Biology Final Paper - due April 7th

Here is the information for your Biology Final Paper

1. The title of your paper is "The Diversity of Life"
   
2. Guidelines: 500 word limit
   
3. You can submit your paper electronically if you wish to laurence_spears@yahoo.com

Assignments for Week Thirteen - The Science of Life

Blog assignments for this week:

• What significance would you attribute to chimps "making tools"?
• Giant toads and Colossal squid - whatever next?
• Post a comment to a classmate's blog

Biology Class Blog List

Here is the latest list of class blog addresses:

www.dzaft.blogspot.com

www.bcbiology.blogspot.com

http://brownrabbit-bio.blogspot.com/

www.kazeleyes.blogspot.com

www.acubianca.blogspot.com

http://rachel-biology.blogspot.com/

www.wereallchimps.blogspot.com

www.em-bio.blogspot.com

Physics and Biology Field Trips - March 26th and March 28th, both at 11:30

Our Biology Class Field Trip has now been confirmed for Friday, March 28th at 11:30.
We'll be touring Charles Chocolates here in Emeryville.

Charles Chocolates is located at 6529 Hollis Street, between 65th and 66th Streets.

Please confirm with Larry as numbers will be limited.

http://www.charleschocolates.com
510 652 4412 / 888 652 4412

You are also welcome to join our Physics field trip - to have your aura photographed - confirmed for Wednesday, March 26th, from 11:30 onwards at:

Psychic Reality
1630 Webster St.
Oakland, Ca. 94612

Psychic Reality is located on the corner of 17th Street and Webster in downtown Oakland - close to both downtown Oakland BART stations. Street parking is generally available.

http://www.psychicreality.com/
Call 800 557 3233 or if local 510 251 6560

Assignments for Week Twelve - Vaccination and Public Health

Blog assignments for this week:

• Should "parents take a more active role in designing their children's immunization schedule"?
• Would you support making vaccination programs compulsory?
• Post a comment to a classmate's blog

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

Vaccine - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine

Assignments for Week Eleven - "Which Way Forward?"

Blog assignments for this week:

• If you had access to all resources how would you deal with “the global crisis in diet”?
• Would you expect “carbon offsets ” to work effectively?
• Do you agree that “Laughter really is the best medicine”?
• Post a comment to a classmate's blog

Check out the following links:

http://www.unexplainable.net/artman/publish/article_1452.shtml
Our Biological Future Will Open New Doors

http://www.biodiv.org/default.shtml
Convention on Biological Diversity

www.godoylab.com/pages_other/futuro_biologico_ingles.doc
Biological Future
An Argument for the Use and Development of Biodegradable Materials for Design

Assignments for Week Ten - Restoring the American Bison to its rightful range

Blog assignments for this week:

• How would you prioritize the reintroduction of the American Bison?
• How would you assess the “New pill promises to reduce breast cancer risk”?
• Post a comment to a classmate's blog

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