Hi folks,
Today we studied the disgusting but amazing world of bacteria as we begin taking a more in-depth look into some of the domains.
Homework for next week is to:
Read pages 461 - 479 in the text book
Do questions 1-2 and 4 - 17 on page 478
Friday, April 14, 2017
Sunday, April 9, 2017
4/7 Biology Recording - The Great GMO Debate
I've purposely only shown me on the video and only recorded the audio of the students.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
4/8 Biology update and homework due 4/15
Hi folks,
Today we had the incredible GMO Debate of 2017. It went very well. Several excellent points were made and for each point there were many excellent counter-points. Very impressive work today. I will be posting the recording soon and I invite all parents to take a look if you have the time.
Homework this week is to:
Read pages 417 - 429 in the book.
Do questions 4 - 17 on page 430
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Recording for 3/31 Biology Class - Climate Change and Biomes
This is the real recording. The other one was an April Fools joke. :)
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Friday, March 31, 2017
3/31 Biology Class and homework due 4/6
Hi folks,
Today we finished off our discussion about human effects on the environment by discussing climate change.
We also took some time to talk about the concepts of "biomes" and their characteristics.
For homework this week, I want you to spend some time with this concept of GMO's. From last weeks homework, you have already gotten a bit of a handle on how far reaching GMO's are as far as biological concepts and concerns go.
For homework this week, I would like you all to take some time to prepare for a debate on this issue. The topic of the debate will be "Genetically Modified Crops: Helpful or harmful to the human race.
Then in class next week we will take some time debating the issue.
After the debate, I'll collect your notes to make sure you've done some research.
I will also give extra credit to folks who make some nice, well researched, points during the debate.
Be sure your sources are reliable (no Food Babe :) ). When you state your points you may very well want to also state where you found it.
Feel free to bring in graphs or data. If you want me to project it, send it to me ahead of time.
Have fun with this folks. We've had some great discussions in class so far and I'm looking forward to seeing what you all do with this.
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