Friday, July 6, 2012

Walking Down Memory Lane

As I was taking a small virtual trip down memory lane today, I found some artifacts from my former life as a science teacher.  I used to write songs and plays for my students.  Here are just a few:


My Eye
(tune:  My Girl)
Written by:  Sarah Odom
January 3, 2002

Light enters my pupil so smooth.
It is controlled as my iris moves.
I guess you say, what can make me see this way?
My eye (my eye, my eye)
Talkin’ about my eye (my eye)

My retina sees you upside down.
And so much smaller; but don’t you frown.
I guess you say, what refracts light my way?
Cornea (cornea, cornea)
Talkin’ about cornea (cornea)

Hey!Hey!Hey!------- Hey!Hey!Hey!

Rods are nerves that like dark and light!
Cones make sure I get my colors right!
I guess you say, what keeps you near always?
My lens (my lens, my lens)
Talkin’ about my lens (my lens)

Nearsighted- I can’t see you far away!
Farsighted- Step back to make my day!
Talkin’ about my eye!

Lots of Matter
(Tune of Pretty Woman)

Lots of matter in you and me.
Lots of matter volume and density.
Lots of matter in all shapes or in all sizes.
Hardness, color, and odor leave no surprises.
Mercy

Lots of matter its mass does not change.
Lots of matter you might think it strange.
Lots of matter your weight can fluctuate, don’t blame
your mass on the altitude game.
Grrrr

Lots of matter – things just won’t stop
Lots of matter – hard to push them to the top
Lots of matter- inertia has its way

Lots of matter- pulled by gravity
Lots of matter- falling don’t you see.
Lots of matter- earth’s mass makes us stay

Volume is measured in units three:
Cubic centimeter, millimeter, or c.c.

Lots of matter, look at density
Is the crown gold, Archimedes?
         Put your body in
         Water level breaks
         Take your body out
         That gold crowns a fake

I guess the king is sad to say
That goldsmith has ruined his day!
         What have we learned today?
         Lots of matter comes our way!                          Written by:
         Mass and volume here to stay!                          Sarah Odom
         Woahh- Oh Lots of Matter! Eureka!                 08/21/00

 
The Blind Date!

Pearly Mae-  Oh no, What am I going to do?  I’ve got a friend who says she has me a blind date.  How do I date a blind boy?

Class- Pearly, A blind date doesn’t mean the boy’s blind.  It means he’s never seen you before.

Pearly Mae-  You mean he’s not blind.  Oh that’s great.  Well what will happen when he sees me for the first time.

1st- Well, light will travel as waves from your body to his eye.  Doesn’t that sound neat?

Class-  do wa diddy diddy dum diddy do

Pearly Mae-  OK so far so good, Then what?

2nd-  His cornea,which protects his eye, will allow light to pass through.

3rd-  The black part, called the pupil, will continue to pass the light on.

4th-  His iris, the colored part, will determine if the light is too bright or too dim and make adjustments for allowing light in.  Don’t shine too brightly, Pearly!

Class- do wa diddy diddy dum diddy do

Pearly-  You mean he sees me with those baby blues?

5th-  That’s not exactly what we said. Listen closely!  Once the light passes through the pupil, it is refracted through a lens and it makes a real object on the back of his eye.
6th-  Oh and Pearly, your real image is upside down on the back of his eye.

7th- But the great part is that you’re smaller.

Class- do wa diddy diddy dum diddy do


Pearly-  So his first impression of me is an upside down dwarf!

8th-  Don’t jump to conclusions, Pearly.  The real image is projected on his retina, or the back surface of his eye.

9th- If he is nearsighted- you might have to get a little closer for him to get a clear picture of you.

10th-  Or if he asks you to step back, don’t assume you have bad breath!  He could be farsighted.

11th-  Better yet, He could be wearing corrective lens so you won’t have to move at all.

Class- do wa diddy diddy dum diddy do

Pearly-  Should I wear bright colors so he can see me?

12th- Only if you want to really stand out.  His eyes have rods to determine light and dark. These nerve cells send signals of light and dark to the brain.

13th-  Cones are nerve cells that determine color and send color signals to the brain.

14th-  5% to 8% of all guys have trouble with their cones.  But love is completely blind, so don’t worry Pearly!
Class- do wa diddy diddy dum diddy do

Pearly-  But what if he’s a real blind, blind date.

15th-  Just wait for a reaction on his face when he sees you.

16th- If he smiles- You go, girl!

17th- If he frowns- Tell him you came to deliver a message from his date that she couldn’t make it because of the measles!

18th- If you see no reaction-  Take it as a hint!
         You have a blind date!

Class- do wa diddy diddy dum diddy do


THE END!

Written by: Sarah Odom
January 3, 2002 















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