BIOLOGY SONGS
Songs that connect to the introductory biology curriculum
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INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE
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She Blinded Me with Science by Thomas Dolby
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Weird Science by Oingo Boingo
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The Scientist by Coldplay
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Applied Science by 311
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Science is Real by They Might Be Giants
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Put it to the Test by They Might Be Giants
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The Sounds of Science by Beastie Boys
INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY
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Alive by POD
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Wonderful World (Don’t Know Much Biology…) by Sam Cooke
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Alive by Sia
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Biology by Joe Jackson
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That’s Life by The Temptations
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Stayin’ Alive by The Bee Gees
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The Virus of Life by Slipknot
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Alive by Pearl Jam
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All My Life by The Foo Fighters
BASIC CHEMISTRY
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Chemistry by Rush
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Doing the Neutron Dance by Pointer Sisters
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Better Living Through Chemistry by Queens of the Stone Age
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Meet the Elements by They Might Be Giants
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Radioactive by Imagine Dragons
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Radioactive by The Firm
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Opposites Attract by Paula Abdul
BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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Sugar Sugar by The Archies
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Sugar Magnolia by The Grateful Dead
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Sugar We’re Going Down by Fall Out Boy
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Every Morning by Sugar Ray
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Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
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Grease (is the Word) by Grease soundtrack
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I’ve Got You Under My Skin by Frank Sinatra
THE CELL
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Tainted Love by Soft Cell
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Insane in the Brain (Insane in the Membrane) by Cypress Hill
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Cells by They Might Be Giants
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Golgi Apparatus by Phish
CELLULAR RESPIRATION
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Amber (is the color of your energy) by by 311
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The Energy by Audiovent
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Fuel by Metallica
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Energy by Apples in Stereo
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Fuel by Avril Levigne
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Break it Down Again by Tears for Fears
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Hemorrhage (or any other song) by Fuel
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The Energy Blues (Schoolhouse Rock Rocks) by Biz Markie
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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Blinded by the Light by by Manfred Mann
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The Last Remaining Light by Audioslave
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Photosynthesis by They Might Be Giants
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Don’t Turn Off the Lights by Enrique Iglesias
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Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles
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Sunshine by Matt Costa
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Sunshine by Matisyahu
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The Sound of Sunshine by Michael Franti & Spearhead
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You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder
CELL DIVISION
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Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division
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iMitosis by Andrew Bird
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Me and My Shadow by Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.
CANCER
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Cancer by Filter
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Cancer by My Chemical Romance
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Cancer by Joe Jackson
GENETICS
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DNA by BTS
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In Those Jeans by Ginuwine
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The Jean Genie by David Bowie
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I Think I’m Going Bald by Rush
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Behind Blue Eyes by The Who or Limp Bizkit
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X&Y by Coldplay
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Genetic by Sonic Youth
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Brown-Eyed Girl by Van Morrison
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Pass the Peas by James Brown and/or Maceo Parker
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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The Jean Genie by David Bowie
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Billy Jean by Michael Jackson
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In Those Jeans by Genuwine
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Express Yourself by Madonna
CLONING
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I Think I’m a Clone Now by Weird Al Yanovic
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Hello Dolly by Barbara Streisand
DNA TECHNOLOGY
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Who Are You (a/k/a theme to the TV show C.S.I.) by The Who
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Won’t Get Fooled Again (a/k/a theme to C.S.I.: Miami) by The Who
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Fingerprint File by by The Rolling Stones
EVOLUTION
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Do the Evolution by Pearl Jam
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Evolution by Korn
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Adaptation by The Weeknd
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Theme song to the TV show “Big Bang Theory” by Barenaked Ladies
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Darwin by Third Eye Blind
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Galapagos by Smashing Pumpkins
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Dodo by Dave Matthews Band
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Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles
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Walk the Dinosaur by Was (Not Was)
TAXONOMY
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I've Got a Name by Jim Croce
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What's My Name? by Miyavi
MICROBES
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Got the Time (or any other song) by Anthrax
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Tiny Bubbles by Don Ho
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More than Words (or any other song) by Extreme
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(any song) by Spiro Gyra
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Germs by Weird Al Yankovich
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Tiny Dancer by Elton John
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Virus Alert by Weird Al Yankovich
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The Virus of Life by Slipknot
PLANTS
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Send me on my Way by Rusted Root
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Seed to a Tree by Blind Melon
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High Hopes (Rubber Tree Plant) by by Doris Day
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Autumn Leaves by Tony Bennett
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The Dreaming Tree by Dave Matthews Band
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Shaking the Tree by Peter Gabriel & Youssou N’Dour
FUNGI
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Mushroom Festival in Hell by Ween
ANIMALS
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Animal/Animals (lots of songs by that name!) by Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Def Leppard, Ke$ha, Maroon
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Rock You Like a Hurricane (or any other song) by The Scorpions
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The Mollusk by Ween
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Sponge Bob Square Pants Theme by Nickelodeon
