History of Chemistry Look at Jeannette Brown’s books 1 and 2. Have a slide talking about the statistics of Father’s Influences How many fathers were scientists or had an educational background? Examples of how they were influenced. Have a good amount of people (3-4 people)
How does thinking about embryonic development as changes in gene expression within cells over time relate to what we have learned about how scientists have understood and explained development historically?
Embryonic Development https://hms.harvard.edu/news/one-many With this background in mind, read From One, ManyLinks to an external site.. This is a news report on a series of articles that appeared in the journal Science in 2018. These articles used advanced sequencing and imaging technologies to “reveal the genetic roadmap to building an entire organism from a single […]
Describe the main ideas in order of appearance. Use your own words to summarize the main points of the article and show your understanding of the article.
Article Review During research, scientists report studies’ conclusions in short abstracts. Reading science articles and writing science abstracts will help you communicate knowledge to others. Step 1: Select and carefully read a science article. Choose a science article within the topic assigned that interests you! Articles must be no more than 3 months old, and […]
Do you think voters choose the characteristics they are looking for depending on the socioeconomic and political environment – lack of jobs, riots, COVID-19, environmental concerns and other issues etc.? Explain your answer.
POLITICS For the initial post, respond to one of the following options, and label the beginning of your post indicating either Option 1 or Option 2: Option 1:Political scientists disagree on the exact causes of low representation of women in Congress. Why do you think there are so few women in Congress in comparison to […]
Do you measure the quality of life the same way that the scientists talk about it in the textbook and/or provided articles? Explain why or why not.
Quality of Life What does the quality of life mean to you? What would you consider a good quality vs. a poor quality of life? Do you measure the quality of life the same way that the scientists talk about it in the textbook and/or provided articles? Explain why or why not. Must use APA […]
Explain how the event/agency/person impacted the air transportation industry and what it means for the future of aviation.
Transportation industry Select an event that has impacted the US transportation industry. It can be an actual evens such as an aircraft accident the formation of a regulation or agency, or the contributions of scientists, inventors, or organizations. Explain how the event/agency/person impacted the air transportation industry and what it means for the future of […]
Find a website that compares interest rates available for ordinary savings accounts at different banks and identify the range of rates currently being offered.
Discussion Problems Number 1Would you rather start with one penny ($0.01) and double your wealth every day or start with one dime ($0.10) and double your wealth every 5 days (assuming you want to get rich)? Explain your answer in detail and show all your math calculations that helped you reach your conclusion. Number 2Scientists […]
Write about yourself and try to include a sense of your environment, background, interests and sources of inspiration.
Admission essay Prompt: Write about yourself and try to include a sense of your environment, background, interests and sources of inspiration (650 word max).
What role did gender and race play in the status of these jobs? How did the attitudes toward human computers shape the way modern society views the role of computers and computer scientists?
Human Capital: research the use of people to perform computational tasks in the centuries and years leading up to the invention of mechanical and electronic computers. These people were known as “human computers.” What role did they play in the development of scientific breakthroughs? What role did gender and race play in the status of […]
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this approach to studying information, when it is useful, when it is not useful, when it is productive and what are the limits of its productivity.
Critical debates Scientists and engineers in the 1940s and 1950s worked to develop a general concept of “information” applicable across media and historical contexts. Explain whether you think one can speak of information in this manner. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this approach to studying information, when it is useful, when it is not […]