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Born to Do Science

Monty Harper

Connecting kids and families with current scientific research.

education k-12

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Heart Health, Explosive Gas, and Mexican Mollies...

Born to Do Science ·

2015/02/17

Last Sunday's program with Dr. Jennifer Shaw from the OSU Department of Integrative Biology, was about how we might learn something about our own body chemistry by studying some amazing fish from Mexico.I kicked us off with a new song called "Team Science." This is a topic I've wanted to work into a song for a while - how scientists always work as part of an enormous team. Since Jennifer made an unexpected connection with another researcher, using Dr.Michi Tobler's fish evolution studies to

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Higgs Boson Found! Now What? (1/25/15)

Born to Do Science ·

2015/02/04

Last Sunday's program was a doozie! My guest was Dr. Flera Rizatdinova from the physics department at OSU. Flera analyzes data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). So we were talking about particle physics and it went long - very long. It's good though, because there were lots of questions. I think particle physics is really fun to think about. When you hear an explanation in particle physics and it feels like you don't understand it, that's probably because it's very weird how things work on

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Teaching Computers to Predict (1/11/2015)

Born to Do Science ·

2015/01/16

Last Sunday we presented the first of the current series of four Born To Do Science programs a the Stillwater Public Library. My guest was Allan Axelrod, who studies machine learning. Allan has developed an algorithm (or set of computer instructions) he calls EIEIO, which helps computers get clever about how they collect and analyze data in situations where numbers are collected continuously, but the entire set cannot be seen at once. The situation that brought about the need for this

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Loser Lizards and Motherly Winners (March 23, 2014)

Born to Do Science ·

2014/03/29

Our most recent program was on the Sunday after Spring Break. In hindsight, not the best date for a program! We had two kids show up, and their parents. So, a small group, but we had a great time anyway, and asked lots of good questions. In preparation for this program I visited my guest, Jess Magaña, at the OSU Zoology Department where she does her research. I took some pretty good photos of lizards in their cages... Brown anole lizards in their cages at the OSU Zoology

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Imperiled Bats of Tar Creek (March 9, 2014)

Born to Do Science ·

2014/03/23

Whew, it's been a while, but we did it - another Born to Do Science program for the books! My guests wereDr. Karen McBee and her student, Rachel Eguren, whose study we talked about. Rachel, who did the bat study, Karen, her advisor, Monty (me) the host, Elizabeth the children's librarian I performed a brand new song based on Rachel's research. She wanted to find out whether the bats at the Tar Creek superfund site are affected by toxins in the area. She had to come up with a really clever way

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Lizards Protons, Bats, and Ions, Oh My!!

Born to Do Science ·

2014/02/20

New Programs are On the Calendar! March 9, 2014 Imperiled Bats of Tar Creek With Dr. Karen McBee and Rachel Eguren, OSU Zoology Department Are toxins knocking these critters off course? The Tar Creek superfund site in Northeast Oklahoma is one of the most toxic areas in the United States. How is the wildlife coping? Dr. McBee and her students shoot night vision video of bats flying obstacle courses to help find out! March 23, 2014 Loser Lizards and Motherly Winners With JessMagaña,

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Digesting Sunshine - How Mother Nature Turns Light...

Born to Do Science ·

2013/09/13

Howdy, Science Fans! I've been on hiatus from BTDS, but I'm back, and gearing up for some new programs soon. More about that later. First order of business - the last few programs in 2012 never got write-ups, so I'm posting them now! --- In February 2012 our speaker was Dr. Rob Burnap from the Department of Microbiology at OSU. Dr. Burnap is trying to work out a very important and very difficult puzzle - how exactly do plants accomplish photosynthesis? Photosynthesis is that trick we all know

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Fungus Among Us! Saturday May 19!

Born to Do Science ·

2012/05/18

Yes, our last scheduled Born to Do Science is tomorrow!! May 19, 2012 The Fungus Among Us! When Fungi Attack, Science Fights Back Stephen M. Marek PhD from the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Oklahoma State University will speak about his use of molecular tools to investigate "who done it" and how to stop it when important crops suffer damage from pathogenic fungi. We will have microscopes on hand with lots of fungi to observe! 10:00 AM at the Stillwater Public

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Predators and Prey this Saturday!

Born to Do Science ·

2012/04/20

Yes, we are having a Born to Do Science tomorrow!! April 21, 2012 Predators, Prey, and the Games They Play! Computer Models Reflect Real-World Animal Behavior Dr. Barney Luttbeg from the Oklahoma State University Department of Zoology will speak about his research using tadpoles, dragonfly larvae, and computer simulations to understand the complex interactions between predators and their prey. If you can, please bring a chess board, chess pieces (or any game pieces you like), checkers

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New Music Video - Science Frontier!

Born to Do Science ·

2012/04/01

I'll get caught up soon with photos from the last to BTDS events. In the meantime, please enjoy this brand new video for my song "Science Frontier!"Many thanks to Brian Collins, who wrote, produced, and directed it!!

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This Saturday - My One and Only Vole!