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Ants Marching by Dave Matthews Band
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Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (or any other song) by The Animals
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At the Zoo by Simon and Garfunkel
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Mammal by They Might Be Giants
NUTRITION & DIGESTION
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Eat It by Weird Al Yankovic
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The Middle (or any other song) by Jimmy Eat World
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John Lee Supertaster by They Might Be Giants
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Lick it Up by Kiss
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Do You Want Fries with That? by Tim McGraw
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Let’s Eat by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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Eat You Alive by Limp Bizkit
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Breathin by Ariana Grande
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(All I Need Is) The Air That I Breathe by The Hollies
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In the Air Tonight by by Phil Collins
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Every Breath You Take by The Police
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Breathe by Faith Hill
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Breathe by Pink Floyd
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Aqualung by Jethro Tull
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
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Blood in the Cut by K. Flay
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Irish Blood, English Heart by Morrisey
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Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2
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Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana
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Blood by My Chemical Romance
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The Bloodmobile by They Might Be Giants
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Hot Blooded by Foreigner
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Barracuda (or any song) by Heart
IMMUNE SYSTEM
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Disease by by Matchbox 20
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Catch My Disease by Ben Lee
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Down with Disease by Phish
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Positive by Spearhead
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I’ve Got AIDS by by Salt ‘n’ Peppa
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Scar Tissue by The Red Hot Chili Peppers
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The Boy in the Bubble by Paul Simon
URINARY SYSTEM
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Kidney in a Cooler by Keller Williams
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
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Strong Enough by Sheryl Crow
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What a Wonderful World (or any song) by Louis Armstrong
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Pancreas by Weird Al Yankovich
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
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I Want Your Sex by George Michael
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Reproduction by Grease 2 Soundtrack
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Let’s Talk About Sex by Salt ‘n’ Pepa
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Sex Machine by James Brown
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Growing Up by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ed Shereen
NERVOUS SYSTEM
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Spinal Meningitis by Ween
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Think by Aretha Franklin
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Insane in the Brain by Cypress Hill
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Check My Brain by Alice in Chains
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19th Nervous Breakdown by The Rolling Stones
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Nervous Breakdown by Rise Against
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Brain Stew by Green Day
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SKELETAL SYSTEM
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Bones by Galantis
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Human by Rag 'n' Bone Man
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The Crossroads by Bone Thugz n Harmony
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The Skeleton Song by Kate Nash
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Given the Dog a Bone by AC/DC
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I Get Around by The Beach Boys
ECOLOGY
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The Trees by Rush
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One Thing Leads to Another by The Fixx
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Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell or Counting Crowes
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Fire and Rain by James Taylor
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Circle of Life by Elton John
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Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) by Marvin Gaye
ILLEGAL DRUGS
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Cocaine by Eric Clapton
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High All the Time by 50 Cent
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Thursday by Morphine
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We are All on Drugs by Weezer
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Sex, Drugs and Violence by Green Day
SPECIAL DAYS
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First day of class:
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You Wanna Be Starting Something by Michael Jackson
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Last class:
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Last Song by Mickey Hart
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Exam days:
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Under Pressure by David Bowie & Queen
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I Need a Miracle by The Grateful Dead
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Pressure by Billy Joel
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Pressure by Paramore
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Final exam:
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The Final Countdown by Europe
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Days of the week:
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I Don't Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats
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Wednesday Morning by Macklemore
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Thursday by Morphine
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Friday I'm in Love by The Cure
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Student presentation days:
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Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men
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Once in a Lifetime by The Talking Heads
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about
ERIC J. SIMON, PH.D.
Department of Biology and Health Science
New England College, Henniker, NH
Eric J. Simon, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Biology and Health Science at New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. There, he teaches introductory biology, human biology, and tropical marine biology. Dr. Simon also teaches international travel courses, including ones to Belize, the Galapagos, Tanzania, Cuba, the Amazon river, and Patagonia. Dr. Simon received a B.A. in biology and computer science and an M.A. in biology from Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Harvard University. Dr. Simon is the author of a widely used series of college biology textbooks with over 2 million books in print that help teach biology to students in over 40 countries.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Thank you to all who have contributed songs to this site
Thanks to (among others):
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Mary Dettman (Seminole CC)
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Claire Oakley (Rocky Mountain C)
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Jennifer Herzog (Herkimer Country CC)
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Paula Hord Dedmon (Gaston C)
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Paula Parker (Sinclair CC)
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Michelle Zurawski and Kathy Foreman (Moraine Valley CC)
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Phil Hertzler (Central Michigan U)
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Stephanie Pandolfi (Wayne State U)
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Shelley Aguilar (Mt. San Jacinto C)
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Jim Newcomb (New England College)
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Andrea Thomason (Mass Bay CC)
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Jean Dickey (Clemson U)
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Chris Hess (Butler U.)
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Michael Fleming (CSU-Stanislaus)