Biology

For your Mid-Term Project (Body System Pathology Out-line) – this is just an example from my anatomy class – the structure will be the same only you will pick a specific microbe or virus and outline how it effects the body system -ie.. Covid -19 1. Name the body system of your choice; cardiovascular, blood, endocrine …… 2. Explain the normal anatomical / physiological processes. Example :  Insulin what it is and how it works 3. Explain your pathology – example (diabetes and insulin and how it disrupts – blood sugar control 4. Care – how this pathology or disease is treated This is just an outline so stay in out line form – example 1. The cardiovascular system a. the heart b. the blood vessels c. the blood 2. The cardiovascular system a. The Heart – cardiac muscle composed of 3 layers that works as a pump and moves fluid through the blood vessels b. The Blood Vessels – a series of pressurized tubes that also have 3 main layers that carries oxygenated and deoxy- blood to and away from the heart  ECT………… This is just an out-line ; dont make it more complicated than it is! Thank you!

Prepare a detailed report on the topic you choose, including these elements:1. Describe the background and basic issue of your chosen topic.2. Describe the basic argument of opposing viewpoints.3. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of both views.4. Choose which view you agree with (only in the conclusion).5. Explain why you agree with that view.Incorporate the information you learned about your chosen topic from this course,but don’t limit your discussion to the textbook and study guide. Take advantage ofexternal resources to provide an in-depth, comprehensive report.This assignment is designed to help you apply what you’ve learned from yourlessons by researching and writing about a controversial topic you’ve studied andto give you an opportunity to demonstrate your written communication, research,and critical thinking skills.Writing Guidelines1. Type your submission, double-spaced, in a Times New Roman font, size 12.Use a standard document format with 1-inch margins. (Don’t use any fancy orcursive fonts.)2. Read the assignment carefully, and address the topic suggested.3. Be specific. Limit your submission to the topic suggested.4. Use proper APA formatting. Include in-text citations and a reference page inAPA style. On this page, list websites, journals, and all other references usedin preparing the submission. Also, include a cover page and in-text citations.

statistics about the brain and why it’s your favorite body part?

Hello, the two sources needed are the ones that I will be providing. The link to the first source for the essay is going to be copied down below! The second source will be uploaded as a PDF file. The instructions for the assignments are going to be under the link. First source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/guf-nmd033020.php Instructions: Write a 650- to 750-word summary of the research article. Please stick to the word range. Be sure to explain how this work leads to the news report claim that the authors have DISCOVERED A New metabolism in bacteria. use the questions as outlined below to help guide you in writing your summary article. Before sitting down to write your summary, ask yourself the following questions: Why did the study make the news? What is the major new finding or paradigm shift associated with this study? What evidence is used to support the claims or conclusions? What methods were used to gather this evidence? What are the advantages and/or limitations of the research strategy or methods used? Were any conclusions made that are not supported by evidence? What are the next steps that could be taken to advance this research to the next stage? What are the big questions remaining to be answered in the field?

My order is basically a presentation about Acid Rain:You are required to to gather scientific information about Acid Rain and create PowerPoint Slides( things like: what is acid rain? what causes Acid Rain? the negative effects of acid rain? and many different aspects can be discussed)The two main sources are:1- The book of this course :Chemistry 4th edition by Julia Burdge (Chapter 21 section 21- 6).2-  Other sources from internet.you need to insert some figures or illustrations along the slides with explanations

