GIANTmicrobes®
Rarely do I get so excited about a product that I will devote a post to it but the plush toys created by GIANTmicrobes® are that product.
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I am an Affiliate Network Marketer and I came across and registered for the GIANTmicrobes® affiliate program. I have always been very interested in Microbiology and if anyone were to ask me what my dream job would be I would say Microbiomechanical Engineering. I would love to be able to combine the body with a device but not like a cyborg or the Borgs on Star Trek. Rather, I would like to develop a suit that my son could put on like a wet suit. It would monitor his electrical impulses and would become rigid or weaken in areas to allow him to walk. It would be able to read the impulses and determine the logical reason for the impulse and respond accordingly. Well.. I can't quite explain it although I can see it clearly in my mind. That isn't the reason for this post. It is however, the reason I love microbiology. Anything on the cellular level excites me and I want to learn more.
As I mentioned before I signed up with GIANTmicrobes® and I love it! I can see these little guys being used in a Biology class. For most of us anything on the cellular level is very abstract and difficult to wrap our minds around. These little guys bring the microbes into a tangible hands-on playing field. I believe that when students are studying a particular microbe this toy could be introduced as a tool to help them to understand the microbes design. It is something they can see, feel and inspect. I think they would be great teaching tools.
Even if you aren't interested in microbes you should take a look at the website. Some of the descriptions they have listed for each microbe are quite comical. The illnesses these microbes cause can be deadly and in fact are no laughing matter but this is a lighter way to learn more about them.
~ Sharon 
