Clinton County Waste Reduction Seminar

Yesterday was Great!

9/17/2008 I drove down to south Lansing area to visit the Hill Center, Maples Conference area to take part in a waste reduction seminar. I got to sit in on the other sessions, and learned a lot
about the facilities part of waste reduction at Educational institutions.

My Part, "How to Create a lesson while Reducing Hazardous Waste!!!" I must say was one of the better attended sessions, and it had double the number of expected attendees, I was expecting maybe 4-10, with 10 being a high number, and I had up to 18 people in my room at anyone time.

Wonderful Teachers, who actually got excited by the concepts, and methods I shared with them.
Reaching students is tough work, but getting a teacher excited is even harder. I feel as If I did a great job, many of them expressed interest, and were committed to getting this to work for them at their schools.

If you'd like to find out more information about smallscale Chemistry I recommend you down load my case study on it today.

http://download.doctorslime.com/

or give me a call and we can chat about it.

Michael T Garlick aka DoctorSlime
989-686-9272

Back to School Traffic jam!

Well today was a First!

An Actual Traffic Jam for a 1.5 miles on Mackinaw rd, on the way to School at 7:50 am,
It didn't have to happen but most people didn't realize the main Entrance Opened last Night.
I sure hope they figure it out by tomorrow!!

We are Open and Back in Business for the Fall Semester at Delta College Now!
My Daughter Chelsae started, as an incoming Freshman today.

Busy getting things up and Running at Delta, SVSU has been back for a week already.

See Ya Soon,
DoctorSlime

Getting Ready for Fall

Looks Like Back to school time is just around the corner.

My daughter will be starting out a Delta College This Fall! Yeah!
and I'm so busy I don't know which way to jump right now. The only
problem with being your own boss, is there is nobody else to do your
job while you are gone.

This Summer I went to CSU Fort Collins to work on creating Original new Idea's
for chemistry instruction, man let me tell you that is hard work... I came home only
to fix all the things that needed catching up on at work, and immediately took off on a family
vacation to Mammoth Cave Ky.

Side Trip to Newport Aquarium ( Pictures to follow)

Now finally I'm really back to work, working on ordering, prep and scheduling this week.

Outside of work: I'm getting geared up for the Detroit State Fair, coming up the next two weekends of August.

5/16/2008 St. JamesCatholic School Bay City

DoctorSlime Visited St. James School In Bay City Friday 5/16/2008

Several other small Schools were bused in to take advantage of this Event.

Goblin's Brew, Color Grads, The Disembodied Hand, Elephants tooth paste,
Fun with Solids, Liquids, and Gases were just a few of the Demonstrations
we covered. I hope to be able to post a few shots from the Show here soon.

Want DoctorSlime to Visit Your School? Tell your Parents, Principal, and Teachers
to Visit www.doctorslime.com and download the brochure, there are free coloring
book pages for students to have fun with too!

Thanks for visiting,
DoctorSlime

Science Show in Saginaw!!! Chester Miller Sch.

DoctorSlime is heading to Chester Miller School in Saginaw!

The Show Date is May 13th a Tuesday,
We'll post pictures from that show here!

Visit Doctorslime's Website for a copy of his Free Coloring book

http://colorbook.doctorslime.com

I hope to see you there!
DoctorSlime

Today in Chemistry

April 23

b. 1858 Max K. E. L. Planck introduced quantum theory, 1900; researcher in thermodynamics; Nobel Prize in Physics (1918) in recognition of the services he rendered to the advancement of Physics by his discovery of energy quanta.

Webber School Photo's

Dr.Slime Visited Webber School
2600 Prescott St.
Saginaw, Mi 48609

Dr.Slime Poses with a colorful Catalyst
Cobalt Chloride, part of Goblin's Brew.

The White Smoke is the remains of Liquid
Nitrogen a cryogenic liquid that the Dr.Slime
uses in his shows to help explain the states of
matter.

The Show was Sponsored by The American Chemical Society's 21st Century Program... Children from 10 sites were transported to the
Webber Middle School Location. To learn about fun science, Dr.Slime specializes in the ability to excite, educate, and entertain children. His shows are Science based, and tailored for the specific Grade level and topics covered by the School. http://www.doctorslime.com

Webber Middle School 21st Century Dr.Slime

Dr.Slime Presented at Webber Middle School 2600 Prescott St. Saginaw, Michigan

Sponsored by the American Chemical Society and 21st Century
Dr. L. Dorman was on hand to show Dr.Slime the ropes.

We had a great time, and I got to meet a whole bunch of great kids...
4:45 pm to 5:45 pm children from ten sites were all transported to
the Webber School location to catch the excitement of Doctorslime's
Love of Science!

Science Shows for April

DoctorSlime is on the Move...
Coming to a School or Venue Near You
Public Schedule for April, other Private
shows are not listed here Email doctorslime
for Details Sales@doctorslime.com

Webber Middle School Saginaw, Mi . April 21st

Lindbom Elementary Brighton, Mi. April 25th

You Be the Chemist
Regionals Midland, Mi April 26th

Science Conference in Calif. Santa Cruiz

Hey I'm back from Santa Cruiz, Ca.

I got a big dose of exciting Chemistry, and a wee bit of Fun!

