Dr Richard Spencer that uses DNA Boogie to explain biology caught on camera

Dr Richard Spencer choreographs his college biology lessons to music The teacher at Middlesbrough College in Teeside says it 'inspires' pupils He uses coloured bibs to represent chromosomes and DNA neucleotides He also writes science lyrics to famous songs like Blame it on the Boogie He has now been nominated for the $1m (650,000) Global Teaching Prize

By Richard Gray for MailOnline

Published: 13:27 EST, 13 February 2015 | Updated: 14:36 EST, 13 February 2015

First there was the Periodic Table song, then the Cern rap and now the DNA Boogie.

A science teacher from the Midlands has developed a rather unorthodox way of teaching his students about biology - through the medium of dance.

Dr Richard Spencer, a science teacher at Middlesbrough College, in Teeside, choreographed his lessons to music in an attempt to help his pupils remember how a cell works.

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Teacher uses 'DNA Boogie' dance to teach students biology

Among the dances he has created is the DNA Boogie - in which he uses dance moves to represent the molecules chemical structure - and the Meiosis Square Dance, about how chromosomes are shared between cells as tissue grow.

Musicians who want to write a chart-topping song need to move in a different musical direction than the pack, research has revealed.

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