How Fireflies Glow – The Chemistry of Bioluminescence
November 10, 2021 • EPISODE 95
What makes fireflies glow? Join Roger Billings as he helps students explore the enchanting world of fireflies! Discover the amazing chemistry behind their glow and see how these tiny creatures light up the night with their bioluminescence.
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This is my FAVORITE one! I remember when I watched this live. The glowing firefly experiment is so cool!
cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool i NEED to see this live
this firefly experiment is the best one yet truly a work of art keep up the good work guys. also there is one question i have: how IN THE WORLD do you get the stuff for this experiment cause i need it. thank you and goodnight/day 🙂 😉 :0
I’ve always found Bio-luminescent stuff very interesting so i thought this episode was very cool! especially when the chemicals were poured down the spiral!
I Think That bio-luminescent things are really cool and i wish i could’ve seen this live
I find Bio-luminescent stuff very cool and amazing and it was really awesome to see it going down the spiral
I find bio-luminescent things very cool and I found it very cool when it was poured into the spiral
i find bio-luminescent things really cool and i would have loved to see it live
I’ve always been a big fan in bio-luminescent and always wanted to know how it worked. The firefly experiment helped with that, so I’m thanking Dr. Billings for that wonderful presentation. This is one of the many scientific experiments that had been added to my science knowledge. 😀😆
This would have been super fun to watch live.
I learned about the chemicals poured together and it glowed! It was bright! This is my first Science live.
The last experiment was so cool! I’ve never seen anything like it!