WEEKLY SYLLABUS:

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4th Nine Weeks:

- Plants Part 1: Diversity & Life Cycles of Mosses, Ferns, Gymnosperms, and Angiosperms

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- Plants Part 2: Plant Physiology: Study of the Roots, Stems, and Leaves

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- Invertebrates:

          Sponges & Cnidarians

          Worms & Mollusks

          Arthropods & Echinoderms

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End of First Nine Weeks:

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Informative writing on the rise of drug (antibiotic) resistant bacteria!

 

Click here for the CDC's Antibiotic Resistance Threat Report of 2013:

 

https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/threat-report-2013/index.html

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First TWO Weeks - RESEARCH!!! - 50 points

Final Paper - Due Nov.3rd - 50 points

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Article on Antibiotic Usage (1st Nine Weeks):

"When you need them ..... and when you don't!"

http://consumerhealthchoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ChoosingWiselyAntibioticsRoundup.pdf

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FUNGI ARTICLE RESEARCH & REVIEW:

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I. Each person at a table, choose a different article from this list to review. Write two thorough, detailed paragraphs, one each for a(an) A) Summary/overview of information from the article, and 2) Personal reflection with opinions and questions from yourself. 

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Article 1: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/fungus-material-future-180962791/

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Article 2: https://www.inverse.com/article/31592-mushrooms-depression-anxiety-addiction

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Article 3: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-biology/chapter/importance-of-fungi-in-human-life/

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II. Find an article of your own and do the same with the summary and personal reflection. Search for something cool about fungi, and share your findings with me!

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