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Biology: Basic Concepts

Web Paper Assignment # 3

What can be done about adolescent obesity?

            Among adolescents, obesity is continuing to become a cause for concern.

Biology: Basic Concepts

Book Commentary – Experience and Education by John Dewey

            This course has given me many new insights into biology. One of the most valuable is the understanding of how truly interdisciplinary it is. Whereas before I had viewed all the sciences as very distinct from other fields and extremely self-contained, I now understand that there are many untraditional ways of looking at and connecting with any of the sciences, especially biology.

Biology: Basic Concepts

Web Paper Assignment # 2

Sickle Cell Anemia

            The understanding of life at a small scale has revolutionized modern science for better and worse. One of the most infamous examples of a negative result is the manipulation of the atom, which led to the creation of the atomic bomb, and ultimately the death of millions of people.