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Dec 20, 20202 min read
How was the COVID vaccine developed so fast?
It usually takes years to make an effective vaccine. The record was four years for mumps. We first heard about COVID in early 2020 and we...
Dec 12, 20201 min read
How does the COVID vaccine work?
We learned last time that vaccines usually work by injecting a dead or barely alive version of the bacteria or virus into our body so our...
Dec 5, 20201 min read
How do Vaccines Work?
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the COVID vaccine and we thought it would be a good time to talk about how vaccines work. Our...
Nov 23, 20201 min read
What is this machine in our cells that makes stuff?
Inside all our cells is a long chemical strand called DNA. This stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. That’s an awfully long word and that’s...
Nov 15, 20202 min read
Science Corner- Did You Wash Your Hands?
This is the second in a series of science posts developed to help our students make sense of the science terminology they may be hearing...
Nov 8, 20202 min read
Science Corner- What is a Virus?
This is the first in a series of science posts developed to help our students make sense of the science terminology they may be hearing...
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