Entries by John

Bad Fish: A Case on Nervous Tissue

Bad Fish: A Case on Nervous Tissue Your favorite uncle Mr. Marshall Westwood is in Indonesia on a busines trip.  One evening he sat down to eat a meal of puffer fish and rice. Within an hour of returning to his hotel room, Mr. Westwood felt numbness in his lips and tongue, which quickly spread […]

Write a complete scientific hypothesis, which includes a prediction statement, based on your understanding of ecosystems and community ecology and the initial observations you made of the ecoflask.

Ecoflask Assignments The Ecoflask lab runs over two lab periods, and there are several assignments associated with this lab (see the lab manual and syllabus). The Ecoflask journal is due the week before the practical (30 November 2015) and includes the following assignments: Observations: Conduct background research on ecosystem interactions and community ecology to gain […]

Design your experiment for this project, please remember that you are trying to examine how an acidic fluid will modify the outcome of an enzymatic reaction.

Final Applied Lab Project (1 credit Lab Component) Addresses course outcomes 1-4: recognize and explain how the scientific method is used to solve problems make observations and discriminate between scientific and pseudoscientific explanations weigh evidence and make decisions based on strengths and limitations of scientific knowledge and the scientific method use knowledge of biological principles, […]

What role has the media or education system played (if any) in reporting this issue and how has it affected the public?

Part 2: Post a brief blog / response to ONE selected article from http://www.bioethics.com.  This response should be approximately 350-450 words, roughly 4 -6 paragraphs. You should be able to defend your viewpoint using one of the ethical approaches described in the “Framework for Ethical Decision Making” guide (attached in the Introduction to Bioethics link above). Please […]