General Ecology As part of the lab experience, you will design and complete a lab of your own choosing. It needs to be on an ecological topic; but as you have been learning this semester, ecology is a very broad field so you have a lot of options! A list of suggested ideas is included […]
Using the Nature readings, write a “persuasive” essay [emotional appeal with some facts] about The importance of developing an “ecological conscience.” Loren Eiseley writes: from The Immense Journey 1957 (3).”Flowers changed the face of the planet. Without them, the world we know-even man himself-would never have existed. Francis Thompson, the English poet, once wrote that […]
Assignments are homework, affording you the opportunity to demonstrate familiarity and understanding of what you have been learning through course instruction. Use quantitative and problem-solving skills to understand carbon and its polymers Prompt Describe Proteins, Carbohydrates and Lipids. Assume you are describing these to a colleague who is very intelligent but does not know anything […]
This assignment provides an opportunity for you analyze your own diet by determining the amount of money you spend at the grocery store versus purchases from vending machines • Keeping a detailed purchase log. • Calculating the purchase totals
Compare and contrast how the different techniques of the Five I’s of microbiology would be completed if a patient’s infection was due to a (prokaryotic) bacterial microbe (Staphylococcus aureus) versus a (eukaryotic) protozoa microbe (Malaria).
This is standard weekly discussion separate from the Final Project where you will pick a Vitamin or Mineral and it can be any that we’ve discussed all semester. Write at least 3 paragraphs on why you think it is the most important based on function or deficiency. You can focus your discussion on either health […]
Select a publication or a newspaper article on a pathogen, apply knowledge learned in BIOS242, and write a paper. The goal for this project is: to make connections between concepts learned in the course and what is observed in a health care setting to understand real-life applications of Microbiology Project Parameters: For this assignment, you […]
You will read that only plants, algae, and some bacteria are photosynthetic. There is an exception to this, however. One species of sea slug has found a way to steal chloroplasts, store them in glands lining its digestive tract, and live on the sugar that is produced (Milius, 2010). The sea slug has even commandeered […]
A patient presents in your office to get their child vaccinated, and you as the healthcare provider are tasked with administering the vaccine. Before allowing their child to be vaccinated, they relay to you that they have been researching vaccination online and have concerns with regards to vaccine effectiveness and safety. What would be your […]
