Inventioneering with Microcontroller

March 18, 2026  •  EPISODE 302

Join Roger Billings, a technology thought leader and innovator, as he draws from his diverse range of life experiences, inspiring students of all ages to love science and to understand the value of education in empowering their life missions.

This highly motivational and informative lecture series, hosted by the International Academy of Science, is part of the Roger Billings Mentoring Scholarship. 

About DrB

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. As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.


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1,018 Comments

  1. Claire

    yes

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  2. Ian

    Acellus board

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  3. Fiona

    Yes! please make it available

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  4. Alexander

    I think it would be good to be in the store.

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  5. Elin

    “The One Board” to rule them all

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  6. Jasmine

    SL cuntrole bord as a name. (SL stands for science live)

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  7. William

    WE NEED OUR GOLD STORE ARDUINOS <3

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  8. Jovani

    Cellus Board?

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  9. Eddie

    YES!!!! Please put a board in the gold store

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  10. Noah

    Yes 😀 *

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  11. Caulan

    Scienceino

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  12. Abigail

    Yes!

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  13. Eduardo

    Can you make it be a kit

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  14. Remy

    arduino is amazing !!!!

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  15. Jordin

    the Roger board

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    • Brielle

      Yes! That would be so cool!

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  16. Abby

    the r-51 Board

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  17. Max

    Yes, I would love to have that in the goldstore we should call it acellbar.

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  18. Ava

    We should name it the Billings Board!

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  19. Zoe

    Hiiiiii to everyone I’m so happy to be hear and yesssss i would love to have that in the store!!!!

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  20. Benjamin

    Yes, I want the board in the Gold Store

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  21. Gabriel

    The Gold Bar

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  22. Michael

    yes please!!

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  23. Nadia

    51 board!

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  24. Emmalyn

    yes make a board!

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  25. Camila

    Yes yes yes yessssss!

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  26. Tatiyana

    Ardino board

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  27. Ami

    I would like the circuit board

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  28. Mitchell

    sell the R boards in store pls

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  29. Lovena

    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAKE THE BOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

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  30. Remme

    cant wait to hear the name

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  31. Marilyn

    Yes I want the board in the gold store we could call it the Billings Board.

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  32. Calvin

    please put that in the gold store please

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  33. Roger

    make 1!

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  34. Grace

    yes!!!!!!!!!! 6,923 times yes!!

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  35. Jayden

    The possibilities are truly endless when it comes to the Arduino. (P.S. i am not sure if I spelled that correctly.)

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  36. Aletheia

    Billings Board?

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  37. Vance

    Hello! I would be interested!

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  38. Upton

    Please!!!

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  39. Roger

    I vote for the arduino in the gold store

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  40. Samantha

    Rboard

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  41. Aleigha

    Yes

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  42. Paisley

    yes

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  43. Hugh

    The Argwino sounds very cool! The possibility are endless!

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  44. Maleah

    I love you PJ

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  45. Felicie

    Yes:)

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  46. Leonardo

    I think an Arduino would be a good product to add to the Gold Store!

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  47. Brie

    I think i would like the Arduino in the Gold Store!

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  48. Adriell

    Yes

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  49. Abigail

    Yes please

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  50. Caroline

    man it must’ve been embarrassing to jokingly name something after something like a bar just as a place holder name and that become the permanent name

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  51. Emily

    Yes!

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  52. Alexander

    I’d be really excited to see the arduino in the gold store

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  53. Grayson

    yess that would be awesome

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  54. Brooklynn

    yes yes yes how much will it be?

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  55. Lucia

    It would be GREAT to have an Arduino in the Acellus store! How much would it be?

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  56. Lilia

    The Arduino reminds me of an old movie called back to the Future. Yes, put in the store or make an honors class for it, please.

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  57. Charlotte

    yes you should

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  58. Otto

    Yes please I would love that to be in the store

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  59. Samuel

    It would be a cool thing to see in the shop

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  60. Jadon

    Yes

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  61. Aydin

    Sounds so cool!

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  62. Mandie

    yes please

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  63. Roland

    love tobe

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  64. Brogan

    Yes please!!!!!!!!!!

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  65. Emma

    YES PLS CAN WE DO THAT!

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  66. Emily

    Yes

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  67. Shaeleigh

    THE PROJECT BOARD WOULD BE AMAZING!

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  68. Ariana

    Yes

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  69. Travis

    We need that in the gold store!

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  70. Kassidy

    put it in the store please

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  71. John

    Yes we want th arduino

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  72. Tatiyana

    I have interest

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  73. Ada

    I think it would be cool

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  74. Daniel

    I like the A ardaweno seems very cool!

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  75. Devin

    yes

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  76. Korbyn

    yes please!!!!!!!!!!

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  77. Julie

    yes please

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  78. Aliyah

    DO ITTTTTT

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  79. Kayden

    yes

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  80. Cameron

    Do it Do it!!

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  81. Tori

    YES!

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  82. Rahel

    Very interesting topic Tobias!

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  83. Ezekiel

    Yes! I’d love to be able to buy those!

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  84. Aubrianna

    yes that will be amazing.

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  85. Jason

    Billings board

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  86. Julian

    that sounds cool and how much?

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  87. Johanna

    YESESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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    • Aydin

      R-board-51

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  88. Bennett

    yes

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  89. Sterling

    Yes!