Born to Do Science ·

2012/03/09

Don't forget we're meeting a week early this month! Saturday March 10. I hope to see you there! We're working on setting up a live vole-cam in the lab! Here's what the program is about: -- Vole pups! I borrowed this photo from a Mother Nature Network article, 11 Animals that Mate For Life. Zoology student Tomica Blocker will share the science of "voles in love" in a program for children Saturday at the Stillwater Public Library. Blocker, a master's student in zoology at Oklahoma State

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BTDS Podcast Episode 3: "Stargazer"

Born to Do Science ·

2012/02/29

This is a double-wide episode with two NASA astrobiologists! Kid host Aaron and I speak with Dr. Nader Haghighipour about his work finding extrasolar planets (including Gliese 581 c!) and we speak with Dr. Vikki Meadows about how we might detect signs of life on extrasolar planets. Featuring a new song, "Stargazer"! Listen / Download the Podcast Subscribe on iTunes Aaron's World! My co-host this week is Aaron from Aaron's World, a fantastic science podcast for kids which I highly recommend you

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Digesting Sunshine

Born to Do Science ·

2012/02/13

This Saturday morning at 10:00am, Born to Do Science presents... Dr. Rob Burnap, a microbiologist at Oklahoma State University, who will share with us his research on photosynthesis. So you think you know photosynthesis? We all learn about it in grade school, right? It's easy to get the impression that photosynthesis is all figured out. If that's the case, why aren't we efficiently using the sun's energy to run our world, just like plants do? It turns out there's a lot more to know and Dr. Burnap

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BTDS Podcast Episode 2: "It's Not Fair"

Born to Do Science ·

2012/02/07

Dr. Jennifer Byrd-Craven shares her research into whether teenagers who co-ruminate increase their stress, with kid host Evalyn, featuring the song "It's Not Fair (When Your Mother is a Scientist)." Listen / Download the Podcast Subscribe on iTunes Feedback, please! Please post comments below or write to btds at montyharper.com - What worked for you? What didn't? I will incorporate your feedback as I tweak the format over the next few episodes. Also, please post your questions about the

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Left Brain, Meet the Right Brain!

Born to Do Science ·

2012/02/01

Our first program of the new year was Dr. Shelia Kennison, "This is Your Brain on Words!" If you really think about it, it's an amazing thing that we can get lost in a book the way we humans often do. I mean, look at a page and what do you see? Black squiggles on a white background. Somehow we turn those squiggles into words and those words into sentences and those sentences into stories that envelop us like waking dreams. What exactly are our brains doing to make that happen? I performed a

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Brain Science This Saturday!!

Born to Do Science ·

2012/01/17

Howdy, Science Fans! Our next BTDS program is about studying the brain! How does your brain work?? You might know that it's separated into two halves - the left brain and the right brain, and that the two halves generally specialize in different types of thinking. The two halves are connected by a thick cord of neurons called the corpus callosum. Most of what we know about which half does what we've figured out from brains that aren't functioning normally. For example if a person's brain is

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Popular Teens, Friendly or Mean?

Born to Do Science ·

2011/12/22

This past Saturday Dr. Lara Mayeau, a developmental psychologist, came in from Norman to speak to us about her research on teenage popularity. Dr. Mayeau explains that being popular is not the same thing as being well-liked. We had a smaller than usual group - maybe the last weekend before Christmas Break people are busy? - BUT, it was a great group of kids and parents, full of really good questions and insights, as usual! Dr. Mayeau's research has verified what many of us observed in school -

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Popular Teens This Saturday

Born to Do Science ·

2011/12/13

Dr. Lara Mayeux Howdy Friends! You do not want to miss our next Born to Do Science program, because it's all about you! This Saturday the 17th, 10:00 am at the Stillwater Public Library: "Popular Teens, Friendly or Mean?" Our guest scientist is coming all the way from Norman. She is Dr. Lara Mayeux, a developmental psychologist from the department of psychology at OU. Dr. Mayeux will speak about her research on social status among teens. We'll discuss a study she ran following students from

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Second Podcast Episode Recorded

Born to Do Science ·

2011/12/12

Many thanks to everyone who has downloaded BTDS Podcast Episode One - more than twelve hundred so far! And extra thanks to those who let me know they liked it! We are off to a great start! I recorded Episode Two on Saturday with kid host, Evalyn, and guest scientist, Dr. Jennifer Byrd Craven, a developmental psychologist. I'm editing now and I will post the new episode here sometime this week! Please tell your friends! Kid Host, Evalyn Dr. Jennifer Byrd-Craven Evalyn, Monty, Jennifer -

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Podcast Episode 1: "My Molecular Eye"

Born to Do Science ·

2011/11/28

Dr. Wouter Hoff shares his research into how bacteria sense light, with kid host Liza, featuring the song "My Molecular Eye." Listen / Download the Podcast Subscribe on iTunes Feedback, please! Please post comments below or write to btds at montyharper.com - What worked for you? What didn't? I will incorporate your feedback as I tweak the format over the next few episodes. Also, please post your questions about the science!! They will be answered! Get the

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