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BIOLOGY UPDATES PWSD
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Lessons/Projects/Assignments Workbook in Progress: Leanne and I have been working
on a biology 30 workbook. Currently we have Chapter 18-20 completed
they are in our drop box. Have a look, try them out and provide some
feedback.
Photosynthesis Model: Penny and I have created a
photosynthesis lab model to try. If you are going to use it, please take
some photos and give us some feedback. It is in our drop box.
Hands-on Activities – this is an awesome website. Lots of
great ideas and readymade labs ~ enjoy!
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/waldron/
Here is a link to DNA Origami – this would be excellent
for students who are tactile learners.
http://www.yourgenome.org/teachers/origami.shtml
Who Ate the Cheese - Neat worksheet working with DNA –
Thanks Leanne! It is our drop box.
How DNA controls the Workings of the Cell –
another neat assignment for DNA, thanks again to Leanne! It is our
drop box.
“ARE WE BIOLOGY OR GOD OR SOMETHING HIGHER? I KNOW MY HEART BEATS AND I
LISTEN TO IT. THE BEST IS BIOLOGY, BUT WHAT IS THE SONG?” ~ JAMES FREY
BIOLOGY NEWS!
Fragile X Protein Linked to Nearly
100 Genes Involved in Autism! ~
http://www.sciencedaily.com/release
s/2012/12/121212134052.htm
Biocompatible Patch Developed to
Heal Infants with Birth Defects ~
http://www.sciencedaily.com/release
s/2012/12/121212111329.htm
ISSUE #1
Fun Christmas ideas for Biology Addicts!
Weird World: Corneas are the only tissues
that don’t require blood.
INTERESTING FACT:
THE LIGHTEST ORGAN IN THE HUMAN BODY IS
THE LUNG!
December 2012
GREAT CLIPS AND WEBSITES
Neat video on some optical illusions - this may be
something to watch during the special senses or during the
brain section. http://i-biology.net/
Great video for introducing the brain - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0124k6t There are several other
amazing videos on this website.
Lots of lesson plans - http://www.lessoncorner.com/Science/Biology
Fun Review Assignment for Mendel and Heredity - http://www.quia.com/rr/31066.html
Lots out Review Assignments for Science 10, Biology 20/30 - http://teacherweb.com/VA/BaysideHigh/Brumley/hf3.stm
Collection of quick clips to start units or wrap up things,
these are amazing clips to grab your attention!
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/top-10-amazin-1/
Naked mole rat seems to be immune to cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and osteoporosis, and an amazing life span.
BIOLOGY IS THE SCIENCE. EVOLUTION IS THE CONCEPT THAT MAKES BIOLOGY UNIQUE.
~ JAROD DIAMOND
Biology is the only science in which multiplication is the same thing as
division.
Ergot Fungus growing on Wheat Cell Division and gene expression in plant cells Retrieved from http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-biology-you-have-never-seen-it
WEIRD BIOLOGY FACTS!
Polar bears are left handed.
A cockroach will live 9 days
without its head before it starves
to death.
Elephants are the only animals
that can’t jump.
On one square inch of human
skin there are 20 million
microscopic creatures.
The forces required to remove a
foot from quicksand at the speed
of one centimeter per second
would require the same amount
of force as “that needed to lift a
medium sized car”
ISSUE #2
DECEMBER 2012
GREAT READS
Synthetic Biology: the BeSt hope for mankind’S future? ~ If GM is agriculture’s Fort Cortina, synthetic biology could
five us Ferrari crops that feed the world without harming the planet. This
would be an interesting topic for biology 20.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/29/synthetic-biology-
best-hope-mankind
History of Medicine, Second Edition: A Scandalously Short Introduction by Jacalyn Duffin ~this may be an interesting
read for over Christmas, thought you may enjoy.
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/History-Medicine-Second-Edition-
Scandalously-Jacalyn-Duffin/9780802095565-
item.html?ikwid=history+of+medicine&ikwsec=Books
UPCOMING DATES
In the new year my days for visiting
schools will be Tuesdays or
Thursdays. I will be sending out an
email in the new years to start
scheduling. I hope everyone has a
Merry Christmas and a very relaxing
holidays.
Biocomplexity.
“Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.”
~Theodosius Dobzhansky
BIOLOGY ALWAYS BEATS WILL POWER.
~MEHMET OZ
Neat Video
(45 minutes)
Brave New World with Stephen
Hawking.
How Science Is Striving For
Humankind S Next Leap Forward
ISSUE 2
DECEMBER 2012
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