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  90. Dane

    MAKKKKEEEE IITTTT MAKE THE BOARDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  91. Taylor

    Yesss

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  92. Jayla

    Where can you buy an Arduino?

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  93. Shaeleigh

    so cool that you can do so many different things with a Ard-dweno! (hope I spelled it ok!)

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  94. Erin

    i thought it was super cool how that little thing can do and make so many interesting projects!

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  95. Ryan

    That’s so cool that there is a plant that moves when you touch it

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  96. Barbara

    Hi from North Carolina

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  97. Leticia

    I never noticed that plants could count.

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  98. Aiden

    Tuning in live from ATL

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  99. Aiden

    hello from New Jersey

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  100. Lager

    Hi From Wyoming!

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  101. Hamza

    Hi from Virginia!

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  102. Raylyn

    This is my favorite part. Always shows something super interesting

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  103. Lovena

    Does the tickling plant have similarities with the venus fly trap because they both close?

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  104. Landon

    Amazing!

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  105. Kadence

    I just read a book that’s about plants, and the touch me not plant is also called sensitive plant.

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  106. Isabella

    hi from ohio

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  107. Isla

    If plants can at least count to two and currently we use 0 and 1 for coding could plants be used to compute?

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  108. Hadley

    Hi!!! From Tennessee!

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  109. Benjamin

    Hi from Florida.

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  110. Dylan

    This is a good science live

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  111. Keagan

    I love plants too!!!!!! I alone in my room I have six real plants and a whole bunch of lego and fake ones!

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  112. Hannah

    heyyy from TX love science live

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  113. Brezlynn

    hi from texas!

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  114. Rebecca

    hello everyone happy to be here

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  115. Anderson

    wats that blue computer proceceser on the table

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  116. Harlan

    Ferns are so cool.

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  117. Kasey

    Hello for Cali!!!

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  118. Jabari

    plant computing is very interesting because we have so much technology

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  119. Amberle

    hello from Mid Missouri

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  120. Lynnox

    I loved this live!

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  121. Joey

    hello from texas

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  122. Aubree

    Hello from nevada

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  123. Autum

    Hi from Texas.

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  124. Destinie

    Hi from New Jersey!

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  125. Olivia

    hi from Texas

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  126. Jordan

    Can there be a touch me not plant at Acellus world????

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  127. James

    HI, happy to be watching from Maryland.

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  128. Alexis

    love this live.

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  129. Zuriah

    Ferns are so cool!!

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  130. Corbin

    what in the world did the plant just move???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  131. Jaden

    Smart plant

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  132. Kayla

    Hi from Chihuahua, Mexico! Ferns are so interesting and important.

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  133. Kira

    I like ferns

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  134. London

    I am so grateful that I get to watch these science lives, I always learn something new!

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  135. Emilee

    That plant is so cool

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  136. Christian

    Hello from Virginia

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  137. Camila

    Hello, Happy Wednesday from Georgia!!

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  138. Ella

    Hi from NY

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  139. Jarrett

    the shyest plant.

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  140. Cocoa-chanel

    Hi from Montana ;3

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  141. Tatiana

    That plant thing is cool.

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  142. Gabriella

    I love this part

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  143. Lucia

    Hello from Tooele, Utah! How is everyone?

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  144. Calvin

    Hello from Michigan.

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  145. Brittania

    Hello from Idaho!

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  146. London

    Why does the plant close when it’s touched?

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  147. Kaylee

    those looked like Venus flytraps kinda but that was so cool the touch me nots

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  148. Amelia

    Wow! I didn’t know plants had those abilities!

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  149. Javion

    thats cool

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  150. Lillian

    Do the touch me not plants slowly close at the same speed every time?

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  151. Daniel

    How does the plant know that what is touching it is touching it?

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  152. Tucker

    Hi from Mississippi!!

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  153. Elisha

    Hi excited to be here from TN!

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  154. Stella

    very cool

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  155. Tabesh

    Hi from cali! Those plants are so interesting to learn about.

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  156. Phoenix

    Wow, who would have thought a plant could count, or at least learn?

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  157. William

    They could make alarm clock with them.

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  158. Myson

    I only ever thought that the Venus fly trap was the smart one

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  159. Levi

    Hello everyone from southern Missouri!

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  160. Miranda

    Science is so amazing!!!

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  161. Janyla

    HII FROM GEORGA

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  162. Anthony

    where do you find these plants

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  163. Gabriel

    Why can plants react different when music goes on.

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  164. Rutledge

    Those plants move like the corals in my moms fish tank!

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  165. Oliver

    Hi from Washington! I’m watching with my brother.

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  166. Nathan

    Wow this is so much fun!

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  167. Piper

    How does that plant know when it’s morning and night?

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  168. Dianna

    what are ferns made of? like on a chemical level?

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  169. Charles

    that was really cool plant

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  170. Jalen

    What happens if it rains and the water droplet touches the plant

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  171. Isabella

    That was so cool and interesting, thank you!

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  172. Benjamin

    Hi from Georgia

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  173. Kimberlee

    I love this live

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  174. Olivia

    Kind of like the defense mechanism of an Opossum, playing dead when it’s threatened

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  175. Mason

    Is that touch me not plant a type of fern?

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