Lexx Education

McDeath

This week Laura Lexx is back in the Physics Lab and oh boy is she furious about it! As her brother Ron attempts once again to get over his own disinterest in science and get her to concentrate, they have a look at energy transfers and how to calculate how much energy is used in heating and cooling objects.
 
Laura gets promised tea that never comes, but helpfully she does now know how much energy her kettle is using to make this hypothetical tea that never comes. Via a picnic at Tarr Steps, Ron teaches Laura about cooling down as well and they argue over whether formulas are useful or not. It’s one of their angrier episodes so you best enjoy it, because they didn’t.
 
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Caesium the Daysium

In their third trip around the science sun, the science siblings pass by Chemistry again to see what's new. There's time for a quick brushing up on atomic structure to see what Laura has retained from last chemistry, and then it's on to new ground.
In order to look at the periodic table Ron needs to describe the difference between a row and a column, and then it all gets a bit dreamy as they look at how Mendeleev thought up the Periodic Table. Ron is his very patient best as he tries to work through the alkali metals explaining their different properties.
Interruptions this week include a cat, Laura, and a ghost ambulance.
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A Blood Factory in a Bone Cave

After the burning trash pile that was last week’s attempts to delve further into physics, the science siblings are thrilled to be back in the warm comforting arms of biology. Mmmmmm cosy.
 
Biology 3 picks up from where they left off last time with cell specialisation but this time Ron is teaching Laura about the all powerful totipotent cells: Stem Cells. Much to both Laura and Ron’s relief, Laura has heard of these.
 
They chat uses for stem cells, where cem stella can be found in the body, Laura comes up with a really good film idea and Ron shoots it down. They discuss how cells divide and replicate, and how cloning can be used in people, plants and Royal Families to make sure the DNA is always good.
 
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down.

It's that time again: Physics. Not the science siblings favourite but maybe their second time round to it will improve their relationship with the forces of nature?
No.
If this podcast had ever had wheels we might say that this was where they came off. Ron tries to persuade Laura that every action has an equal and opposite reaction and Laura asks if tables are made of jelly and why the floor wants a ball to be in the sky. They get distracted on what exactly a person should picture when picturing a pendulum and Laura breaks the record for the most times a person needlessly says "down" on a podcast.
It's Newton's Laws as you've never heard them before as Ron does his very best to get to grips with Resultant Forces despite Laura's absolute inability to play along.
 
Here is the interactive periodic table as brought to our attention by Paisley Buddie on Twitter, so thank you for that: https://ptable.com/#Properties
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AAANA

Welcome back to the chemistry lab… it’s our second delve into the world of atoms, electrons, neutrons and protons AKA Bob Marley, sound engineers, sad boys and parties!
 
This week Ron tries to introduce the concepts of Relative Charge and Relative Mass to a Laura that still can’t quite remember whether she’s talking about cells or atoms. Even if she could remember, the fact they both have nucleus’ apparently renders them both stupid and pointless anyway.
 
There’s also going to be maths. Gross, horrible, number filled maths… Laura tries to get her head around the sums that will let her know the average weight of an atom, and why isotopes are more than a baseball team.
 
What is an isotope? Will we find out? If we find out is there any chance of it staying in the swamp brain? Join the sciencey siblings for more arguing, baffling analogies and squabbling over who is paying attention.
 
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Might O’Condria feat. Haddaway

Every week Ron and Laura meet up to cover a little bit more of the GCSE Science syllabus and try and re-teach laura GCSE science.
This week they return to biology, and attempt again to get Laura to understand that cells and atoms are different things. Maybe one day it will sink in? It's not today though.
Via a quick description of how electron microscopes work, the siblings get on a mission to understand what makes cells different to one another. They look at the different organelles that can give cells the abilities they need. Starting with jizz obviously.
Ron tries to explain to Laura what DNA is and what it's up to. She manages to not talk about chicken.
 
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Is that lentils bulgur wheat or...?

Welcome back science fans! Physics Lesson 1 is about to begin... having beaten biology and conquered chemistry, Laura is back to form a physics philosophy (it was the best we could think of for that, shut up).
Physics doesn't so much get off with a bang, more of a teensy weensy whimper of pain as Laura realises she hates physics and Ron is forced to admit he's not that keen on it either.
The siblings start to learn about standard units of measurement, and how to calculate energy transfers. Laura soon realises that unless she can put something into practical use it is largely pointless and thus begins the procedure of making all science about her dog so that she cares.
Do you have any better ideas for how to get physics into Laura's brain? Get in touch. You can email us at lexxeducation@gmail.com, or you can contact LexxEducation on all the social media platforms where we will be happy to chat all things science and learning with you.
 
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See you next week when we are back to biology...
 
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Bob Marley and the Sad Boys

Welcome back to the lab!
This week brother/sister duo Laura and Ron are back in learning mode and embarking on the chemistry leg of their adventure.
Ron gives Laura a potted history of the periodic table and the discovery of atoms. He attempts to rectify a lifetime of white washing of scientific plaudits by covering the immensely interesting history of the sciences. Laura tries to be impressed but doesn't really understand.
The Plum Pudding model is where things really get spicy for Laura as she finally gets her head round something only to find it isn't true and there was no point Ron telling her about it. Whose side are you on so far? Is Laura just plain sponge headed or does Ron need to find a new tack to teach her?
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A Lego Brick Full of Meccano

Fire up your Bunsen burners and join award-winning comedian Laura Lexx as she attempts to pass her Science GCSEs (all over again) with the help of nerdy younger brother, Ron.
Every week the squabbling siblings dissect a topic from the baddest educational document on the planet - the UK’s National Curriculum.
 
Lesson One is in Biology. Ron's favourite subject. He starts Laura off with cells: getting to know the different types of cell and the different parts of a cell.
Laura uses her own very individual methods to try to remember the differences between eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
 
Expect singing, swearing and a lot of frustrated sighs from Ron as he tries to reteach Laura things she almost certainly learned twenties years ago but has done her best to forget in the meantime.
 
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Next week, we move on to chemistry, so test tubes at the ready...
 
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Lexx Education - Launches 4th July!

Star of Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, Hypothetical, Roast Battle & The Comedy Club, Laura Lexx has conquered the comedy world. She's won all the awards and got nothing left to prove... but can she translate that achievement to another subject?!
Her younger brother Ron loves science. He studied molecular biology at UCL and would like nothing more than to be able to chat science with his sister. But, science and Laura are like oil and water. Can he help her pass a Science GCSE?