All About Algae
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All About Algae

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 19, 202618 min

We see it in ponds and sometimes neglected pools, but really -what is algae and how important is it? Is seaweed algae? And how about plankton- is that algae? OK Let’s Learn! Reach out for questions, feedback and future episode suggestions: [email protected] Go to our new website- okletslearn.com Support the podcast and be named a producer of the show here at this Patreon link: www.patreon.com/okletslearn OK Let’s Learn Substack page: https://substack.com/@kevinokeefe165051?r=6vm2k...

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Welcome to the OK Let's Learn podcast. This is a family-friendly podcast where we dive into books, stories, science, history, people, and tons of different topics. My name is Kevin O'Keefe, so today, okay, let's learn all about algae. Yes, that green stuff, yes, that seaweed, yes, the stuff that invades our pool,

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invades the ponds, and yeah, maybe even we might have a reference to SpongeBob in here. So okay, let's learn all about algae. So in some of our previous episodes, we explored moss and we explored mushrooms. Moss is a plant.

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A mushroom is part of a fungus. An algae? What's that? knows algae you can see it and you know it but do you really understand it right?

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