You got me! Coffee all over the keyboard for the f**king drywall.
Love the genetics lesson. We did a similar thing for our kids, using the gene for red hair which one of the great grandmas has, and three of the cousins got as well. Simplified, yes, but also age appropriate for the elementary years. THe kids have gotten used to me starting every science lesson with "This is the simplified version; later, we'll cover this in more detail, and we'll see where the exceptions happen, But here's the gist of the matter:"
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Date: 2007-03-11 06:47 pm (UTC)Love the genetics lesson. We did a similar thing for our kids, using the gene for red hair which one of the great grandmas has, and three of the cousins got as well. Simplified, yes, but also age appropriate for the elementary years. THe kids have gotten used to me starting every science lesson with "This is the simplified version; later, we'll cover this in more detail, and we'll see where the exceptions happen, But here's the gist of the matter:"