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Mix one part class assignment, one part marine science, two parts humor and add a dash of Spongebob Squarepants, Finding Nemo and Flounder from The Little Mermaid.

What do you get?

鈥淯nder the Boat,鈥� a YouTube video by a group of 色情视频 students for their chemical ecology class.

Explaining chemical ecology

Created by junior Alex Warneke, and seniors Stacey Virtue and Elena 鈥淜atie鈥� Kozma, all biology majors with an emphasis in marine biology, the video was part of a mandatory assignment in the chemical ecology course taught by biology professor Jeremy Long. In a music video format, students were expected to explain a key chemical ecology concept.

鈥淚 suspect that student retention is much greater for this video assignment than other, more traditional assignments,鈥� Long said, referring to the fact that the assignment replaced an exam or paper in the syllabus.

After some serious brainstorming, 鈥淯nder the Boat鈥� was born. In a video modeled after 鈥檚 鈥淚鈥檓 on a Boat,鈥� the group set out to explain the role of chemical deterrents in preventing predation in sea life. Understandably, the project was tough, but the group was confident in their efforts 鈥� and it showed.

Laughing and learning

鈥淭o make it more entertaining we tried to make the lyrics as funny as possible, but still making them scientific,鈥� Kozma said.

And the educational effort is not lost. Virtue鈥檚 mother, a teacher in the 色情视频 Unified School District, has shared the video with colleagues with hopes that it will be used in science classes.

鈥淭hese student videos provide a great opportunity to attract people to science, 鈥淟ong said. 鈥淏y making science interesting and fun, we hope to improve the relationship between scientists and the public.鈥�

How they almost lost it

Amazingly, the video almost didn鈥檛 happen. As Warmeke explained, after 24 straight hours of editing the final cut in iMovie, the program crashed. Panic set in as the group furiously searched Google for a way to recover their project.

鈥淓verything was like 鈥榶ou can鈥檛 do it, you can鈥檛 do it,鈥欌�� Warneke said. 鈥淟uckily, Mac is amazing and I was looking through some file on the desktop and there was a little icon that said 鈥楿nder the Boat.鈥� I clicked on it and it restored everything. It obviously worked out.鈥�

For now, the group looks forward to sharing the video with other Aztecs during Explore 色情视频, the annual campus open house, and with the wider scientific community during this year鈥檚 Benthic Ecology Meeting film festival.