- ResearchWhy songs help (and when they don't)What studies really show about music, memory and learning, and how to combine songs with practice testing.
- WriteWrite a science songA step-by-step method: pick the facts, choose a tune you are allowed to use, fit the syllables and check the science.
- FindFind science songsWhat happened to the MASSIVE song database, and the best free collections and channels today.
- ExplainScience explained, with a song in mindGlycolysis, the Krebs cycle, muscle contraction, MRI, p-values and more, each with a memory aid and a short verse.
- RememberMemory tricks for scienceChecked mnemonics for the planets, taxonomy, redox, the spectrum, metric prefixes and more.
- TeachSongs in the classroomPractical activities, time budgets and fair ways to include students who would rather not sing.
A verse to start with
Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little StarGlucose splits in steps of ten,
spends two ATP, then makes four again.
Two pyruvate, two NADH,
in the cytoplasm, no oxygen needed.
Net is two ATP, that's the score,
then the mitochondria take some more.
Read the science behind it in Glycolysis explained.
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