For this project you can take a walk around your neighborhood, local park, local trail or State and National Park trail. As you are walking take a look at the living things around you and think about why certain organisms are there? The following are questions to ask as you examine organisms. How does the organism obtain its energy and nutrients in this environment? Are there other organisms that consume the organism you are looking at? Is the organism native to the area or is it an invasive species meaning it was brought in from somewhere else? To be considered invasive, a nonnative animal or plant specieshas to displace one or more natives. Organisms live in a specific area or habitat because it is adapted to both the non-living factors like climate and the living factors like the community. The niche of a species is its place in the community which includes the resources it uses like food and shelter and its role in the community like interaction with others. After you identify an organism you are interested in studying, you need to determine the name of the organism and its niche in the community. A tool that can help with that is Google Lens. You can download the Google Lens App from the Play Store or App store on your phone. This is a free app. Once you download the app, you open the app, focus your phone camera on the organism of interest and tap shutter button (or button with magnifying glass) to search. Google Lens does a search of images and pulls up images most similar to what you focused your camera on. Scroll down to see the list of matches and select the one that looks closest to the organism you are looking at. Click on links to access information on the organism. Read about the organism, look for scientific articles written about the organism, and write a one-page, double space essay about the organism. The following is information you need to include in the essay: You need to indicate the name of the organism you are studying, both its common and scientific name and why you chose this organism. What climate is the organism most adapted to? How does the organism obtain its energy and nutrients in this environment? Are there other organisms that consume the organism you are looking at? Does the organism have to compete with other species for resources? If it does, which species does it have to compete with and how does it solve this competition problem? Is the organism native to the area or is it an invasive species meaning it was brought in from somewhere else? To be considered invasive, a nonnative animal or plant specieshas to displace one or more natives. A picture of the organism needs to be added at the end of the one page essay. You must also cite the source of an article you used to find information about the organism. Your article may come from a newspaper, magazine, scientific journal, or a credible news/journal website on the Internet (i.e. Sciencedaily.com, nationalgeographic.com, etc.). This citation must include the date, article title and complete website URL or magazine, newspaper, journal, etc information.

For this discussion, you need to read PDF documents provided below and watch a film about the capabilities of other primates. Using those readings, the film, textbook information, as well as material from in-class lectures please answer the following question about primates (2 points per question):     Do non-human primates have culture? Why or Why not?     Does this change how we need to define the term “culture”? I so, how?     What implications does non-human primate culture have for the granting of legal rights and status?     How do the differences in behaviors seen in captive versus wild primate communities impact your stance on “culture”?     What implications might any of this have on how we model the lifestyles of our own early ancestors? For the essay portion of the discussion, please answer the above question to the best of your ability using information from any or all of the sources outlined below. Your answers should take the format of an essay that makes sure to address each of the points listed above. The length and format of the essay are up to you. Just be sure to provide clear answers to each of the 5 items listed above that are well supported with course materials.   READINGS and Video: Stanford 2001.pdf Whiten 2011.pdf Ape Genius (approximate run time 48 minutes): http://www.documentarymania.com/player.php?title=Ape%20Genius  (?? ???? ?????.)

1.    We did a lab to discuss everything then we have to make a lab report. Virtual Lab 4: Observing animal behavior  In this lab, we will conduct a virtual research project in animal behavior. We will learn one common method (scanning) in collecting behavioral data and practice simple data analysis to describe animal behavior. We will also learn how to write a standard report in biological research.   Objectives: 1.     Learn how animal behavior is studied 2.     Learn how to collect behavioral data using one of the common methods (scanning) 3.     Learn how to organize, analyze, and present biological data 4.     Learn how to write a standard laboratory report 1.    Procedure: 1.1.   1.     Learn how to scientifically collect behavioral data using the scanning method by watching the following video:   Ethology Practice Videos: Pronghorn Scan Sampling (7’9” YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A5YQ1KVPM4   –        1st time: Taking video of the what behavioral activity they do –        2nd time: recording data, scanning the group of animals and record whether they are feeding or not at each pass –        3rd time: Ethogram: F=feeding, O=3other –        “does time spent feeding differ between summer and winter month in Pronghorn” 2.  Discuss the pros and cons of scanning PROS –        You can get a better look at how animals interact as a group –        Simultaneously collect data on multiple animals –        Best for non-social behavior, spatial distributions, synchrony of behavior CONS –        It is very easy to get distracted and miss important details 1.     3. Data collection a.      Build an ethogram by describing all discernible behavioral patterns and register them in the following table: Using the video as your recording about the behavior of the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) during feeding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuJTlGkH1pg –        Scans may not be temporally independent, may be difficult to see all animals all the time Behavioral Pattern Description Feeding Heads down, and their bills are adapted accordingly. Walking Walk with their long legs and partially webbed feet or stomp through water looking for food Flapping/Flying Need to run a few paces to gather speed. Flying, flap their wings rapidly and continuously Fighting? Feeding their young directly from a secretion produced in their crop Standing Resting Grooming Standing on one leg, scratching their heads? Thermoregulation and reduces fungus and parasites in the water? Write a lab report (please consult a biology writing handbook for details). (knisley report or writing in biology) Standard elements (please see grading rubric for details): Sections: Title, author, abstract, introduction, material and methods, results, and discussion, acknowledgments (optional), and references Format: font (12 points preferred), double line space, page limit (6), tables and figures (self-explanatory), references (choosing the standard format and stick to it throughout)  No hypothesis Describe frequency of variance behavior in the greater flamingo. 3-4 references in standard format – APA because references need to be in text citations Endocrinology (would beneficial)  Methods: describe different behavior, characteristic of behaviors (ethogram) Intro: basic information on flamingo behavior and flamingo information Google scholar – data base – academic  Ethogram (below) , I have a figure already. explaining the methods section. Table (bar graph) explaining: X-axis: “Behaviors of the great flamingo , Y-axis: Total of each behavior.  I have a text box that explaining the bar graph saying ” Figure 1. The different behaviors of the greater flamingo   Scan # Standing Feeding Walking Grooming Flying 1 1 16 2 0 0 1 10 10 2 1 0 3 15 12 20 0 0 4 4 13 6 4 0 5 1 6 12 4 0 6 35 26 8 10 0 7 25 4 10 20 0 8 28 18 40 24 0 9 0 3 14 0 0 10 0 5 25 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 10 12 0 0 0 0 15 13 0 0 7 0 40 14 0 20 15 3 0 15 8 8 4 0 0 16 1 10 6 8 0 17 40 15 0 25 0 18 0 0 0 1 1 19 1 3 1 4 0 20 0 8 8 0 0 21 10 9 6 4 1 22 30 8 4 10 0 23 25 30 15 10 0 24 8 15 10 12 0 25 40 8 4 10 0 26 50 0 0 20 0 27 0 0 11 0 6 28 0 0 0 0 12 29 0 0 8 0 40 30 12 10 16 7 0 Total  344  257  254  177 125

