ACCHS Western Sciences 2019

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