Science Wear

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Science Wear makes these neat GUTS shirts.  They are a white shirt, with an outline of the organs screen printed on them.  Your students paint the shirts to make them their own, while reviewing some of the major organs.  The shirts are reasonably priced at $5 each, with free shipping if your order 25 or more.  There is a minimum order of 12.

If anyone who knows me (in real life) would like to get their hands on one or two shirts, let me know and we can put together an order to reach the minimum.  Or, even if you don't know me and just want one shirt, you can contact me and we'll see what we can do - obviously there would be some shipping involved, but less than ordering an extra 11 shirts that you don't really need or want anyway.  Leave a message in the comments (please leave your email address - they don't show up otherwise) or send me an email: adventures.in.science{at}gmail.com.

Science Wear also makes Atomic Attire (lab coats, aprons and t-shirts) and a Cell-ebrate Science t-shirt, but the GUTS shirt is my personal favorite.

Dress the Part: Tie-Dye Lab Coat

I love my tie-dye lab coat!  It's fun and cheerful and makes me happy.  And the students love it too - it certainly gets their attention!

It's a little different from these - it starts with red at the shoulders and works its way through the spectrum until it reaches violet at the hem.  Mine came from Flinn Scientific, who will only accept orders from "certified science teachers" and only ships to a "certified school address".  If that doesn't work for you, check out the first link for Amazon, who will ship to anyone!

I was fortunate enough to receive my lab coat at no cost, as part of a program I participated in.  However, I realize they can be a bit pricey (though I will say, it is a heavy duty coat, much thicker and heavier than any others I've encountered).  If you love the look, but consider them to be out of your price range (which is why I hadn't bought one on my own), consider a plain white lab coat and some of your own dye.  You could even use the chromatography pinwheels to make it a truly scientific lab coat! 

Dress the Part: Mitochondria Scarf

Several years ago, on the day of my 7th graders' cell quiz, one of my students, showed up wearing this beautiful scarf.  Yes, those are drawings of mitochondria!!  Her mom (a biochemist, I believe) had loaned her the scarf for good luck on quiz day.  (It worked - she did well!).

I have since become proud owner of one of the same mitochondria scarves by a Slice of Life.  It's a beautiful silk scarf and so much fun to wear. 

I also have this one:

It's connective tissue, in chiffon. 

And, if you're not into scarves, you might want to check out the ties: