Endangered Biomes Assignment This assignment is due May 30 th by 11:59 pm. 1) Choose an endangered ecosystem you want to learn more about. Start with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (INUCN), Endangered Ecosystems page. Here’s a link to the page that describes how they determine which systems are threatened and … Read more
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives since they were first observed by Pasteur and Koch and later named by Selman Waksman in 1942. Unfortunately, antibiotic-resistant microbial strains are becoming more prevalent and therefore making once easily treated infections more difficult to treat. For your initial discussion post, share your thoughts on three ways that society—not … Read more
Imagine that while you have been enrolled in this course, you have realized there are no sustainability initiatives at the company you work for. You mentioned your interest in implementing a sustainability initiative for the company that demonstrates environmentally supportive practices that also make financial sense to the business. The chief executive officer likes … Read more
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives since they were first observed by Pasteur and Koch and later named by Selman Waksman in 1942. Unfortunately, antibiotic-resistant microbial strains are becoming more prevalent and therefore making once easily treated infections more difficult to treat. For your initial discussion post, share your thoughts on three ways that … Read more
There are few individuals in the world who have not been impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19). For your initial post, do some research on coronaviruses and then share what you learn about how a typical coronavirus compares to COVID-19. What does it mean for a virus to “mutate” and what could this mean to the process of … Read more
After reviewing and studying this module’s content, answer the following 5 questions. Be sure to complete all lab activities and attend/watch all live lectures before completing this assignment. All of your answers should be written in your own words, using full sentences, correct terminology, and proper spelling and grammar. Explain the anatomical concepts associated with the peripheral nervous system. Summarize this module’s … Read more
For your initial post, do some research on coronaviruses and then share what you learn about how a typical coronavirus compares to COVID-19. What does it mean for a virus to “mutate” and what could this mean to the process of developing immunity? Many people have chosen to get vaccinated while others have not. What do you think … Read more
From what you were able to glean from the reading and films, what are some of the specific (maybe “proven”) benefits of medical marijuana? Have you personally experienced or has someone in your family (or among your friends) experienced relief from hash oil or some cannabis tincture? Do you know of someone using THCa or … Read more
The goal of this assignment is to have you think about why biodiversity is important to you. Before you do the assignment make sure to watch the lecture on “Why Preserve Biodiversity?” and to read Chapter 3 in “An Introduction to Biodiversity”. Then write a paragraph on why you value biodiversity. Please, use some of the terminology … Read more
In this assignment you will practice applying and gain further knowledge about information form the lectures, “Tree of Life Part I” and “Tree of Life Part II”. 1000 WORDS This assignment is due May 19th by 11:59 pm. You will visit two websites, explore them, and answer some questions as you do. Whenever I … Read more