Your Research Paper assignment is a 1200 to 2000 word (not counting your bibliography) informative research paper on a topic of your choosing, as long as it pertains to biological/physical anthropology. Font will be 12pt in Times New Roman (or something very similar), one-inch margins and double-spaced. I will require a header at the top each page with your name and class, in a similar fashion to the header at the top of this page. Please include page numbers on a corner of each page of your paper. Do not include a title page, rather a bolded title at the top of the first page (similar to this document). Do not over-space the top of the document. The format of your paper will be in accordance with the American Anthropology Association (AAA) style guide. I have posted the AAA style guide on Canvas.  Appropriate topics include, but are not limited to, evolutionary theory, primatology, paleopathology, human skeletal biology, genetic studies, forensics, etc. This can be a fun investigation of something you find interesting. You will be responsible for finding at least 3 journal articles that are related to your topic of interest and using their content to support your paper. As this is an academic paper, sources must be academic peer-reviewed journals, which means no blogs, no wikipedia, no newspapers (yes this includes National Geographic and Smithsonian).  Some books may be acceptable, but I would advise against their use, as it may be hard to ferret out what would work and what will lose you points.  Anything that is not common knowledge requires a citation. You will be using in-text citations in accordance with the AAA style guide. A good rule is when in doubt cite. I need to know where you are getting your information. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. If you have a question with regards to proper citation or how to cite, look at the style guide.   You will be turning in your paper by uploading it on Canvas. There will be a 15% deduction for each day your paper is late. Late count starts the minute after the due time/date. Do not wait until the last minute. Finish early so you don’t have to worry, as I will not allow any excuses for late work. For example, if you were just about to submit your paper and your computer freezes, or the internet goes out, and you have to run to the library in the hail and snow, barefoot, while fighting zombies, to get your paper turned in, but it is 12:01 am, your paper will be late.       CITATION EXAMPLES: Within text: Preferred resources are those that are disproportionately selected relative to their abundance in the habitat (Marshall & Wrangham, 2007). If you have more than two authors list the first author followed by et al. (Marshal et al. 2007).     In Bibliography: Marshall, A.J. & R.W. Wrangham. 2007    Evolutionary consequences of fallback foods. International Journal of Primatology 283(55):1219-1235. This assignment’s purpose is to be able to research a topic further than just googling; to be able to academically research. The sources you use need to be academic. What I mean by academic is that they should be peer-reviewed academic journals (see below).  Further, your formatting should be exactly what I am asking for.  First and foremost, you will be heavily graded on whether or not your sources are academic in nature. For each non-academic source, I will deduct up to 30% off your grade. Since you need three sources, you stand to fail this assignment rather quickly if you don’t have the correct sources.  What are acceptable sources? All fields in science have peer-reviewed publications, usually in the form of journals. This is how research and conclusions are presented. Peer-reviewed means they have gone through a rigorous process and any conclusions presented have to include what methods were used as well as background and analysis. The supplemental reading I have provided in class has all been from such sources.  Here are a few examples in the Anthropology world  American Journal of Physical Anthropology  (Links to an external site.) American Journal of Primatology   (Links to an external site.) And this  (Links to an external site.)  will give you possible links to all anthropology journals. Note: not all of these publications are acceptable. For example, Anthro News is not a peer-reviewed journal. Email me if you are unsure.  You are more than welcome to bring in publications from other disciplines.  Common misconceptions of acceptable sources: 1. It ends in a .edu. This does not make it an academic source. I suggest you look at who wrote whatever you are reading and see if they have published. 2. The Smithsonian, National Geographic are also not allowed. Again, look at who wrote the article or whose research they are referencing.  In-text citation: This is a concept that eludes most people. If you are using an idea that is not common knowledge you need to provide an in-text citation (see style guide and assignment). When you are paraphrasing one of your sources, you need to cite. When you quote, you need to cite. When in doubt, cite. Not citing is called plagiarism.   Frequently asked questions about sources: Once I have my academic sources can I use other non-academic ones? – Yes, you may. But do not lean too much on them for the content of your paper or your grade will suffer.  Can I use our textbook or lecture notes? – Yes, but same as above, do not make them your primary sources.  How about if I find an academic book? – This is a gray area. Some books are acceptable, some are not. You can email me with the book information if you want to double and make sure it’s a valid source.  Articles are asking for money to access them, do I need to pay? No! You can access any article through the school library for free!  Citing and quoting: Your paper should be in your own words (remember to still cite). You are welcome to use quotes, but do NOT make your paper quote-heavy. Your paper should not be a bunch of quotes tied together.  Page length: This is to be a 5 to 8-page paper (1200 to 2000 words) not counting the bibliography. If you give me a short paper you will be marked off from anywhere from 20% to 90% of your overall grade. On the other hand, if you turn in too many pages (9+) you will also lose points. This will be a challenge for many of you. It may be difficult to write what you need to in so few pages, keep it pithy and to the point.   While this is not an English class I do expect proper collegiate writing. When writing your paper please organize it well. Setup an introductory paragraph to let me know what you are going to be writing about. Break-up all subsequent thoughts into separate paragraphs. While you are welcome to submit your paper anytime before the due date. Your paper will be deducted 15% for every day it’s late.