Here I am posing on a custom Stretch bike on the Capitola by the Sea Beach... Couple guys cruised by and I noticed
some chrome springs from my Youth..." Say those aren't Springs from a Schwinn Cotton Picker are they...Turned out they were...Schwinn Springs from the 60's are prized pieces for building customs bikes today. If I only had my bike from 8th grade... They were kind enough to let me
pose on one of their bikes! Another odd thing, do you know where cell towers come from?
Apparently cell phone trees!!! LOOK carefully That tree in the picture isn't really a tree its a
cell phone tower. In Cailfornia they don't need no stinkin Ugly Cell phone Towers, they get Cool trees...Wonder why we can't get trees in Michigan? Too many already, or not enough ugly towers yet? You decide!

Had a great time sharing Chemistry at Cabrillo College in Aptos, Ca.
Now its time to get back to Michigan, and back to work
at Delta College.

FAMILY AfFair Mason County Community Event

Sat. March 15th DoctorSlime was Invited to Scotville & Ludington Michigan
to Present His DoctorSlime's Science Show to the Children of Mason County.


Doctorslime Presented several local School shows, ran a science booth at the family affair,
and was a featured Presentation for the Mason County Event.

I CAN'T WAIT TO COME BACK,
I WANTED TO STAY LONGER,
BUT HAD TO JET OFF TO MY NEXT EVENT....

In Santa Cruiz California, a 3 day Chemistry Teaching and Learning Seminar.
Thanks for inviting me!
DoctorSlime

DoctorSlime Visit's Sloan Museum & Longway

March 6th 2008 DoctorSlime @ the Sloan (Limited Capacity This Event was filled!!!)
(PRE-REGISTRATION WAS REQUIRED)
6pm DoctorSlime Presented at the Sloan Museum Family Night
Special Focus: Getting Ready for College & Science is Fun!

DOCTORSLIME shared pizzia with families as we discussed things to think about
years before applying to college. Budgeting Begins now, as does good work habits
about school...The kids worked together to develop an apparatus to Chemically
seperate water into the two gases Hydrogen and Oxygen. They then made space Shuttle
fuel, and ignited tiny micro-molar amounts, a Blast was had by all!!!

I HAD A GREAT TIME TOO! MEETING FUTURE SCIENTIST'S AND PROFESSIONALS
THANKS FOR THE INVITE!

DOCTORSLIME

Dr.Slime Visit's Kempton School Saginaw, Mi

3/05/08 1:30- 2:30pm
DoctorSlime Show at
Kempton Elementary School
Saginaw, Mi 48609

Sponsored: by The Kempton Parent Group
Location: New Gym

We had a great time!

Photo credit: Doctorslime Traveling to his next show...

Chemistry Formula Error on Stamp!!! Sweet!

New Stamp to be Release Honoring Biochemist

Gerty Cori The discoverer of the structure
of Something Sweet .... Simple Sugar


Well namely glucose -1- phosphate the most simple
sugar, not Sucrose which most people think of as sugar. What's the difference? Well to keep it as simple as possible, Sugar is like a short train with a couple cars, an engine and a caboose. So the stuff we think of
as normal sugar ( Cane or Beet ) is actually two small sugars linked (bonded together) Glucose + Fructose =
Sucrose (Table Sugar, Cane or Beet). What Gerty discovered was the formula for the simplest sugar Glucose, and if you look at the structural drawing on the stamp above you'll see an almost correct structure for the molecule called Glucose. The error lies in the fact that an oxygen atom usually forms 2 bonds, and they have connected the wrong oxygen atom in the structure
in the picture above. The little line, which represents a chemical bond, connects to the second O in OPO3, which is the Phosphate Linkage, and it should have connected to the First O in OPO3.
The fun thing is its this functional Group, this Phosphate which allowed Gerty to isolate the so called Cori Ester, that won Gerty Cori the Noble Prize. This Phosphate chemistry is very important in anything that builds using Sugar Groups or backbones...This OPO3 is even seen with in our own DNA, as a key bonding structure. Some maybe some good will come from this error, and more people will look at and wonder about the marvelous Chemistry that makes up Sugar, and even us! ( Credit for this error discovery goes to an anonmyous reader of C&EN News, Chemical and Engineering News Jan. 29 2008 Issue.)

Makes you wonder?
DoctorSlime

Why are my eyes Blue?

Have you ever wondered why are my eyes blue and yours are brown, or vice versa?

There are several Phenotypes which determine your eye color, its all based on your genetic
heritage. Blue eyes can be traced to a single ancestor with a mutant gene 6- 10,000 years ago.
In the Days before this mutant gene appeared every one had Brown eyes.

Different eye color phenotypes. a Blue (without brown areas). b Blue with brown spots (with brown) scored as “unknown” in the linkage and association studies. c Brown–green/hazel (BEY1) with a board puripupillary ring. d Brown (BEY2), total brown pigmentation. The person with blue eye color (a) represents the genotype rs12913832 G/G, while the persons b–d represent the genotype rs12913832 A/G

To find out more Information on eye genetics visit this website.
http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/blue_eyed_people_have_one_common_ancestor


Well Now I know More!
Doctorslime

Zauel Library ~ Saginaw Michigan Saturday Jan 12th

DoctorSlime Will be appearing at the Zauel Library Saturday Jan 12th.

This Appearance is a kick-off to the Library's Get Ready For Science Fair Projects,
Space is very limited for this front row appearance by Doctorslime. In addition to
his Edutaining show, DoctorSlime will be giving tips, hints, and concepts to help
students develop and fine tune their Science Projects! Call Zauel Library at 989-799-2771
for more details and to reserve your front row seat today!