Biology

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Cancer Survivor!

The following is a segment from a talk a women gave to 9th and 10th graders. Please feel free to watch it and you are encouraged to share your thoughts by posting a comment below.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Mitosis & Meiosis

The following links provide you with video animation on the prcesses of mitosis and meiosis:

Cells Alive (mitosis)
John Kyrk (meiosis)
Copernicus Project (both)
McGraw (mitosis activities)
McGraw (meiosis)

Friday, January 23, 2009

Bunch o' Biology

Check out the following site or this site, click and read or watch whatever you find interesting.
The following is a virtual heart surgery

Friday, January 9, 2009

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Each group will be assigned a number and you must then research information (not simply definition!) and be able to summarize the main ideas. Each group must then 1) post a comment under this posting that summarizes your infmormation and 2) present your information to the class. The following website may help get you started.
1)What's the difference between a cold and the flu? Can you really catch a cold by not wearing a hat in the winter?
2)Can a Virus be used to cure cancer?
3)Human papillomavirus(HPV), should teenagers be vaccinated? Why or why not?
4)Smallpox, will it ever be back? Why or why not?
5)Streptococcus causes strep throat...and more...like what?
6)Is Salmonella in all raw chicken...and so what if it is?
7) How exactly does an antihistamine (like Benadryl) work?
8) How does Cancer form and why can't your body fix it?
9) Does vitamin C really prevent you from getting sick?
10)What role to Stem cells have on the immune system/white blood cells ?
11)Other (as approved by instructor)