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[Bojko]

Today I have a lab in one of my units, Biochemistry.

We are doing a Oral Glucose Tolerance Test. The idea behind it, is that we the students are the guinea pigs. They've asked us to not eat 10 hours before hand, and then during the lab we are asked to take a dose of diluted glucose and then blood is taken by pinpricks to the fingers several times throughout the hour. (It's completely voluntary, but, shall make the day a tad more exciting!)

... I'm so hungry!  The lab is in a few hours, and when I get home in about... 6 hours I'll be able to have a good meal.

So, I was wondering then, in any field of research (either at school or at home), have you been subjected to strange things for the sake of Science?

[Mimitchi]

Ooh interesting topic. How did the results come out? I hope you get a great meal after ^.^

I haven't personally been part of an experiment but I had to dissect a squid in biology and then we fried them up and ate em. At the time it was pretty gross. These days I enjoy Calamari, though. Not very adventurous but, that's my short story heh.

[Bojko]

Oh my gosh, squid freak me out so badly! Haha, a nice twist on the dissection to be able to fry the squid up afterwards.

The results turned out good! I am in a healthy range of blood glucose and insulin levels. It was a fun lab, all the pin-pricking and sculling of diluted glucose. Now I get to write up the lab report. >.<
I did, we all ran to the food court afterwards and got some Chinese. =)

[spiffy]

Well, having joined the Science Club at my school our first experiment is to find out how much Caffeine there is in a can of Coke from Spain and one from Portugal, see if there is any difference, and do the same with coffee, tea etc...

I guess doing this experiment will mean drinking a bit of coffee (yay) and tea, so that might count as a somewhat-exciting experiment.

[snickerdoodle]

Cool  OP (original post) topic, Bojko. 

Since my Glucose Count is a constant battle for me, I think this is an excellent test for anyone to take. It may open an area unbeknownst to them that they'd be better knowing about.

High sugar levels, unchallenged for years, lead to eyesight degeneration and perhaps eventually to blindness as well as encouraging stroke.  It's not a game. Sugar is NOT a friend.

I'm VERY glad to hear your sugar levels were normal. 

The only thing I remember about science was my teacher slicing carrots lengthwise to demonstrate the inside. They were old limp carrots he'd salvaged from his refrigerator and so it was funny when he flung them around to the students to examine instead of handing them. I guess it was easier that way.  He was a great guy who made science interesting and fun.

[Bojko]

Oh, I am sorry to hear of the Glucose problem you face snickerdoodle. It's scary to think of our diets having a chance to have such major health issues down the track.

Yeah, the demonstrator told us of how this lab helped in diagnosing glucose problems in past students. Thankfully this year most students held up to a normal range.

Haha, oh I love teachers who are able to do that to their subject, bring fun and help to make learning interesting. I had a Science teacher too who was exactly like that as well, I loved going to Biology. He'd make the most funniest comments and quirky rhymes to help us remember certain things.

[ginjirotchi]

I haven't had any exciting science experiments as such. A month ago in biology we had to test breathing volumes and that meant picking one person from each science group to breath in and out of a machine. It was kinda cool.

I know what you mean about nice teachers making a difference. I have an english teacher who is soooo funny and nice. I used to hate english last year because my teacher was a grumpy, mean and a hard marker. When I started english this year, I started loving it because the teacher makes it so fun My math teacher could learn a thing or two from my english teacher, hehe!

Cool topic Bojko!