ASSIGNED JOURNAL, NEWSPAPER, or INTERNET ARTICLES

      Link to McGraw-Hill website for Presson and Jenner book: http:www.mhhe.com/presson1

Use password: DDUU-WFQ3-9TTD-3R4H-GHQN

The Scientific Method - Worksheet

• "What Science Is"
• "What Science is Not"

• Critical Thinking
• "How Do Scientists Pick the Best Explanation?"
• Disproving "Spontaneous Generation"
• "The Slow Death of Spontaneous Generation"

     The Chemical Nature of Life

• "The Search for Extraterrestrial Life" by Carl Sagan (Dead Link)
• What are the requirements for life?
• Oxygen atmosphere not necessary for life; ("The Bacteria that Changed the Earth")

Mitochondrial DNA

• Tracing Maternal Lineages
• To ID Remains of Servicemen (dead link)
• Tracing Human Migrations Out of Africa

Enzymes

Due 10/4/06. Note: Keep the three assignments separate.

• Go to the Prentice Hall Website and complete the Issues in Biology assignment in Chapter 6.

(Print the assignment; do not submit for grading.)

• Complete an exercise on "HIV Infection"
• Complete an exercise on "Lactose Intolerance"

    Evolution of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

• Worksheet

    Infection and Immunity – Not assigned

• Koch's Postulates- Steps for Identifying a Disease-Causing Agent
• "Parasites"
• "HIV Infection"
• "What the Heck Is an Antibody?"
• "Making Antibodies"
• "What the Heck Is an Allergy?"
• "What the Heck Is an Antibiotic?"

   Issues Related to Human Reproduction

• Assignment on Human Reproduction (old assignment)

· "Twin Biology"

· "Twins by Different Fathers"

· "X Chromosome Marks the Spot," Time Daily, September 9, 1998.
(Discusses procedure for separating X and Y sperm.)

· Chang Ching-ju, "Where Have All the Daughters Gone?" Sinorama Magazine, vol. 21, no.2, Feb. 1996. (NOTE: after reading this page, click on the "Pagedown" key in the lower right hand corner of the screen to continue reading the article. Do this again from the next page.)

   Issues in Genetics

• Gender Testing DUE Nov. 15, 2006, 5.5 points
• Your Genes, Your Choices.CH. 5: "Donita Should Cooperate with the Police (or Should She)?"
  (Write a short paper about what you would do if you were Donita.  Explain your position.)

• "Understanding Genetic Testing," a good review of what a gene is and the implications of genetic testing.

• Burk, D. L. "Genetic Testing's Political Implications Must Be Addressed." The Scientist, July 21, 1997, p.8. Click here. (subscription required now)
• Racial discrimination in past disease "treatment" studies: Tuskegee Syphilis Study, 1932-1972. The following sites describe the study - Infoplease.com and the Centers for Disease Control.

· Group Reading Assignments for Genetic Engineering (old assignment)

Genetics Problems

• Knotts' Genetics Problems Assignment - 25 points, Due Mon.Dec. 8, 2008

Remember to use the method I taught you in lab for representing ABO blood types, not the method in your book. Click here for a refresher on how to do it.

For additional practice, I would recommend that you complete the problem sets that I have assigned below. The computer will give you feedback on correct and incorrect answers. These will not be turned in for points.

• Monohybrid Cross Problem Set from The Biology Project. Complete problems 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, and 13. Practice writing out punnett squares or other supporting evidence used to solve the problems.
• Sex-Linked Inheritance Problem Set from The Biology Project. Complete problems 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Practice writing out punnett squares or other supporting evidence used to solve the problems.

Trees of Relatedness

• Read the background information on "Understanding Phylogenetics".

Assignment will be handed out in class. Worth 8 points. Due Thurs. Dec. 6, 2006

  How to Write a Scientific Paper

• http://classweb.gmu.edu/biologyresources/writingguide/ScientificPaper.htm (includes examples of sections of student papers)
• http://www.siue.edu/~deder/assess/cats/rubex.html (gives examples of how sections will be graded)

**Visit my page of SCIENTIFIC WEBSITES for links to more topics!**

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