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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Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology.
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thank u for the song it was very touching #fireflies
My favorite part was when Dr. B said ” well that was a dud. Can we do another take? Oh we’re live.” Haha.
Fireflies are so cool!
Hey doctor R,
I was just amazed and so unbelievably curios as to what chemical, other than hydrogen peroxide caused the light affect ?
I love this episode! I absolutely love fireflies! Mosquitoes got lanterns!
What is the scientific name for fire flies?
I love science live so much it is cool
Such a Beautiful voice I like it. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh and DrB she is my math teacher. Wow I did not know that she could sing.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I never knew this about Fireflies! Thank You!!!
Fireflies are so awesome
fireflies are so cool
What great presentation! I love fireflies & this made me love them more.
What great presentation! I love fireflies & this made me love them more.
I thought his presentation was pretty cool. I’ve always wanted to see a firefly. We don’t have them in New Mexico
The girl that singing that song at the end is my teacher in math class 🤯
My son really loved this about fireflies!! The song was so touching!!
Your design of the firefly is cool
I like fireflies.
What is the scientific name for fireflies?
WHY ISN’T ANYONE TALKING ABOUT THE BIG SECRET ABOUT THE FIREFLY PICTURE DR. B AND LADY PAJET SHOWED US???!!!
I’ve always loved fireflies, this was so interesting to learn about!
I can not stop listening to this song
I love fireflies
How long do fireflies live?
the part where you poured the two chemicals together was cool to wach
That’s so amazing!
Hello, I am from Thailand.
The song inspired me to write a song about be thankful that we have light in darkness.
I love fireflies
I love fireflies! We have them at my house.
I loved this. I love fireflies.
Fireflies are really cool. I see them where I live.
I saw these for the first time when I moved to Texas
I learned so much about fireflies that I did not know before! Thanks for the video!
I love these videos and fireflies are awesome.
Wow that’s so cool and I love Acellus and it is so awesome and very cool
I really love firefly, wish to see a bunch flying and to catch one. I really love the video 🙂
It was interesting learning about fireflies. The song was very pretty about fireflies.
This was awesome! I like to tell others how bioluminescence works now. Thank you for this video!
I love this video and fireflies
Fireflies are so cool
Fireflies are cool, never seen one before.
I have always loved fireflies and have always wondered exactly how they worked. The song was so pretty
I have always loved seeing and catching fireflies.
I think fireflies are really cool
I love this program
Awesome! I hope to see fireflies in real life some day, they are just so pretty.
I loved the song:)
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I like fireflies. We don’t have in Alaska.
Can’t wait to watch another episode! That was awesome!!!
I liked when you put the fire in the bottle and it started back up again.
Ms rachel is my fav teacher.
The fire flies were so bright.
we loved it
Lovely webinar. I have never had the opportunity to see fireflies in real life before but maybe someday I will, but for now the night sky is still there and on a cloudy day the sun still shines behind them.
Very interesting webinar that explained how the firefly works in a well broken down manner which made it simple to understand yet wonderfully mind blowing at the same time. The song was beautiful and conveyed a lovely message which I strongly believe in.
So cool! I love fireflies!
I love the song at the end of the video I think it is inspirational.
There are a lot of fireflies this year.
I wish we had fireflies in AZ. Have only seen them in the Midwest
Can I get the song on spotfiy
I love what was said in science breakthrough.
I loved the song!
fireflies are the best
Firefly is so cool and I like how they put Lady Pajet on the firefly😅
I like fireflies
This episode is very interesting! Mr. Tobias is so funny!;)
I love fireflies.
What happened to the fireflies? I use to see them in the woods near my house at night but haven’t seen them in a really long time.
She’s my math and language arts teacher and she can sing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing video! Love this!
I can’t wait to see if there are fire-flys at Yellowstone National Park in early September!!!
is the firefly glowing stuff used for glow balloons and glow in the dark powder.
I love that song🤏🥰
Wow! Love this video
Every year we for camping at Garner State Park, and I can’t wait to see the fireflies! Now I know how and why they light up.
the song is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!
I love fireflies and seeing how they work was really interesting .
This is my one of my favorite videos
Where do fireflies live?
so cool, I love this video!
The science was fun.
Wonderful! I wish us humans were bioluminescent.
Is it possible for a firefly to glow a different color?
I loved when they made fireflies, it was really cool ❇
this is so cool
That is really cool how a firefly has a chemical that makes them light up!
Good to know how fire flies glow.
I Love this video
This has taught me so much about bioluminescence!
Do all fireflies glow the same way, or do some have different colors of light?
I love the firefly song! 🦟
No way she can sing, she’s my math teacher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the fire part was my favorite.
Now I know a lot more! These videos are amazing!!!
This is really cool, thanks for these videos.
Wow I didn’t know that mrs Rebecca could sing, dang 😀🥹
I can’t believe I didn’t know that insects don’t have lungs! That’s crazy!
wow i loved the song about fireflies 😀
I think its funny that fireflies are not flies they are actually beetles so technically they are firebeetles haha.
It’s very interesting that fireflies naturally know how to use the chemicals to make light.
how long does the light last in the luminous experiment last, and did you use a black light
This is the millionth time I have listened to song
I loved the way that the bugs lit up without heat, it’s really interesting!
There is also some see algae that produce bioluminescence.
Fireflies are beautiful.
Wowww I love firefly
love it loved the song so much
Her voice is beautiful!!!!!
Soooooooooooo cooooooooool
Awww! Fireflies have their own glow sticks inside of them
I love Fireflies so much
How did the water glow
I really loved the firefly song.
i think its really cool how bioluminescence works.
That was truly amazing! Mrs. Rebecca has a beautiful voice! I love fireflies they are spectacular. And Dr. billings, that bioluminescent chemical reaction was AWESOME!!! I wonder if It can produce electricity since it gives off light. And pajet’s the secret of the firefly! >U<
dang her voice is beautiful! I remember that before acellus gold editon came out used to this music video over and over.
I’ve never actually seen fireflies in person before!! I’ve always thought they we so beautiful it would be a dream to see some. 😊
mrs Rebcca can SING OMG
I always thought they where like neat little living glowsticks, used to chase them around alot
i really love fireflies when me and my brother were younger we would catch them in jars.
Miss Rebecca is my favorite language arts teacher. She can sing now?!!🤔😳🤔
So amazing miss Rebecca such an amazing song I wrote a song about fireflies too.
Cash is cute 😍 ☺️ 💕
A robot firefly will be cool🤖🦟
I wrote a song about fireflies too!!!!