News Flash!

by Elio

Jefferson Middle School. Source.

The average age of the readers of this blog has just decreased considerably. Small Things Considered is included in the list of educational sites provided to the youngsters in Ms. Putnam's sixth grade science class at Jefferson Middle School in Columbia, Mississippi.

And we had thought that we presented advanced microbiological material!

Comments

[coldtoes]

I love reading your blog because it is so clearly presented and easily understood. As a journalist with no previous scientific education, who is now investigating microbiology as a result of personal circumstances, I find your blog articles fascinating. It is a much-underestimated skill to be able to communicate knowledge outside one's own specialism. I was delighted to read of your recent award. I will continue following the blog with great interest, as I am convinced the overlap of microbiology with the general population's current experience of medicine, epidemiology and environmental science is reaching a tipping point.

[Amber Pollack-Berti]

It's a great gift to the world to encourage the next generation to be more aware of the microbes all around (and within) them!

[Amanda B.]

Elio,
My ninth grade and twelfth grade students frequently use your blog for class assignments. Your readership might be younger than you thought1
Amanda
Teacher in Georgia

[Michael Schmidt]

Welcome to the microbiologists from Jefferson Middle School. I got hooked when I was in middle school and have been a microbiologist ever since. Exploring the unseen world of microbiology will offer you many lessons in how nature and microbes managed their energy needs, acquire their resources and dispose of their waste. See if you can explain why some microbes dispose of their waste as molecular hydrogen. Their waste may just turn into a future energy source for us "macrobes". Have fun with your exploration!