- Describe the characteristics of life: levels of organization, response to stimuli, reproduction, grow & development, acquiring materials and energy.
- Define homeostasis. What are the two parts of homeostatic system? Describe negative feed back and how it regulates body temperature. Describe positive feedback and give an example. (Also use pages 84-87 in text for this question)
- Define technology and give three examples of how it is used.
- Describe the basic concept of the biotechnology revolution. Research on the Internet, using
only .gov, .org or .edu sites, two ways that genetically engineered food is valuable for man kind and two ways it could be a problem for human health.
- Find two other current advances in the use of biotechnology.
- What types of information would you like to know about your body? About how the body works? Diseases? Things you have heard in the news or read in the paper?
- What is the goal of science as a process? Distinguish between objective and subjective observations
- In general what steps do investigators follow when using the scientific method? (See Figure 1.7)
- Group work on scientific method.
- Tuskegee Discussion