Friday, March 20, 2009

Current event in genetics

choose 3 articles to review and summarize. You can do your reviews on Word, copy and paste your responses as a comment to this post.

Special Interest Group Representation

You need to come up with the name of the group you will be representing for your debate on Monday. Also, give some information about the group and why they are interested in the cause they are defending.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Debate Questions

Only one person from each group needs to respond to this post, but make sure to give the names of the group members. Give me an idea of where you are in this process. If you have your debate questions, post them so they can be fine tuned if necessary.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Mendel

Give me a one page (Word) response pasted in the comment area that explain the role that Mendel played in the history of genetics. Describe him as a person and how he developed his theories.

Money making opportunity

Being the entrepreneur that your are, you are going to start a business that will benefit from the changes in the new environment that you have started with your new bill. Discuss your business plan and what you will need to do to benefit financially from these new business opportunities that have recently presented themselves.

Your Bill has been passed

You have just received notification that your bill has been passed and you have been named the head of the committee to decide what are the next steps to take to get changes up and running in the country. Look at your information and comment on the next steps you need to take to get the changes running through the country. Remember that these changes need to be realistic, but you also want to emphasize that you are doing the most important things for your cause.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Cancer

Discuss why discussing something like cancer would be an appropriate topic in this chapter.

View the link

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/divide.html

View the following link, and then discuss the major differences between meiosis and mitosis.

Government Reply

Your letter has been received and comments on your cause have been included. You need to defend your stance. The government has had some minor issues with your presentation and you need to increase the information that will push your cause to the top of the concerns list. An example of one of the issues would be the loss of jobs and resources due to the decreasing areas of deforestation.

You need to show how your plan would not only be viable to the environment, but also to the economy.

ES comment

http://www.physorg.com/news156004532.html

This article looks at alternative fuel. Read and comment.