Cirque du So-Cell

IB Biology never fails to end up with some blog-worthy anecdote. Yesterday, several people couldn't quite grasp how vesicles are formed in the cell. The teacher started out using clay to demonstrate, when he became possessed by the spirit of Friday and decided a venture out of doors would be better. We lined up in pairs holding hands to represent the Phospholipids that make up the Cell Membrane. One person acted as the protein, and we all folded around her and split off.

It felt like we were spontaneously putting on a Cirque du Soleil show. It would be insanely amazing if Cirque du Soleil put on a science themed show. Science surrounds energy and the movement and bonding of molecules. Just imagine it. Eerie music, dazzling lights, skilled acrobats leaping and interacting the microscopic dance that defines everything. One thing for sure, it would outclass our crude interpretation.

See, interpretative dance does have a place in education, after all.