How Much Should You Wee On A Jellyfish Sting?
Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie
BBC
4.8 • 957 Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Greg James and Bella Mackie didn’t pay much attention at school. So they’re asking Britain’s most inspiring teachers to show them what they missed in this series of fascinating and fun lessons.
This week it's chemistry with Miss Assinder, who explores the idea that weeing on a jellyfish sting will neutralise the pain. Listen to the end to find out how much you need - and along the way you'll find out how Greg and Bella want to be disposed of after their death, how to get your kids to clean the bathroom, and how long it takes to dissolve a mouse.
Bad students of all ages are welcome. Expect brilliant teachers, captivating subjects but absolutely no homework.
Get in touch with your funny school stories and teacher recommendations - email us at teachme@bbc.co.uk
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | By the end of this podcast, we're going to answer the question. |
| 0:07.3 | How much should you wee on a jellyfish sting? |
| 0:10.3 | Teach me a lesson. We've been searching for the greatest |
| 0:16.0 | Teach me a lesson. Teach me a lesson. |
| 0:18.0 | Welcome to our podcast. |
| 0:21.0 | We've been searching for the greatest teachers in the UK to teach us a lesson. |
| 0:25.0 | Each episode is a completely different subject so hopefully we'll all learn something new. |
| 0:30.0 | Today's lesson is chemistry. |
| 0:33.0 | Greg, did you blow anything up at school? |
| 0:36.0 | Yeah, I liked blowing things up. I liked experiments. I liked chemical reactions. |
| 0:41.0 | You know how into fire I am. |
| 0:44.0 | I do, yep, he's always setting fire to things around the house. |
| 0:47.0 | Not in a sort of arsonist's way. |
| 0:49.0 | But, as a kid I definitely, we used to like film things and pretend I was a special effects |
| 0:55.6 | coordinator. When you say we do you mean just you on your own? I meant me in the |
| 0:59.7 | video camera and mom would sort of supervise or leave me. |
| 1:04.0 | But I would... |
| 1:06.0 | I would... I would, um, I'd set up stunts with little toy cars and stuff |
| 1:10.0 | and sort of pack them with a little bangers or fun snaps and then light them. |
| 1:19.0 | So yeah you do like chemistry but now you also have friends which I guess is nice. Yeah, but I think I'd still push comes to shove I'd take experiments over friends. |
| 1:29.0 | If I could have a full chemistry lab in the house. Well I mean we've basically just not had any |
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