not long!
Jeannette Rose 1 year ago
Clean up songs have really evolved! Our class loves "oh my goodness look at this mess" and the "clean up robot." But we still sing a little Barney sometimes...
Now, we won’t dive into what memes are and why they are such a big deal. The tl;dr of it is it’s become a means of communication and connectivity among folks all the while they’re popular because they’re relatable.
What we haven’t yet discussed is the scientific side of it all: how can they be educational and why would that matter?
Well, turns out, you can use memes that relate to the content at hand to teach folks something new.
Three main tactics are suggested for this, the first of which being dual coding. This one works when there is a visual and verbal component that ties in well with what you’re teaching and it ultimately strengthens student comprehension.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
This makes me happy! Next thing will be a potato farm.
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The other two are using concrete examples, i.e. memes are concrete examples of abstract and complicated ideas or concepts, and elaboration, which is using memes to connect students’ personal knowledge with real world observations.
The former is used to support the students’ understanding of the material, while the latter helps them dive deeper into analysis and elaboration.
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Cecilia Herrera 1 year ago
Serves them right. They probably still have crickets in their home.
This in turn means that students can also engage with the material by explaining the memes that tie in with the topic and by creating them.
For the first one, students can be provided with appropriate memes or asked to source existing memes to explain how it connects to what they have learned in their own words.
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Verena 1 year ago (edited)
Well done. For those not familiar with champagne: The French are very protective of that word. Only sparkling wine from that exact region is allowed to carry the word "champagne" on the bottle. For every other wine with bubbles "sparkling wine" has to be used. Or Crémant. Edit: The Crémant part is incorrect, explanation see below. Reason for mistake: I was lazy.
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With the second, more hands-on one, students can be asked to create their own memes by finding pictures and coming up with captions that capture the idea of what they are studying.
The approaches to these can vary and it’s up to the teacher to find appropriate ways to deliver the material effectively.
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ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Black hole's name is Maude and she sees the sandwich in your hand
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Out of chocolate 1 year ago
The $35 you pay goes to the publisher, in addition to the THOUSANDS that the researcher Paid to have it published in that journal.
Now, there are risks involved. For starters, there has to be a bit of guidance with what prior knowledge is retrieved in the kids’ minds that would be associated with the study material.
Another huge no-no is using memes that are not as accessible as others, i.e. blind kids can’t see visual memes and kids with zero pop culture awareness might not get some of the more popular ones.
But if you avoid inappropriate angles on memes, it shouldn’t be a problem.
Whatever the case, memes tend to stick with people because of their relatability and thus serves as a great way to approach learning new things. If anything, the kids should have a blast.
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 1 year ago
I worked with a paramedic in the 90s who always replied "dressed and vertical". There are many days in my life now where I use it because sometimes that's a major accomplishment.
We’d love to hear from you, lovely Pandas, so why not share some of your witty science facts or memes in the comments!
And if you’re hungry for more science, then Bored Panda’s got that covered too.
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Angelshark 1 year ago
I, a professionally trained military photographer, forgot the word 'shutter' and called it the camera's 'blinky eye.' Thankfully, it was in front of my father and he only laughs at me for it all the time.
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 1 year ago
I like to think its more "We are finally as far away from the bears as we possibly can."
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Ken Beattie 1 year ago
To be fair there are a lot of really freaky mutations in real life too. They're just not usually fun ones like XMen style mutations.
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Multa Nocte 1 year ago
Imagine being a farmer and some people came and trampled on your crop for a silly photo.
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Cecilia Herrera 1 year ago
So Robocop predicted robobirds? Alfred Hitchcock would have made this into The Birds 2.
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Jinx (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
I guess 'without a vocal invite, then only if the person inside hands the warrant back,' because it's like giving dobby a sock.
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Ken Beattie 1 year ago
I think they've missed the most important part of the story... they said they were researching toilet demons. I mean WTF? Can we get more on that?
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Diolla 1 year ago
destineemya21, if you're going to copy every comment, wouldn't it be easier to copy/ past instead of re-typing everything?
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 1 year ago
Thanks Robertas! And a lot of Pandas really outdid themselves in the comments 🤣🤣🤣 thanks everyone!
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
Except destineemya21, who apparently has never had an original thought.
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Diolla 1 year ago
destineemya21, if you're going to copy every comment, wouldn't it be easier to copy/ past instead of re-typing everything?
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 1 year ago
Thanks Robertas! And a lot of Pandas really outdid themselves in the comments 🤣🤣🤣 thanks everyone!
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
Except destineemya21, who apparently has never had an original thought.
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