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

Biology Mid-Term Assignments

The format for your Biology Mid-Terms is as follows:

1. Choose an area of biology you wish to research
2. Agree your choice with Larry
3. Larry will arrange a date for your presentation to class
4. You will have up to half-an-hour of class time to present your topic, including discussion and questions/answers
5. Finally, submit a short written report on your presentation
   

And here is the schedule of presentations so far:

Jan 28 Emily Biology and Race

Feb 4 Bianca Medicine and Evolutionary Development

Feb 11 Chris The biology of belief and epigenetics

Feb 18

Feb 25 Rachel Sleep Biology

Mar 3 Michael Bio-energetics

Mar 10 Dawn Nutrition and the evolution of digestion

Mar 17 Katy Intelligent Design and Evolution

Mar 24 Brian Scientific Measurement of Emitted Qi

Assignments for Week Nine - Ecosystems and Deep Ecology

Blog assignments for this week:

• What do you think about the “eight-point Deep Ecology Platform”?
• Can you explain why “Ecosystems are both strong and fragile”?
• How would you assess the “end goals” of Social Ecology?
• Post a comment to a classmate's blog entry
  

Check out the following links:

http://www.bioregions.org/GYE.htm
The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, USA

http://www.zulenet.com/see/newStuartHill.html
Social Ecology

http://uber.tv/g-one/archives/2005/03/005499.html
Making the Invisible Visible