Excellent video for organism development from single cells to modern day.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Welcome new students!
This week:
Wednesday 9/2/09
- attendance
- Syllabus
- Safety Contract
- Safety Map
- Prelab for Tuesday
- BRING YOUR COMPOSITION BOOK!
Tuesday 9/8/09
- BRING:
- composition book - with complete prelab, you will need this to do your lab!
- safety contract - signed
- syllabus - signed
- goggles!
- dress appropriately for lab activity
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Multitasking Muddles Brains, Even When the Computer Is Off
Blog Posting from Wired Blogs about multitasking - you're not as good as you think!
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
New Scientist Article: The Fat that Makes You Thin
An article about the latest fat to hit the news: Brown Fat.
The fat that makes you thin - health - 14 August 2009 - New Scientist
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The fat that makes you thin - health - 14 August 2009 - New Scientist
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Blog Watch: Olivia Judson on Bacteria
Thoughtful blog entry on the diversity of microbes in us:
Summary: The human body is home to a vast array of bacteria. So what are they up to?
For more about our bacterial live-ins, Ms. Vannoy recommends: Good Germs, Bad Germs. (on my to-read bookshelf!)
Friday, August 14, 2009
Why do we have to learn order and naming?
Reviving the Lost Art of Naming the World.
Article from the NY Times about the lost art of taxonomy and an argument for learning the names and order of life.
Take it as a listening quiz if you can - which *sounds* like it goes with a bird?
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Space at the Wired Blogs
This week the Wired Blog has had several fantastic astronomy posts. Even if you aren't interested in the astronomy side of things, the pictures are fantastic:
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