{"id":1919,"date":"2014-08-01T09:46:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T21:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2014-08-01T09:50:51","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T21:50:51","slug":"the-blog-post-of-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/the-blog-post-of-science\/","title":{"rendered":"The blog post… of SCIENCE!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bill-Nye-640x350\"<\/a>I am outting myself here as a huge nerd from childhood. When I was growing up I used to LOVE watching Bill Nye the Science Guy on TV. I actually think at one stage I even wrote him a fan letter because I wanted to do exactly what he did when I grew up. He made Science look so fun and cool.<\/p>\n

Flash forward to the other day when I was watching Epic Rap Battles: Sir Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye<\/a> and my Year 13 girls actually asked me who is Bill Nye the Science Guy (insert startled\u00a0look and gasp here). After I recovered from the shock I set about looking for some old episodes and found this:<\/p>\n

Bill Nye Archive for Education<\/a>\u00a0on YouTube.\u00a0Full episodes of Bill Nye the Science Guy! These are suitable definitely for junior school but my\u00a0seniors enjoy them as a treat\u00a0for times like when we are about to start a new topic\u00a0and I want them to just think about the bigger picture rather than the maths and details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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