Your Mission Read the papers in the Essay 3 folder in this order: Graham et al 2017.pdf (pages 323 – 326) Hoeck et al 2010.pdf Diniz-Filho et al 2017.pdf Tanaka 1997.pdf Maan et al 2009.pdf K.Y. Kaneshiro (1995; not included in your reading list) says, “Islands have long been recognized as the best places on earth for investigating evolutionary processes. Darwin (1859) formulated his ideas about natural selection and evolution during his field studies of the organisms on the Galapagos Islands. Life forms on islands epitomize nature’s creativity as evidenced by the explosive radiation and the tremendous numbers of species in many groups of organisms that have evolved on islands. On the other hand, island ecosystems also epitomize nature’s vulnerability as evidenced by the high rate of extinction. Many of these island ecosystems are faced with an extinction crisis primarily due to the ecological fragility of islands. Thus, islands are extremely important not only for the field of Evolutionary Biology but also for the field of Conservation Biology, and the plants and animals that have evolved on islands have given scientists the opportunity to research on both these areas of biology.” Use the bolded sentence above as your prompt (introduce and conclude with that idea) and address the following points to build your argument: What is an insular habitat? What is an inhospitable matrix and why is it important? Why is an islands degree of separation from other islands important? Why is time important? Why is area important? How does genetic drift affect evolution of organisms on islands? How does selection affect evolution of organisms on islands? How does inbreeding depression affect evolution of organisms on islands? How does sexual selection affect evolution of organisms on islands? Which force of evolution, if any, do you think is the greatest in island systems Can it all really be simplified in such a way? Considering your answer to the questions above, what can we learn about evolution on mainland systems?