This is the first post in a new series. Each Friday, students volunteer to submit a podcast summarizing what we did in class. Thanks to Aurora, Deirdre, and Monica for bravely volunteering to submit the first podcast! This week’s update discusses why cells are small, cancer cells, and the controversy over HeLa cells.
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Many of my students don’t know that during the summer of 2004 I spent three months working as a research assistant studying seabirds on a remote island in the Bering Sea. I was inspired to blog about my experience after reading Hannah Water’s post, “Seabirds as indicators of marine ecosystem health: an introduction.” I discovered...
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What if you were a parent who moments ago just found out that your child was autistic? What if you were a teacher (see this video) with a class full of autistic children? New data shows an average of 1 in 110 children have an autism spectrum disorder. As a parent, your life is...
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I mentioned recently that four Extreme Biology 9th grade students have been chosen to blog for the Nature Education site, Scitable. Their blogs are now live! Just follow the links below… Green Science by Samantha MedSci Discoveries by Leyla & Sabrina Our Science by Naseem I’ve also created permanent links to their blogs on the blogroll...
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Look around you and you can see that there is a vast difference in human skin tones. Now, if we were to categorize these differences we end up with the concept of “race”, but are these differences really significant enough to divide human beings into separate categories? Today upon asking my parents, who were...
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I have some really exciting news! Four of my students have been chosen to write for the educational wing of Nature Publishing Group – Nature Education. What is Nature? It’s the world’s most well-recognized science journal. Every scientist dreams of publishing their work in Nature. The discovery of the structure of DNA, the proton and...
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In January, eight Extreme Biology students will travel to Science Online 2011, an international conference where scientists, educators, journalists, and students come together to discuss the way the web is changing science and science education. Ms. Baker has interviewed each of the students. This is the sixth in the series. Tell us a little about...
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In January, eight Extreme Biology students will travel to Science Online 2011, an international conference where scientists, educators, journalists, and students come together to discuss the way the web is changing science and science education. Ms. Baker has interviewed each of the students. This is the fifth in the series. Tell us a little about ...
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In January, eight Extreme Biology students will travel to Science Online 2011, an international conference where scientists, educators, journalists, and students come together to discuss the way the web is changing science and science education. Ms. Baker has interviewed each of the students. This is the fourth in the series. Tell us a little about...
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In January, eight Extreme Biology students will travel to Science Online 2011, an international conference where scientists, educators, journalists, and students come together to discuss the way the web is changing science and science education. Ms. Baker has interviewed each of the students. This is the third in the series. Tell us a little about...
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