What are the stats on that? (Due 11/12/10)

On your blog, let's investigate probabilities...find statistics on six different topics (i.e. what is the probability that a person will diagnosed with diabetes in their lifetime? or what are the chances that Earth will be struck by an asteroid in our lifetime?). I want you to brainstorm...be creative...ask yourself "what about this?" or "what if?". Once you have come up with six different questions, investigate! Find the answers anywhere you would like.

Due November 12, 2010

What is your opinion? (Due 11/12/10)

What is your feeling about animal testing?
For medical purposes?
For the cosmetics industry?

Please post a comment no later than Friday, November 12, 2010

Reflections on Mitochondrial Eve (please post on your blog by October 25, 2010)

Please submit a post of a description of Mitochondrial Eve (including a picture) and at least six pictures of individuals whose characteristics describe the broad divergence of the tribes of man (include at least two individuals who genetic line remained in the African continent and be cautious not to include individuals who represent modern (the past 100 yrs) blending events (i.e. what is the cultural/ethnic/genetic history of an individual from Puerto Rico?) a picture of a representation of Mitochondrial Eve. Identify the culture/ethnicity/tribal identity of the individual and be respectful about the source of images you obtain (i.e. please don't use facebook profile pictures...that's tacky and probably inappropriate)...but "google images" should be okay in most cases. Ask me if you have concerns about etiquette. Explain how it is that we could come from a common ancestor (Mitochondrial Eve) and present such current diversity of physicality and appearance. Given the ability for humans to move so freely around the world, what would we anticipate to be a reasonable "general appearance" of a human being 1,000 years from today?

Class Discussion (responses due by October 22, 2010)

Identify the two ESSENTIAL features of "life". Is a virus a living organism? A prion? Why or why not?

Welcome to the SCI 105 Blog (Rood)

Hey Everybody,
This is the class blog "central" for Dr. Rood's SCI 105 (Scientific Inquiry) course offered at Mercer University. Since I have the best students at Mercer in my class, I want them to have a chance to show off their great work on blogs that are link to this class blog. Looking forward to a good and productive semester!
Cheers!