Cellular state of mind

Watch this interactive cell demonstration then make your own cell. When you are done, comment on the activity. 

http://www.wiley.com/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/cell_structure/cell_structure.htm


http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/membrane_transport/membrane_transport.htm


After you have completed activity 1, go to Activity 2 for the second interactive lab. Follow directions, comment on each lab activity separately.


THIS IS WORTH 30 POINTS! 

A Method (Scientific)to your Madness II 2014

1.  Watch Dalton's play house, show your certificate to your instructor prior to logging out.
http://web.visionlearning.com/dalton_playhouse/ad_loader.html

2.  Go through the steps of scientific method to refresh your knowledge.
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/scientific_method/sci_method_main.html

For assignment #2, do scientific method only.
Answer questions as you go through the interactive pages.  Class time will be given on July 21st and 22nd only.  Anyone enrolling after that date will be responsible to make up the assignment on their own time.

What's renewable with you?

Go to websites A, B,C and D.
On website D, watch all five videos and write a two sentence summary of each video.
0-30 points
Post a related game, youtube, song or article, (5points)
Go to another student's website and comment on it. (5points)
Blog by February 20, 2014 for extra credit (10).
Blog by February 28th for credit.
A)Renewable energy
http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/content/primary/science/renewable_sources_of_energy/index.html


B)Non-renewwable energy
http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/content/primary/science/non-renewable_sources_of_energy/index.html


C)Conserving energy
http://kent.skoool.co.uk/content/primary/science/conserving_energy/index.html


D)How much is left?
http://www.daily-interactive.com/projects/resources/

Who's your Daddy?

FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS FOR EACH WEB ADDRESS!
1. Comment on, 
All in the Family : try your hand at classification of animals
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/change/family/
2. Comment on,
Riddle of the bones
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/humans/riddle/
3. Describe adaptive radiation in finches, 
On Origin of Species
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/origin/index.html
4. Just because I like it!
The Classification song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnF_UdPbJZ0
5. Play the game, post your score!
Classifying Life Game
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/classifying-life.html
6. Post a youtube song or video about classification.
7. Comment on someone's posted youtube.
Blog by January 29th for extra credit(55), February 3rd for 45 points.

Some things never change... or do they?

1. View information about natural selection and play Darwin's Evolution Game until you survive, how many trials until you survived?  What was they key to your survival?
http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/darwin/darwin.html
2. Do the tour, The Evolution of Flight in Birds:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/reslab/flight/index.htm
Give an explanation how birds have evolved.
3. Play the survival game, how well did you do?  What does a species need to do in order to be 'fit'?
  http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/evolution/what-is-evolution/natural-selection-game/the-evolution-experience.html
Go to all three websites and answer the questions in 1-3, then (4) comment about what site you liked best and why,(5) post a song, artircle, youtube or game and finally (6)read or play someone's game or article and explain their website.  Blog before January 11 for extra credit!  60 points. (70 points for early and correct). Blog by the 14th for regular points!

I Love It! Or Hate It! Extra Credit Blog for All Those Who have Blogged All Five times!

Welcome faithful bloggers!  It's reward time!  For those of you who have blogged all five blogs this semester, it's time for some extra credit.

1. Which of the five blogs did you like the best and why? (10 Pts)
2.  Which blog did you like the least and why?(10 pts)
3. What can I do to make the blogs more interesting or better.(10 Pts)
4. Only about 50% of all my students blogged, even though they were given three weeks to blog.  Do you think that I should give them less time, say two weeks? Why do you think that they did not do the assignments (blogs) (10 Pts)

I thank you for your time and comments!

Are You Looking at My Genes??

Take a tour of the basics regarding DNA and heredity. 1)There are six tours in total, which did you either like the best or learn the most from?(Answer is required, why did you chose this tour?) 2)What would you like to learn more about genetics? (Answer required, nothing is not acceptable!) 3) Post a web address of a YouTube video or an article related to genetics and 4) comment on another student's web posting. (40 points) Follow all directions to get credit and Blog early for extra credit (By November 5, 2013)

Due by11/19/12, midnight

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/tour/