Science Songs

There’s science in music, oh yeah!

March 10, 2012
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GFP (A Professor Karmadillo song)

March 9, 2012
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GFP (A Professor Karmadillo song)

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Cell Respiration (woo hoo)

February 2, 2012
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Cell Respiration (woo hoo)

I gotta feeling that this song’s gonna be a useful song… written by Mr Hsu to the music of the BlackEyed Peas.

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The Photosynthesis Song

January 14, 2012
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The Photosynthesis Song

This song is by Peter Weatherwall and currently has 1,118,097 views. Amazing!

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Last Christmas I started to bleed

December 17, 2011
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17th December – Last Christmas I started to bleed

This song has nothing to do with plants or cells, but it features the science of blood clotting, a ukulele and a toy piano. What more could you ask for!

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Mitosis in a Winter Wonderland

December 15, 2011
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15th December – Mitosis in a Winter Wonderland

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Show us your cover version of “The Vacuole Song”!

December 11, 2011
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Show us your cover version of “The Vacuole Song”!

Dear players of guitars, ukuleles, banjos, tin drums and any other musicians: We would love to see your own rendition of “The Vacuole Song” on YouTube! You can download the lyrics with the guitar chords here: The Vacuole Song – lyrics and chords. If you do, please leave a comment here or drop me an email!

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Water suckers, we growing! Or, how Christmas Stars turn red

December 4, 2011
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4th December – Water suckers, we growing! Or, how Christmas Stars turn red

Poinsettias, or Christmas Stars, pop up everywhere once the holidays are coming closer. What looks like bright red flowers are specialised leaves, so-called bracts. Bracts turn from green to red when the plants start to flower in response to shorter days and longer periods of darkness, a phenomenon which is also known as photoperiodism. We ain’t got nothing to lose, Water suckers, we growing!

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The Vacuole Song

November 26, 2011
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The Vacuole Song

Our new science music video is online! This video is a collaboration between plant cell biologists at Oxford Brookes University, the University of Warwick and the musician Cyrus Mower. We love plant organelles and we want to share our passion with the world!

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The Glucose Song

November 19, 2011
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The Glucose Song

“I just can’t believe the way my muscles break you down…”

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An Ode to Arabidopsis

August 5, 2011
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An Ode to Arabidopsis

Written by Karmadillo.

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What Are the Parts of a Flower?

June 1, 2011
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What Are the Parts of a Flower?

“More Nature Songs, sung by Marais & Miranda, is part of the 6 LP set Singing Science. This set came out in the late 50s/early 60s and exposed kids to different science topics through fun and catchy little songs.”

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