Thursday, April 22, 2010

Introduction to Evolution: The Nature of Science

Evolution is a central idea in biology, a cornerstone of understanding life on this planet and an example of really good science! In this lecture I explain some characteristics of science and introduce the concept of evolution.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Biology 3-16: Inheritance Patterns

We made a flipper to take notes on a few types of human inheritance.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Physical Science 3-15: Chemical Equations

Chemical equations represent reactions. they must be balanced in order to satisfy the law of conservation of mass.

Biology 3-15: Punett Squares

Punnett squares Allow us to make predictions about the expected genotypes and phenotypes of offspring. This is the introduction I gave before we practiced them today in class.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Physical Science 3-11: Visualizing Chemical Changes

As we begin to learn about chemical reactions, we review the difference between physical and chemical changes.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Biology 3/8 Introduction to Genetics

On this first day of studying genetics, I talk about several key concepts.

Some technical difficulties

I thought I had everything worked out, but I'm still struggling with a few issues. Hopefully I'll have everything worked out and can begin making regular posts soon.