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February 20 BLOOD TYPING GAMESHello 5th years,
I am adding a link to a website that has an educational game relating to the use of blood typing! Enjoy!
December 07 STANDARDIZED TESTINGHello Upper 6ths,
We did not have th6e usual standardised testing this term. Instead those tests will be done in Week one of next term.
U6A- Tuesday Week 1
U6D- Friday Week 1 Conservation at Andromeda Botanic GardensHello Students,
Andromeda Botanic Gardens is not currently carrying out conservation projects because of a change in management this year. However prior to this efforts were being made to conserve two species, namely the Barbados Mastic Tree and the Farleyense Fern.
See details here: Scroll down to objective three when you are on the website.
November 27 GREAT CONSERVATION LINKSHello students of the Upper 6th. I am attaching to this page some links that you should find interesting. There are many case studies outlining successful work that is currently being done to conserve Earth's biodiversity. WWF International Projects Friends of the Earth- Camapaigns November 15 DIGESTION ANIMATIONHello Students of the Fourth Year,
In class I did promise to put up the links of the internal wall of the intestine. Click on the link below to find the information.
November 12 THE GUT BRAINThis is a selection sent to me by one of my students. I think that this line of research is quite interesting! Do we really have two brains? Learn about the gut brain here! September 29 BRAIN DEVOURING AMOEBA???This article most definitely caught me by surprise! New organisms are being discovered every day as well as their behavioural patterns. 6-DIE FROM BRAIN EATING AMOEBA September 28 Make sense of the Calvin CycleHello students of the Upper Sixth,
Here is an animation of the Calvin Cycle that should help you to visualize your class notes.
September 21 SCIENCE RETURNS ANOTHER YEAR!Hello students, The long summer is over and somehow you have found yourself in my Biology class lol. Welcome to all new students and hello to the returning ones! Keep an eye on this space for interesting articles, games, videos that will help you to appreciate your studies in Biology and Integrated Science more. Here are a few links to start you off Interactive Cell Animation: Cells Alive Mitosis in Animal Cells Illuminating Photosynthesis 18 Ways To Make a Baby and then some.... May 22 Dead or UnDead.Hello Science bloggers, It has been a while since the last entry was made, but we are back up and running. Todays title was inspired by an article sent o me by one of my students Emily. It puts a new thought on what happens to our cells when we die. I am sure you will also find it interesting. March 14 Effect of Alcohol on the Brain5th years! You can use this web page to help you with your homework assignment for Friday! Alcohol and the brain March 04 Evidence for Sympatric SpeciationHi there Here are some named examples of sympatric speciation. Remember it is essential that you can discuss at least ONE species divergence. NB- This is for the CAPE STUDENTS, however all others are welcome to read the information as well for knowledge. A Tale of Two Palms and a bit on the cichlid fish February 28 See the Galapagos SpeciesAfter this week's discussions on the types of organisms found on the Galapagos islands like Darwin's finches, I went in search of some fact sheets of information about these reproductively isolated organisms. The files are PDF files and are a very interesting read! Galapagos Safari here Male Frog Becomes a Female FrogThis is certaintly an interesting article I found on Yahoo.
We need to really pay attention to the types of chemicals that are being released into the environment!
February 16 Should We Play God with Breeding Programs?Here is a fairly lengthy PDF file that discusses the ethics and morality of animal breeding! Take a look see! Ever Tasted Buffalypso?In our very own Caribbean region selective breeding programs have been used to develop commercially beneficial strains. Read about the BUFFALYPSO Another breed developed in the CAribbean is the Jamaica Hope, a dairy breed developed in Jamaica specifically for those qualities which enable the animals to thrive in tropical countries. The breed is heat tolerant, has high resistance to tick infestation and tick borne diseases and is able to maintain high levels of milk production on the undeveloped and difficult pasture conditions common to most tropical areas. Read about the breeding of the Jamaica Hope Cattle Sugar Cane Breeding Natural Selection and EvolutionIs it just another theory out there or does this controversial topic have any merit. I have attached articles for both the 5th years and the 6th years to readon the methods of natural selection and the theories that led to the propagation of these ideas. More on Natural Selection and Evolution The Case of Industrial Melanism Beneficial Mutations and Natural Selection February 05 Play the Blood Typing GameSome genes show co-dominance and are both strongly expressed in the phenotype of an individual. The human ABO blood group system is a prime example of this co-dominance. It is important the a person who needs blood receives the right type because of the presence of antigens (chemical fragments on the surface of cells that permit cell to cell recognition) on the surface of the red blood cells. If the wrong blood is given to someone they could die.
Here is your chance to prove your worth as a prospective medical practitioner. Save the lives of the people in this accident by giving them the correct blood.
To Abort or Not to Abort?I was experiencing some difficulties in posting new information to the blog due to technical difficultites.
However we are up and running again.
A question is often posed as to whether abortion is murder and up to what time in the gestational period is acceptable. Well the Society fot he Protection of the Unborn shows us in the link below the dya by day development of the foetus in the mothers womb.
January 18 Bananas Have SeedsYes bananas do have seeds. The fruit that we commonly buy in the supermarket is actually sterile and propagated asexually so it does not have any visible seeds. No those little bown specks are not the seeds. However, banana seeds in nature can actually be quite large.
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