ACCHS Western Sciences 2019

Blog Assignments for Week Thirteen Examine your own diet for the coming week and use the four NOVA Food Classifications to report on your findings in your blog. Plus: Ø   “ Researchers have identified some 700 microbial species that inhabit the human mouth ”   That’s quite a mouthful!   Ø   Post your thoughts on our class discussions   Ø   Post a comment to a classmate’s blog   2.        Check out the following links: https://www.cbd.int/iyb/doc/prints/factsheets/iyb-cbd-factsheet-sustainable-en.pdf Sustainable use of biological diversity http://greatlakesecho.org/2014/03/27/from-indiana-to-latvia-connecting-the-seeds-of-environmental-justice-agricultural-biodiversity/ Connecting environmental justice and biodiversity

Blog assignments for this week: Acupuncture as effective energy medicine What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography Human intent as it affects health Respond to another classmate’s blog   Check out the following links on the Institutes of Biophysics in China: http://users.eastlink.ca/~cabbages/psi/usbeijin.pdf Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China http://english.ibp.cas.cn/rh/ri/ The Research group in the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R.China http://159.226.118.206/detailt.aspx?newsno=8094 Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

1.      Blog Assignments required this week:  Ø    Should “parents take a more active role in designing their children’s immunization schedule”? Ø    Would you support making vaccination programs “compulsory”? Ø    Post a comment to a classmate’s blog entry 2.      Check out the following links:  Vaccines--How and Why? www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/vaccines_how_why.html  Public Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/21vaccine.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Measles (Rubeola)  CDC http://www.cdc.gov/measles/

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Blog Assignments for Week Twelve - Cell Biology and Radioactivity Ø   Post your thoughts on one of our class discussions Ø   Check out the various links on cells in 2. below, and post your impressions. Ø   Post a comment to a classmate’s blog And here is the link to the "Radiation Dosage Chart" from class: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/radiation-dosage-chart/ You will note that airport scanners are typically in the 0.1 microsievert range - similar to eating a banana! 2.       Check out the following links on Cell Biology: http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/index.html Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/animalcell.html Animal Cell Structure http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/bacteriacell.html Bacteria Cell Structure http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/plantcell.html Plant Cell Structure http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/virus.html Virus Structure http:/...

  Blog assignments for this week: " People should still eat healthy food " - do we rely too heavily on supplements to provide antioxidants? " Aspirin a day could dramatically cut cancer risk "  What are your thoughts on this? Post a comment to a classmate's blog  2.      Check out the following links: Vaccines--How and Why? http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/vaccines_how_why.html  Public Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/21vaccine.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Measles (Rubeola)  CDC http://www.cdc.gov/measles/

  Blog assignments for this week: " People should still eat healthy food " - do we rely too heavily on supplements to provide antioxidants? " Aspirin a day could dramatically cut cancer risk "  What are your thoughts on this? Post a comment to a classmate's blog  2.      Check out the following links: Vaccines--How and Why? http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/vaccines_how_why.html  Public Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/21vaccine.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Measles (Rubeola)  CDC http://www.cdc.gov/measles/

Your blog assignments for this week Post a comment on one of the discussion items in class  Select one of the Definitions of Biochemistry - the Chemistry of Life, and post your thoughts Post a comment to a classmate’s blog And please feel free to post a brief bio introducing yourself Check out the following links: http://keywen.com/en/BIOCHEMISTRY/ DEFINITIONS (“The Chemistry of Life”) Unfortunately. our Biochemistry Animations link is no longer available,

Our Biophysics Course starts next week, 7/24, so your final Physics blog assignments are: My E-Prime Day  - describe your day, only using English Prime How might you synthesize eastern and western ideas in Physics? Post a response to a classmate's blog Check out the following links on Biophysics: http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=991 Oxygen Metabolism http://www.bionetonline.org/ New discoveries in life sciences - Explore the science and debate the issues http://www.mountainman.com.au/chaos_02.htm Order Out of Chaos  by Ilya Prigogine & Isabelle Stengers

Your Blog Assignments for this week:  How would you prioritize the reintroduction of the American Bison?  “" It appears to be working," Glass says. "People can come up on this ridge and see what it was like 200 years ago ."  ( Bison herd helping to heal a lost landscape in Illinois ) Do you feel we are able to reset the natural balance here?  Post a comment to a classmate’s blog 2. Check out the following links: http://www.intertribalbison.org/default.asp InterTribal Bison Cooperative http://www.gprc.org/Buffalo_Commons.html Buffalo Commons http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/buffalo/strength.html A SYMBOL OF STRENGTH

Thank you Chemists for your excellent Research Presentations! I encourage you to post your research to your blog. And next week we start work on our Biochemistry Syllabus

1.        Blog Assignments required this week: Ø Are there connections you can make between Sacred Geometry and Physics? Ø Can the Fibonacci series be seen as a “signature of life”? Ø Remember to respond to each other’s blogs 2.        Check out the following links on Synthesis :   http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/TKno/TKnoAlte.htm   Arrow of Time: Towards a New Epistemology of Science    http://physics.iupui.edu/~vasavada/ModernPhysicsandHinduPhilosophy.pdf Modern Physics and Hindu Philosophy http://www.doyletics.com/art/physicsa.htm   Physics as Metaphor  by Roger S. Jones A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Human Side of Science   http://www.rawilson.com/quantum.html Quantum Psychology - E and E-Prime   Robert Anton Wilson

Your blog assignments for this week: What do you think about the “eight-point Deep Ecology Platform”? Can you explain why “Ecosystems are both strong and fragile”? How would you assess the “end goals” of Social Ecology? Post a comment to a classmate's blog entry And check out the following links: http://www.bioregions.org/GYE.htm The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, USA http://www.zulenet.com/see/newStuartHill.html Social Ecology http://uber.tv/g-one/archives/2005/03/005499.html Making the Invisible Visible

Our class meets on Monday, July 8th from 1:00 - 3:00 in the Library And your Chemistry Research Presentations will be held on Wednesday, July 10th from 1:00 - 4:00 in our classroom. And your Blog Assignments for this week:   Ø   Post your thoughts on the diet suggestions in pH Balance: Acids &Alkalis & Anti-Oxidants Ø   Post your thoughts on one of our discussions in class Ø   Post a comment to a classmate’s blog And check out the following links:   Alkaline products promisehealth benefits with little proof to support such claims The Business of Ingredients, Part I 10 Common Beauty Products You Shouldn’t BePutting On Your Skin

Blog assignments for this week: Newton’s Three Laws and me Our “Energy Efficient” Culture Descartes has a lot to answer for! Post a response to a classmate’s blog And check out the following links on Sacred Geometry and Fibonacci http://www.geometrycode.com/sacred-geometry/ Sacred Geometry Home Page by Bruce Rawles http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emat6680/parveen/fib_nature.htm Fibonacci in Nature

Your blog assignments for this week: How do you feel about western approaches to HIV/AIDS? What are your thoughts on the issues around the PrEP treatment? Can TCM strengthen our immune systems? Post a comment to a classmate's blog entry And check out the following links: http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/index.html Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/animalcell.html Animal Cell Structure http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/bacteriacell.html Bacteria Cell Structure http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/plantcell.html Plant Cell Structure http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/virus.html Virus Structure http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/tour/cell/cell.htm The Virtual Cell – Cell Biology